الْمُدَّثِّرِ

يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلۡمُدَّثِّرُ

Translation: O thou wrapped up (in the mantle)

قُمۡ فَأَنذِرۡ

Translation: Arise and deliver thy warning

وَرَبَّكَ فَكَبِّرۡ

Translation: And thy Lord do thou magnify

وَثِيَابَكَ فَطَهِّرۡ

Translation: And thy garments keep free from stain

وَٱلرُّجۡزَ فَٱهۡجُرۡ

Translation: And all abomination shun

وَلَا تَمۡنُن تَسۡتَكۡثِرُ

Translation: Nor expect, in giving, any increase (for thyself)

وَلِرَبِّكَ فَٱصۡبِرۡ

Translation: But, for thy Lord's (Cause), be patient and constant

فَإِذَا نُقِرَ فِي ٱلنَّاقُورِ

Translation: Finally, when the Trumpet is sounded

فَذَٰلِكَ يَوۡمَئِذࣲ يَوۡمٌ عَسِيرٌ

Translation: That will be- that Day - a Day of Distress

عَلَى ٱلۡكَٰفِرِينَ غَيۡرُ يَسِيرࣲ

Translation: Far from easy for those without Faith

ذَرۡنِي وَمَنۡ خَلَقۡتُ وَحِيدࣰ ا

Translation: Leave Me alone, (to deal) with the (creature) whom I created (bare and) alone

وَجَعَلۡتُ لَهُۥ مَالࣰ ا مَّمۡدُودࣰ ا

Translation: To whom I granted resources in abundance

وَبَنِينَ شُهُودࣰ ا

Translation: And sons to be by his side

وَمَهَّدتُّ لَهُۥ تَمۡهِيدࣰ ا

Translation: To whom I made (life) smooth and comfortable

ثُمَّ يَطۡمَعُ أَنۡ أَزِيدَ

Translation: Yet is he greedy-that I should add (yet more)

كَلَّآۖ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ لِأٓيَٰتِنَا عَنِيدࣰ ا

Translation: By no means! For to Our Signs he has been refractory

سَأُرۡهِقُهُۥ صَعُودًا

Translation: Soon will I visit him with a mount of calamities

إِنَّهُۥ فَكَّرَ وَقَدَّرَ

Translation: For he thought and he plotted

فَقُتِلَ كَيۡفَ قَدَّرَ

Translation: And woe to him! How he plotted

ثُمَّ قُتِلَ كَيۡفَ قَدَّرَ

Translation: Yea, Woe to him; How he plotted

ثُمَّ نَظَرَ

Translation: Then he looked round

ثُمَّ عَبَسَ وَبَسَرَ

Translation: Then he frowned and he scowled

ثُمَّ أَدۡبَرَ وَٱسۡتَكۡبَرَ

Translation: Then he turned back and was haughty

فَقَالَ إِنۡ هَٰذَآ إِلَّا سِحۡرࣱ يُؤۡثَرُ

Translation: Then said he: "This is nothing but magic, derived from of old

إِنۡ هَٰذَآ إِلَّا قَوۡلُ ٱلۡبَشَرِ

Translation: This is nothing but the word of a mortal

سَأُصۡلِيهِ سَقَرَ

Translation: Soon will I cast him into Hell-Fire

وَمَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا سَقَرُ

Translation: And what will explain to thee what Hell-Fire is

لَا تُبۡقِي وَلَا تَذَرُ

Translation: Naught doth it permit to endure, and naught doth it leave alone

لَوَّاحَةࣱ لِّلۡبَشَرِ

Translation: Darkening and changing the colour of man

عَلَيۡهَا تِسۡعَةَ عَشَرَ

Translation: Over it are Nineteen

وَمَا جَعَلۡنَآ أَصۡحَٰبَ ٱلنَّارِ إِلَّا مَلَٰٓئِكَةࣰۖ وَمَا جَعَلۡنَا عِدَّتَهُمۡ إِلَّا فِتۡنَةࣰ لِّلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ لِيَسۡتَيۡقِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُواْ ٱلۡكِتَٰبَ وَيَزۡدَادَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓاْ إِيمَٰنࣰ ا وَلَا يَرۡتَابَ ٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُواْ ٱلۡكِتَٰبَ وَٱلۡمُؤۡمِنُونَ وَلِيَقُولَ ٱلَّذِينَ فِي قُلُوبِهِم مَّرَضࣱ وَٱلۡكَٰفِرُونَ مَاذَآ أَرَادَ ٱللَّهُ بِهَٰذَا مَثَلࣰ اۚ كَذَٰلِكَ يُضِلُّ ٱللَّهُ مَن يَشَآءُ وَيَهۡدِي مَن يَشَآءُۚ وَمَا يَعۡلَمُ جُنُودَ رَبِّكَ إِلَّا هُوَۚ وَمَا هِيَ إِلَّا ذِكۡرَىٰ لِلۡبَشَرِ

Translation: And We have set none but angels as Guardians of the Fire; and We have fixed their number only as a trial for Unbelievers,- in order that the People of the Book may arrive at certainty, and the Believers may increase in Faith,- and that no doubts may be left for the People of the Book and the Believers, and that those in whose hearts is a disease and the Unbelievers may say, "What symbol doth Allah intend by this?" Thus doth Allah leave to stray whom He pleaseth, and guide whom He pleaseth: and none can know the forces of thy Lord, except He and this is no other than a warning to mankind

كَلَّا وَٱلۡقَمَرِ

Translation: Nay, verily: By the Moon

وَٱلَّيۡلِ إِذۡ أَدۡبَرَ

Translation: And by the Night as it retreateth

وَٱلصُّبۡحِ إِذَآ أَسۡفَرَ

Translation: And by the Dawn as it shineth forth

إِنَّهَا لَإِحۡدَى ٱلۡكُبَرِ

Translation: This is but one of the mighty (portents)

نَذِيرࣰ ا لِّلۡبَشَرِ

Translation: A warning to mankind

لِمَن شَآءَ مِنكُمۡ أَن يَتَقَدَّمَ أَوۡ يَتَأَخَّرَ

Translation: To any of you that chooses to press forward, or to follow behind

كُلُّ نَفۡسِۭ بِمَا كَسَبَتۡ رَهِينَةٌ

Translation: Every soul will be (held) in pledge for its deeds

إِلَّآ أَصۡحَٰبَ ٱلۡيَمِينِ

Translation: Except the Companions of the Right Hand

فِي جَنَّٰتࣲ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ

Translation: (They will be) in Gardens (of Delight): they will question each other

عَنِ ٱلۡمُجۡرِمِينَ

Translation: And (ask) of the Sinners

مَا سَلَكَكُمۡ فِي سَقَرَ

Translation: What led you into Hell Fire

قَالُواْ لَمۡ نَكُ مِنَ ٱلۡمُصَلِّينَ

Translation: They will say: "We were not of those who prayed

وَلَمۡ نَكُ نُطۡعِمُ ٱلۡمِسۡكِينَ

Translation: Nor were we of those who fed the indigent

وَكُنَّا نَخُوضُ مَعَ ٱلۡخَآئِضِينَ

Translation: But we used to talk vanities with vain talkers

وَكُنَّا نُكَذِّبُ بِيَوۡمِ ٱلدِّينِ

Translation: And we used to deny the Day of Judgment

حَتَّىٰٓ أَتَىٰنَا ٱلۡيَقِينُ

Translation: Until there came to us (the Hour) that is certain

فَمَا تَنفَعُهُمۡ شَفَٰعَةُ ٱلشَّٰفِعِينَ

Translation: Then will no intercession of (any) intercessors profit them

فَمَا لَهُمۡ عَنِ ٱلتَّذۡكِرَةِ مُعۡرِضِينَ

Translation: Then what is the matter with them that they turn away from admonition

كَأَنَّهُمۡ حُمُرࣱ مُّسۡتَنفِرَةࣱ

Translation: As if they were affrighted asses

فَرَّتۡ مِن قَسۡوَرَةِۭ

Translation: Fleeing from a lion

بَلۡ يُرِيدُ كُلُّ ٱمۡرِيࣲٕ مِّنۡهُمۡ أَن يُؤۡتَىٰ صُحُفࣰ ا مُّنَشَّرَةࣰ

Translation: Forsooth, each one of them wants to be given scrolls (of revelation) spread out

كَلَّاۖ بَل لَّا يَخَافُونَ ٱلۡأٓخِرَةَ

Translation: By no means! But they fear not the Hereafter

كَلَّآ إِنَّهُۥ تَذۡكِرَةࣱ

Translation: Nay, this surely is an admonition

فَمَن شَآءَ ذَكَرَهُۥ

Translation: Let any who will, keep it in remembrance

وَمَا يَذۡكُرُونَ إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُۚ هُوَ أَهۡلُ ٱلتَّقۡوَىٰ وَأَهۡلُ ٱلۡمَغۡفِرَةِ

Translation: But none will keep it in remembrance except as Allah wills: He is the Lord of Righteousness, and the Lord of Forgiveness