Al-Muddaththir

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلْمُدَّثِّرُ

Yaaaʹayyuhal Muddas̤s̤ir!

O you who covers himself [with a garment],

قُمْ فَأَنذِرْ

Q̣um faʹañẓir!

Arise and warn

وَرَبَّكَ فَكَبِّرْ

Wa-Rabbaka fakabbir!

And your Lord glorify

وَثِيَابَكَ فَطَهِّرْ

Wa-s̤iyaabaka faṭahhir!

And your clothing purify

وَٱلرُّجْزَ فَٱهْجُرْ

Warrujza fahjur!

And uncleanliness avoid

وَلَا تَمْنُن تَسْتَكْثِرُ

Wa-laa tamnuñ tastaks̤ir.

And do not confer favor to acquire more

وَلِرَبِّكَ فَٱصْبِرْ

Wa-li-Rabbika faṣbir!

But for your Lord be patient.

فَإِذَا نُقِرَ فِى ٱلنَّاقُورِ

Faʹiẓaa nuq̣ira fin naaq̣oor.

And when the trumpet is blown,

فَذَٰلِكَ يَوْمَئِذٍ يَوْمٌ عَسِيرٌ

Faẓaalika Yawmaʹiẓiñy Yawmun ʻAseer,―

That Day will be a difficult day

عَلَى ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَ غَيْرُ يَسِيرٍ

ʻAlal kaafireena g̣ayru yaseer.

For the disbelievers - not easy.

ذَرْنِى وَمَنْ خَلَقْتُ وَحِيدًا

Ẓarnee wa-man khalaq̣tu wa-ḥeedaa!―

Leave Me with the one I created alone

وَجَعَلْتُ لَهُۥ مَالًا مَّمْدُودًا

Wa-jaʻaltu lahoo maalam mamdoodaa,

And to whom I granted extensive wealth

وَبَنِينَ شُهُودًا

Wa-baneena shuhoodaa!―

And children present [with him]

وَمَهَّدتُّ لَهُۥ تَمْهِيدًا

Wa-mahhattu lahoo tamheedaa!

And spread [everything] before him, easing [his life].

ثُمَّ يَطْمَعُ أَنْ أَزِيدَ

S̤umma yaṭ-maʻu ʹan ʹazeed;―

Then he desires that I should add more.

كَلَّآ ۖ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ لِـَٔايَـٰتِنَا عَنِيدًا

Kallaa! ʹinnahoo kaana liʹAayaatinaa ʻaneedaa!

No! Indeed, he has been toward Our verses obstinate.

سَأُرْهِقُهُۥ صَعُودًا

Saʹurhiq̣uhoo ṣaʻoodaa!

I will cover him with arduous torment.

إِنَّهُۥ فَكَّرَ وَقَدَّرَ

ʹInnahoo fakkara wa-q̣addar;―

Indeed, he thought and deliberated.

فَقُتِلَ كَيْفَ قَدَّرَ

Faq̣utila kayfa q̣addar!―

So may he be destroyed [for] how he deliberated.

ثُمَّ قُتِلَ كَيْفَ قَدَّرَ

S̤umma q̣utila kayfa q̣addar!―

Then may he be destroyed [for] how he deliberated.

ثُمَّ نَظَرَ

S̤umma naz̤̣ar;

Then he considered [again];

ثُمَّ عَبَسَ وَبَسَرَ

S̤umma ʻabasa wa-basar;

Then he frowned and scowled;

ثُمَّ أَدْبَرَ وَٱسْتَكْبَرَ

S̤umma ʹadbara wastakbar;

Then he turned back and was arrogant

فَقَالَ إِنْ هَـٰذَآ إِلَّا سِحْرٌ يُؤْثَرُ

Faq̣aala ʹin haaẓaaa ʹillaa siḥruñy yuʹs̤ar;

And said, "This is not but magic imitated [from others].

إِنْ هَـٰذَآ إِلَّا قَوْلُ ٱلْبَشَرِ

ʹIn haaẓaaa ʹillaa q̣awlul bashar!

This is not but the word of a human being."

سَأُصْلِيهِ سَقَرَ

Saʹuṣleehi Saq̣ar!

I will drive him into Saqar.

وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا سَقَرُ

Wa-maaa ʹadraaka maa- saq̣ar?

And what can make you know what is Saqar?

لَا تُبْقِى وَلَا تَذَرُ

Laa- tubq̣ee wa-laa taẓar!―

It lets nothing remain and leaves nothing [unburned],

لَوَّاحَةٌ لِّلْبَشَرِ

Lawwaaḥatul lilbashar!―

Altering [i.e., blackening] the skins.

عَلَيْهَا تِسْعَةَ عَشَرَ

ʻAlayhaa tisʻata ʻashar.

Over it are nineteen [angels].

وَمَا جَعَلْنَآ أَصْحَـٰبَ ٱلنَّارِ إِلَّا مَلَـٰٓئِكَةً ۙ وَمَا جَعَلْنَا عِدَّتَهُمْ إِلَّا فِتْنَةً لِّلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ لِيَسْتَيْقِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُوا۟ ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ وَيَزْدَادَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓا۟ إِيمَـٰنًا ۙ وَلَا يَرْتَابَ ٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُوا۟ ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ وَٱلْمُؤْمِنُونَ ۙ وَلِيَقُولَ ٱلَّذِينَ فِى قُلُوبِهِم مَّرَضٌ وَٱلْكَـٰفِرُونَ مَاذَآ أَرَادَ ٱللَّهُ بِهَـٰذَا مَثَلًا ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ يُضِلُّ ٱللَّهُ مَن يَشَآءُ وَيَهْدِى مَن يَشَآءُ ۚ وَمَا يَعْلَمُ جُنُودَ رَبِّكَ إِلَّا هُوَ ۚ وَمَا هِىَ إِلَّا ذِكْرَىٰ لِلْبَشَرِ

Wa-maa jaʻalnaaa ʹAṣḥaaban naari ʹillaa malaaaʹikatañw wa-maa jaʻalnaa ʻiddatahum ʹillaa fitnatal lillaẓeena kafaroo liyastayq̣inal laẓeena ʹootul Kitaaba wa-yazdaadal laẓeena ʹaamanooo ʹeemaanañw Walaa yartaabal laẓeena ʹootul Kitaaba wal-Muʹminoona wa-liyaq̣oolal laẓeena fee q̣uloobihim maraḍuñw walkaafiroona maaẓaaa ʹaraadal laahu bihaaẓaa mas̤alaa? Kaẓaalika yuḍillul laahu mañy yashaaaʹu wa-yahdee mañy yashaaaʹ. Wa-maa yaʻlamu junooda Rabbika ʹillaa Hoo. Wa-maa hiya ʹillaa ẓikraa lil-bashar.

And We have not made the keepers of the Fire except angels. And We have not made their number except as a trial for those who disbelieve - that those who were given the Scripture will be convinced and those who have believed will increase in faith and those who were given the Scripture and the believers will not doubt and that those in whose hearts is disease [i.e., hypocrisy] and the disbelievers will say, "What does Allāh intend by this as an example?" Thus does Allāh send astray whom He wills and guide whom He wills. And none knows the soldiers of your Lord except Him. And it [i.e., mention of the Fire] is not but a reminder to humanity.

كَلَّا وَٱلْقَمَرِ

Kallaa wal-Q̣amar,

No! By the moon

وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذْ أَدْبَرَ

Wallayli ʹiẓ ʹadbar,

And [by] the night when it departs

وَٱلصُّبْحِ إِذَآ أَسْفَرَ

Waṣ-Ṣubḥi ʹiẓaaa ʹasfar,―

And [by] the morning when it brightens,

إِنَّهَا لَإِحْدَى ٱلْكُبَرِ

ʹInnahaa laʹiḥdal kubar,

Indeed, it [i.e., the Fire] is of the greatest [afflictions]

نَذِيرًا لِّلْبَشَرِ

Naẓeeral lilbashar,―

As a warning to humanity -

لِمَن شَآءَ مِنكُمْ أَن يَتَقَدَّمَ أَوْ يَتَأَخَّرَ

Limañ shaaaʹa miñkum ʹañy yataq̣addama ʹaw yataʹakhkhar;

To whoever wills among you to proceed or stay behind.

كُلُّ نَفْسٍۭ بِمَا كَسَبَتْ رَهِينَةٌ

Kullu nafsim bimaa kasabat raheenah,

Every soul, for what it has earned, will be retained

إِلَّآ أَصْحَـٰبَ ٱلْيَمِينِ

ʹIllaaa ʹAṣḥaabal yameen.

Except the companions of the right,.

فِى جَنَّـٰتٍ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ

Fee Jannaatiñy yatasaaaʹaloon

[Who will be] in gardens, questioning each other

عَنِ ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ

ʻAnil mujrimeen:

About the criminals,

مَا سَلَكَكُمْ فِى سَقَرَ

Maa- salakakum fee Saq̣ar?

[And asking them], "What put you into Saqar?"

قَالُوا۟ لَمْ نَكُ مِنَ ٱلْمُصَلِّينَ

Q̣aaloo lam naku minal Muṣalleen;

They will say, "We were not of those who prayed,

وَلَمْ نَكُ نُطْعِمُ ٱلْمِسْكِينَ

Wa-lam naku nuṭʻimul miskeen;

Nor did we used to feed the poor.

وَكُنَّا نَخُوضُ مَعَ ٱلْخَآئِضِينَ

Wa-kunnaa nakhooḍu maʻal khaaaʹiḍeen;

And we used to enter into vain discourse with those who engaged [in it],

وَكُنَّا نُكَذِّبُ بِيَوْمِ ٱلدِّينِ

Wa-kunnaa nukaẓẓibu bi-Yawmid Deen

And we used to deny the Day of Recompense

حَتَّىٰٓ أَتَىٰنَا ٱلْيَقِينُ

Ḥattaaa ʹataanal yaq̣een.

Until there came to us the certainty [i.e., death]."

فَمَا تَنفَعُهُمْ شَفَـٰعَةُ ٱلشَّـٰفِعِينَ

Famaa tañfaʻuhum shafaaʻatush shaafiʻeen.

So there will not benefit them the intercession of [any] intercessors.

فَمَا لَهُمْ عَنِ ٱلتَّذْكِرَةِ مُعْرِضِينَ

Famaa lahum ʻanit taẓkirati muʻriḍeen,

Then what is [the matter] with them that they are, from the reminder, turning away

كَأَنَّهُمْ حُمُرٌ مُّسْتَنفِرَةٌ

Kaʹannahum ḥumurum mustañfirah,

As if they were alarmed donkeys

فَرَّتْ مِن قَسْوَرَةٍۭ

Farrat miñ q̣aswarah!

Fleeing from a lion?

بَلْ يُرِيدُ كُلُّ ٱمْرِئٍ مِّنْهُمْ أَن يُؤْتَىٰ صُحُفًا مُّنَشَّرَةً

Bal yureedu kullum riʹim minhum ʹañy yuʹtaa ṣuḥufam munashsharah!

Rather, every person among them desires that he would be given scriptures spread about.

كَلَّا ۖ بَل لَّا يَخَافُونَ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةَ

Kaallaa! Bal laa- yakhaafoonal ʹAakhirah.

No! But they do not fear the Hereafter.

كَلَّآ إِنَّهُۥ تَذْكِرَةٌ

Kallaaa ʹinnahoo taẓkirah:

No! Indeed, it [i.e., the Qur’ān] is a reminder

فَمَن شَآءَ ذَكَرَهُۥ

Famañ shaaaʹa ẓakarah!

Then whoever wills will remember it.

وَمَا يَذْكُرُونَ إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُ ۚ هُوَ أَهْلُ ٱلتَّقْوَىٰ وَأَهْلُ ٱلْمَغْفِرَةِ

Wa-maa yaẓkuroona ʹillaaa ʹañy yashaaaʹal laah: Huwa ʹAhlut taq̣waa wa-ʹAhlul Mag̣firah.

And they will not remember except that Allāh wills. He is worthy of fear and adequate for [granting] forgiveness.