Surah Al-Muddaththir

Verse 74:1

یٰۤاَیُّهَا الْمُدَّثِّرُ ۟ۙ

Yaaaʹayyuhal Muddas̤s̤ir!

O you covered up ˹in your clothes˺!

Verse 74:2

قُمْ فَاَنْذِرْ ۟

Q̣um faʹañẓir!

Arise and warn ˹all˺.

Verse 74:3

وَرَبَّكَ فَكَبِّرْ ۟

Wa-Rabbaka fakabbir!

Revere your Lord ˹alone˺.

Verse 74:4

وَثِیَابَكَ فَطَهِّرْ ۟

Wa-s̤iyaabaka faṭahhir!

Purify your garments.

Verse 74:5

وَالرُّجْزَ فَاهْجُرْ ۟

Warrujza fahjur!

˹Continue to˺ shun idols.

Verse 74:6

وَلَا تَمْنُنْ تَسْتَكْثِرُ ۟

Wa-laa tamnuñ tastaks̤ir.

Do not do a favour expecting more ˹in return˺.

Verse 74:7

وَلِرَبِّكَ فَاصْبِرْ ۟ؕ

Wa-li-Rabbika faṣbir!

And persevere for ˹the sake of˺ your Lord.

Verse 74:8

فَاِذَا نُقِرَ فِی النَّاقُوْرِ ۟ۙ

Faʹiẓaa nuq̣ira fin naaq̣oor.

˹For˺ when the Trumpet will be sounded,

Verse 74:9

فَذٰلِكَ یَوْمَىِٕذٍ یَّوْمٌ عَسِیْرٌ ۟ۙ

Faẓaalika Yawmaʹiẓiñy Yawmun ʻAseer,―

that will ˹truly˺ be a difficult Day—

Verse 74:10

عَلَی الْكٰفِرِیْنَ غَیْرُ یَسِیْرٍ ۟

ʻAlal kaafireena g̣ayru yaseer.

far from easy for the disbelievers.

Verse 74:11

ذَرْنِیْ وَمَنْ خَلَقْتُ وَحِیْدًا ۟ۙ

Ẓarnee wa-man khalaq̣tu wa-ḥeedaa!―

And leave to me ˹O Prophet˺ the one I created all by Myself,

Verse 74:12

وَّجَعَلْتُ لَهٗ مَالًا مَّمْدُوْدًا ۟ۙ

Wa-jaʻaltu lahoo maalam mamdoodaa,

and granted him abundant wealth,

Verse 74:13

وَّبَنِیْنَ شُهُوْدًا ۟ۙ

Wa-baneena shuhoodaa!―

and children always by his side,

Verse 74:14

وَّمَهَّدْتُّ لَهٗ تَمْهِیْدًا ۟ۙ

Wa-mahhattu lahoo tamheedaa!

and made life very easy for him.

Verse 74:15

ثُمَّ یَطْمَعُ اَنْ اَزِیْدَ ۟ۗۙ

S̤umma yaṭ-maʻu ʹan ʹazeed;―

Yet he is hungry for more.

Verse 74:16

كَلَّا ؕ اِنَّهٗ كَانَ لِاٰیٰتِنَا عَنِیْدًا ۟ؕ

Kallaa! ʹinnahoo kaana liʹAayaatinaa ʻaneedaa!

But no! ˹For˺ he has been truly stubborn with Our revelations.

Verse 74:17

سَاُرْهِقُهٗ صَعُوْدًا ۟ؕ

Saʹurhiq̣uhoo ṣaʻoodaa!

I will make his fate unbearable,

Verse 74:18

اِنَّهٗ فَكَّرَ وَقَدَّرَ ۟ۙ

ʹInnahoo fakkara wa-q̣addar;―

for he contemplated and determined ˹a degrading label for the Quran˺.

Verse 74:19

فَقُتِلَ كَیْفَ قَدَّرَ ۟ۙ

Faq̣utila kayfa q̣addar!―

May he be condemned! How evil was what he determined!

Verse 74:20

ثُمَّ قُتِلَ كَیْفَ قَدَّرَ ۟ۙ

S̤umma q̣utila kayfa q̣addar!―

May he be condemned even more! How evil was what he determined!

Verse 74:21

ثُمَّ نَظَرَ ۟ۙ

S̤umma naz̤̣ar;

Then he re-contemplated ˹in frustration˺,

Verse 74:22

ثُمَّ عَبَسَ وَبَسَرَ ۟ۙ

S̤umma ʻabasa wa-basar;

then frowned and scowled,

Verse 74:23

ثُمَّ اَدْبَرَ وَاسْتَكْبَرَ ۟ۙ

S̤umma ʹadbara wastakbar;

then turned his back ˹on the truth˺ and acted arrogantly,

Verse 74:24

فَقَالَ اِنْ هٰذَاۤ اِلَّا سِحْرٌ یُّؤْثَرُ ۟ۙ

Faq̣aala ʹin haaẓaaa ʹillaa siḥruñy yuʹs̤ar;

saying, “This ˹Quran˺ is nothing but magic from the ancients.

Verse 74:25

اِنْ هٰذَاۤ اِلَّا قَوْلُ الْبَشَرِ ۟ؕ

ʹIn haaẓaaa ʹillaa q̣awlul bashar!

This is no more than the word of a man.”

Verse 74:26

سَاُصْلِیْهِ سَقَرَ ۟

Saʹuṣleehi Saq̣ar!

Soon I will burn him in Hell!

Verse 74:27

وَمَاۤ اَدْرٰىكَ مَا سَقَرُ ۟ؕ

Wa-maaa ʹadraaka maa- saq̣ar?

And what will make you realize what Hell is?

Verse 74:28

لَا تُبْقِیْ وَلَا تَذَرُ ۟ۚ

Laa- tubq̣ee wa-laa taẓar!―

It does not let anyone live or die,

Verse 74:29

لَوَّاحَةٌ لِّلْبَشَرِ ۟ۚۖ

Lawwaaḥatul lilbashar!―

scorching the skin.

Verse 74:30

عَلَیْهَا تِسْعَةَ عَشَرَ ۟ؕ

ʻAlayhaa tisʻata ʻashar.

It is overseen by nineteen ˹keepers˺.

Verse 74:31

وَمَا جَعَلْنَاۤ اَصْحٰبَ النَّارِ اِلَّا مَلٰٓىِٕكَةً ۪ وَّمَا جَعَلْنَا عِدَّتَهُمْ اِلَّا فِتْنَةً لِّلَّذِیْنَ كَفَرُوْا ۙ لِیَسْتَیْقِنَ الَّذِیْنَ اُوْتُوا الْكِتٰبَ وَیَزْدَادَ الَّذِیْنَ اٰمَنُوْۤا اِیْمَانًا وَّلَا یَرْتَابَ الَّذِیْنَ اُوْتُوا الْكِتٰبَ وَالْمُؤْمِنُوْنَ ۙ وَلِیَقُوْلَ الَّذِیْنَ فِیْ قُلُوْبِهِمْ مَّرَضٌ وَّالْكٰفِرُوْنَ مَاذَاۤ اَرَادَ اللّٰهُ بِهٰذَا مَثَلًا ؕ كَذٰلِكَ یُضِلُّ اللّٰهُ مَنْ یَّشَآءُ وَیَهْدِیْ مَنْ یَّشَآءُ ؕ وَمَا یَعْلَمُ جُنُوْدَ رَبِّكَ اِلَّا هُوَ ؕ وَمَا هِیَ اِلَّا ذِكْرٰی 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.

We have appointed only ˹stern˺ angels as wardens of the Fire. And We have made their number only as a test for the disbelievers, so that the People of the Book will be certain, and the believers will increase in faith, and neither the People of the Book nor the believers will have any doubts, and so that those ˹hypocrites˺ with sickness in their hearts and the disbelievers will argue, “What does Allah mean by such a number?” In this way Allah leaves whoever He wills to stray and guides whoever He wills. And none knows the forces of your Lord except He. And this ˹description of Hell˺ is only a reminder to humanity.

Verse 74:32

كَلَّا وَالْقَمَرِ ۟ۙ

Kallaa wal-Q̣amar,

But no! By the moon,

Verse 74:33

وَالَّیْلِ اِذْ اَدْبَرَ ۟ۙ

Wallayli ʹiẓ ʹadbar,

and the night as it retreats,

Verse 74:34

وَالصُّبْحِ اِذَاۤ اَسْفَرَ ۟ۙ

Waṣ-Ṣubḥi ʹiẓaaa ʹasfar,―

and the day as it breaks!

Verse 74:35

اِنَّهَا لَاِحْدَی الْكُبَرِ ۟ۙ

ʹInnahaa laʹiḥdal kubar,

Surely Hell is one of the mightiest catastrophes—

Verse 74:36

نَذِیْرًا لِّلْبَشَرِ ۟ۙ

Naẓeeral lilbashar,―

a warning to humankind,

Verse 74:37

لِمَنْ شَآءَ مِنْكُمْ اَنْ یَّتَقَدَّمَ اَوْ یَتَاَخَّرَ ۟ؕ

Limañ shaaaʹa miñkum ʹañy yataq̣addama ʹaw yataʹakhkhar;

to whichever of you chooses to take the lead or lag behind.

Verse 74:38

كُلُّ نَفْسٍ بِمَا كَسَبَتْ رَهِیْنَةٌ ۟ۙ

Kullu nafsim bimaa kasabat raheenah,

Every soul will be detained for what it has done,

Verse 74:39

اِلَّاۤ اَصْحٰبَ الْیَمِیْنِ ۟ؕۛ

ʹIllaaa ʹAṣḥaabal yameen.

except the people of the right,

Verse 74:40

فِیْ جَنّٰتٍ ۛ۫ یَتَسَآءَلُوْنَ ۟ۙ

Fee Jannaatiñy yatasaaaʹaloon

who will be in Gardens, asking one another

Verse 74:41

عَنِ الْمُجْرِمِیْنَ ۟ۙ

ʻAnil mujrimeen:

about the wicked ˹who will then be asked˺:

Verse 74:42

مَا سَلَكَكُمْ فِیْ سَقَرَ ۟

Maa- salakakum fee Saq̣ar?

“What has landed you in Hell?”

Verse 74:43

قَالُوْا لَمْ نَكُ مِنَ الْمُصَلِّیْنَ ۟ۙ

Q̣aaloo lam naku minal Muṣalleen;

They will reply, “We were not of those who prayed,

Verse 74:44

وَلَمْ نَكُ نُطْعِمُ الْمِسْكِیْنَ ۟ۙ

Wa-lam naku nuṭʻimul miskeen;

nor did we feed the poor.

Verse 74:45

وَكُنَّا نَخُوْضُ مَعَ الْخَآىِٕضِیْنَ ۟ۙ

Wa-kunnaa nakhooḍu maʻal khaaaʹiḍeen;

We used to indulge ˹in falsehood˺ along with others,

Verse 74:46

وَكُنَّا نُكَذِّبُ بِیَوْمِ الدِّیْنِ ۟ۙ

Wa-kunnaa nukaẓẓibu bi-Yawmid Deen

and deny the Day of Judgment,

Verse 74:47

حَتّٰۤی اَتٰىنَا الْیَقِیْنُ ۟ؕ

Ḥattaaa ʹataanal yaq̣een.

until the inevitable came to us.”

Verse 74:48

فَمَا تَنْفَعُهُمْ شَفَاعَةُ الشّٰفِعِیْنَ ۟ؕ

Famaa tañfaʻuhum shafaaʻatush shaafiʻeen.

So the pleas of intercessors will be of no benefit to them.

Verse 74:49

فَمَا لَهُمْ عَنِ التَّذْكِرَةِ مُعْرِضِیْنَ ۟ۙ

Famaa lahum ʻanit taẓkirati muʻriḍeen,

Now, what is the matter with them that they are turning away from the reminder,

Verse 74:50

كَاَنَّهُمْ حُمُرٌ مُّسْتَنْفِرَةٌ ۟ۙ

Kaʹannahum ḥumurum mustañfirah,

as if they were spooked zebras

Verse 74:51

فَرَّتْ مِنْ قَسْوَرَةٍ ۟ؕ

Farrat miñ q̣aswarah!

fleeing from a lion?

Verse 74:52

بَلْ یُرِیْدُ كُلُّ امْرِئٍ مِّنْهُمْ اَنْ یُّؤْتٰی صُحُفًا مُّنَشَّرَةً ۟ۙ

Bal yureedu kullum riʹim minhum ʹañy yuʹtaa ṣuḥufam munashsharah!

In fact, each one of them wishes to be given a ˹personal˺ letter ˹from Allah˺ for all ˹to read˺.

Verse 74:53

كَلَّا ؕ بَلْ لَّا یَخَافُوْنَ الْاٰخِرَةَ ۟ؕ

Kaallaa! Bal laa- yakhaafoonal ʹAakhirah.

But no! In fact, they do not fear the Hereafter.

Verse 74:54

كَلَّاۤ اِنَّهٗ تَذْكِرَةٌ ۟ۚ

Kallaaa ʹinnahoo taẓkirah:

Enough! Surely this ˹Quran˺ is a reminder.

Verse 74:55

فَمَنْ شَآءَ ذَكَرَهٗ ۟ؕ

Famañ shaaaʹa ẓakarah!

So let whoever wills be mindful of it.

Verse 74:56

وَمَا یَذْكُرُوْنَ اِلَّاۤ اَنْ یَّشَآءَ اللّٰهُ ؕ هُوَ اَهْلُ التَّقْوٰی وَاَهْلُ الْمَغْفِرَةِ ۟۠

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

But they cannot do so unless Allah wills. He ˹alone˺ is worthy to be feared and entitled to forgive.