Translation of the Meanings of the Noble Qur'an - English Translation - Rowwad Translation Center * - Translations’ Index

PDF XML CSV Excel API
Please review the Terms and Policies
Translation of the meanings Surah: Al-Muddaththir   Ayah:
Surahs’ Index Page Number HTML

Al-Muddaththir

Ayah: 1

يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلۡمُدَّثِّرُ
O you covered [in your cloak][1],
[1] It refers to the Prophet (ﷺ).
Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:

Ayah: 2

قُمۡ فَأَنذِرۡ
arise and warn,
Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:

Ayah: 3

وَرَبَّكَ فَكَبِّرۡ
and proclaim the greatness of your Lord,
Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:

Ayah: 4

وَثِيَابَكَ فَطَهِّرۡ
and purify your garments,
Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:

Ayah: 5

وَٱلرُّجۡزَ فَٱهۡجُرۡ
and shun idol worshiping[2],
[2] And other sins and bad conducts and morals.
Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:

Ayah: 6

وَلَا تَمۡنُن تَسۡتَكۡثِرُ
and do not do a favor for a greater return[3],
[3] Or: do not consider your good deeds as a favor to Allah, thinking of your little deeds as abundant.
Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:

Ayah: 7

وَلِرَبِّكَ فَٱصۡبِرۡ
and be patient for the sake of your Lord.
Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:

Ayah: 8

فَإِذَا نُقِرَ فِي ٱلنَّاقُورِ
When the Trumpet is sounded[4],
[4] For the second time, causing all to rise from the dead for resurrection. See 39:68.
Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:

Ayah: 9

فَذَٰلِكَ يَوۡمَئِذٖ يَوۡمٌ عَسِيرٌ
that Day will be a difficult day,
Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:

Ayah: 10

عَلَى ٱلۡكَٰفِرِينَ غَيۡرُ يَسِيرٖ
not easy for the disbelievers.
Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:

Ayah: 11

ذَرۡنِي وَمَنۡ خَلَقۡتُ وَحِيدٗا
Leave me to deal with the one whom I created lonely[5],
[5] i.e., having no wealth or children. It refers to al-Walīd bin al-Mughīrah, who was impressed by the Qur’an, yet he publicly denied it to win the approval of the pagans of Makkah.
Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:

Ayah: 12

وَجَعَلۡتُ لَهُۥ مَالٗا مَّمۡدُودٗا
and gave him abundant wealth,
Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:

Ayah: 13

وَبَنِينَ شُهُودٗا
and sons by his side,
Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:

Ayah: 14

وَمَهَّدتُّ لَهُۥ تَمۡهِيدٗا
and gave him a life of comfort and power,
Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:

Ayah: 15

ثُمَّ يَطۡمَعُ أَنۡ أَزِيدَ
yet he aspires that I should give him more.
Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:

Ayah: 16

كَلَّآۖ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ لِأٓيَٰتِنَا عَنِيدٗا
By no means! For he has been stubborn against Our verses.
Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:

Ayah: 17

سَأُرۡهِقُهُۥ صَعُودًا
I will subject him to an unbearable punishment.
Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:

Ayah: 18

إِنَّهُۥ فَكَّرَ وَقَدَّرَ
For he reflected and plotted [against the Qur’an][6].
[6] In order to discredit it.
Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:

Ayah: 19

فَقُتِلَ كَيۡفَ قَدَّرَ
May he perish, how he plotted!
Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:

Ayah: 20

ثُمَّ قُتِلَ كَيۡفَ قَدَّرَ
Again, may he perish, how he plotted!
Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:

Ayah: 21

ثُمَّ نَظَرَ
Then he looked around,
Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:

Ayah: 22

ثُمَّ عَبَسَ وَبَسَرَ
then he frowned and scowled,
Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:

Ayah: 23

ثُمَّ أَدۡبَرَ وَٱسۡتَكۡبَرَ
then turned away with arrogance,
Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:

Ayah: 24

فَقَالَ إِنۡ هَٰذَآ إِلَّا سِحۡرٞ يُؤۡثَرُ
then said, “This is nothing but magic from the past.
Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:

Ayah: 25

إِنۡ هَٰذَآ إِلَّا قَوۡلُ ٱلۡبَشَرِ
This is nothing but the words of a man.”
Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:

Ayah: 26

سَأُصۡلِيهِ سَقَرَ
Soon I will make him burn in the Scorching Fire[7].
[7] "Saqar" is one of the names of Hell.
Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:

Ayah: 27

وَمَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا سَقَرُ
How do you know what Scorching Fire is?
Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:

Ayah: 28

لَا تُبۡقِي وَلَا تَذَرُ
It leaves nothing and spares no one,
Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:

Ayah: 29

لَوَّاحَةٞ لِّلۡبَشَرِ
scorching the skin.
Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:

Ayah: 30

عَلَيۡهَا تِسۡعَةَ عَشَرَ
It is overseen by nineteen [angels].
Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:

Ayah: 31

وَمَا جَعَلۡنَآ أَصۡحَٰبَ ٱلنَّارِ إِلَّا مَلَٰٓئِكَةٗۖ وَمَا جَعَلۡنَا عِدَّتَهُمۡ إِلَّا فِتۡنَةٗ لِّلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ لِيَسۡتَيۡقِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُواْ ٱلۡكِتَٰبَ وَيَزۡدَادَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓاْ إِيمَٰنٗا وَلَا يَرۡتَابَ ٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُواْ ٱلۡكِتَٰبَ وَٱلۡمُؤۡمِنُونَ وَلِيَقُولَ ٱلَّذِينَ فِي قُلُوبِهِم مَّرَضٞ وَٱلۡكَٰفِرُونَ مَاذَآ أَرَادَ ٱللَّهُ بِهَٰذَا مَثَلٗاۚ كَذَٰلِكَ يُضِلُّ ٱللَّهُ مَن يَشَآءُ وَيَهۡدِي مَن يَشَآءُۚ وَمَا يَعۡلَمُ جُنُودَ رَبِّكَ إِلَّا هُوَۚ وَمَا هِيَ إِلَّا ذِكۡرَىٰ لِلۡبَشَرِ
We have only appointed angels as keepers of the Fire, and We have only made their number as a test for the disbelievers[8], so that those who were given the Scripture may have certainty and the believers may increase in faith; and neither those who were given the Scripture nor the believers may have any doubts; and so that those [hypocrites] in whose hearts is sickness and the disbelievers may say, “What does Allah mean by this number?” Thus Allah causes to stray whom He wills and guides whom He wills, and none knows the soldiers of your Lord but He. This is but a reminder to mankind.
[8] To say what they want to say, so their punishment will be multiplied for them. Abu Jahl, one of the chief pagans in Makkah, made fun of the Prophet (ﷺ) when they came to know that the keepers of Hell are nineteen angels, so he ridiculed this number and said that it is an easy number to overcome.
Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:

Ayah: 32

كَلَّا وَٱلۡقَمَرِ
No indeed! By the moon,
Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:

Ayah: 33

وَٱلَّيۡلِ إِذۡ أَدۡبَرَ
and by the night when it departs,
Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:

Ayah: 34

وَٱلصُّبۡحِ إِذَآ أَسۡفَرَ
and by the dawn when it brightens,
Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:

Ayah: 35

إِنَّهَا لَإِحۡدَى ٱلۡكُبَرِ
Hellfire is indeed one of the greatest matters,
Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:

Ayah: 36

نَذِيرٗا لِّلۡبَشَرِ
a warning to mankind,
Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:

Ayah: 37

لِمَن شَآءَ مِنكُمۡ أَن يَتَقَدَّمَ أَوۡ يَتَأَخَّرَ
to whoever among you chooses to advance or regress.
Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:

Ayah: 38

كُلُّ نَفۡسِۭ بِمَا كَسَبَتۡ رَهِينَةٌ
Every soul is held in pledge[9] for its deeds,
[9] i.e., held responsible.
Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:

Ayah: 39

إِلَّآ أَصۡحَٰبَ ٱلۡيَمِينِ
except the People of the Right[10],
[10] i.e., the believers who receive their records of deeds in their right hands.
Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:

Ayah: 40

فِي جَنَّٰتٖ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ
who will be in gardens, asking one another
Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:

Ayah: 41

عَنِ ٱلۡمُجۡرِمِينَ
about the wicked:
Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:

Ayah: 42

مَا سَلَكَكُمۡ فِي سَقَرَ
“What brought you to Hell?”
Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:

Ayah: 43

قَالُواْ لَمۡ نَكُ مِنَ ٱلۡمُصَلِّينَ
They will say, “We were not among those who prayed,
Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:

Ayah: 44

وَلَمۡ نَكُ نُطۡعِمُ ٱلۡمِسۡكِينَ
nor did we feed the poor,
Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:

Ayah: 45

وَكُنَّا نَخُوضُ مَعَ ٱلۡخَآئِضِينَ
and we indulged in falsehood along with those who indulged in it,
Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:

Ayah: 46

وَكُنَّا نُكَذِّبُ بِيَوۡمِ ٱلدِّينِ
and we denied the Day of Judgment,
Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:

Ayah: 47

حَتَّىٰٓ أَتَىٰنَا ٱلۡيَقِينُ
until the certainty [of death] came to us.”
Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:

Ayah: 48

فَمَا تَنفَعُهُمۡ شَفَٰعَةُ ٱلشَّٰفِعِينَ
So the intercession of intercessors will not benefit them.
Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:

Ayah: 49

فَمَا لَهُمۡ عَنِ ٱلتَّذۡكِرَةِ مُعۡرِضِينَ
Then what is the matter with them that they turn away from the Reminder,
Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:

Ayah: 50

كَأَنَّهُمۡ حُمُرٞ مُّسۡتَنفِرَةٞ
as if they were terrified wild asses,
Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:

Ayah: 51

فَرَّتۡ مِن قَسۡوَرَةِۭ
fleeing from a lion?
Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:

Ayah: 52

بَلۡ يُرِيدُ كُلُّ ٱمۡرِيٕٖ مِّنۡهُمۡ أَن يُؤۡتَىٰ صُحُفٗا مُّنَشَّرَةٗ
In fact, each one of them desires that open [divine] letters be sent to each of them[11].
[11] Instead of Muhammad (ﷺ), not due to the lack of proofs or signs presented to them but out of obstinacy and arrogance.
Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:

Ayah: 53

كَلَّاۖ بَل لَّا يَخَافُونَ ٱلۡأٓخِرَةَ
By no means! They rather do not fear the Hereafter.
Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:

Ayah: 54

كَلَّآ إِنَّهُۥ تَذۡكِرَةٞ
No indeed! This [Qur’an] is a reminder.
Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:

Ayah: 55

فَمَن شَآءَ ذَكَرَهُۥ
So whoever wills may take heed.
Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:

Ayah: 56

وَمَا يَذۡكُرُونَ إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُۚ هُوَ أَهۡلُ ٱلتَّقۡوَىٰ وَأَهۡلُ ٱلۡمَغۡفِرَةِ
But they will not take heed unless Allah so wills. He is most worthy to be feared and most worthy to forgive.
Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:
 
Translation of the meanings Surah: Al-Muddaththir
Surahs’ Index Page Number
 
Translation of the Meanings of the Noble Qur'an - English Translation - Rowwad Translation Center - Translations’ Index

Translation of the Quran meanings into Englsih by Rowwad Translation Center in cooperation with Islamhouse.com

close