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Translation of the meanings Surah: Al-Muddaththir   Ayah:
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Al-Muddaththir

Ayah: 1

يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلۡمُدَّثِّرُ
1. O you covered in your cloak¹.
1. I.e., the Prophet Muhammad. Out of fear from what he has seen - the angel Gabriel for the first time.
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Ayah: 2

قُمۡ فَأَنذِرۡ
2. Arise and warn (the world from their unrighteousness),
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Ayah: 3

وَرَبَّكَ فَكَبِّرۡ
3. And proclaim the Greatness of (Allah) your Lord,
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Ayah: 4

وَثِيَابَكَ فَطَهِّرۡ
4. And purify (yourself from the sins and) your garments from the impurities,
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Ayah: 5

وَٱلرُّجۡزَ فَٱهۡجُرۡ
5. And keep away from worshipping idols (and bad conduct and morals),
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Ayah: 6

وَلَا تَمۡنُن تَسۡتَكۡثِرُ
6. Do not confer favor in order that you may receive more (in return)²,
2. When we reach out to others to help, not because of what we might receive, but because of God’s Love, and so that we receive far greater blessing from Him only.
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Ayah: 7

وَلِرَبِّكَ فَٱصۡبِرۡ
7. Be patient for the Sake of (Allah) your Lord.
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Ayah: 8

فَإِذَا نُقِرَ فِي ٱلنَّاقُورِ
8. For when the trumpet is blown,
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Ayah: 9

فَذَٰلِكَ يَوۡمَئِذٖ يَوۡمٌ عَسِيرٌ
9. That Day, will be a difficult day,
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Ayah: 10

عَلَى ٱلۡكَٰفِرِينَ غَيۡرُ يَسِيرٖ
10. For the deniers, not easy.
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Ayah: 11

ذَرۡنِي وَمَنۡ خَلَقۡتُ وَحِيدٗا
11. Leave Me to deal with the one whom I created alone,
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Ayah: 12

وَجَعَلۡتُ لَهُۥ مَالٗا مَّمۡدُودٗا
12. And gave him vast riches,
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Ayah: 13

وَبَنِينَ شُهُودٗا
13. And sons to be by his side (serving him),
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Ayah: 14

وَمَهَّدتُّ لَهُۥ تَمۡهِيدٗا
14. And made life smooth and comfortable for him -
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Ayah: 15

ثُمَّ يَطۡمَعُ أَنۡ أَزِيدَ
15. Yet he desires that I should add more!
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Ayah: 16

كَلَّآۖ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ لِأٓيَٰتِنَا عَنِيدٗا
16. No! (It shall never be), since He has been opposing Our Verses.
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Ayah: 17

سَأُرۡهِقُهُۥ صَعُودًا
17. I will cover him with an arduous Torment. 
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Ayah: 18

إِنَّهُۥ فَكَّرَ وَقَدَّرَ
18. He planned and plotted (against the Truth).
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Ayah: 19

فَقُتِلَ كَيۡفَ قَدَّرَ
19. So may he perish, how he plotted.
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Ayah: 20

ثُمَّ قُتِلَ كَيۡفَ قَدَّرَ
20. Again, may he perish - how he plotted!
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Ayah: 21

ثُمَّ نَظَرَ
21. He looked around,
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Ayah: 22

ثُمَّ عَبَسَ وَبَسَرَ
22. Then frowned and scowled,
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Ayah: 23

ثُمَّ أَدۡبَرَ وَٱسۡتَكۡبَرَ
23. Then turned back and was haughty with (false) pride,
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Ayah: 24

فَقَالَ إِنۡ هَٰذَآ إِلَّا سِحۡرٞ يُؤۡثَرُ
24. And said: "This (Qur’an) is only sorcery, narrated (from others).
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Ayah: 25

إِنۡ هَٰذَآ إِلَّا قَوۡلُ ٱلۡبَشَرِ
25. This is only the word of a human being."
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Ayah: 26

سَأُصۡلِيهِ سَقَرَ
26. Soon I will make him burn in the Scorching Fire.
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Ayah: 27

وَمَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا سَقَرُ
27. What will make you know what the Scorching Fire is?
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Ayah: 28

لَا تُبۡقِي وَلَا تَذَرُ
28. It leaves nothing nor does it spare anything,
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Ayah: 29

لَوَّاحَةٞ لِّلۡبَشَرِ
29. Burning the skins,
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Ayah: 30

عَلَيۡهَا تِسۡعَةَ عَشَرَ
30. Over it are nineteen (angels as keepers and guardians of Hell).
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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
31. We have appointed only angels to be the wardens of the Fire, and We have specified their number only as a trial for the pagans and that those (Jews and Nazarenes) who have been given the Scripture may be certain and the believers may increase in Faith, and those who have been given the Scripture and the believers may not be in doubt, and so that those in whose hearts is a sickness (of hypocrisy) and the pagans may say: "What does Allah mean by this example?" Thus does Allah (justly) leave astray whom He wills and guides whom He wills. No one knows the hosts of (Allah) your Lord except Him. This is only a Reminder to mankind.
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Ayah: 32

كَلَّا وَٱلۡقَمَرِ
32. No, By the moon,
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Ayah: 33

وَٱلَّيۡلِ إِذۡ أَدۡبَرَ
33. By the night when it departs,
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Ayah: 34

وَٱلصُّبۡحِ إِذَآ أَسۡفَرَ
34. And by the dawn when it brightens;
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Ayah: 35

إِنَّهَا لَإِحۡدَى ٱلۡكُبَرِ
35. Hellfire is one of the gravest afflictions,
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Ayah: 36

نَذِيرٗا لِّلۡبَشَرِ
36. A warning to mankind,
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Ayah: 37

لِمَن شَآءَ مِنكُمۡ أَن يَتَقَدَّمَ أَوۡ يَتَأَخَّرَ
37. To him who wills to go forward (by faith and good deeds) or remain behind.
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Ayah: 38

كُلُّ نَفۡسِۭ بِمَا كَسَبَتۡ رَهِينَةٌ
38. Every soul is held responsible for what it earns (of evil),
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Ayah: 39

إِلَّآ أَصۡحَٰبَ ٱلۡيَمِينِ
39. Except the people of the right hand,
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Ayah: 40

فِي جَنَّٰتٖ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ
40. (Who will be) in gardens - they will ask each other,
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Ayah: 41

عَنِ ٱلۡمُجۡرِمِينَ
41. About the wicked:
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Ayah: 42

مَا سَلَكَكُمۡ فِي سَقَرَ
42. What has brought you into Hell?
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Ayah: 43

قَالُواْ لَمۡ نَكُ مِنَ ٱلۡمُصَلِّينَ
43. They will say: We were not of those who prayed;
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Ayah: 44

وَلَمۡ نَكُ نُطۡعِمُ ٱلۡمِسۡكِينَ
44. Nor did we feed the poor,
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Ayah: 45

وَكُنَّا نَخُوضُ مَعَ ٱلۡخَآئِضِينَ
45. We used to indulge in falsehood with those who indulged in it.
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Ayah: 46

وَكُنَّا نُكَذِّبُ بِيَوۡمِ ٱلدِّينِ
46. And we used to deny the Day of (Judgment and) Recompense,
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Ayah: 47

حَتَّىٰٓ أَتَىٰنَا ٱلۡيَقِينُ
47. Until there came to us the certainty (of death).
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Ayah: 48

فَمَا تَنفَعُهُمۡ شَفَٰعَةُ ٱلشَّٰفِعِينَ
48. So the intercession of intercessors will not benefit them.
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Ayah: 49

فَمَا لَهُمۡ عَنِ ٱلتَّذۡكِرَةِ مُعۡرِضِينَ
49. What is the matter with them, that they turn away from the Reminder (this Qur’an).
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Ayah: 50

كَأَنَّهُمۡ حُمُرٞ مُّسۡتَنفِرَةٞ
50. Like frightened (wild) donkeys.
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Ayah: 51

فَرَّتۡ مِن قَسۡوَرَةِۭ
51. Fleeing from a lion³?
3. If you refuse good advice, you are asking for trouble; follow it and you are safe. The teachings of the Qur’an and Sunnah are a fountain of life. Be good and trusted, as those who can't be trusted are on the road to ruin. Bad people are destroyed by their rejection of faith. But whoever obeys Allah (God) and His messenger Muhammad will have security, and will be safe, with no reason to be afraid. If you obey the majority of those who live on earth, they will lead you away from God's path. They only follow idle fancies, indulging in conjecture.
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Ayah: 52

بَلۡ يُرِيدُ كُلُّ ٱمۡرِيٕٖ مِّنۡهُمۡ أَن يُؤۡتَىٰ صُحُفٗا مُّنَشَّرَةٗ
52. Rather, every one of them wants that he may be given (Divine) scrolls spread out.
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Ayah: 53

كَلَّاۖ بَل لَّا يَخَافُونَ ٱلۡأٓخِرَةَ
53. No, But they do not fear the Hereafter.
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Ayah: 54

كَلَّآ إِنَّهُۥ تَذۡكِرَةٞ
54. No, it (this Qur’an) is indeed a Reminder.
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Ayah: 55

فَمَن شَآءَ ذَكَرَهُۥ
55. So whoever wills may take heed.
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Ayah: 56

وَمَا يَذۡكُرُونَ إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُۚ هُوَ أَهۡلُ ٱلتَّقۡوَىٰ وَأَهۡلُ ٱلۡمَغۡفِرَةِ
56. But they will not take heed unless Allah so wills. He is (the One) worthy to be feared, and worthy to forgive.
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Translation of the meanings of the Noble Qur'an into the English language, translated by Abdullah Hasan Jacob.

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