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Al-Muddaththir

ߟߝߊߙߌ ߘߏ߫: 1

يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلۡمُدَّثِّرُ

O you covered [in your cloak]^[1],

[1] It refers to the Prophet (ﷺ).

ߟߝߊߙߌ ߘߏ߫: 2

قُمۡ فَأَنذِرۡ

arise and warn,

ߟߝߊߙߌ ߘߏ߫: 3

وَرَبَّكَ فَكَبِّرۡ

and proclaim the greatness of your Lord,

ߟߝߊߙߌ ߘߏ߫: 4

وَثِيَابَكَ فَطَهِّرۡ

and purify your garments,

ߟߝߊߙߌ ߘߏ߫: 5

وَٱلرُّجۡزَ فَٱهۡجُرۡ

and shun idol worshiping^[2],

[2] And other sins and bad conducts and morals.

ߟߝߊߙߌ ߘߏ߫: 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.

ߟߝߊߙߌ ߘߏ߫: 7

وَلِرَبِّكَ فَٱصۡبِرۡ

and be patient for the sake of your Lord.

ߟߝߊߙߌ ߘߏ߫: 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.

ߟߝߊߙߌ ߘߏ߫: 9

فَذَٰلِكَ يَوۡمَئِذٖ يَوۡمٌ عَسِيرٌ

that Day will be a difficult day,

ߟߝߊߙߌ ߘߏ߫: 10

عَلَى ٱلۡكَٰفِرِينَ غَيۡرُ يَسِيرٖ

not easy for the disbelievers.

ߟߝߊߙߌ ߘߏ߫: 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.

ߟߝߊߙߌ ߘߏ߫: 12

وَجَعَلۡتُ لَهُۥ مَالٗا مَّمۡدُودٗا

and gave him abundant wealth,

ߟߝߊߙߌ ߘߏ߫: 13

وَبَنِينَ شُهُودٗا

and sons by his side,

ߟߝߊߙߌ ߘߏ߫: 14

وَمَهَّدتُّ لَهُۥ تَمۡهِيدٗا

and gave him a life of comfort and power,

ߟߝߊߙߌ ߘߏ߫: 15

ثُمَّ يَطۡمَعُ أَنۡ أَزِيدَ

yet he aspires that I should give him more.

ߟߝߊߙߌ ߘߏ߫: 16

كَلَّآۖ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ لِأٓيَٰتِنَا عَنِيدٗا

By no means! For he has been stubborn against Our verses.

ߟߝߊߙߌ ߘߏ߫: 17

سَأُرۡهِقُهُۥ صَعُودًا

I will subject him to an unbearable punishment.

ߟߝߊߙߌ ߘߏ߫: 18

إِنَّهُۥ فَكَّرَ وَقَدَّرَ

For he reflected and plotted [against the Qur’an]^[6].

[6] In order to discredit it.

ߟߝߊߙߌ ߘߏ߫: 19

فَقُتِلَ كَيۡفَ قَدَّرَ

May he perish, how he plotted!

ߟߝߊߙߌ ߘߏ߫: 20

ثُمَّ قُتِلَ كَيۡفَ قَدَّرَ

Again, may he perish, how he plotted!

ߟߝߊߙߌ ߘߏ߫: 21

ثُمَّ نَظَرَ

Then he looked around,

ߟߝߊߙߌ ߘߏ߫: 22

ثُمَّ عَبَسَ وَبَسَرَ

then he frowned and scowled,

ߟߝߊߙߌ ߘߏ߫: 23

ثُمَّ أَدۡبَرَ وَٱسۡتَكۡبَرَ

then turned away with arrogance,

ߟߝߊߙߌ ߘߏ߫: 24

فَقَالَ إِنۡ هَٰذَآ إِلَّا سِحۡرٞ يُؤۡثَرُ

then said, “This is nothing but magic from the past.

ߟߝߊߙߌ ߘߏ߫: 25

إِنۡ هَٰذَآ إِلَّا قَوۡلُ ٱلۡبَشَرِ

This is nothing but the words of a man.”

ߟߝߊߙߌ ߘߏ߫: 26

سَأُصۡلِيهِ سَقَرَ

Soon I will make him burn in the Scorching Fire^[7].

[7] "Saqar" is one of the names of Hell.

ߟߝߊߙߌ ߘߏ߫: 27

وَمَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا سَقَرُ

How do you know what Scorching Fire is?

ߟߝߊߙߌ ߘߏ߫: 28

لَا تُبۡقِي وَلَا تَذَرُ

It leaves nothing and spares no one,

ߟߝߊߙߌ ߘߏ߫: 29

لَوَّاحَةٞ لِّلۡبَشَرِ

scorching the skin.

ߟߝߊߙߌ ߘߏ߫: 30

عَلَيۡهَا تِسۡعَةَ عَشَرَ

It is overseen by nineteen [angels].

ߟߝߊߙߌ ߘߏ߫: 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.

ߟߝߊߙߌ ߘߏ߫: 32

كَلَّا وَٱلۡقَمَرِ

No indeed! By the moon,

ߟߝߊߙߌ ߘߏ߫: 33

وَٱلَّيۡلِ إِذۡ أَدۡبَرَ

and by the night when it departs,

ߟߝߊߙߌ ߘߏ߫: 34

وَٱلصُّبۡحِ إِذَآ أَسۡفَرَ

and by the dawn when it brightens,

ߟߝߊߙߌ ߘߏ߫: 35

إِنَّهَا لَإِحۡدَى ٱلۡكُبَرِ

Hellfire is indeed one of the greatest matters,

ߟߝߊߙߌ ߘߏ߫: 36

نَذِيرٗا لِّلۡبَشَرِ

a warning to mankind,

ߟߝߊߙߌ ߘߏ߫: 37

لِمَن شَآءَ مِنكُمۡ أَن يَتَقَدَّمَ أَوۡ يَتَأَخَّرَ

to whoever among you chooses to advance or regress.

ߟߝߊߙߌ ߘߏ߫: 38

كُلُّ نَفۡسِۭ بِمَا كَسَبَتۡ رَهِينَةٌ

Every soul is held in pledge^[9] for its deeds,

[9] i.e., held responsible.

ߟߝߊߙߌ ߘߏ߫: 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.

ߟߝߊߙߌ ߘߏ߫: 40

فِي جَنَّٰتٖ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ

who will be in gardens, asking one another

ߟߝߊߙߌ ߘߏ߫: 41

عَنِ ٱلۡمُجۡرِمِينَ

about the wicked:

ߟߝߊߙߌ ߘߏ߫: 42

مَا سَلَكَكُمۡ فِي سَقَرَ

“What brought you to Hell?”

ߟߝߊߙߌ ߘߏ߫: 43

قَالُواْ لَمۡ نَكُ مِنَ ٱلۡمُصَلِّينَ

They will say, “We were not among those who prayed,

ߟߝߊߙߌ ߘߏ߫: 44

وَلَمۡ نَكُ نُطۡعِمُ ٱلۡمِسۡكِينَ

nor did we feed the poor,

ߟߝߊߙߌ ߘߏ߫: 45

وَكُنَّا نَخُوضُ مَعَ ٱلۡخَآئِضِينَ

and we indulged in falsehood along with those who indulged in it,

ߟߝߊߙߌ ߘߏ߫: 46

وَكُنَّا نُكَذِّبُ بِيَوۡمِ ٱلدِّينِ

and we denied the Day of Judgment,

ߟߝߊߙߌ ߘߏ߫: 47

حَتَّىٰٓ أَتَىٰنَا ٱلۡيَقِينُ

until the certainty [of death] came to us.”

ߟߝߊߙߌ ߘߏ߫: 48

فَمَا تَنفَعُهُمۡ شَفَٰعَةُ ٱلشَّٰفِعِينَ

So the intercession of intercessors will not benefit them.

ߟߝߊߙߌ ߘߏ߫: 49

فَمَا لَهُمۡ عَنِ ٱلتَّذۡكِرَةِ مُعۡرِضِينَ

Then what is the matter with them that they turn away from the Reminder,

ߟߝߊߙߌ ߘߏ߫: 50

كَأَنَّهُمۡ حُمُرٞ مُّسۡتَنفِرَةٞ

as if they were terrified wild asses,

ߟߝߊߙߌ ߘߏ߫: 51

فَرَّتۡ مِن قَسۡوَرَةِۭ

fleeing from a lion?

ߟߝߊߙߌ ߘߏ߫: 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.

ߟߝߊߙߌ ߘߏ߫: 53

كَلَّاۖ بَل لَّا يَخَافُونَ ٱلۡأٓخِرَةَ

By no means! They rather do not fear the Hereafter.

ߟߝߊߙߌ ߘߏ߫: 54

كَلَّآ إِنَّهُۥ تَذۡكِرَةٞ

No indeed! This [Qur’an] is a reminder.

ߟߝߊߙߌ ߘߏ߫: 55

فَمَن شَآءَ ذَكَرَهُۥ

So whoever wills may take heed.

ߟߝߊߙߌ ߘߏ߫: 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.