74. Al-Muddaththir — The Cloaked One

Qur'an · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · Revealed at Mecca · 56 sections

74:1
يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلۡمُدَّثِّرُ
Ya ayyuha almuddaththiru
O thou enveloped in thy cloak
74:2
قُمۡ فَأَنذِرۡ
Qum faanthir
Arise and warn
74:3
وَرَبَّكَ فَكَبِّرۡ
Warabbaka fakabbir
Thy Lord magnify
74:4
وَثِيَابَكَ فَطَهِّرۡ
Wathiyabaka fatahhir
Thy raiment purify
74:5
وَٱلرُّجۡزَ فَٱهۡجُرۡ
Waalrrujza faohjur
Pollution shun
74:6
وَلَا تَمۡنُن تَسۡتَكۡثِرُ
Wala tamnun tastakthiru
And show not favour, seeking wordly gain
74:7
وَلِرَبِّكَ فَٱصۡبِرۡ
Walirabbika faisbir
For the sake of thy Lord, be patient
74:8
فَإِذَا نُقِرَ فِي ٱلنَّاقُورِ
Faitha nuqira fee alnnaqoori
For when the trumpet shall sound
74:9
فَذَٰلِكَ يَوۡمَئِذࣲ يَوۡمٌ عَسِيرٌ
Fathalika yawmaithin yawmun AAaseerun
Surely that day will be a day of anguish
74:10
عَلَى ٱلۡكَٰفِرِينَ غَيۡرُ يَسِيرࣲ‏
AAala alkafireena ghayru yaseerin
Not of ease, for disbelievers
74:11
ذَرۡنِي وَمَنۡ خَلَقۡتُ وَحِيدࣰ ا
Tharnee waman khalaqtu waheedan
Leave Me (to deal) with him whom I created lonely
74:12
وَجَعَلۡتُ لَهُۥ مَالࣰ ا مَّمۡدُودࣰ ا
WajaAAaltu lahu malan mamdoodan
And then bestowed upon him ample means
74:13
وَبَنِينَ شُهُودࣰ ا
Wabaneena shuhoodan
And sons abiding in his presence
74:14
وَمَهَّدتُّ لَهُۥ تَمۡهِيدࣰ ا
Wamahhadtu lahu tamheedan
And made (life) smooth for him
74:15
ثُمَّ يَطۡمَعُ أَنۡ أَزِيدَ
Thumma yatmaAAu an azeeda
Yet he desireth that I should give more
74:16
كَلَّآۖ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ لِأٓيَٰتِنَا عَنِيدࣰ ا
Kalla innahu kana liayatina AAaneedan
Nay! For lo! he hath been stubborn to Our revelations
74:17
سَأُرۡهِقُهُۥ صَعُودًا
Saorhiquhu saAAoodan
On him I shall impose a fearful doom
74:18
إِنَّهُۥ فَكَّرَ وَقَدَّرَ
Innahu fakkara waqaddara
For lo! he did consider; then he planned
74:19
فَقُتِلَ كَيۡفَ قَدَّرَ
Faqutila kayfa qaddara
(Self-)destroyed is he, how he planned
74:20
ثُمَّ قُتِلَ كَيۡفَ قَدَّرَ
Thumma qutila kayfa qaddara
Again (self-)destroyed is he, how he planned
74:21
ثُمَّ نَظَرَ
Thumma nathara
Then looked he
74:22
ثُمَّ عَبَسَ وَبَسَرَ
Thumma AAabasa wabasara
Then frowned he and showed displeasure
74:23
ثُمَّ أَدۡبَرَ وَٱسۡتَكۡبَرَ
Thumma adbara waistakbara
Then turned he away in pride
74:24
فَقَالَ إِنۡ هَٰذَآ إِلَّا سِحۡرࣱ يُؤۡثَرُ
Faqala in hatha illa sihrun yutharu
And said: This is naught else than magic from of old
74:25
إِنۡ هَٰذَآ إِلَّا قَوۡلُ ٱلۡبَشَرِ
In hatha illa qawlu albashari
This is naught else than speech of mortal man
74:26
سَأُصۡلِيهِ سَقَرَ
Saosleehi saqara
Him shall I fling unto the burning
74:27
وَمَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا سَقَرُ
Wama adraka ma saqaru
Ah, what will convey unto thee what that burning is
74:28
لَا تُبۡقِي وَلَا تَذَرُ
La tubqee wala tatharu
It leaveth naught; it spareth naught
74:29
لَوَّاحَةࣱ لِّلۡبَشَرِ
Lawwahatun lilbashari
It shrivelleth the man
74:30
عَلَيۡهَا تِسۡعَةَ عَشَرَ
AAalayha tisAAata AAashara
Above it are nineteen
74:31
وَمَا جَعَلۡنَآ أَصۡحَٰبَ ٱلنَّارِ إِلَّا مَلَٰٓئِكَةࣰۖ وَمَا جَعَلۡنَا عِدَّتَهُمۡ إِلَّا فِتۡنَةࣰ لِّلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ لِيَسۡتَيۡقِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُواْ ٱلۡكِتَٰبَ وَيَزۡدَادَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓاْ إِيمَٰنࣰ ا وَلَا يَرۡتَابَ ٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُواْ ٱلۡكِتَٰبَ وَٱلۡمُؤۡمِنُونَ وَلِيَقُولَ ٱلَّذِينَ فِي قُلُوبِهِم مَّرَضࣱ وَٱلۡكَٰفِرُونَ مَاذَآ أَرَادَ ٱللَّهُ بِهَٰذَا مَثَلࣰ اۚ كَذَٰلِكَ يُضِلُّ ٱللَّهُ مَن يَشَآءُ وَيَهۡدِي مَن يَشَآءُۚ وَمَا يَعۡلَمُ جُنُودَ رَبِّكَ إِلَّا هُوَۚ وَمَا هِيَ إِلَّا ذِكۡرَىٰ لِلۡبَشَرِ
Wama jaAAalna ashaba alnnari illa malaikatan wama jaAAalna AAiddatahum illa fitnatan lillatheena kafaroo liyastayqina allatheena ootoo alkitaba wayazdada allatheena amanoo eemanan wala yartaba allatheena ootoo alkitaba waalmuminoona waliyaqoola allatheena fee quloobihim maradun waalkafiroona matha arada Allahu bihatha mathalan kathalika yudillu Allahu man yashao wayahdee man yashao wama yaAAlamu junooda rabbika illa huwa wama hiya illa thikra lilbashari
We have appointed only angels to be wardens of the Fire, and their number have We made to be a stumbling-block for those who disbelieve; that those to whom the Scripture hath been given may have certainty, and that believers may increase in faith; and that those to whom the Scripture hath been given and believers may not doubt; and that those in whose hearts there is disease, and disbelievers, may say: What meaneth Allah by this similitude? Thus Allah sendeth astray whom He will, and whom He will He guideth. None knoweth the hosts of thy Lord save Him. This is naught else than a Reminder unto mortals
74:32
كَلَّا وَٱلۡقَمَرِ
Kalla waalqamari
Nay, by the Moon
74:33
وَٱلَّيۡلِ إِذۡ أَدۡبَرَ
Waallayli ith adbara
And the night when it withdraweth
74:34
وَٱلصُّبۡحِ إِذَآ أَسۡفَرَ
Waalssubhi itha asfara
And the dawn when it shineth forth
74:35
إِنَّهَا لَإِحۡدَى ٱلۡكُبَرِ
Innaha laihda alkubari
Lo! this is one of the greatest (portents)
74:36
نَذِيرࣰ ا لِّلۡبَشَرِ
Natheeran lilbashari
As a warning unto men
74:37
لِمَن شَآءَ مِنكُمۡ أَن يَتَقَدَّمَ أَوۡ يَتَأَخَّرَ
Liman shaa minkum an yataqaddama aw yataakhkhara
Unto him of you who will advance or hang back
74:38
كُلُّ نَفۡسِۭ بِمَا كَسَبَتۡ رَهِينَةٌ
Kullu nafsin bima kasabat raheenatun
Every soul is a pledge for its own deeds
74:39
إِلَّآ أَصۡحَٰبَ ٱلۡيَمِينِ
Illa ashaba alyameeni
Save those who will stand on the right hand
74:40
فِي جَنَّٰتࣲ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ
Fee jannatin yatasaaloona
In gardens they will ask one another
74:41
عَنِ ٱلۡمُجۡرِمِينَ
AAani almujrimeena
Concerning the guilty
74:42
مَا سَلَكَكُمۡ فِي سَقَرَ
Ma salakakum fee saqara
What hath brought you to this burning
74:43
قَالُواْ لَمۡ نَكُ مِنَ ٱلۡمُصَلِّينَ
Qaloo lam naku mina almusalleena
They will answer: We were not of those who prayed
74:44
وَلَمۡ نَكُ نُطۡعِمُ ٱلۡمِسۡكِينَ
Walam naku nutAAimu almiskeena
Nor did we feed the wretched
74:45
وَكُنَّا نَخُوضُ مَعَ ٱلۡخَآئِضِينَ
Wakunna nakhoodu maAAa alkhaideena
We used to wade (in vain dispute) with (all) waders
74:46
وَكُنَّا نُكَذِّبُ بِيَوۡمِ ٱلدِّينِ
Wakunna nukaththibu biyawmi alddeeni
And we used to deny the Day of Judgment
74:47
حَتَّىٰٓ أَتَىٰنَا ٱلۡيَقِينُ
Hatta atana alyaqeenu
Till the Inevitable came unto us
74:48
فَمَا تَنفَعُهُمۡ شَفَٰعَةُ ٱلشَّٰفِعِينَ
Fama tanfaAAuhum shafaAAatu alshshafiAAeena
The mediation of no mediators will avail them then
74:49
فَمَا لَهُمۡ عَنِ ٱلتَّذۡكِرَةِ مُعۡرِضِينَ
Fama lahum AAani alttathkirati muAArideena
Why now turn they away from the Admonishment
74:50
كَأَنَّهُمۡ حُمُرࣱ مُّسۡتَنفِرَةࣱ‏
Kaannahum humurun mustanfiratun
As they were frightened asses
74:51
فَرَّتۡ مِن قَسۡوَرَةِۭ
Farrat min qaswaratin
Fleeing from a lion
74:52
بَلۡ يُرِيدُ كُلُّ ٱمۡرِيࣲٕ مِّنۡهُمۡ أَن يُؤۡتَىٰ صُحُفࣰ ا مُّنَشَّرَةࣰ‏
Bal yureedu kullu imriin minhum an yuta suhufan munashsharatan
Nay, but everyone of them desireth that he should be given open pages (from Allah)
74:53
كَلَّاۖ بَل لَّا يَخَافُونَ ٱلۡأٓخِرَةَ
Kalla bal la yakhafoona alakhirata
Nay, verily. They fear not the Hereafter
74:54
كَلَّآ إِنَّهُۥ تَذۡكِرَةࣱ‏
Kalla innahu tathkiratun
Nay, verily. Lo! this is an Admonishment
74:55
فَمَن شَآءَ ذَكَرَهُۥ
Faman shaa thakarahu
So whosoever will may heed
74:56
وَمَا يَذۡكُرُونَ إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُۚ هُوَ أَهۡلُ ٱلتَّقۡوَىٰ وَأَهۡلُ ٱلۡمَغۡفِرَةِ
Wama yathkuroona illa an yashaa Allahu huwa ahlu alttaqwa waahlu almaghfirati
And they will not heed unless Allah willeth (it). He is the fount of fear. He is the fount of Mercy

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