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Surah 74 · 56 ayat

Al-Muddaththir

The Cloaked One

المدثر

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

74:1

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلْمُدَّثِّرُ

MeaningO thou enveloped in thy cloak,

74:2

قُمْ فَأَنذِرْ

MeaningArise and warn!

74:3

وَرَبَّكَ فَكَبِّرْ

MeaningThy Lord magnify,

74:4

وَثِيَابَكَ فَطَهِّرْ

MeaningThy raiment purify,

74:5

وَٱلرُّجْزَ فَٱهْجُرْ

MeaningPollution shun!

74:6

وَلَا تَمْنُن تَسْتَكْثِرُ

MeaningAnd show not favour, seeking wordly gain!

74:7

وَلِرَبِّكَ فَٱصْبِرْ

MeaningFor the sake of thy Lord, be patient!

74:8

فَإِذَا نُقِرَ فِى ٱلنَّاقُورِ

MeaningFor when the trumpet shall sound,

74:9

فَذَٰلِكَ يَوْمَئِذٍ يَوْمٌ عَسِيرٌ

MeaningSurely that day will be a day of anguish,

74:10

عَلَى ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَ غَيْرُ يَسِيرٍ

MeaningNot of ease, for disbelievers.

74:11

ذَرْنِى وَمَنْ خَلَقْتُ وَحِيدًا

MeaningLeave Me (to deal) with him whom I created lonely,

74:12

وَجَعَلْتُ لَهُۥ مَالًا مَّمْدُودًا

MeaningAnd then bestowed upon him ample means,

74:13

وَبَنِينَ شُهُودًا

MeaningAnd sons abiding in his presence

74:14

وَمَهَّدتُّ لَهُۥ تَمْهِيدًا

MeaningAnd made (life) smooth for him.

74:15

ثُمَّ يَطْمَعُ أَنْ أَزِيدَ

MeaningYet he desireth that I should give more.

74:16

كَلَّآ ۖ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ لِـَٔايَـٰتِنَا عَنِيدًا

MeaningNay! For lo! he hath been stubborn to Our revelations.

74:17

سَأُرْهِقُهُۥ صَعُودًا

MeaningOn him I shall impose a fearful doom.

74:18

إِنَّهُۥ فَكَّرَ وَقَدَّرَ

MeaningFor lo! he did consider; then he planned –

74:19

فَقُتِلَ كَيْفَ قَدَّرَ

Meaning(Self-)destroyed is he, how he planned!

74:20

ثُمَّ قُتِلَ كَيْفَ قَدَّرَ

MeaningAgain (self-)destroyed is he, how he planned! –

74:21

ثُمَّ نَظَرَ

MeaningThen looked he,

74:22

ثُمَّ عَبَسَ وَبَسَرَ

MeaningThen frowned he and showed displeasure.

74:23

ثُمَّ أَدْبَرَ وَٱسْتَكْبَرَ

MeaningThen turned he away in pride

74:24

فَقَالَ إِنْ هَـٰذَآ إِلَّا سِحْرٌ يُؤْثَرُ

MeaningAnd said: This is naught else than magic from of old;

74:25

إِنْ هَـٰذَآ إِلَّا قَوْلُ ٱلْبَشَرِ

MeaningThis is naught else than speech of mortal man.

74:26

سَأُصْلِيهِ سَقَرَ

MeaningHim shall I fling unto the burning.

74:27

وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا سَقَرُ

Meaning– Ah, what will convey unto thee what that burning is! –

74:28

لَا تُبْقِى وَلَا تَذَرُ

MeaningIt leaveth naught; it spareth naught

74:29

لَوَّاحَةٌ لِّلْبَشَرِ

MeaningIt shrivelleth the man.

74:30

عَلَيْهَا تِسْعَةَ عَشَرَ

MeaningAbove it are nineteen.

74:31

وَمَا جَعَلْنَآ أَصْحَـٰبَ ٱلنَّارِ إِلَّا مَلَـٰٓئِكَةً ۙ وَمَا جَعَلْنَا عِدَّتَهُمْ إِلَّا فِتْنَةً لِّلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ لِيَسْتَيْقِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُوا۟ ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ وَيَزْدَادَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓا۟ إِيمَـٰنًا ۙ وَلَا يَرْتَابَ ٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُوا۟ ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ وَٱلْمُؤْمِنُونَ ۙ وَلِيَقُولَ ٱلَّذِينَ فِى قُلُوبِهِم مَّرَضٌ وَٱلْكَـٰفِرُونَ مَاذَآ أَرَادَ ٱللَّهُ بِهَـٰذَا مَثَلًا ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ يُضِلُّ ٱللَّهُ مَن يَشَآءُ وَيَهْدِى مَن يَشَآءُ ۚ وَمَا يَعْلَمُ جُنُودَ رَبِّكَ إِلَّا هُوَ ۚ وَمَا هِىَ إِلَّا ذِكْرَىٰ لِلْبَشَرِ

MeaningWe 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 وَٱلْقَمَرِ

MeaningNay, by the Moon

74:33

وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذْ أَدْبَرَ

MeaningAnd the night when it withdraweth

74:34

وَٱلصُّبْحِ إِذَآ أَسْفَرَ

MeaningAnd the dawn when it shineth forth,

74:35

إِنَّهَا لَإِحْدَى ٱلْكُبَرِ

MeaningLo! this is one of the greatest (portents)

74:36

نَذِيرًا لِّلْبَشَرِ

MeaningAs a warning unto men,

74:37

لِمَن شَآءَ مِنكُمْ أَن يَتَقَدَّمَ أَوْ يَتَأَخَّرَ

MeaningUnto him of you who will advance or hang back.

74:38

كُلُّ نَفْسٍۭ بِمَا كَسَبَتْ رَهِينَةٌ

MeaningEvery soul is a pledge for its own deeds;

74:39

إِلَّآ أَصْحَـٰبَ ٱلْيَمِينِ

MeaningSave those who will stand on the right hand.

74:40

فِى جَنَّـٰتٍ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ

MeaningIn gardens they will ask one another

74:41

عَنِ ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ

MeaningConcerning the guilty:

74:42

مَا سَلَكَكُمْ فِى سَقَرَ

MeaningWhat hath brought you to this burning?

74:43

قَالُوا۟ لَمْ نَكُ مِنَ ٱلْمُصَلِّينَ

MeaningThey will answer: We were not of those who prayed

74:44

وَلَمْ نَكُ نُطْعِمُ ٱلْمِسْكِينَ

MeaningNor did we feed the wretched.

74:45

وَكُنَّا نَخُوضُ مَعَ ٱلْخَآئِضِينَ

MeaningWe used to wade (in vain dispute) with (all) waders,

74:46

وَكُنَّا نُكَذِّبُ بِيَوْمِ ٱلدِّينِ

MeaningAnd we used to deny the Day of Judgment,

74:47

حَتَّىٰٓ أَتَىٰنَا ٱلْيَقِينُ

MeaningTill the Inevitable came unto us.

74:48

فَمَا تَنفَعُهُمْ شَفَـٰعَةُ ٱلشَّـٰفِعِينَ

MeaningThe mediation of no mediators will avail them then.

74:49

فَمَا لَهُمْ عَنِ ٱلتَّذْكِرَةِ مُعْرِضِينَ

MeaningWhy now turn they away from the Admonishment,

74:50

كَأَنَّهُمْ حُمُرٌ مُّسْتَنفِرَةٌ

MeaningAs they were frightened asses

74:51

فَرَّتْ مِن قَسْوَرَةٍۭ

MeaningFleeing from a lion?

74:52

بَلْ يُرِيدُ كُلُّ ٱمْرِئٍ مِّنْهُمْ أَن يُؤْتَىٰ صُحُفًا مُّنَشَّرَةً

MeaningNay, but everyone of them desireth that he should be given open pages (from Allah).

74:53

كَلَّا ۖ بَل لَّا يَخَافُونَ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةَ

MeaningNay, verily. They fear not the Hereafter.

74:54

كَلَّآ إِنَّهُۥ تَذْكِرَةٌ

MeaningNay, verily. Lo! this is an Admonishment.

74:55

فَمَن شَآءَ ذَكَرَهُۥ

MeaningSo whosoever will may heed.

74:56

وَمَا يَذْكُرُونَ إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُ ۚ هُوَ أَهْلُ ٱلتَّقْوَىٰ وَأَهْلُ ٱلْمَغْفِرَةِ

MeaningAnd they will not heed unless Allah willeth (it). He is the fount of fear. He is the fount of Mercy.

Sources & credits

Arabic source: Tanzil Quran Text 1.1. Verbatim Uthmani source text, used under CC BY 3.0. Check Tanzil for source updates.

Default English meaning: Marmaduke Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran (1930). The translation is presented separately from the Qur’an Arabic.

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