Al-Muddaththir

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

1. 1Juz 29 · page 575

   يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلْمُدَّثِّرُ

   (1) O you who covers himself [with a garment],[1788]

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2. 2Juz 29 · page 575

   قُمْ فَأَنذِرْ

   (2) Arise and warn

3. 3Juz 29 · page 575

   وَرَبَّكَ فَكَبِّرْ

   (3) And your Lord glorify

4. 4Juz 29 · page 575

   وَثِيَابَكَ فَطَهِّرْ

   (4) And your clothing purify

5. 5Juz 29 · page 575

   وَٱلرُّجْزَ فَٱهْجُرْ

   (5) And uncleanliness[1789] avoid

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6. 6Juz 29 · page 575

   وَلَا تَمْنُن تَسْتَكْثِرُ

   (6) And do not confer favor to acquire more[1790]

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7. 7Juz 29 · page 575

   وَلِرَبِّكَ فَٱصْبِرْ

   (7) But for your Lord be patient.

8. 8Juz 29 · page 575

   فَإِذَا نُقِرَ فِى ٱلنَّاقُورِ

   (8) And when the trumpet is blown,

9. 9Juz 29 · page 575

   فَذَٰلِكَ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ يَوْمٌ عَسِيرٌ

   (9) That Day will be a difficult day

10. 10Juz 29 · page 575

    عَلَى ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ غَيْرُ يَسِيرٍۢ

    (10) For the disbelievers - not easy.

11. 11Juz 29 · page 575

    ذَرْنِى وَمَنْ خَلَقْتُ وَحِيدًۭا

    (11) Leave Me with the one I created alone[1791]

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12. 12Juz 29 · page 575

    وَجَعَلْتُ لَهُۥ مَالًۭا مَّمْدُودًۭا

    (12) And to whom I granted extensive wealth

13. 13Juz 29 · page 575

    وَبَنِينَ شُهُودًۭا

    (13) And children present [with him]

14. 14Juz 29 · page 575

    وَمَهَّدتُّ لَهُۥ تَمْهِيدًۭا

    (14) And spread [everything] before him, easing [his life].

15. 15Juz 29 · page 575

    ثُمَّ يَطْمَعُ أَنْ أَزِيدَ

    (15) Then he desires that I should add more.

16. 16Juz 29 · page 575

    كَلَّآ ۖ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ لِءَايَٰتِنَا عَنِيدًۭا

    (16) No! Indeed, he has been toward Our verses obstinate.

17. 17Juz 29 · page 575

    سَأُرْهِقُهُۥ صَعُودًا

    (17) I will cover him with arduous torment.

18. 18Juz 29 · page 576

    إِنَّهُۥ فَكَّرَ وَقَدَّرَ

    (18) Indeed, he thought and deliberated.[1792]

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19. 19Juz 29 · page 576

    فَقُتِلَ كَيْفَ قَدَّرَ

    (19) So may he be destroyed [for] how he deliberated.

20. 20Juz 29 · page 576

    ثُمَّ قُتِلَ كَيْفَ قَدَّرَ

    (20) Then may he be destroyed [for] how he deliberated.

21. 21Juz 29 · page 576

    ثُمَّ نَظَرَ

    (21) Then he considered [again];

22. 22Juz 29 · page 576

    ثُمَّ عَبَسَ وَبَسَرَ

    (22) Then he frowned and scowled;

23. 23Juz 29 · page 576

    ثُمَّ أَدْبَرَ وَٱسْتَكْبَرَ

    (23) Then he turned back and was arrogant

24. 24Juz 29 · page 576

    فَقَالَ إِنْ هَٰذَآ إِلَّا سِحْرٌۭ يُؤْثَرُ

    (24) And said, "This is not but magic imitated [from others].

25. 25Juz 29 · page 576

    إِنْ هَٰذَآ إِلَّا قَوْلُ ٱلْبَشَرِ

    (25) This is not but the word of a human being."

26. 26Juz 29 · page 576

    سَأُصْلِيهِ سَقَرَ

    (26) I will drive him into Saqar.[1793]

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27. 27Juz 29 · page 576

    وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا سَقَرُ

    (27) And what can make you know what is Saqar?

28. 28Juz 29 · page 576

    لَا تُبْقِى وَلَا تَذَرُ

    (28) It lets nothing remain and leaves nothing [unburned],

29. 29Juz 29 · page 576

    لَوَّاحَةٌۭ لِّلْبَشَرِ

    (29) Altering [i.e., blackening] the skins.

30. 30Juz 29 · page 576

    عَلَيْهَا تِسْعَةَ عَشَرَ

    (30) Over it are nineteen [angels].

31. 31Juz 29 · page 576

    وَمَا جَعَلْنَآ أَصْحَٰبَ ٱلنَّارِ إِلَّا مَلَٰٓئِكَةًۭ ۙ وَمَا جَعَلْنَا عِدَّتَهُمْ إِلَّا فِتْنَةًۭ لِّلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ لِيَسْتَيْقِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُوا۟ ٱلْكِتَٰبَ وَيَزْدَادَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓا۟ إِيمَٰنًۭا ۙ وَلَا يَرْتَابَ ٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُوا۟ ٱلْكِتَٰبَ وَٱلْمُؤْمِنُونَ ۙ وَلِيَقُولَ ٱلَّذِينَ فِى قُلُوبِهِم مَّرَضٌۭ وَٱلْكَٰفِرُونَ مَاذَآ أَرَادَ ٱللَّهُ بِهَٰذَا مَثَلًۭا ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ يُضِلُّ ٱللَّهُ مَن يَشَآءُ وَيَهْدِى مَن يَشَآءُ ۚ وَمَا يَعْلَمُ جُنُودَ رَبِّكَ إِلَّا هُوَ ۚ وَمَا هِىَ إِلَّا ذِكْرَىٰ لِلْبَشَرِ

    (31) And We have not made the keepers of the Fire except angels. And We have not made their number except as a trial for those who disbelieve - that those who were given the Scripture will be convinced and those who have believed will increase in faith and those who were given the Scripture and the believers will not doubt and that those in whose hearts is disease [i.e., hypocrisy] and the disbelievers will say, "What does Allāh intend by this as an example?" Thus does Allāh send astray whom He wills and guide whom He wills. And none knows the soldiers of your Lord except Him. And it [i.e., mention of the Fire] is not but a reminder to humanity.

32. 32Juz 29 · page 576

    كَلَّا وَٱلْقَمَرِ

    (32) No! By the moon

33. 33Juz 29 · page 576

    وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذْ أَدْبَرَ

    (33) And [by] the night when it departs

34. 34Juz 29 · page 576

    وَٱلصُّبْحِ إِذَآ أَسْفَرَ

    (34) And [by] the morning when it brightens,

35. 35Juz 29 · page 576

    إِنَّهَا لَإِحْدَى ٱلْكُبَرِ

    (35) Indeed, it [i.e., the Fire] is of the greatest [afflictions]

36. 36Juz 29 · page 576

    نَذِيرًۭا لِّلْبَشَرِ

    (36) As a warning to humanity -

37. 37Juz 29 · page 576

    لِمَن شَآءَ مِنكُمْ أَن يَتَقَدَّمَ أَوْ يَتَأَخَّرَ

    (37) To whoever wills among you to proceed[1794] or stay behind.

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38. 38Juz 29 · page 576

    كُلُّ نَفْسٍۭ بِمَا كَسَبَتْ رَهِينَةٌ

    (38) Every soul, for what it has earned, will be retained[1795]

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39. 39Juz 29 · page 576

    إِلَّآ أَصْحَٰبَ ٱلْيَمِينِ

    (39) Except the companions of the right,[1796].

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40. 40Juz 29 · page 576

    فِى جَنَّٰتٍۢ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ

    (40) [Who will be] in gardens, questioning each other

41. 41Juz 29 · page 576

    عَنِ ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ

    (41) About the criminals,

42. 42Juz 29 · page 576

    مَا سَلَكَكُمْ فِى سَقَرَ

    (42) [And asking them], "What put you into Saqar?"

43. 43Juz 29 · page 576

    قَالُوا۟ لَمْ نَكُ مِنَ ٱلْمُصَلِّينَ

    (43) They will say, "We were not of those who prayed,

44. 44Juz 29 · page 576

    وَلَمْ نَكُ نُطْعِمُ ٱلْمِسْكِينَ

    (44) Nor did we used to feed the poor.

45. 45Juz 29 · page 576

    وَكُنَّا نَخُوضُ مَعَ ٱلْخَآئِضِينَ

    (45) And we used to enter into vain discourse with those who engaged [in it],

46. 46Juz 29 · page 576

    وَكُنَّا نُكَذِّبُ بِيَوْمِ ٱلدِّينِ

    (46) And we used to deny the Day of Recompense

47. 47Juz 29 · page 576

    حَتَّىٰٓ أَتَىٰنَا ٱلْيَقِينُ

    (47) Until there came to us the certainty [i.e., death]."

48. 48Juz 29 · page 577

    فَمَا تَنفَعُهُمْ شَفَٰعَةُ ٱلشَّٰفِعِينَ

    (48) So there will not benefit them the intercession of [any] intercessors.

49. 49Juz 29 · page 577

    فَمَا لَهُمْ عَنِ ٱلتَّذْكِرَةِ مُعْرِضِينَ

    (49) Then what is [the matter] with them that they are, from the reminder, turning away

50. 50Juz 29 · page 577

    كَأَنَّهُمْ حُمُرٌۭ مُّسْتَنفِرَةٌۭ

    (50) As if they were alarmed donkeys

51. 51Juz 29 · page 577

    فَرَّتْ مِن قَسْوَرَةٍۭ

    (51) Fleeing from a lion?

52. 52Juz 29 · page 577

    بَلْ يُرِيدُ كُلُّ ٱمْرِئٍۢ مِّنْهُمْ أَن يُؤْتَىٰ صُحُفًۭا مُّنَشَّرَةًۭ

    (52) Rather, every person among them desires that he[1797] would be given scriptures spread about.[1798]

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53. 53Juz 29 · page 577

    كَلَّا ۖ بَل لَّا يَخَافُونَ ٱلْءَاخِرَةَ

    (53) No! But they do not fear the Hereafter.

54. 54Juz 29 · page 577

    كَلَّآ إِنَّهُۥ تَذْكِرَةٌۭ

    (54) No! Indeed, it [i.e., the Qur’ān] is a reminder

55. 55Juz 29 · page 577

    فَمَن شَآءَ ذَكَرَهُۥ

    (55) Then whoever wills will remember it.

56. 56Juz 29 · page 577

    وَمَا يَذْكُرُونَ إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُ ۚ هُوَ أَهْلُ ٱلتَّقْوَىٰ وَأَهْلُ ٱلْمَغْفِرَةِ

    (56) And they will not remember except that Allāh wills. He is worthy of fear and adequate for [granting] forgiveness.