74: Al-Muddaththir المدثر

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بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِيْمِ

BISMIL LAAHIR RAHMAANIR RAHEEM

In the Name of Allah, the All-beneficent, the All-merciful

يٰۤاَيُّهَا الْمُدَّثِّرُۙ‏(1)

YAA AYYOHAL MUDDASSER.

O you wrapped up in your mantle!

قُمْ فَاَنْذِرْۙ‏(2)

QUM FA-ANZIR.

Rise up and warn!

وَرَبَّكَ فَكَبِّرْۙ‏(3)

WA RABBAKA FA-KABBIR.

Magnify your Lord,

وَثِيَابَكَ فَطَهِّرْۙ‏(4)

WA SEYAABAKA FA-TAHHIR.

and purify your clothes,

وَالرُّجْزَ فَاهْجُرْۙ‏(5)

WAR RUJZA FAHJUR.

and keep away from all impurity!

وَلَا تَمْنُنْ تَسْتَكْثِرُۙ‏(6)

WA LAA TAMNUN TASTAKSER.

Do not grant a favour seeking a greater gain,

وَ لِرَبِّكَ فَاصْبِرْؕ‏(7)

WA LE-RABBEKA FASBIR.

and be patient for the sake of your Lord.

فَاِذَا نُقِرَ فِى النَّاقُوْرِۙ‏(8)

FA-EZAA NOQERA FIN NAAQOOR.

When the Trumpet will be sounded,

فَذٰلِكَ يَوْمَئِذٍ يَّوْمٌ عَسِيْرٌۙ‏(9)

FAZAALEKA YAWMA-EZIN-Y YAWMUN A’SEER.

that will be a day of hardship,

عَلَى الْكٰفِرِيْنَ غَيْرُ يَسِيْرٍ‏(10)

A’LAL KAAFEREENA GHAYRO YASEER.

not at all easy for the faithless.

ذَرْنِىْ وَمَنْ خَلَقْتُ وَحِيْدًا ۙ‏(11)

ZARNEE WA MAN KHALAQTO WAHEEDAA.

Leave Me [to deal] with him whom I created alone,

وَّجَعَلْتُ لَهٗ مَالًا مَّمْدُوْدًا ۙ‏(12)

WA JA-A’LTO LAHU MAALAM MAMDOODAA.

and furnished him with extensive means,

وَّبَنِيْنَ شُهُوْدًا ۙ‏(13)

WA BANEENA SHOHOODAA.

[gave him] sons to be at his side,

وَّمَهَّدتُّ لَهٗ تَمْهِيْدًا ۙ‏(14)

WA MAHHATTO LAHU TAMHEEDAA.

and facilitated [all matters] for him.

ثُمَّ يَطْمَعُ اَنْ اَزِيْدَ ۙ‏(15)

SUMMA YATMA-O’ AN AZEED.

Still he is eager that I should give him more.

كَلَّا ؕ اِنَّهٗ كَانَ لِاٰيٰتِنَا عَنِيْدًا ؕ‏(16)

KALLAA, INNAHU KAANA LE-AAYAATENAA A’NEEDAA.

No indeed! He is an obstinate opponent of Our signs.

سَاُرْهِقُهٗ صَعُوْدًا ؕ‏(17)

SA-URHEQOHU SA-O’ODAA.

Soon I will overwhelm him with hardship.

اِنَّهٗ فَكَّرَ وَقَدَّرَۙ‏(18)

INNAHU FAKKARA WA QADDAR.

Indeed he reflected and decided.

فَقُتِلَ كَيْفَ قَدَّرَۙ‏(19)

FA-QOTELA KAYFA QADDAR.

Perish he, how he decided!

ثُمَّ قُتِلَ كَيْفَ قَدَّرَۙ‏(20)

SUMMA QOTELA KAYFA QADDAR.

Again, perish he, how he decided!

ثُمَّ نَظَرَۙ‏(21)

SUMMA NAZAR.

Then he looked;

ثُمَّ عَبَسَ وَبَسَرَۙ‏(22)

SUMMA A’BASA WA BASAR.

then frowned and scowled.

ثُمَّ اَدْبَرَ وَاسْتَكْبَرَۙ‏(23)

SUMMA ADBARA WAS TAKBAR.

Then he walked away disdainfully,

فَقَالَ اِنْ هٰذَاۤ اِلَّا سِحْرٌ يُّؤْثَرُۙ‏(24)

FA-QAALA IN HAAZAA ILLAA SEHRUN-Y YOASAR.

saying, ‘It is nothing but traditional sorcery.

اِنْ هٰذَاۤ اِلَّا قَوْلُ الْبَشَرِؕ‏(25)

IN HAAZAA ILLAA QAWLUL BASHAR.

It is nothing but the speech of a human.’

سَاُصْلِيْهِ سَقَرَ‏(26)

SA-USLEEHE SAQAR.

Soon I will cast him into Saqar.

وَمَاۤ اَدْرٰٮكَ مَا سَقَرُؕ‏(27)

WA MAA ADRAAKA MAA SAQAR.

And what will show you what is Saqar?

لَا تُبْقِىْ وَ لَا تَذَرُۚ‏(28)

LAA TUBQEE WA LAA TAZAR.

It neither spares, nor leaves [anything].

لَوَّاحَةٌ لِّلْبَشَرِۖۚ‏(29)

LAWWAAHATUL LIL-BASHAR.

It burns the skin.

عَلَيْهَا تِسْعَةَ عَشَرَؕ‏(30)

A’LAYHAA TIS-A’TA A’SHAR.

There are nineteen [keepers] over it.

وَمَا جَعَلْنَاۤ اَصْحٰبَ النَّارِ اِلَّا مَلٰٓئِكَةً وَّمَا جَعَلْنَا عِدَّتَهُمْ اِلَّا فِتْنَةً لِّلَّذِيْنَ كَفَرُوْا ۙ لِيَسْتَيْقِنَ الَّذِيْنَ اُوْتُوا الْكِتٰبَ وَيَزْدَادَ الَّذِيْنَ اٰمَنُوْۤا اِيْمَانًا وَّلَا يَرْتَابَ الَّذِيْنَ اُوْتُوا الْكِتٰبَ وَالْمُؤْمِنُوْنَۙ وَلِيَقُوْلَ الَّذِيْنَ فِىْ قُلُوْبِهِمْ مَّرَضٌ وَّالْكٰفِرُوْنَ مَاذَاۤ اَرَادَ اللّٰهُ بِهٰذَا مَثَلًا ؕ كَذٰلِكَ يُضِلُّ اللّٰهُ مَنْ يَّشَآءُ وَيَهْدِىْ مَنْ يَّشَآءُ ؕ وَمَا يَعْلَمُ جُنُوْدَ رَبِّكَ اِلَّا هُوَ ؕ وَمَا هِىَ اِلَّا ذِكْرٰى لِلْبَشَرِ‏(31)

WA MAA JA-A’LNAA ASHAABAN NAARE ILLAA MALAAA-EKAH, WA MAA JA-A’LNAA I’DDATAHUM ILLAA FITNATAL LILLAZEENA KAFAROO, LE-YASTAYQENAL LAZEENA OOTUL KETAABA WA YAZDAADAL LAZEENA AAMANOO EEMAANANW WA LAA YARTAABAL LAZEENA OOTUL KETAABA WAL MOAMENOONA, WA LE-YAQOOLAL LAZEENA FEE QOLOOBEHIM MARAZUNW WAL KAAFEROONA MAAZAA ARAADAL LAAHO BEHAAZAA MASALAA, KAZAALEKA YOZILLUL LAAHO MAN-Y YASHAAA-O WA YAHDEE MAN-Y YASHAAA, WA MAA YA’LAMO JONOODA RABBEKA ILLAA HOO, WA MAA HEYA ILLAA ZIKRAA LIL-BASHAR.

We have assigned only angels as keepers of the Fire, and We have made their number merely a stumbling block for the faithless, and so that those who were given the Book may be reassured, and the faithful may increase in [their] faith, and so that those who were given the Book and the faithful may not be in doubt, and so that the faithless and those in whose hearts is a sickness may say, ‘What did Allah mean by this description?’ Thus does Allah lead astray whomever He wishes and guides whomever He wishes. No one knows the hosts of your Lord except Him, and it is just an admonition for all humans.

كَلَّا وَالْقَمَرِۙ‏(32)

KALLAA WAL QAMAR.

No indeed! By the Moon!

وَالَّيْلِ اِذْ اَدْبَرَۙ‏(33)

WAL LAYLE IZ ADBAR.

By the night when it recedes!

وَالصُّبْحِ اِذَاۤ اَسْفَرَۙ‏(34)

WAS SUBHE EZAA ASFAR.

By the dawn when it brightens!

اِنَّهَا لَاِحْدَى الْكُبَرِۙ‏(35)

INNAHAA LA-EHDAL KOBAR.

Indeed they are one of the greatest [signs of God]

نَذِيْرًا لِّلْبَشَرِۙ‏(36)

NAZEERAL LIL-BASHAR.

—a warner to all humans,

لِمَنْ شَآءَ مِنْكُمْ اَنْ يَّتَقَدَّمَ اَوْ يَتَاَخَّرَؕ‏(37)

LEMAN SHAAA-A MINKUM AN-Y YATAQADDAMA AW YATA-AKH-KHAR.

[alike] for those of you who like to advance ahead and those who would remain behind.

كُلُّ نَفْسٍ ۢ بِمَا كَسَبَتْ رَهِيْنَةٌ ۙ‏(38)

KULLO NAFSIM BEMAA KASABAT RAHEENAH.

Every soul is hostage to what it has earned,

اِلَّاۤ اَصْحٰبَ الْيَمِيْنِۛ ؕ‏(39)

ILLAA ASHAABAL YAMEEN.

except the People of the Right Hand.

فِىْ جَنّٰتٍ ۛ يَتَسَآءَلُوْنَۙ‏(40)

FEE JANNAAT, YATASAAA-ALOON.

[They will be] in gardens, questioning

عَنِ الْمُجْرِمِيْنَۙ‏(41)

A’NIL MUJREMEEN.

the guilty:

مَا سَلَكَكُمْ فِىْ سَقَرَ‏(42)

MAA SALAKAKUM FEE SAQAR.

‘What drew you into Hell?’

قَالُوْا لَمْ نَكُ مِنَ الْمُصَلِّيْنَۙ‏(43)

QAALOO LAM NAKO MENAL MOSALLEEN.

They will answer, ‘We were not among those who prayed.

وَلَمْ نَكُ نُطْعِمُ الْمِسْكِيْنَۙ‏(44)

WA LAM NAKO NUT-E’MUL MISKEEN.

Nor did we feed the poor.

وَكُنَّا نَخُوْضُ مَعَ الْخَآئِضِيْنَۙ‏(45)

WA KUNNAA NAKHOOZO MA-A’L KHAAA-EZEEN.

We used to indulge in [profane] gossip along with the gossipers,

وَ كُنَّا نُكَذِّبُ بِيَوْمِ الدِّيْنِۙ‏(46)

WA KUNNAA NOKAZZEBO BE-YAWMID DEEN.

and we used to deny the Day of Retribution

حَتّٰٓى اَتٰٮنَا الْيَقِيْنُؕ‏(47)

HATTAA ATAANAL YAQEEN.

until death came to us.’

فَمَا تَنْفَعُهُمْ شَفَاعَةُ الشّٰفِعِيْنَؕ‏(48)

FAMAA TANFA-O’HUM SHAFAA-A’TUSH SHAAFE-E’EN.

So the intercession of the intercessors will not avail them.

فَمَا لَهُمْ عَنِ التَّذْكِرَةِ مُعْرِضِيْنَۙ‏(49)

FAMAA LAHUM A’NIT TAZKERATE MO’REZEEN.

What is the matter with them that they evade the Reminder

كَاَنَّهُمْ حُمُرٌ مُّسْتَنْفِرَةٌ ۙ‏(50)

KA-ANNAHUM HOMORUM MUSTANFERAH.

as if they were terrified asses

فَرَّتْ مِنْ قَسْوَرَةٍ ؕ‏(51)

FARRAT MIN QASWARAH.

fleeing from a lion?

بَلْ يُرِيْدُ كُلُّ امْرِئٍ مِّنْهُمْ اَنْ يُّؤْتٰى صُحُفًا مُّنَشَّرَةً ۙ‏(52)

BAL YOREEDO KULLUM RE-IM MINHUM AN-Y YOATAA SOHOFAM MONASH-SHARAH.

But everyone of them desires to be given unrolled scriptures [from Allah]!

كَلَّا ؕ بَلْ لَّا يَخَافُوْنَ الْاٰخِرَةَ ؕ‏(53)

KALLAA, BAL LAA YAKHAAFOONAL AAKHERAH.

No! Indeed, they do not fear the Hereafter.

كَلَّاۤ اِنَّهٗ تَذْكِرَةٌ ۚ‏(54)

KALLAA INNAHU TAZKERAH.

No! It is indeed a reminder.

فَمَنْ شَآءَ ذَكَرَهٗ ؕ‏(55)

FAMAN SHAAA-A ZAKARAH.

So let anyone who wishes be mindful of it.

وَمَا يَذْكُرُوْنَ اِلَّاۤ اَنْ يَّشَآءَ اللّٰهُ ؕ هُوَ اَهْلُ التَّقْوٰى وَاَهْلُ الْمَغْفِرَةِ‏(56)

WA MAA YAZKOROONA ILLAA AN-Y YASHAAA-AL LAAH, HOWA AHLUT TAQWAA WA AHLUL MAGHFERAH.

And they will not be mindful unless Allah wishes. He is worthy of [your] being wary [of Him] and He is worthy to forgive.