المدثر Al-Muddaththir

74:1

يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلْمُدَّثِّرُ ۝١

Ya ayyuha almuddaththir

O you wrapped in your mantle!S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

O you wrapped up in your mantle!Ali Quli Qarai

O you who covers himself [with a garment],Saheeh International

74:2

قُمْ فَأَنذِرْ ۝٢

Qum faanthir

Rise up and warn the people against idol-worshipping!S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

Rise up and warn!Ali Quli Qarai

Arise and warnSaheeh International

74:3

وَرَبَّكَ فَكَبِّرْ ۝٣

Warabbaka fakabbir

And magnify your Lord in your thoughts and words,S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

Magnify your Lord,Ali Quli Qarai

And your Lord glorifySaheeh International

74:4

وَثِيَابَكَ فَطَهِّرْ ۝٤

Wathiyabaka fatahhir

purify your spiritual garment (i.e., deeds),S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

and purify your clothes,Ali Quli Qarai

And your clothing purifySaheeh International

74:5

وَٱلرُّجْزَ فَٱهْجُرْ ۝٥

Warrujza fahjur

and keep away from the spiritual impurities (i.e., sins)S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

and keep away from all impurity!Ali Quli Qarai

And uncleanliness avoidSaheeh International

74:6

وَلَا تَمْنُن تَسْتَكْثِرُ ۝٦

Wala tamnun tastakthir

And when you succeed in these tasks, do not present them as a favour upon seeking greater reward.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

Do not grant a favour seeking a greater gain,Ali Quli Qarai

And do not confer favor to acquire moreSaheeh International

74:7

وَلِرَبِّكَ فَٱصْبِرْ ۝٧

Walirabbika fasbir

And, finally, for the sake of your Lord, be patient in the face of opposition.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

and be patient for the sake of your Lord.Ali Quli Qarai

But for your Lord be patient.Saheeh International

74:8

فَإِذَا نُقِرَ فِى ٱلنَّاقُورِ ۝٨

Fa-itha nuqira fee annaqoor

When the Trumpet will be sounded for the resurrection,S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

When the Trumpet will be sounded,Ali Quli Qarai

And when the trumpet is blown,Saheeh International

74:9

فَذَٰلِكَ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ يَوْمٌ عَسِيرٌ ۝٩

Fathalika yawma-ithin yawmunAAaseer

that day will be a rough dayS. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

that will be a day of hardship,Ali Quli Qarai

That Day will be a difficult daySaheeh International

74:10

عَلَى ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ غَيْرُ يَسِيرٍۢ ۝١٠

AAala alkafireena ghayruyaseer

—indeed, it will be an uneasy day for the unbelievers.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

not at all easy for the faithless.Ali Quli Qarai

For the disbelievers - not easy.Saheeh International

74:11

ذَرْنِى وَمَنْ خَلَقْتُ وَحِيدًۭا ۝١١

Tharnee waman khalaqtu waheeda

So, O Muḥammad, when it comes to al-Walīd bin al- Mughīrah , leave him to Me; he is the one whom I created alone,S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

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

Leave Me with the one I created aloneSaheeh International

74:12

وَجَعَلْتُ لَهُۥ مَالًۭا مَّمْدُودًۭا ۝١٢

WajaAAaltu lahu malan mamdooda

then I gave him ample wealthS. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

and furnished him with extensive means,Ali Quli Qarai

And to whom I granted extensive wealthSaheeh International

74:13

وَبَنِينَ شُهُودًۭا ۝١٣

Wabaneena shuhooda

and sons who were with him to help him,S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

[gave him] sons to be at his side,Ali Quli Qarai

And children present [with him]Saheeh International

74:14

وَمَهَّدتُّ لَهُۥ تَمْهِيدًۭا ۝١٤

Wamahhadtu lahu tamheeda

and arranged everything for him easily.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

and facilitated [all matters] for him.Ali Quli Qarai

And spread [everything] before him, easing [his life].Saheeh International

74:15

ثُمَّ يَطْمَعُ أَنْ أَزِيدَ ۝١٥

Thumma yatmaAAu an azeed

Yet he eagerly desired that I should add to his wealth.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

Still he is eager that I should give him more.Ali Quli Qarai

Then he desires that I should add more.Saheeh International

74:16

كَلَّآ ۖ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ لَِٔايَٰتِنَا عَنِيدًۭا ۝١٦

Kalla innahu kana li-ayatinaAAaneeda

No! Not at all! We shall not give him anymore; indeed, he was an obstinate rejecter of My verses.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

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

No! Indeed, he has been toward Our verses obstinate.Saheeh International

74:17

سَأُرْهِقُهُۥ صَعُودًا ۝١٧

Saorhiquhu saAAooda

Soon I shall constrain him to heightened distress. Al-Walīd soon lost everything!S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

Soon I will overwhelm him with hardship.Ali Quli Qarai

I will cover him with arduous torment.Saheeh International

74:18

إِنَّهُۥ فَكَّرَ وَقَدَّرَ ۝١٨

Innahu fakkara waqaddar

Indeed, al-Walīd reflected on how to oppose the Qur’ān and measured his response by suggesting the term “sorcery” for it!S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

Indeed he reflected and decided.Ali Quli Qarai

Indeed, he thought and deliberated.Saheeh International

74:19

فَقُتِلَ كَيْفَ قَدَّرَ ۝١٩

Faqutila kayfa qaddar

May he perish for how he measured his response!S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

Perish he, how he decided!Ali Quli Qarai

So may he be destroyed [for] how he deliberated.Saheeh International

74:20

ثُمَّ قُتِلَ كَيْفَ قَدَّرَ ۝٢٠

Thumma qutila kayfa qaddar

Again, may he perish for how he measured his response!S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

Again, perish he, how he decided!Ali Quli Qarai

Then may he be destroyed [for] how he deliberated.Saheeh International

74:21

ثُمَّ نَظَرَ ۝٢١

Thumma nathar

He looked;S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

Then he looked;Ali Quli Qarai

Then he considered [again];Saheeh International

74:22

ثُمَّ عَبَسَ وَبَسَرَ ۝٢٢

Thumma AAabasa wabasar

then he frowned and scowled;S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

then frowned and scowled.Ali Quli Qarai

Then he frowned and scowled;Saheeh International

74:23

ثُمَّ أَدْبَرَ وَٱسْتَكْبَرَ ۝٢٣

Thumma adbara wastakbar

he turned his back to the truth and acted arrogantly,S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

Then he walked away disdainfully,Ali Quli Qarai

Then he turned back and was arrogantSaheeh International

74:24

فَقَالَ إِنْ هَٰذَآ إِلَّا سِحْرٌۭ يُؤْثَرُ ۝٢٤

Faqala in hatha illa sihrunyu/thar

and finally said, “This is nothing but sorcery learned from others.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

saying, ‘It is nothing but traditional sorcery.Ali Quli Qarai

And said, "This is not but magic imitated [from others].Saheeh International

74:25

إِنْ هَٰذَآ إِلَّا قَوْلُ ٱلْبَشَرِ ۝٢٥

In hatha illa qawlu albashar

It is nothing but the speech of a human being.”S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

It is nothing but the speech of a human.’Ali Quli Qarai

This is not but the word of a human being."Saheeh International

74:26

سَأُصْلِيهِ سَقَرَ ۝٢٦

Saosleehi saqar

Al-Walīd’s outcome: ﴾Soon I shall cast him in Saqar (a name of Hell).S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

Soon I will cast him into Saqar.Ali Quli Qarai

I will drive him into Saqar.Saheeh International

74:27

وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا سَقَرُ ۝٢٧

Wama adraka ma saqar

What would you know about what Saqar is?S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

And what will show you what is Saqar?Ali Quli Qarai

And what can make you know what is Saqar?Saheeh International

74:28

لَا تُبْقِى وَلَا تَذَرُ ۝٢٨

La tubqee wala tathar

It is a fire that neither spares anyone nor does it leave anything—S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

It neither spares, nor leaves [anything].Ali Quli Qarai

It lets nothing remain and leaves nothing [unburned],Saheeh International

74:29

لَوَّاحَةٌۭ لِّلْبَشَرِ ۝٢٩

Lawwahatun lilbashar

it burns the skin and blackens it.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

It burns the skin.Ali Quli Qarai

Altering [i.e., blackening] the skins.Saheeh International

74:30

عَلَيْهَا تِسْعَةَ عَشَرَ ۝٣٠

AAalayha tisAAata AAashar

There are nineteen wardens over it. Who are these wardens?S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

There are nineteen [keepers] over it.Ali Quli Qarai

Over it are nineteen [angels].Saheeh International

74:31

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 ۝٣١

Wama jaAAalna as-habaannari illa mala-ikatan wamajaAAalna AAiddatahum illa fitnatan lillatheenakafaroo liyastayqina allatheena ootoo alkitabawayazdada allatheena amanoo eemananwala yartaba allatheena ootoo alkitabawalmu/minoona waliyaqoola allatheena feequloobihim maradun walkafiroona mathaarada Allahu bihatha mathalan kathalikayudillu Allahu man yashao wayahdee man yashaowama yaAAlamu junooda rabbika illa huwa wamahiya illa thikra lilbashar

We have not appointed the wardens of Fire except from the angels. As for their number “nineteen,” We have mentioned that only as a test for those who disbelieve and as a means of certainty for those given the Book (since they see that in their scripture) and as a source of increasing the faith of those who believe. And so that those given the Book and the believers may not doubt the authenticity of the Qur’ān while those whose hearts have the disease of hypocrisy and the unbelievers will be confused and say, “What did Allāh mean by this description?” Thus does Allāh abandons whomsoever He wishes and guides whomsoever He wishes. No one knows the nature and numbers of the soldiers of your Lord except Him, and the number mentioned here is just a caution for humans.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

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.Ali Quli Qarai

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.Saheeh International

74:32

كَلَّا وَٱلْقَمَرِ ۝٣٢

Kalla walqamar

No! Not at all! The unbelievers have a wrong impression of Hell. I swear by the moonS. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

No indeed! By the Moon!Ali Quli Qarai

No! By the moonSaheeh International

74:33

وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذْ أَدْبَرَ ۝٣٣

Wallayli ith adbar

and the night when it recedesS. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

By the night when it recedes!Ali Quli Qarai

And [by] the night when it departsSaheeh International

74:34

وَٱلصُّبْحِ إِذَآ أَسْفَرَ ۝٣٤

Wassubhi ithaasfar

and the dawn when it brightens up—S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

By the dawn when it brightens!Ali Quli Qarai

And [by] the morning when it brightens,Saheeh International

74:35

إِنَّهَا لَإِحْدَى ٱلْكُبَرِ ۝٣٥

Innaha la-ihda alkubar

surely the Hell is one of the greatest misfortunes,S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

Indeed they are one of the greatest [signs of God]Ali Quli Qarai

Indeed, it [i.e., the Fire] is of the greatest [afflictions]Saheeh International

74:36

نَذِيرًۭا لِّلْبَشَرِ ۝٣٦

Natheeran lilbashar

a warning for humans,S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

—a warner to all humans,Ali Quli Qarai

As a warning to humanity -Saheeh International

74:37

لِمَن شَآءَ مِنكُمْ أَن يَتَقَدَّمَ أَوْ يَتَأَخَّرَ ۝٣٧

Liman shaa minkum an yataqaddama awyataakhkhar

for whoever among you wants to go forward towards the truth or lags behind.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

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

To whoever wills among you to proceed or stay behind.Saheeh International

74:38

كُلُّ نَفْسٍۭ بِمَا كَسَبَتْ رَهِينَةٌ ۝٣٨

Kullu nafsin bima kasabat raheena

In short, every soul is pledged with God for what it shall have wrought.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

Every soul is hostage to what it has earned,Ali Quli Qarai

Every soul, for what it has earned, will be retainedSaheeh International

74:39

إِلَّآ أَصْحَٰبَ ٱلْيَمِينِ ۝٣٩

Illa as-haba alyameen

This is the standard except for the people of the right hand (i.e., the righteous ones who will be given their records in their right hand).S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

except the People of the Right Hand.Ali Quli Qarai

Except the companions of the right,.Saheeh International

74:40

فِى جَنَّٰتٍۢ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ ۝٤٠

Fee jannatin yatasaaloon

The righteous people will be in gardens, and they will askS. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

[They will be] in gardens, questioningAli Quli Qarai

[Who will be] in gardens, questioning each otherSaheeh International

74:41

عَنِ ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ ۝٤١

AAani almujrimeen

about the guilty ones:S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

the guilty:Ali Quli Qarai

About the criminals,Saheeh International

74:42

مَا سَلَكَكُمْ فِى سَقَرَ ۝٤٢

Ma salakakum fee saqar

“What led you into the Hell (Saqar)?”S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

‘What drew you into Hell?’Ali Quli Qarai

[And asking them], "What put you into Saqar?"Saheeh International

74:43

قَالُوا۟ لَمْ نَكُ مِنَ ٱلْمُصَلِّينَ ۝٤٣

Qaloo lam naku mina almusalleen

They replied: “We were not among those who prayed.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

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

They will say, "We were not of those who prayed,Saheeh International

74:44

وَلَمْ نَكُ نُطْعِمُ ٱلْمِسْكِينَ ۝٤٤

Walam naku nutAAimu almiskeen

“Nor were we feeding the poor.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

Nor did we feed the poor.Ali Quli Qarai

Nor did we used to feed the poor.Saheeh International

74:45

وَكُنَّا نَخُوضُ مَعَ ٱلْخَآئِضِينَ ۝٤٥

Wakunna nakhoodu maAAa alkha-ideen

“We used to engage in vain conversation and activities with those who engaged thereinto.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

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

And we used to enter into vain discourse with those who engaged [in it],Saheeh International

74:46

وَكُنَّا نُكَذِّبُ بِيَوْمِ ٱلدِّينِ ۝٤٦

Wakunna nukaththibu biyawmi addeen

“And we used to reject the Day of JudgementS. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

and we used to deny the Day of RetributionAli Quli Qarai

And we used to deny the Day of RecompenseSaheeh International

74:47

حَتَّىٰٓ أَتَىٰنَا ٱلْيَقِينُ ۝٤٧

Hatta atanaalyaqeen

until death came to us.”S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

until death came to us.’Ali Quli Qarai

Until there came to us the certainty [i.e., death]."Saheeh International

74:48

فَمَا تَنفَعُهُمْ شَفَٰعَةُ ٱلشَّٰفِعِينَ ۝٤٨

Fama tanfaAAuhum shafaAAatu ashshafiAAeen

Then, at that last moment, the intercession of the intercessors shall not profit them!S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

So the intercession of the intercessors will not avail them.Ali Quli Qarai

So there will not benefit them the intercession of [any] intercessors.Saheeh International

74:49

فَمَا لَهُمْ عَنِ ٱلتَّذْكِرَةِ مُعْرِضِينَ ۝٤٩

Fama lahum AAani attathkiratimuAArideen

So what is the matter with them that they are turning away from the reminder—such as the Qur’ān—S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

What is the matter with them that they evade the ReminderAli Quli Qarai

Then what is [the matter] with them that they are, from the reminder, turning awaySaheeh International

74:50

كَأَنَّهُمْ حُمُرٌۭ مُّسْتَنفِرَةٌۭ ۝٥٠

Kaannahum humurun mustanfira

as though they were asses taking fright,S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

as if they were terrified assesAli Quli Qarai

As if they were alarmed donkeysSaheeh International

74:51

فَرَّتْ مِن قَسْوَرَةٍۭ ۝٥١

Farrat min qaswara

running away from a lion?S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

fleeing from a lion?Ali Quli Qarai

Fleeing from a lion?Saheeh International

74:52

بَلْ يُرِيدُ كُلُّ ٱمْرِئٍۢ مِّنْهُمْ أَن يُؤْتَىٰ صُحُفًۭا مُّنَشَّرَةًۭ ۝٥٢

Bal yureedu kullu imri-in minhum an yu/tasuhufan munashshara

They sometimes justify their refusal out of arrogance; rather, each of them desires to be given scattered scriptures exclusively for themselves!S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

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

Rather, every person among them desires that he would be given scriptures spread about.Saheeh International

74:53

كَلَّا ۖ بَل لَّا يَخَافُونَ ٱلَْٔاخِرَةَ ۝٥٣

Kalla bal la yakhafoonaal-akhira

No! Not at all! Rather the real reason is that they do not fear the Hereafter.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

No! Indeed, they do not fear the Hereafter.Ali Quli Qarai

No! But they do not fear the Hereafter.Saheeh International

74:54

كَلَّآ إِنَّهُۥ تَذْكِرَةٌۭ ۝٥٤

Kalla innahu tathkira

No! Not at all! Surely the Qur’ān is a reminder.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

No! It is indeed a reminder.Ali Quli Qarai

No! Indeed, it [i.e., the Qur’ān] is a reminderSaheeh International

74:55

فَمَن شَآءَ ذَكَرَهُۥ ۝٥٥

Faman shaa thakarah

So whoever wishes may remember it.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

So let anyone who wishes be mindful of it.Ali Quli Qarai

Then whoever wills will remember it.Saheeh International

74:56

وَمَا يَذْكُرُونَ إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُ ۚ هُوَ أَهْلُ ٱلتَّقْوَىٰ وَأَهْلُ ٱلْمَغْفِرَةِ ۝٥٦

Wama yathkuroona illaan yashaa Allahu huwa ahlu attaqwawaahlu almaghfirat

But they will not remember unless Allāh wishes—He is worthy of being regarded with a pious fear, and He is worthy to forgive those who so regard Him.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

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

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