74. Surah Muddaththir-ٱلْمُدَّثِّر
Total 56 Meccan Verses
Bismillah Hir Rahman Nir Raheem-In the name of Allah, The Most Gracious and The Most Merciful
يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلْمُدَّثِّرُ
Yaaa ayyuhal muddassir
1. O you who covers himself [with a garment],
قُمْ فَأَنذِرْ
Qum fa anzir
2. Arise and warn
وَرَبَّكَ فَكَبِّرْ
Wa rabbaka fakabbir
3. And glorify your Rab
وَثِيَابَكَ فَطَهِّرْ
Wa siyaabaka fatahhir
4. And purify your clothing
وَٱلرُّجْزَ فَٱهْجُرْ
Warrujza fahjur
5. And avoid uncleanliness
وَلَا تَمْنُن تَسْتَكْثِرُ
Wa laa tamnun tastaksir
6. And do not ask for favor to acquire more
وَلِرَبِّكَ فَٱصْبِرْ
Wa li Rabbika fasbir
7. But be patient for your Rab .
فَإِذَا نُقِرَ فِى ٱلنَّاقُورِ
Fa izaa nuqira fin naaqoor
8. And when the trumpet is blown,
فَذَٰلِكَ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ يَوْمٌ عَسِيرٌ
Fazaalika yawma ‘iziny yawmun ‘aseer
9. That Day will be a difficult day (when the trumpet is blown)
عَلَى ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَ غَيْرُ يَسِيرٍۢ
‘Alal kaafireena ghairu yaseer
10. For that day will not be easy for kaafirs
ذَرْنِى وَمَنْ خَلَقْتُ وَحِيدًۭا
Zarnee wa man khalaqtu waheedaa
11. Leave Me with the one I created alone
وَجَعَلْتُ لَهُۥ مَالًۭا مَّمْدُودًۭا
Wa ja’altu lahoo maalam mamdoodaa
12. And to whom I granted extensive wealth
وَبَنِينَ شُهُودًۭا
Wa baneena shuhoodaa
13. And gifted children
وَمَهَّدتُّ لَهُۥ تَمْهِيدًۭا
Wa mahhattu lahoo tamheeda
14. And spread [everything] before him, easing [his life].
ثُمَّ يَطْمَعُ أَنْ أَزِيدَ
Summa yat ma’u an azeed
15. Then he desires that I should add more.
كَلَّآ ۖ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ لِءَايَـٰتِنَا عَنِيدًۭا
Kallaaa innahoo kaana li Aayaatinaa ‘aneedaa
16. No! Indeed, he has been obstinate toward Our Verses
سَأُرْهِقُهُۥ صَعُودًا
Sa urhiquhoo sa’oodaa
17. I will cover him with arduous torment.
إِنَّهُۥ فَكَّرَ وَقَدَّرَ
Innahoo fakkara wa qaddar
18. Indeed, he thought and deliberated.
فَقُتِلَ كَيْفَ قَدَّرَ
Faqutila kayfa qaddar
19. So may he be destroyed [for] how he deliberated.
ثُمَّ قُتِلَ كَيْفَ قَدَّرَ
Summa qutila kaifa qaddar
20. Then may he be destroyed [for] how he deliberated.
ثُمَّ نَظَرَ
Summa nazar
21. Then he considered [again];
ثُمَّ عَبَسَ وَبَسَرَ
Summa ‘abasa wa basar
22. Then he frowned and scowled;
ثُمَّ أَدْبَرَ وَٱسْتَكْبَرَ
Summaa adbara wastakbar
23. Then he turned back and was arrogant
فَقَالَ إِنْ هَـٰذَآ إِلَّا سِحْرٌۭ يُؤْثَرُ
Faqaala in haazaaa illaa sihruny yu’sar
24. And said, “This is not but magic imitated [from others].
إِنْ هَـٰذَآ إِلَّا قَوْلُ ٱلْبَشَرِ
In haazaaa illaa qawlul bashar
25. This is not but the word of a human being.”
سَأُصْلِيهِ سَقَرَ
Sa usleehi saqar
26. I will drive him into Saqar.
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا سَقَرُ
Wa maaa adraaka maa saqar
27. And what can make you know what is Saqar?
لَا تُبْقِى وَلَا تَذَرُ
Laa tubqee wa laa tazar
28. It lets nothing remain and leaves nothing.
لَوَّاحَةٌۭ لِّلْبَشَرِ
Lawwaahatul lilbashar
29. Blackening the skins.
عَلَيْهَا تِسْعَةَ عَشَرَ
‘Alaihaa tis’ata ‘ashar
30. Over it are nineteen [angels].
وَمَا جَعَلْنَآ أَصْحَـٰبَ ٱلنَّارِ إِلَّا مَلَـٰٓئِكَةًۭ ۙ وَمَا جَعَلْنَا عِدَّتَهُمْ إِلَّا فِتْنَةًۭ لِّلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ لِيَسْتَيْقِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُوا۟ ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ وَيَزْدَادَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓا۟ إِيمَـٰنًۭا ۙ وَلَا يَرْتَابَ ٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُوا۟ ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ وَٱلْمُؤْمِنُونَ ۙ وَلِيَقُولَ ٱلَّذِينَ فِى قُلُوبِهِم مَّرَضٌۭ وَٱلْكَـٰفِرُونَ مَاذَآ أَرَادَ ٱللَّهُ بِهَـٰذَا مَثَلًۭا ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ يُضِلُّ ٱللَّهُ مَن يَشَآءُ وَيَهْدِى مَن يَشَآءُ ۚ وَمَا يَعْلَمُ جُنُودَ رَبِّكَ إِلَّا هُوَ ۚ وَمَا هِىَ إِلَّا ذِكْرَىٰ لِلْبَشَرِ
Wa maaja’alnaaa As-haaban naari illaa malaaa ‘ikatanw
wa maa ja’alnaa ‘iddatahum illaa fitnatal lillazeena kafaroo liyastaiqinal lazeena ootul kitaaba
wa yazdaadal lazeena aamanooo eemaananw wa laa yartaabal lazeena ootul kitaaba walmu’minoona
wa liyaqoolal lazeena fee quloo bihim maradunw walkaafiroona maazaaa araadal laahu bihaazaa masalaa;
kazaalika yudillul laahu mai yashaaa’u wa yahdee mai yashaaa’;
wa maa ya’lamu junooda rabbika illaa hoo;
wa maa hiya illaa zikraa lil bashar
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 hypocrisy and the disbelievers will say, “What does Allah intend by this as an example?” Thus does Allah leave astray whom He wills and guides whom He wills.
And none knows the soldiers of your Rab except Him.
And mention of the Fire is not but a reminder to humanity.
كَلَّا وَٱلْقَمَرِ
Kallaa walqamar
32. No! By the moon
وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذْ أَدْبَرَ
Wallaili id adbar
33. And [by] the night when it departs
وَٱلصُّبْحِ إِذَآ أَسْفَرَ
Wassub hi izaaa asfar
34. And [by] the morning when it brightens,
إِنَّهَا لَإِحْدَى ٱلْكُبَرِ
Innahaa la ihdal kubar
35. Indeed, the Fire is of the greatest
نَذِيرًۭا لِّلْبَشَرِ
Nazeeral lilbashar
36. As a warning to humanity –
لِمَن شَآءَ مِنكُمْ أَن يَتَقَدَّمَ أَوْ يَتَأَخَّرَ
Liman shaaa’a minkum any yataqaddama aw yata akhkhar
37. To whoever wills among you to proceed or stay behind.
كُلُّ نَفْسٍۭ بِمَا كَسَبَتْ رَهِينَةٌ
Kullu nafsim bim kasabat raheenah
38. Every soul (nafs), for what it has earned, will be retained
إِلَّآ أَصْحَـٰبَ ٱلْيَمِينِ
Illaaa as haabal yameen
39. Except the companions of the right,
فِى جَنَّـٰتٍۢ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ
Fee jannaatiny yata saaa’aloon
40. [Who will be] in gardens, questioning each other
عَنِ ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ
‘Anil mujrimeen
41. About the criminals,
مَا سَلَكَكُمْ فِى سَقَرَ
Maa salakakum fee saqar
42. [And discuss], “What put you into Saqar?”
قَالُوا۟ لَمْ نَكُ مِنَ ٱلْمُصَلِّينَ
Qaaloo lam naku minal musalleen
43. They will say, “We were not of those who prayed,
وَلَمْ نَكُ نُطْعِمُ ٱلْمِسْكِينَ
Wa lam naku nut’imul miskeen
44. Nor did we used to feed the poor.
وَكُنَّا نَخُوضُ مَعَ ٱلْخَآئِضِينَ
Wa kunnaa nakhoodu ma’al khaaa’ideen
45. And we used to enter into vain discourse with those who engaged [in it],
وَكُنَّا نُكَذِّبُ بِيَوْمِ ٱلدِّينِ
Wa kunnaa nukazzibu bi yawmid Deen
46. And we used to deny the Day of Recompense
حَتَّىٰٓ أَتَىٰنَا ٱلْيَقِينُ
Hattaaa ataanal yaqeen
47. Until there came to us the certainty.”
فَمَا تَنفَعُهُمْ شَفَـٰعَةُ ٱلشَّـٰفِعِينَ
Famaa tanfa’uhum shafaa’atush shaafi’een
48. So there will not benefit them the intercession of [any] intercessors.
فَمَا لَهُمْ عَنِ ٱلتَّذْكِرَةِ مُعْرِضِينَ
Famaa lahum ‘anittazkirati mu’rideen
49. Then what is [the matter] with them that they are, from the reminder, turning away
كَأَنَّهُمْ حُمُرٌۭ مُّسْتَنفِرَةٌۭ
Ka annahum humurum mustanfirah
50. As if they were alarmed donkeys
فَرَّتْ مِن قَسْوَرَةٍۭ
Farrat min qaswarah
51. Fleeing from a lion?
بَلْ يُرِيدُ كُلُّ ٱمْرِئٍۢ مِّنْهُمْ أَن يُؤْتَىٰ صُحُفًۭا مُّنَشَّرَةًۭ
Bal yureedu kullum ri’im minhum any yu’taa suhufam munashsharah
52. Rather, every person among them desires that he would be given scriptures spread about.
كَلَّا ۖ بَل لَّا يَخَافُونَ ٱلْءَاخِرَةَ
Kallaa bal laa yakhaafoonal aakhirah
53. No! But they do not fear the Hereafter(akhirat).
كَلَّآ إِنَّهُۥ تَذْكِرَةٌۭ
Kallaaa innahoo tazkirah
54. No! Indeed, it is a reminder
فَمَن شَآءَ ذَكَرَهُۥ
Fa man shaaa’a zakarah
55. Then whoever wills will remember it.
وَمَا يَذْكُرُونَ إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُ ۚ هُوَ أَهْلُ ٱلتَّقْوَىٰ وَأَهْلُ ٱلْمَغْفِرَةِ
Wa maa yazkuroona illaaa any yashaaa’al laah;
Huwa ahlut taqwaa wa ahlul maghfirah
56. And they will not remember except that Allah wills.
He is worthy of fear and adequate for [granting] forgiveness.
Saqar-Total destruction of a ‘human’ whom the great Rab created from a lump (of substance)
The Six Great Commandment of Allah
Qum fa anzir
2. Arise and warn
Wa rabbaka fakabbir
3. And glorify your Rab
Wa siyaabaka fatahhir
4. And purify your clothing
Warrujza fahjur
5. And avoid uncleanliness (Physical and Mental)
Wa laa tamnun tastaksir
6. And do not ask for favor to acquire more
Wa li Rabbika fasbir
7. But be patient for your Rab .
