Chapter 74 of the Quran
Surah Al-Muddaththir (The Cloaked One)
المدثر
Surah Al-Muddaththir is the 74th chapter of the Holy Quran. It contains 56 ayahs and was revealed in Makkah.
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Ayah 1
يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلْمُدَّثِّرُ
O you who covers himself [with a garment],
Ayah 2
قُمْ فَأَنذِرْ
Arise and warn.
Ayah 3
وَرَبَّكَ فَكَبِّرْ
And your Lord glorify.
Ayah 4
وَثِيَابَكَ فَطَهِّرْ
And your clothing purify.
Ayah 5
وَٱلرُّجْزَ فَٱهْجُرْ
And uncleanliness avoid.
Ayah 6
وَلَا تَمْنُن تَسْتَكْثِرُ
And do not confer favor to acquire more.
Ayah 7
وَلِرَبِّكَ فَٱصْبِرْ
But for your Lord be patient.
Ayah 8
فَإِذَا نُقِرَ فِى ٱلنَّاقُورِ
And when the trumpet is blown,
Ayah 9
فَذَٰلِكَ يَوْمَئِذٍ يَوْمٌ عَسِيرٌ
That Day will be a difficult day
Ayah 10
عَلَى ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَ غَيْرُ يَسِيرٍ
For the disbelievers - not easy.
Ayah 11
ذَرْنِى وَمَنْ خَلَقْتُ وَحِيدًا
Leave Me with the one I created alone
Ayah 12
وَجَعَلْتُ لَهُۥ مَالًا مَّمْدُودًا
And to whom I granted extensive wealth
Ayah 13
وَبَنِينَ شُهُودًا
And children present [with him]
Ayah 14
وَمَهَّدتُّ لَهُۥ تَمْهِيدًا
And spread [everything] before him, easing [his life].
Ayah 15
ثُمَّ يَطْمَعُ أَنْ أَزِيدَ
Then he desires that I should add more.
Ayah 16
كَلَّآ ۖ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ لِـَٔايَـٰتِنَا عَنِيدًا
No! Indeed, he has been toward Our verses obstinate.
Ayah 17
سَأُرْهِقُهُۥ صَعُودًا
I will cover him with arduous torment.
Ayah 18
إِنَّهُۥ فَكَّرَ وَقَدَّرَ
Indeed, he thought and deliberated.
Ayah 19
فَقُتِلَ كَيْفَ قَدَّرَ
So may he be destroyed [for] how he deliberated.
Ayah 20
ثُمَّ قُتِلَ كَيْفَ قَدَّرَ
Then may he be destroyed [for] how he deliberated.
Ayah 21
ثُمَّ نَظَرَ
Then he considered [again];
Ayah 22
ثُمَّ عَبَسَ وَبَسَرَ
Then he frowned and scowled;
Ayah 23
ثُمَّ أَدْبَرَ وَٱسْتَكْبَرَ
Then he turned back and was arrogant
Ayah 24
فَقَالَ إِنْ هَـٰذَآ إِلَّا سِحْرٌ يُؤْثَرُ
And said, "This is not but magic imitated [from others].
Ayah 25
إِنْ هَـٰذَآ إِلَّا قَوْلُ ٱلْبَشَرِ
This is not but the word of a human being."
Ayah 26
سَأُصْلِيهِ سَقَرَ
I will drive him into Saqar.
Ayah 27
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا سَقَرُ
And what can make you know what is Saqar?
Ayah 28
لَا تُبْقِى وَلَا تَذَرُ
It lets nothing remain and leaves nothing [unburned],
Ayah 29
لَوَّاحَةٌ لِّلْبَشَرِ
Altering [i.e., blackening] the skins.
Ayah 30
عَلَيْهَا تِسْعَةَ عَشَرَ
Over it are nineteen [angels].
Ayah 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
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.
Ayah 32
كَلَّا وَٱلْقَمَرِ
No! By the moon.
Ayah 33
وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذْ أَدْبَرَ
And [by] the night when it departs.
Ayah 34
وَٱلصُّبْحِ إِذَآ أَسْفَرَ
And [by] the morning when it brightens,
Ayah 35
إِنَّهَا لَإِحْدَى ٱلْكُبَرِ
Indeed, it [i.e., the Fire] is of the greatest [afflictions].
Ayah 36
نَذِيرًا لِّلْبَشَرِ
As a warning to humanity -
Ayah 37
لِمَن شَآءَ مِنكُمْ أَن يَتَقَدَّمَ أَوْ يَتَأَخَّرَ
To whoever wills among you to proceed or stay behind.
Ayah 38
كُلُّ نَفْسٍۭ بِمَا كَسَبَتْ رَهِينَةٌ
Every soul, for what it has earned, will be retained.
Ayah 39
إِلَّآ أَصْحَـٰبَ ٱلْيَمِينِ
Except the companions of the right,.
Ayah 40
فِى جَنَّـٰتٍ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ
[Who will be] in gardens, questioning each other
Ayah 41
عَنِ ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ
About the criminals,
Ayah 42
مَا سَلَكَكُمْ فِى سَقَرَ
[And asking them], "What put you into Saqar?"
Ayah 43
قَالُوا۟ لَمْ نَكُ مِنَ ٱلْمُصَلِّينَ
They will say, "We were not of those who prayed,
Ayah 44
وَلَمْ نَكُ نُطْعِمُ ٱلْمِسْكِينَ
Nor did we used to feed the poor.
Ayah 45
وَكُنَّا نَخُوضُ مَعَ ٱلْخَآئِضِينَ
And we used to enter into vain discourse with those who engaged [in it],
Ayah 46
وَكُنَّا نُكَذِّبُ بِيَوْمِ ٱلدِّينِ
And we used to deny the Day of Recompense
Ayah 47
حَتَّىٰٓ أَتَىٰنَا ٱلْيَقِينُ
Until there came to us the certainty [i.e., death]."
Ayah 48
فَمَا تَنفَعُهُمْ شَفَـٰعَةُ ٱلشَّـٰفِعِينَ
So there will not benefit them the intercession of [any] intercessors.
Ayah 49
فَمَا لَهُمْ عَنِ ٱلتَّذْكِرَةِ مُعْرِضِينَ
Then what is [the matter] with them that they are, from the reminder, turning away.
Ayah 50
كَأَنَّهُمْ حُمُرٌ مُّسْتَنفِرَةٌ
As if they were alarmed donkeys.
Ayah 51
فَرَّتْ مِن قَسْوَرَةٍۭ
Fleeing from a lion?
Ayah 52
بَلْ يُرِيدُ كُلُّ ٱمْرِئٍ مِّنْهُمْ أَن يُؤْتَىٰ صُحُفًا مُّنَشَّرَةً
Rather, every person among them desires that he would be given scriptures spread about.
Ayah 53
كَلَّا ۖ بَل لَّا يَخَافُونَ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةَ
No! But they do not fear the Hereafter.
Ayah 54
كَلَّآ إِنَّهُۥ تَذْكِرَةٌ
No! Indeed, it [i.e., the Qur’ān] is a reminder.
Ayah 55
فَمَن شَآءَ ذَكَرَهُۥ
Then whoever wills will remember it.
Ayah 56
وَمَا يَذْكُرُونَ إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُ ۚ هُوَ أَهْلُ ٱلتَّقْوَىٰ وَأَهْلُ ٱلْمَغْفِرَةِ
And they will not remember except that Allāh wills. He is worthy of fear and adequate for [granting] forgiveness.