Surah Al-Muddassir — The Cloaked One

يٰٓاَيُّهَا الْمُدَّثِّرُۙ

Yā ayyuhal-muddaṡṡir(u).

O you who covers himself [with a garment],

قُمْ فَاَنْذِرْۖ

Qum fa'anżir.

Arise and warn.

وَرَبَّكَ فَكَبِّرْۖ

Wa rabbaka fakabbir.

And your Lord glorify.

وَثِيَابَكَ فَطَهِّرْۖ

Wa ṡiyābaka faṭahhir.

And your clothing purify.

وَالرُّجْزَ فَاهْجُرْۖ

War-rujza fahjur.

And uncleanliness avoid.

وَلَا تَمْنُنْ تَسْتَكْثِرُۖ

Wa lā tamnun tastakṡir(u).

And do not confer favor to acquire more.

وَلِرَبِّكَ فَاصْبِرْۗ

Wa lirabbika faṣbir.

But for your Lord be patient.

فَاِذَا نُقِرَ فِى النَّاقُوْرِۙ

Fa iżā nuqira fin-nāqūr(i).

And when the trumpet is blown,

فَذٰلِكَ يَوْمَىِٕذٍ يَّوْمٌ عَسِيْرٌۙ

Fa żālika yauma'iżiy yaumun ‘asīr(un).

That Day will be a difficult day

عَلَى الْكٰفِرِيْنَ غَيْرُ يَسِيْرٍ

‘Alal-kāfirīna gairu yasīr(in).

For the disbelievers - not easy.

ذَرْنِيْ وَمَنْ خَلَقْتُ وَحِيْدًاۙ

Żarnī wa man khalaqtu waḥīdā(n).

Leave Me with the one I created alone

وَّجَعَلْتُ لَهٗ مَالًا مَّمْدُوْدًاۙ

Wa ja‘altu lahū mālam mamdūdā(n).

And to whom I granted extensive wealth

وَّبَنِيْنَ شُهُوْدًاۙ

Wa banīna syuhūdā(n).

And children present [with him]

وَّمَهَّدْتُّ لَهٗ تَمْهِيْدًاۙ

Wa mahhattu lahū tamhīdā(n).

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

ثُمَّ يَطْمَعُ اَنْ اَزِيْدَۙ

Ṡumma yaṭma‘u an azīd(a).

Then he desires that I should add more.

كَلَّاۗ اِنَّهٗ كَانَ لِاٰيٰتِنَا عَنِيْدًاۗ

Kallā, innahū kāna li'āyātinā ‘anīdā(n).

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

سَاُرْهِقُهٗ صَعُوْدًاۗ

Sa'urhiquhū ṣa‘ūdā(n).

I will cover him with arduous torment.

اِنَّهٗ فَكَّرَ وَقَدَّرَۙ

Innahū fakkara wa qaddar(a).

Indeed, he thought and deliberated.

فَقُتِلَ كَيْفَ قَدَّرَۙ

Faqutila kaifa qaddar(a).

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

ثُمَّ قُتِلَ كَيْفَ قَدَّرَۙ

Ṡumma qutila kaifa qaddar(a).

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

ثُمَّ نَظَرَۙ

Ṡumma naẓar(a).

Then he considered [again];

ثُمَّ عَبَسَ وَبَسَرَۙ

Ṡumma ‘abasa wa basar(a).

Then he frowned and scowled;

ثُمَّ اَدْبَرَ وَاسْتَكْبَرَۙ

Ṡumma adbara wastakbar(a).

Then he turned back and was arrogant

فَقَالَ اِنْ هٰذَآ اِلَّا سِحْرٌ يُّؤْثَرُۙ

Faqāla in hāżā illā siḥruy yu'ṡar(u).

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

اِنْ هٰذَآ اِلَّا قَوْلُ الْبَشَرِۗ

In hāżā illā qaulul-basyar(i).

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

سَاُصْلِيْهِ سَقَرَ

Sa'uṣlīhi saqar(a).

I will drive him into Saqar.

وَمَآ اَدْرٰىكَ مَا سَقَرُۗ

Wa mā adrāka mā saqar(a).

And what can make you know what is Saqar?

لَا تُبْقِيْ وَلَا تَذَرُۚ

Lā tubqī wa lā tażar(u).

It lets nothing remain and leaves nothing [unburned],

لَوَّاحَةٌ لِّلْبَشَرِۚ

Lawwāḥatul lil-basyar(i).

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

عَلَيْهَا تِسْعَةَ عَشَرَۗ

‘Alaihā tis‘ata ‘asyar(a).

Over it are nineteen [angels].

وَمَا جَعَلْنَآ اَصْحٰبَ النَّارِ اِلَّا مَلٰۤىِٕكَةً ۖوَّمَا جَعَلْنَا عِدَّتَهُمْ اِلَّا فِتْنَةً لِّلَّذِيْنَ كَفَرُوْاۙ لِيَسْتَيْقِنَ الَّذِيْنَ اُوْتُوا الْكِتٰبَ وَيَزْدَادَ الَّذِيْنَ اٰمَنُوْٓا اِيْمَانًا وَّلَا يَرْتَابَ الَّذِيْنَ اُوْتُوا الْكِتٰبَ وَالْمُؤْمِنُوْنَۙ وَلِيَقُوْلَ الَّذِيْنَ فِيْ قُلُوْبِهِمْ مَّرَضٌ وَّالْكٰفِرُوْنَ مَاذَآ اَرَادَ اللّٰهُ بِهٰذَا مَثَلًاۗ كَذٰلِكَ يُضِلُّ اللّٰهُ مَنْ يَّشَاۤءُ وَيَهْدِيْ مَنْ يَّشَاۤءُۗ وَمَا يَعْلَمُ جُنُوْدَ رَبِّكَ اِلَّا هُوَۗ وَمَا هِيَ اِلَّا ذِكْرٰى لِلْبَشَرِ ࣖ

Wa mā ja‘alnā aṣḥāban-nāri illā malā'ikah(tan), wa mā ja‘alnā ‘iddatahum illā fitnatal lil-lażīna kafarū, liyastaiqinal-lażīna ūtul-kitāba wa yazdādal-lażīna āmanū īmānaw wa lā yartābal-lażīna ūtul-kitāba wal-mu'minūn(a), wa liyaqūlal-lażīna fī qulūbihim maraḍuw wal-kāfirūna māżā arādallāhu bihāżā maṡalā(n), każālika yuḍillullāhu may yasyā'u wa yahdī may yasyā'(u), wa mā ya‘lamu junūda rabbika illā huw(a), wa mā hiya illā żikrā lil-basyar(i).

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.

كَلَّا وَالْقَمَرِۙ

Kallā wal-qamar(i).

No! By the moon.

وَالَّيْلِ اِذْ اَدْبَرَۙ

Wal-laili iż adbar(a).

And [by] the night when it departs.

وَالصُّبْحِ اِذَآ اَسْفَرَۙ

Waṣ-ṣubḥi iżā asfar(a).

And [by] the morning when it brightens,

اِنَّهَا لَاِحْدَى الْكُبَرِۙ

Innahā la'iḥdal-kubar(i).

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

نَذِيْرًا لِّلْبَشَرِۙ

Nażīral lil-basyar(i).

As a warning to humanity -

لِمَنْ شَاۤءَ مِنْكُمْ اَنْ يَّتَقَدَّمَ اَوْ يَتَاَخَّرَۗ

Liman syā'a minkum ay yataqaddama au yata'akhkhar(a).

To whoever wills among you to proceed or stay behind.

كُلُّ نَفْسٍۢ بِمَا كَسَبَتْ رَهِيْنَةٌۙ

Kullu nafsim bimā kasabat rahīnah(tun).

Every soul, for what it has earned, will be retained.

اِلَّآ اَصْحٰبَ الْيَمِيْنِ ۛ

Illā aṣḥābal-yamīn(i).

Except the companions of the right,.

فِيْ جَنّٰتٍ ۛ يَتَسَاۤءَلُوْنَۙ

Fī jannātin - yatasā'alūn(a).

[Who will be] in gardens, questioning each other

عَنِ الْمُجْرِمِيْنَۙ

‘Anil-mujrimīn(a).

About the criminals,

مَا سَلَكَكُمْ فِيْ سَقَرَ

Mā salakakum fī saqar(a).

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

قَالُوْا لَمْ نَكُ مِنَ الْمُصَلِّيْنَۙ

Qālū lam naku minal-muṣallīn(a).

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

وَلَمْ نَكُ نُطْعِمُ الْمِسْكِيْنَۙ

Wa lam naku nuṭ‘imul-miskīn(a).

Nor did we used to feed the poor.

وَكُنَّا نَخُوْضُ مَعَ الْخَاۤىِٕضِيْنَۙ

Wa kunnā nakhūḍu ma‘al-khā'iḍīn(a).

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

وَكُنَّا نُكَذِّبُ بِيَوْمِ الدِّيْنِۙ

Wa kunnā nukażżibu biyaumid-dīn(i).

And we used to deny the Day of Recompense

حَتّٰىٓ اَتٰىنَا الْيَقِيْنُۗ

Ḥattā atānal-yaqīn(u).

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

فَمَا تَنْفَعُهُمْ شَفَاعَةُ الشّٰفِعِيْنَۗ

Famā tanfa‘uhum syafā‘atusy-syāfi‘īn(a).

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

فَمَا لَهُمْ عَنِ التَّذْكِرَةِ مُعْرِضِيْنَۙ

Famā lahum ‘anit-tażkirati mu‘riḍīn(a).

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

كَاَنَّهُمْ حُمُرٌ مُّسْتَنْفِرَةٌۙ

Ka'annahum ḥumurum mustanfirah(tun).

As if they were alarmed donkeys.

فَرَّتْ مِنْ قَسْوَرَةٍۗ

Farrat min qaswarah(tin).

Fleeing from a lion?

بَلْ يُرِيْدُ كُلُّ امْرِئٍ مِّنْهُمْ اَنْ يُّؤْتٰى صُحُفًا مُّنَشَّرَةًۙ

Bal yurīdu kullumri'im minhum ay yu'tā ṣuḥufam munasysyarah(tan).

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

كَلَّاۗ بَلْ لَّا يَخَافُوْنَ الْاٰخِرَةَۗ

Kallā, bal lā yakhāfūnal-ākhirah(ta).

No! But they do not fear the Hereafter.

كَلَّآ اِنَّهٗ تَذْكِرَةٌ ۚ

Kallā innahū tażkirah(tun).

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

فَمَنْ شَاۤءَ ذَكَرَهٗۗ

Faman syā'a żakarah(ū).

Then whoever wills will remember it.

وَمَا يَذْكُرُوْنَ اِلَّآ اَنْ يَّشَاۤءَ اللّٰهُ ۗهُوَ اَهْلُ التَّقْوٰى وَاَهْلُ الْمَغْفِرَةِ ࣖ

Wa mā yażkurūna illā ay yasyā'allāh(u), huwa ahlut-taqwā wa ahlul-magfirah(ti).

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