74. Al-Muddaththir سُورَةُ المُدَّثِّرِ

Yusuf AliO thou wrapped up (in the mantle)

Saheeh InternationalO you who covers himself [with a garment]

Yusuf AliArise and deliver thy warning

Saheeh InternationalArise and warn

Yusuf AliAnd thy Lord do thou magnify

Saheeh InternationalAnd your Lord glorify

Yusuf AliAnd thy garments keep free from stain

Saheeh InternationalAnd your clothing purify

Yusuf AliAnd all abomination shun

Saheeh InternationalAnd uncleanliness avoid

Yusuf AliNor expect, in giving, any increase (for thyself)

Saheeh InternationalAnd do not confer favor to acquire more

Yusuf AliBut, for thy Lord's (Cause), be patient and constant

Saheeh InternationalBut for your Lord be patient

Yusuf AliFinally, when the Trumpet is sounded

Saheeh InternationalAnd when the trumpet is blown

Yusuf AliThat will be- that Day - a Day of Distress

Saheeh InternationalThat Day will be a difficult day

Yusuf AliFar from easy for those without Faith

Saheeh InternationalFor the disbelievers - not easy

Yusuf AliLeave Me alone, (to deal) with the (creature) whom I created (bare and) alone

Saheeh InternationalLeave Me with the one I created alone

Yusuf AliTo whom I granted resources in abundance

Saheeh InternationalAnd to whom I granted extensive wealth

Yusuf AliAnd sons to be by his side

Saheeh InternationalAnd children present [with him]

Yusuf AliTo whom I made (life) smooth and comfortable

Saheeh InternationalAnd spread [everything] before him, easing [his life]

Yusuf AliYet is he greedy-that I should add (yet more)

Saheeh InternationalThen he desires that I should add more

Yusuf AliBy no means! For to Our Signs he has been refractory

Saheeh InternationalNo! Indeed, he has been toward Our verses obstinate

Yusuf AliSoon will I visit him with a mount of calamities

Saheeh InternationalI will cover him with arduous torment

Yusuf AliFor he thought and he plotted

Saheeh InternationalIndeed, he thought and deliberated

Yusuf AliAnd woe to him! How he plotted

Saheeh InternationalSo may he be destroyed [for] how he deliberated

Yusuf AliYea, Woe to him; How he plotted

Saheeh InternationalThen may he be destroyed [for] how he deliberated

Yusuf AliThen he looked round

Saheeh InternationalThen he considered [again]

Yusuf AliThen he frowned and he scowled

Saheeh InternationalThen he frowned and scowled

Yusuf AliThen he turned back and was haughty

Saheeh InternationalThen he turned back and was arrogant

Yusuf AliThen said he: "This is nothing but magic, derived from of old

Saheeh InternationalAnd said, "This is not but magic imitated [from others]

Yusuf AliThis is nothing but the word of a mortal

Saheeh InternationalThis is not but the word of a human being

Yusuf AliSoon will I cast him into Hell-Fire

Saheeh InternationalI will drive him into Saqar

Yusuf AliAnd what will explain to thee what Hell-Fire is

Saheeh InternationalAnd what can make you know what is Saqar

Yusuf AliNaught doth it permit to endure, and naught doth it leave alone

Saheeh InternationalIt lets nothing remain and leaves nothing [unburned]

Yusuf AliDarkening and changing the colour of man

Saheeh InternationalBlackening the skins

Yusuf AliOver it are Nineteen

Saheeh InternationalOver it are nineteen [angels]

Yusuf AliAnd We have set none but angels as Guardians of the Fire; and We have fixed their number only as a trial for Unbelievers,- in order that the People of the Book may arrive at certainty, and the Believers may increase in Faith,- and that no doub ts may be left for the People of the Book and the Believers, and that those in whose hearts is a disease and the Unbelievers may say, "What symbol doth God intend by this ?" Thus doth God leave to stray whom He pleaseth, and guide whom He pleaseth: an d none can know the forces of thy Lord, except He and this is no other than a warning to mankind

Saheeh InternationalAnd 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 Lord except Him. And mention of the Fire is not but a reminder to humanity

Yusuf AliNay, verily: By the Moon

Saheeh InternationalNo! By the moon

Yusuf AliAnd by the Night as it retreateth

Saheeh InternationalAnd [by] the night when it departs

Yusuf AliAnd by the Dawn as it shineth forth

Saheeh InternationalAnd [by] the morning when it brightens

Yusuf AliThis is but one of the mighty (portents)

Saheeh InternationalIndeed, the Fire is of the greatest [afflictions]

Yusuf AliA warning to mankind

Saheeh InternationalAs a warning to humanity

Yusuf AliTo any of you that chooses to press forward, or to follow behind

Saheeh InternationalTo whoever wills among you to proceed or stay behind

Yusuf AliEvery soul will be (held) in pledge for its deeds

Saheeh InternationalEvery soul, for what it has earned, will be retained

Yusuf AliExcept the Companions of the Right Hand

Saheeh InternationalExcept the companions of the right

Yusuf Ali(They will be) in Gardens (of Delight): they will question each other

Saheeh International[Who will be] in gardens, questioning each other

Yusuf AliAnd (ask) of the Sinners

Saheeh InternationalAbout the criminals

Yusuf AliWhat led you into Hell Fire

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

Yusuf AliThey will say: "We were not of those who prayed

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

Yusuf AliNor were we of those who fed the indigent

Saheeh InternationalNor did we used to feed the poor

Yusuf AliBut we used to talk vanities with vain talkers

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

Yusuf AliAnd we used to deny the Day of Judgment

Saheeh InternationalAnd we used to deny the Day of Recompense

Yusuf AliUntil there came to us (the Hour) that is certain

Saheeh InternationalUntil there came to us the certainty

Yusuf AliThen will no intercession of (any) intercessors profit them

Saheeh InternationalSo there will not benefit them the intercession of [any] intercessors

Yusuf AliThen what is the matter with them that they turn away from admonition

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

Yusuf AliAs if they were affrighted asses

Saheeh InternationalAs if they were alarmed donkeys

Yusuf AliFleeing from a lion

Saheeh InternationalFleeing from a lion

Yusuf AliForsooth, each one of them wants to be given scrolls (of revelation) spread out

Saheeh InternationalRather, every person among them desires that he would be given scriptures spread about

Yusuf AliBy no means! But they fear not the Hereafter

Saheeh InternationalNo! But they do not fear the Hereafter

Yusuf AliNay, this surely is an admonition

Saheeh InternationalNo! Indeed, the Qur'an is a reminder

Yusuf AliLet any who will, keep it in remembrance

Saheeh InternationalThen whoever wills will remember it

Yusuf AliBut none will keep it in remembrance except as God wills: He is the Lord of Righteousness, and the Lord of Forgiveness

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