074. The Cloaked One – Al-Muddaththir

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بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ ﴿٠﴾
يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلْمُدَّثِّرُ ﴿١﴾
O you who are clothed!
قُمْ فَأَنذِرْ ﴿٢﴾
Arise and warn,
وَرَبَّكَ فَكَبِّرْ ﴿٣﴾
And your Lord do magnify,
وَثِيَابَكَ فَطَهِّرْ ﴿٤﴾
And your garments do purify,
وَٱلرُّجْزَ فَٱهْجُرْ ﴿٥﴾
And uncleanness do shun,
وَلَا تَمْنُن تَسْتَكْثِرُ ﴿٦﴾
And bestow not favors that you may receive again with increase,
وَلِرَبِّكَ فَٱصْبِرْ ﴿٧﴾
And for the sake of your Lord, be patient.
فَإِذَا نُقِرَ فِى ٱلنَّاقُورِ ﴿٨﴾
For when the trumpet is sounded,
فَذَٰلِكَ يَوْمَئِذٍ يَوْمٌ عَسِيرٌ ﴿٩﴾
That, at that time, shall be a difficult day,
عَلَى ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ غَيْرُ يَسِيرٍ ﴿١٠﴾
For the unbelievers, anything but easy.
ذَرْنِى وَمَنْ خَلَقْتُ وَحِيدًا ﴿١١﴾
Leave Me and him whom I created alone,
وَجَعَلْتُ لَهُۥ مَالًا مَّمْدُودًا ﴿١٢﴾
And give him vast riches,
وَبَنِينَ شُهُودًا ﴿١٣﴾
And sons dwelling in his presence,
وَمَهَّدتُّ لَهُۥ تَمْهِيدًا ﴿١٤﴾
And I adjusted affairs for him adjustably;
ثُمَّ يَطْمَعُ أَنْ أَزِيدَ ﴿١٥﴾
And yet he desires that I should add more!
كَلَّآ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ لِءَايَٰتِنَا عَنِيدًا ﴿١٦﴾
By no means! surely he offers opposition to Our communications.
سَأُرْهِقُهُۥ صَعُودًا ﴿١٧﴾
I will make a distressing punishment overtake him.
إِنَّهُۥ فَكَّرَ وَقَدَّرَ ﴿١٨﴾
Surely he reflected and guessed,
فَقُتِلَ كَيْفَ قَدَّرَ ﴿١٩﴾
But may he be cursed how he plotted;
ثُمَّ قُتِلَ كَيْفَ قَدَّرَ ﴿٢٠﴾
Again, may he be cursed how he plotted;
ثُمَّ نَظَرَ ﴿٢١﴾
Then he looked,
ثُمَّ عَبَسَ وَبَسَرَ ﴿٢٢﴾
Then he frowned and scowled,
ثُمَّ أَدْبَرَ وَٱسْتَكْبَرَ ﴿٢٣﴾
Then he turned back and was big with pride,
فَقَالَ إِنْ هَٰذَآ إِلَّا سِحْرٌ يُؤْثَرُ ﴿٢٤﴾
~Then he said: This is naught but enchantment, narrated (from others);
إِنْ هَٰذَآ إِلَّا قَوْلُ ٱلْبَشَرِ ﴿٢٥﴾
This is naught but the word of a mortal.
سَأُصْلِيهِ سَقَرَ ﴿٢٦﴾
I will cast him into hell.
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا سَقَرُ ﴿٢٧﴾
And what will make you realize what hell is?
لَا تُبْقِى وَلَا تَذَرُ ﴿٢٨﴾
It leaves naught nor does it spare aught.
لَوَّاحَةٌ لِّلْبَشَرِ ﴿٢٩﴾
It scorches the mortal.
عَلَيْهَا تِسْعَةَ عَشَرَ ﴿٣٠﴾
Over it are nineteen.
وَمَا جَعَلْنَآ أَصْحَٰبَ ٱلنَّارِ إِلَّا مَلَٰٓئِكَةً وَمَا جَعَلْنَا عِدَّتَهُمْ إِلَّا فِتْنَةً لِّلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ لِيَسْتَيْقِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُوا۟ ٱلْكِتَٰبَ وَيَزْدَادَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓا۟ إِيمَٰنًا وَلَا يَرْتَابَ ٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُوا۟ ٱلْكِتَٰبَ وَٱلْمُؤْمِنُونَ وَلِيَقُولَ ٱلَّذِينَ فِى قُلُوبِهِم مَّرَضٌ وَٱلْكَٰفِرُونَ مَاذَآ أَرَادَ ٱللَّهُ بِهَٰذَا مَثَلًا كَذَٰلِكَ يُضِلُّ ٱللَّهُ مَن يَشَآءُ وَيَهْدِى مَن يَشَآءُ وَمَا يَعْلَمُ جُنُودَ رَبِّكَ إِلَّا هُوَ وَمَا هِىَ إِلَّا ذِكْرَىٰ لِلْبَشَرِ ﴿٣١﴾
And We have not made the wardens of the fire others than angels, and We have not made their number but as a trial for those who disbelieve, that those who have been given the book may be certain and those who believe may increase in faith, and those who have been given the book and the believers may not doubt, and that those in whose hearts is a disease and the unbelievers may say: What does Allah mean by this parable? Thus does Allah make err whom He pleases, and He guides whom He pleases, and none knows the hosts of your Lord but He Himself; and this is naught but a reminder to the mortals.
كَلَّا وَٱلْقَمَرِ ﴿٣٢﴾
Nay; I swear by the moon,
وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذْ أَدْبَرَ ﴿٣٣﴾
And the night when it departs,
وَٱلصُّبْحِ إِذَآ أَسْفَرَ ﴿٣٤﴾
And the daybreak when it shines;
إِنَّهَا لَإِحْدَى ٱلْكُبَرِ ﴿٣٥﴾
Surely it (hell) is one of the gravest (misfortunes),
نَذِيرًا لِّلْبَشَرِ ﴿٣٦﴾
A warning to mortals,
لِمَن شَآءَ مِنكُمْ أَن يَتَقَدَّمَ أَوْ يَتَأَخَّرَ ﴿٣٧﴾
To him among you who wishes to go forward or remain behind.
كُلُّ نَفْسٍۭ بِمَا كَسَبَتْ رَهِينَةٌ ﴿٣٨﴾
Every soul is held in pledge for what it earns,
إِلَّآ أَصْحَٰبَ ٱلْيَمِينِ ﴿٣٩﴾
Except the people of the right hand,
فِى جَنَّٰتٍ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ ﴿٤٠﴾
In gardens, they shall ask each other
عَنِ ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ ﴿٤١﴾
About the guilty:
مَا سَلَكَكُمْ فِى سَقَرَ ﴿٤٢﴾
What has brought you into hell?
قَالُوا۟ لَمْ نَكُ مِنَ ٱلْمُصَلِّينَ ﴿٤٣﴾
They shall say: We were not of those who prayed;
وَلَمْ نَكُ نُطْعِمُ ٱلْمِسْكِينَ ﴿٤٤﴾
And we used not to feed the poor;
وَكُنَّا نَخُوضُ مَعَ ٱلْخَآئِضِينَ ﴿٤٥﴾
And we used to enter into vain discourse with those who entered into vain discourses.
وَكُنَّا نُكَذِّبُ بِيَوْمِ ٱلدِّينِ ﴿٤٦﴾
And we used to call the day of judgment a lie;
حَتَّىٰٓ أَتَىٰنَا ٱلْيَقِينُ ﴿٤٧﴾
Till death overtook us.
فَمَا تَنفَعُهُمْ شَفَٰعَةُ ٱلشَّٰفِعِينَ ﴿٤٨﴾
So the intercession of intercessors shall not avail them.
فَمَا لَهُمْ عَنِ ٱلتَّذْكِرَةِ مُعْرِضِينَ ﴿٤٩﴾
What is then the matter with them, that they turn away from the admonition
كَأَنَّهُمْ حُمُرٌ مُّسْتَنفِرَةٌ ﴿٥٠﴾
As if they were asses taking fright
فَرَّتْ مِن قَسْوَرَةٍۭ ﴿٥١﴾
That had fled from a lion?
بَلْ يُرِيدُ كُلُّ ٱمْرِئٍ مِّنْهُمْ أَن يُؤْتَىٰ صُحُفًا مُّنَشَّرَةً ﴿٥٢﴾
Nay; every one of them desires that he may be given pages spread out;
كَلَّا بَل لَّا يَخَافُونَ ٱلْءَاخِرَةَ ﴿٥٣﴾
Nay! but they do not fear the hereafter.
كَلَّآ إِنَّهُۥ تَذْكِرَةٌ ﴿٥٤﴾
Nay! it is surely an admonition.
فَمَن شَآءَ ذَكَرَهُۥ ﴿٥٥﴾
So whoever pleases may mind it.
وَمَا يَذْكُرُونَ إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُ هُوَ أَهْلُ ٱلتَّقْوَىٰ وَأَهْلُ ٱلْمَغْفِرَةِ ﴿٥٦﴾
And they will not mind unless Allah please. He is worthy to be feared and worthy to forgive.
فَمَا لَهُمْ عَنِ ٱلتَّذْكِرَةِ مُعْرِضِينَ ﴿٤٩﴾
What is then the matter with them, that they turn away from the admonition
كَأَنَّهُمْ حُمُرٌ مُّسْتَنفِرَةٌ ﴿٥٠﴾
As if they were asses taking fright
فَرَّتْ مِن قَسْوَرَةٍۭ ﴿٥١﴾
That had fled from a lion?
بَلْ يُرِيدُ كُلُّ ٱمْرِئٍ مِّنْهُمْ أَن يُؤْتَىٰ صُحُفًا مُّنَشَّرَةً ﴿٥٢﴾
Nay; every one of them desires that he may be given pages spread out;
كَلَّا بَل لَّا يَخَافُونَ ٱلْءَاخِرَةَ ﴿٥٣﴾
Nay! but they do not fear the hereafter.
كَلَّآ إِنَّهُۥ تَذْكِرَةٌ ﴿٥٤﴾
Nay! it is surely an admonition.
فَمَن شَآءَ ذَكَرَهُۥ ﴿٥٥﴾
So whoever pleases may mind it.
وَمَا يَذْكُرُونَ إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُ هُوَ أَهْلُ ٱلتَّقْوَىٰ وَأَهْلُ ٱلْمَغْفِرَةِ ﴿٥٦﴾
And they will not mind unless Allah please. He is worthy to be feared and worthy to forgive.