يَا أَيُّهَا الْمُدَّثِّرُ

Yaaa ayyuhal muddassir

O YOU ENFOLDED in your mantle (of reform),

Surah Number : 74 , Ayat Number : 1

"قُمْ فَأَنْذِرْ"

Qum fa anzir

Arise and warn,

Surah Number : 74 , Ayat Number : 2

"وَرَبَّكَ فَكَبِّرْ"

Wa rabbaka fakabbir

Glorify your Lord,

Surah Number : 74 , Ayat Number : 3

"وَثِيَابَكَ فَطَهِّرْ"

Wa siyaabaka fatahhir

Purify your inner self,

Surah Number : 74 , Ayat Number : 4

"وَالرُّجْزَ فَاهْجُرْ"

Warrujza fahjur

And banish all trepidation.

Surah Number : 74 , Ayat Number : 5

"وَلَا تَمْنُنْ تَسْتَكْثِرُ"

Wa laa tamnun tastaksir

Do not bestow favours in expectation of return,

Surah Number : 74 , Ayat Number : 6

"وَلِرَبِّكَ فَاصْبِرْ"

Wa li Rabbika fasbir

And persevere in the way of your Lord.

Surah Number : 74 , Ayat Number : 7

"فَإِذَا نُقِرَ فِي النَّاقُورِ"

Fa izaa nuqira fin naaqoor

For when the trumpet blows

Surah Number : 74 , Ayat Number : 8

"فَذَٰلِكَ يَوْمَئِذٍ يَوْمٌ عَسِيرٌ"

Fazaalika yawma 'iziny yawmun 'aseer

It will be a day of distress,

Surah Number : 74 , Ayat Number : 9

"عَلَى الْكَافِرِينَ غَيْرُ يَسِيرٍ"

'Alal kaafireena ghairu yaseer

Dolorous for the unbelievers.

Surah Number : 74 , Ayat Number : 10

"ذَرْنِي وَمَنْ خَلَقْتُ وَحِيدًا"

Zarnee wa man khalaqtu waheedaa

Leave him to Me whom I created alone,

Surah Number : 74 , Ayat Number : 11

"وَجَعَلْتُ لَهُ مَالًا مَمْدُودًا"

Wa ja'altu lahoo maalam mamdoodaa

And gave him abundant wealth

Surah Number : 74 , Ayat Number : 12

"وَبَنِينَ شُهُودًا"

Wa baneena shuhoodaa

And sons always present by his side,

Surah Number : 74 , Ayat Number : 13

"وَمَهَّدْتُ لَهُ تَمْهِيدًا"

Wa mahhattu lahoo tamheeda

And made things easy for them.

Surah Number : 74 , Ayat Number : 14

"ثُمَّ يَطْمَعُ أَنْ أَزِيدَ"

Summa yat ma'u an azeed

Yet he wants that I should give him more.

Surah Number : 74 , Ayat Number : 15

"كَلَّا ۖ إِنَّهُ كَانَ لِآيَاتِنَا عَنِيدًا"

Kallaaa innahoo kaana li Aayaatinaa 'aneedaa

Never. He is refractory of Our signs.

Surah Number : 74 , Ayat Number : 16

"سَأُرْهِقُهُ صَعُودًا"

Sa urhiquhoo sa'oodaa

I shall inflict on him hardship,

Surah Number : 74 , Ayat Number : 17

"إِنَّهُ فَكَّرَ وَقَدَّرَ"

Innahoo fakkara wa qaddar

For he had thought and calculated.

Surah Number : 74 , Ayat Number : 18

"فَقُتِلَ كَيْفَ قَدَّرَ"

Faqutila kayfa qaddar

May he be accursed, how he planned!

Surah Number : 74 , Ayat Number : 19

"ثُمَّ قُتِلَ كَيْفَ قَدَّرَ"

Summa qutila kaifa qaddar

May be then be accursed, how he plotted!

Surah Number : 74 , Ayat Number : 20

"ثُمَّ نَظَرَ"

Summa nazar

Then he looked around,

Surah Number : 74 , Ayat Number : 21

"ثُمَّ عَبَسَ وَبَسَرَ"

Summa 'abasa wa basar

And frowned and puckered his brow,

Surah Number : 74 , Ayat Number : 22

"ثُمَّ أَدْبَرَ وَاسْتَكْبَرَ"

Summaa adbara wastakbar

Then turned his back and waxed proud,

Surah Number : 74 , Ayat Number : 23

"فَقَالَ إِنْ هَٰذَا إِلَّا سِحْرٌ يُؤْثَرُ"

Faqaala in haazaaa illaa sihruny yu'sar

And said: "This is nothing but the magic of old,

Surah Number : 74 , Ayat Number : 24

"إِنْ هَٰذَا إِلَّا قَوْلُ الْبَشَرِ"

In haazaaa illaa qawlul bashar

Nothing more than the speech of a man!"

Surah Number : 74 , Ayat Number : 25

"سَأُصْلِيهِ سَقَرَ"

Sa usleehi saqar

I will cast him into the fire of Hell.

Surah Number : 74 , Ayat Number : 26

"وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا سَقَرُ"

Wa maaa adraaka maa saqar

What do you think Hell-fire is?

Surah Number : 74 , Ayat Number : 27

"لَا تُبْقِي وَلَا تَذَرُ"

Laa tubqee wa laa tazar

It leaves nothing, nor does it spare;

Surah Number : 74 , Ayat Number : 28

"لَوَّاحَةٌ لِلْبَشَرِ"

Lawwaahatul lilbashar

It glows and burns the skin.

Surah Number : 74 , Ayat Number : 29

"عَلَيْهَا تِسْعَةَ عَشَرَ"

'Alaihaa tis'ata 'ashar

Over it are nineteen (guards).

Surah Number : 74 , Ayat Number : 30

"وَمَا جَعَلْنَا أَصْحَابَ النَّارِ إِلَّا مَلَائِكَةً ۙ وَمَا جَعَلْنَا عِدَّتَهُمْ إِلَّا فِتْنَةً لِلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا لِيَسْتَيْقِنَ الَّذِينَ أُوتُوا الْكِتَابَ وَيَزْدَادَ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا إِيمَانًا ۙ وَلَا يَرْتَابَ الَّذِينَ أُوتُوا الْكِتَابَ وَالْمُؤْمِنُونَ ۙ وَلِيَقُولَ الَّذِينَ فِي قُلُوبِهِمْ مَرَضٌ وَالْكَافِرُونَ مَاذَا أَرَادَ اللَّهُ بِهَٰذَا مَثَلًا ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ يُضِلُّ اللَّهُ مَنْ يَشَاءُ وَيَهْدِي مَنْ يَشَاءُ ۚ وَمَا يَعْلَمُ جُنُودَ رَبِّكَ إِلَّا هُوَ ۚ وَمَا هِيَ 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

We have not appointed any one but angels as keepers of Hell, and their number that We have fixed is to make it a means of contention for disbelievers, so that those who were given the Book may be certain, and the faith of the believers may have greater increase, and the people of the Book and believers may not be deceived, and the sceptics and infidels may say: "What does God mean by this parable?" That is how God leads whosoever He will astray, and guides whosoever He will. None knows the armies of your Lord save Him self. This is no more than reminder for mankind.

Surah Number : 74 , Ayat Number : 31

"كَلَّا وَالْقَمَرِ"

Kallaa walqamar

I say the truth, and call the moon to witness,

Surah Number : 74 , Ayat Number : 32

"وَاللَّيْلِ إِذْ أَدْبَرَ"

Wallaili id adbar

And the night when on the wane,

Surah Number : 74 , Ayat Number : 33

"وَالصُّبْحِ إِذَا أَسْفَرَ"

Wassub hi izaaa asfar

The morning when it is unveiled,

Surah Number : 74 , Ayat Number : 34

"إِنَّهَا لَإِحْدَى الْكُبَرِ"

Innahaa la ihdal kubar

That (Hell) is surely one of the greater (signs),

Surah Number : 74 , Ayat Number : 35

"نَذِيرًا لِلْبَشَرِ"

Nazeeral lilbashar

A warning for people --

Surah Number : 74 , Ayat Number : 36

"لِمَنْ شَاءَ مِنْكُمْ أَنْ يَتَقَدَّمَ أَوْ يَتَأَخَّرَ"

Liman shaaa'a minkum any yataqaddama aw yata akhkhar

Whoever of you desires to progress or lag behind.

Surah Number : 74 , Ayat Number : 37

"كُلُّ نَفْسٍ بِمَا كَسَبَتْ رَهِينَةٌ"

Kullu nafsim bim kasabat raheenah

Every soul is pledged to what it does,

Surah Number : 74 , Ayat Number : 38

"إِلَّا أَصْحَابَ الْيَمِينِ"

Illaaa as haabal yameen

Except those of the right hand

Surah Number : 74 , Ayat Number : 39

"فِي جَنَّاتٍ يَتَسَاءَلُونَ"

Fee jannaatiny yata saaa'aloon

Sitting in the gardens, asking

Surah Number : 74 , Ayat Number : 40

"عَنِ الْمُجْرِمِينَ"

'Anil mujrimeen

Of evil-doers:

Surah Number : 74 , Ayat Number : 41

"مَا سَلَكَكُمْ فِي سَقَرَ"

Maa salakakum fee saqar

"What was it that brought you to Hell?"

Surah Number : 74 , Ayat Number : 42

"قَالُوا لَمْ نَكُ مِنَ الْمُصَلِّينَ"

Qaaloo lam naku minal musalleen

They will answer: "We did not fulfil our devotional obligations,

Surah Number : 74 , Ayat Number : 43

"وَلَمْ نَكُ نُطْعِمُ الْمِسْكِينَ"

Wa lam naku nut'imul miskeen

And did not feed the needy,

Surah Number : 74 , Ayat Number : 44

"وَكُنَّا نَخُوضُ مَعَ الْخَائِضِينَ"

Wa kunnaa nakhoodu ma'al khaaa'ideen

And plunged into useless things with those who were obstinate,

Surah Number : 74 , Ayat Number : 45

"وَكُنَّا نُكَذِّبُ بِيَوْمِ الدِّينِ"

Wa kunnaa nukazzibu bi yawmid Deen

And rejected the Day of Judgement as a lie

Surah Number : 74 , Ayat Number : 46

"حَتَّىٰ أَتَانَا الْيَقِينُ"

Hattaaa ataanal yaqeen

Until the certainty (of death) had come upon us.

Surah Number : 74 , Ayat Number : 47

"فَمَا تَنْفَعُهُمْ شَفَاعَةُ الشَّافِعِينَ"

Famaa tanfa'uhum shafaa'atush shaafi'een

So, the intercession of intercessors will not avail them.

Surah Number : 74 , Ayat Number : 48

"فَمَا لَهُمْ عَنِ التَّذْكِرَةِ مُعْرِضِينَ"

Famaa lahum 'anittazkirati mu'rideen

Why then do they turn away from the admonition

Surah Number : 74 , Ayat Number : 49

"كَأَنَّهُمْ حُمُرٌ مُسْتَنْفِرَةٌ"

Ka annahum humurum mustanfirah

As though they were frightened asses

Surah Number : 74 , Ayat Number : 50

"فَرَّتْ مِنْ قَسْوَرَةٍ"

Farrat min qaswarah

Fleeing from a lion?

Surah Number : 74 , Ayat Number : 51

"بَلْ يُرِيدُ كُلُّ امْرِئٍ مِنْهُمْ أَنْ يُؤْتَىٰ صُحُفًا مُنَشَّرَةً"

Bal yureedu kullum ri'im minhum any yu'taa suhufam munashsharah

In fact every one of them wants to be given open books (like the prophets).

Surah Number : 74 , Ayat Number : 52

"كَلَّا ۖ بَلْ لَا يَخَافُونَ الْآخِرَةَ"

Kallaa bal laa yakhaafoonal aakhirah

By no means. In fact they do not fear the Hereafter.

Surah Number : 74 , Ayat Number : 53

"كَلَّا إِنَّهُ تَذْكِرَةٌ"

Kallaaa innahoo tazkirah

Never so, as this is a reminder.

Surah Number : 74 , Ayat Number : 54

"فَمَنْ شَاءَ ذَكَرَهُ"

Fa man shaaa'a zakarah

Let him then who heeds remember it.

Surah Number : 74 , Ayat Number : 55

"وَمَا يَذْكُرُونَ إِلَّا أَنْ يَشَاءَ اللَّهُ ۚ هُوَ أَهْلُ التَّقْوَىٰ وَأَهْلُ الْمَغْفِرَةِ"

Wa maa yazkuroona illaaa any yashaaa'al laah; Huwa ahlut taqwaa wa ahlul maghfirah

But they will not remember except as God wills: He is worthy to be feared, and He is worthy of forgiving

Surah Number : 74 , Ayat Number : 56