Surah Al-Muddaththir (The Cloaked One)

Verses

1. يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلۡمُدَّثِّرُ

   O thou enveloped in thy cloak

   74:1

2. قُمۡ فَأَنذِرۡ

   Arise and warn

   74:2

3. وَرَبَّكَ فَكَبِّرۡ

   Thy Lord magnify

   74:3

4. وَثِيَابَكَ فَطَهِّرۡ

   Thy raiment purify

   74:4

5. وَٱلرُّجۡزَ فَٱهۡجُرۡ

   Pollution shun

   74:5

6. وَلَا تَمۡنُن تَسۡتَكۡثِرُ

   And show not favour, seeking wordly gain

   74:6

7. وَلِرَبِّكَ فَٱصۡبِرۡ

   For the sake of thy Lord, be patient

   74:7

8. فَإِذَا نُقِرَ فِي ٱلنَّاقُورِ

   For when the trumpet shall sound

   74:8

9. فَذَٰلِكَ يَوۡمَئِذٖ يَوۡمٌ عَسِيرٌ

   Surely that day will be a day of anguish

   74:9

10. عَلَى ٱلۡكَٰفِرِينَ غَيۡرُ يَسِيرٖ

    Not of ease, for disbelievers

    74:10

11. ذَرۡنِي وَمَنۡ خَلَقۡتُ وَحِيدٗا

    Leave Me (to deal) with him whom I created lonely

    74:11

12. وَجَعَلۡتُ لَهُۥ مَالٗا مَّمۡدُودٗا

    And then bestowed upon him ample means

    74:12

13. وَبَنِينَ شُهُودٗا

    And sons abiding in his presence

    74:13

14. وَمَهَّدتُّ لَهُۥ تَمۡهِيدٗا

    And made (life) smooth for him

    74:14

15. ثُمَّ يَطۡمَعُ أَنۡ أَزِيدَ

    Yet he desireth that I should give more

    74:15

16. كَلَّآۖ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ لِأٓيَٰتِنَا عَنِيدٗا

    Nay! For lo! he hath been stubborn to Our revelations

    74:16

17. سَأُرۡهِقُهُۥ صَعُودًا

    On him I shall impose a fearful doom

    74:17

18. إِنَّهُۥ فَكَّرَ وَقَدَّرَ

    For lo! he did consider; then he planned

    74:18

19. فَقُتِلَ كَيۡفَ قَدَّرَ

    (Self-)destroyed is he, how he planned

    74:19

20. ثُمَّ قُتِلَ كَيۡفَ قَدَّرَ

    Again (self-)destroyed is he, how he planned

    74:20

21. ثُمَّ نَظَرَ

    Then looked he

    74:21

22. ثُمَّ عَبَسَ وَبَسَرَ

    Then frowned he and showed displeasure

    74:22

23. ثُمَّ أَدۡبَرَ وَٱسۡتَكۡبَرَ

    Then turned he away in pride

    74:23

24. فَقَالَ إِنۡ هَٰذَآ إِلَّا سِحۡرٞ يُؤۡثَرُ

    And said: This is naught else than magic from of old

    74:24

25. إِنۡ هَٰذَآ إِلَّا قَوۡلُ ٱلۡبَشَرِ

    This is naught else than speech of mortal man

    74:25

26. سَأُصۡلِيهِ سَقَرَ

    Him shall I fling unto the burning

    74:26

27. وَمَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا سَقَرُ

    Ah, what will convey unto thee what that burning is

    74:27

28. لَا تُبۡقِي وَلَا تَذَرُ

    It leaveth naught; it spareth naught

    74:28

29. لَوَّاحَةٞ لِّلۡبَشَرِ

    It shrivelleth the man

    74:29

30. عَلَيۡهَا تِسۡعَةَ عَشَرَ

    Above it are nineteen

    74:30

31. وَمَا جَعَلۡنَآ أَصۡحَٰبَ ٱلنَّارِ إِلَّا مَلَـٰٓئِكَةٗۖ وَمَا جَعَلۡنَا عِدَّتَهُمۡ إِلَّا فِتۡنَةٗ لِّلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ لِيَسۡتَيۡقِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُواْ ٱلۡكِتَٰبَ وَيَزۡدَادَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓاْ إِيمَٰنٗا وَلَا يَرۡتَابَ ٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُواْ ٱلۡكِتَٰبَ وَٱلۡمُؤۡمِنُونَ وَلِيَقُولَ ٱلَّذِينَ فِي قُلُوبِهِم مَّرَضٞ وَٱلۡكَٰفِرُونَ مَاذَآ أَرَادَ ٱللَّهُ بِهَٰذَا مَثَلٗاۚ كَذَٰلِكَ يُضِلُّ ٱللَّهُ مَن يَشَآءُ وَيَهۡدِي مَن يَشَآءُۚ وَمَا يَعۡلَمُ جُنُودَ رَبِّكَ إِلَّا هُوَۚ وَمَا هِيَ إِلَّا ذِكۡرَىٰ لِلۡبَشَرِ

    We have appointed only angels to be wardens of the Fire, and their number have We made to be a stumbling-block for those who disbelieve; that those to whom the Scripture hath been given may have certainty, and that believers may increase in faith; and that those to whom the Scripture hath been given and believers may not doubt; and that those in whose hearts there is disease, and disbelievers, may say: What meaneth Allah by this similitude? Thus Allah sendeth astray whom He will, and whom He will He guideth. None knoweth the hosts of thy Lord save Him. This is naught else than a Reminder unto mortals

    74:31

32. كَلَّا وَٱلۡقَمَرِ

    Nay, by the Moon

    74:32

33. وَٱلَّيۡلِ إِذۡ أَدۡبَرَ

    And the night when it withdraweth

    74:33

34. وَٱلصُّبۡحِ إِذَآ أَسۡفَرَ

    And the dawn when it shineth forth

    74:34

35. إِنَّهَا لَإِحۡدَى ٱلۡكُبَرِ

    Lo! this is one of the greatest (portents)

    74:35

36. نَذِيرٗا لِّلۡبَشَرِ

    As a warning unto men

    74:36

37. لِمَن شَآءَ مِنكُمۡ أَن يَتَقَدَّمَ أَوۡ يَتَأَخَّرَ

    Unto him of you who will advance or hang back

    74:37

38. كُلُّ نَفۡسِۭ بِمَا كَسَبَتۡ رَهِينَةٌ

    Every soul is a pledge for its own deeds

    74:38

39. إِلَّآ أَصۡحَٰبَ ٱلۡيَمِينِ

    Save those who will stand on the right hand

    74:39

40. فِي جَنَّـٰتٖ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ

    In gardens they will ask one another

    74:40

41. عَنِ ٱلۡمُجۡرِمِينَ

    Concerning the guilty

    74:41

42. مَا سَلَكَكُمۡ فِي سَقَرَ

    What hath brought you to this burning

    74:42

43. قَالُواْ لَمۡ نَكُ مِنَ ٱلۡمُصَلِّينَ

    They will answer: We were not of those who prayed

    74:43

44. وَلَمۡ نَكُ نُطۡعِمُ ٱلۡمِسۡكِينَ

    Nor did we feed the wretched

    74:44

45. وَكُنَّا نَخُوضُ مَعَ ٱلۡخَآئِضِينَ

    We used to wade (in vain dispute) with (all) waders

    74:45

46. وَكُنَّا نُكَذِّبُ بِيَوۡمِ ٱلدِّينِ

    And we used to deny the Day of Judgment

    74:46

47. حَتَّىٰٓ أَتَىٰنَا ٱلۡيَقِينُ

    Till the Inevitable came unto us

    74:47

48. فَمَا تَنفَعُهُمۡ شَفَٰعَةُ ٱلشَّـٰفِعِينَ

    The mediation of no mediators will avail them then

    74:48

49. فَمَا لَهُمۡ عَنِ ٱلتَّذۡكِرَةِ مُعۡرِضِينَ

    Why now turn they away from the Admonishment

    74:49

50. كَأَنَّهُمۡ حُمُرٞ مُّسۡتَنفِرَةٞ

    As they were frightened asses

    74:50

51. فَرَّتۡ مِن قَسۡوَرَةِۭ

    Fleeing from a lion

    74:51

52. بَلۡ يُرِيدُ كُلُّ ٱمۡرِيٕٖ مِّنۡهُمۡ أَن يُؤۡتَىٰ صُحُفٗا مُّنَشَّرَةٗ

    Nay, but everyone of them desireth that he should be given open pages (from Allah)

    74:52

53. كَلَّاۖ بَل لَّا يَخَافُونَ ٱلۡأٓخِرَةَ

    Nay, verily. They fear not the Hereafter

    74:53

54. كَلَّآ إِنَّهُۥ تَذۡكِرَةٞ

    Nay, verily. Lo! this is an Admonishment

    74:54

55. فَمَن شَآءَ ذَكَرَهُۥ

    So whosoever will may heed

    74:55

56. وَمَا يَذۡكُرُونَ إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُۚ هُوَ أَهۡلُ ٱلتَّقۡوَىٰ وَأَهۡلُ ٱلۡمَغۡفِرَةِ

    And they will not heed unless Allah willeth (it). He is the fount of fear. He is the fount of Mercy

    74:56