يَا أَيُّهَا الْمُدَّثِّرُ
O you wrapped in your cloak.
The Enrobed · al-Muddathir · سورة المدثر · 56 ayahs
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
In the name of God, the Most Compassionate, the Most Merciful.
قُمْ فَأَنْذِرْ
Arise and warn.
وَرَبَّكَ فَكَبِّرْ
And your Lord — magnify Him.
وَثِيَابَكَ فَطَهِّرْ
And your garments — purify them.
وَالرُّجْزَ فَاهْجُرْ
And defilement — shun it.
وَلَا تَمْنُنْ تَسْتَكْثِرُ
And do not give, expecting more in return.
وَلِرَبِّكَ فَاصْبِرْ
And for your Lord, be patient.
فَإِذَا نُقِرَ فِي النَّاقُورِ
When the trumpet is blown.
فَذَٰلِكَ يَوْمَئِذٍ يَوْمٌ عَسِيرٌ
That Day will be a difficult day.
عَلَى الْكَافِرِينَ غَيْرُ يَسِيرٍ
Not easy for the disbelievers.
ذَرْنِي وَمَنْ خَلَقْتُ وَحِيدًا
Leave Me with the one I created alone.
وَجَعَلْتُ لَهُ مَالًا مَمْدُودًا
I granted him vast wealth.
وَبَنِينَ شُهُودًا
And sons present at his side.
وَمَهَّدْتُ لَهُ تَمْهِيدًا
And I smoothed everything for him.
ثُمَّ يَطْمَعُ أَنْ أَزِيدَ
Then he desires that I give him more.
كَلَّا ۖ إِنَّهُ كَانَ لِآيَاتِنَا عَنِيدًا
No! He has been stubborn toward Our verses.
سَأُرْهِقُهُ صَعُودًا
I will drive him up a grueling ascent.
إِنَّهُ فَكَّرَ وَقَدَّرَ
He thought and he calculated.
فَقُتِلَ كَيْفَ قَدَّرَ
May he be destroyed — how he calculated!
ثُمَّ قُتِلَ كَيْفَ قَدَّرَ
Then may he be destroyed — how he calculated!
ثُمَّ نَظَرَ
Then he looked.
ثُمَّ عَبَسَ وَبَسَرَ
Then he frowned and scowled.
ثُمَّ أَدْبَرَ وَاسْتَكْبَرَ
Then he turned away and grew arrogant.
فَقَالَ إِنْ هَٰذَا إِلَّا سِحْرٌ يُؤْثَرُ
And said, “This is nothing but sorcery handed down.
إِنْ هَٰذَا إِلَّا قَوْلُ الْبَشَرِ
This is nothing but the word of a mortal.”
سَأُصْلِيهِ سَقَرَ
I will cast him into Saqar.
وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا سَقَرُ
And what will make you know what Saqar is?
لَا تُبْقِي وَلَا تَذَرُ
It spares nothing and leaves nothing.
لَوَّاحَةٌ لِلْبَشَرِ
It scorches the skin.
عَلَيْهَا تِسْعَةَ عَشَرَ
Over it are nineteen.
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
We have made none but angels as keepers of the Fire, and We have made their number only as a trial for those who disbelieve — so that those given the Scripture may be certain, and those who believe may grow in faith, and those given the Scripture and the believers may not doubt, and so that those in whose hearts is disease and the disbelievers may say, “What did God mean by this as a parable?” Thus God leads astray whoever He wills and guides whoever He wills. None knows the armies of your Lord but He. And it is nothing but a reminder for humankind.
كَلَّا وَالْقَمَرِ
No! By the moon.
وَاللَّيْلِ إِذْ أَدْبَرَ
And the night as it retreats.
وَالصُّبْحِ إِذَا أَسْفَرَ
And the morning as it shines.
إِنَّهَا لَإِحْدَى الْكُبَرِ
Truly it is one of the greatest.
نَذِيرًا لِلْبَشَرِ
A warning to humankind.
لِمَنْ شَاءَ مِنْكُمْ أَنْ يَتَقَدَّمَ أَوْ يَتَأَخَّرَ
For whoever among you wishes to advance or fall behind.
كُلُّ نَفْسٍ بِمَا كَسَبَتْ رَهِينَةٌ
Every soul is held hostage by what it has earned.
إِلَّا أَصْحَابَ الْيَمِينِ
Except the people of the right.
فِي جَنَّاتٍ يَتَسَاءَلُونَ
In gardens, they will ask one another.
عَنِ الْمُجْرِمِينَ
About the criminals.
مَا سَلَكَكُمْ فِي سَقَرَ
“What drove you into Saqar?”
قَالُوا لَمْ نَكُ مِنَ الْمُصَلِّينَ
They will say, “We were not among those who prayed.
وَلَمْ نَكُ نُطْعِمُ الْمِسْكِينَ
And we did not feed the poor.
وَكُنَّا نَخُوضُ مَعَ الْخَائِضِينَ
And we used to plunge into falsehood with those who plunged.
وَكُنَّا نُكَذِّبُ بِيَوْمِ الدِّينِ
And we used to deny the Day of Recompense.
حَتَّىٰ أَتَانَا الْيَقِينُ
Until the certainty came to us.”
فَمَا تَنْفَعُهُمْ شَفَاعَةُ الشَّافِعِينَ
So no intercession of intercessors will benefit them.
فَمَا لَهُمْ عَنِ التَّذْكِرَةِ مُعْرِضِينَ
What is wrong with them that they turn away from the reminder?
كَأَنَّهُمْ حُمُرٌ مُسْتَنْفِرَةٌ
As if they were startled wild donkeys.
فَرَّتْ مِنْ قَسْوَرَةٍ
Fleeing from a lion?
بَلْ يُرِيدُ كُلُّ امْرِئٍ مِنْهُمْ أَنْ يُؤْتَىٰ صُحُفًا مُنَشَّرَةً
Rather, each one of them wants to be given scriptures spread open.
كَلَّا ۖ بَلْ لَا يَخَافُونَ الْآخِرَةَ
No! Rather, they do not fear the Hereafter.
كَلَّا إِنَّهُ تَذْكِرَةٌ
No! It is truly a reminder.
فَمَنْ شَاءَ ذَكَرَهُ
So whoever wills may heed it.
وَمَا يَذْكُرُونَ إِلَّا أَنْ يَشَاءَ اللَّهُ ۚ هُوَ أَهْلُ التَّقْوَىٰ وَأَهْلُ الْمَغْفِرَةِ
But they will not heed unless God wills. He is worthy of mindfulness and He is worthy of forgiveness.