بِسمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحمـٰنِ الرَّحيمِ يا أَيُّهَا المُدَّثِّرُ

O you, Cloaked.

قُم فَأَنذِر

Arise and warn.

وَرَبَّكَ فَكَبِّر

And magnify your Lord.

وَثِيابَكَ فَطَهِّر

And purify your garments.

وَالرُّجزَ فَاهجُر

And shun uncleanliness.

وَلا تَمنُن تَستَكثِرُ

Don’t bestow favors to acquire more.

وَلِرَبِّكَ فَاصبِر

And for your Lord’s sake, be patient.

فَإِذا نُقِرَ فِي النّاقورِ

When the Trumpet is blown.

فَذٰلِكَ يَومَئِذٍ يَومٌ عَسيرٌ

That Day will be a difficult day.

عَلَى الكافِرينَ غَيرُ يَسيرٍ

Not easy for the disbelievers.

ذَرني وَمَن خَلَقتُ وَحيدًا

Leave Me to deal with the one I created alone.

وَجَعَلتُ لَهُ مالًا مَمدودًا

And gave him vast wealth.

وَبَنينَ شُهودًا

And children as witnesses.

وَمَهَّدتُ لَهُ تَمهيدًا

And I eased his circumstances.

ثُمَّ يَطمَعُ أَن أَزيدَ

Then he hopes that I will add more.

كَلّا ۖ إِنَّهُ كانَ لِآياتِنا عَنيدًا

Indeed, no! He was stubborn towards Our revelations.

سَأُرهِقُهُ صَعودًا

I will impose on him a steep uphill climb.

إِنَّهُ فَكَّرَ وَقَدَّرَ

He thought and decided.

فَقُتِلَ كَيفَ قَدَّرَ

May he be destroyed, how he decided!

ثُمَّ قُتِلَ كَيفَ قَدَّرَ

Then may he be destroyed, how he decided!

ثُمَّ نَظَرَ

Then he looked.

ثُمَّ عَبَسَ وَبَسَرَ

Then he frowned and grimaced.

ثُمَّ أَدبَرَ وَاستَكبَرَ

Then he turned his back and swelled with pride.

فَقالَ إِن هـٰذا إِلّا سِحرٌ يُؤثَرُ

He said, “This is nothing but magic inherited from antiquity.

إِن هـٰذا إِلّا قَولُ البَشَرِ

This is nothing but the word of a human.”

سَأُصليهِ سَقَرَ

I will thrust him into Saqar.

وَما أَدراكَ ما سَقَرُ

But what will make you understand what Saqar is?

لا تُبقي وَلا تَذَرُ

It spares nothing, and it leaves nothing.

لَوّاحَةٌ لِلبَشَرِ

It blisters the skins.

عَلَيها تِسعَةَ عَشَرَ

Over it are nineteen.

وَما جَعَلنا أَصحابَ النّارِ إِلّا مَلائِكَةً ۙ وَما جَعَلنا عِدَّتَهُم إِلّا فِتنَةً لِلَّذينَ كَفَروا لِيَستَيقِنَ الَّذينَ أوتُوا الكِتابَ وَيَزدادَ الَّذينَ آمَنوا إيمانًا ۙ وَلا يَرتابَ الَّذينَ أوتُوا الكِتابَ وَالمُؤمِنونَ ۙ وَلِيَقولَ الَّذينَ في قُلوبِهِم مَرَضٌ وَالكافِرونَ ماذا أَرادَ اللَّهُ بِهـٰذا مَثَلًا ۚ كَذٰلِكَ يُضِلُّ اللَّهُ مَن يَشاءُ وَيَهدي مَن يَشاءُ ۚ وَما يَعلَمُ جُنودَ رَبِّكَ إِلّا هُوَ ۚ وَما هِيَ إِلّا ذِكرىٰ لِلبَشَرِ

We appointed angels as wardens of the Fire, and We set their number as a trial for the unbelievers, to reassure those who were given the Scripture, to strengthen the faith of the believers, and to remove any doubts from those who were given the Scripture and the believers. Those whose hearts harbor disease and the unbelievers will ask, “What does God intend by this parable?” Thus, God misguides whom He wills and guides whom He wills. None knows the soldiers of your Lord except Him. It is nothing but a reminder for humans.

كَلّا وَالقَمَرِ

Absolutely! By the moon.

وَاللَّيلِ إِذ أَدبَرَ

And by the night, as it recedes.

وَالصُّبحِ إِذا أَسفَرَ

And by the dawn, as it breathes.

إِنَّها لَإِحدَى الكُبَرِ

It is one of the greatest.

نَذيرًا لِلبَشَرِ

A warning to humans.

لِمَن شاءَ مِنكُم أَن يَتَقَدَّمَ أَو يَتَأَخَّرَ

For whoever among you wishes to advance or lag behind.

كُلُّ نَفسٍ بِما كَسَبَت رَهينَةٌ

Every soul is held hostage by its deeds.

إِلّا أَصحابَ اليَمينِ

Except those on the Right.

في جَنّاتٍ يَتَساءَلونَ

In Gardens, they are asking one another.

عَنِ المُجرِمينَ

About the criminals.

ما سَلَكَكُم في سَقَرَ

“What led you to Saqar?”

قالوا لَم نَكُ مِنَ المُصَلّينَ

They will reply, “We weren’t among those who prayed.

وَلَم نَكُ نُطعِمُ المِسكينَ

Nor did we feed the needy.

وَكُنّا نَخوضُ مَعَ الخائِضينَ

And we used to indulge with those who indulged.

وَكُنّا نُكَذِّبُ بِيَومِ الدّينِ

And we used to deny the Day of Recompense.

حَتّىٰ أَتانَا اليَقينُ

Until certainty came upon us.”

فَما تَنفَعُهُم شَفاعَةُ الشّافِعينَ

The intercession of the intercessors won’t benefit them.

فَما لَهُم عَنِ التَّذكِرَةِ مُعرِضينَ

So, why are they turning away from the Reminder?

كَأَنَّهُم حُمُرٌ مُستَنفِرَةٌ

As if they were startled donkeys.

فَرَّت مِن قَسوَرَةٍ

Fleeing from a lion.

بَل يُريدُ كُلُّ امرِئٍ مِنهُم أَن يُؤتىٰ صُحُفًا مُنَشَّرَةً

Does each one of them wish to be handed out widespread pages?

كَلّا ۖ بَل لا يَخافونَ الآخِرَةَ

Indeed, they don’t fear the Hereafter.

كَلّا إِنَّهُ تَذكِرَةٌ

Surely, it’s a reminder.

فَمَن شاءَ ذَكَرَهُ

So whoever wills may remember it.

وَما يَذكُرونَ إِلّا أَن يَشاءَ اللَّهُ ۚ هُوَ أَهلُ التَّقوىٰ وَأَهلُ المَغفِرَةِ

But they won’t remember, unless God so wills. He is the source of righteousness, and the source of forgiveness.