Surah Al-Muddathir - English Translation by Almuntakhab Fi Tafsir Alquran Alkarim
يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلۡمُدَّثِّرُ
O you who are garbed from head to foot in heavy cloth
Surah Al-Muddathir, Verse 1
قُمۡ فَأَنذِرۡ
Rise and warn the people of neglecting their duties toward Allah
Surah Al-Muddathir, Verse 2
وَرَبَّكَ فَكَبِّرۡ
Advance the glory of Allah and ascribe glory in adoration to His Name
Surah Al-Muddathir, Verse 3
وَثِيَابَكَ فَطَهِّرۡ
Cleanse your clothes and your heart and mind and imprint your deeds with wisdom and piety and resolution
Surah Al-Muddathir, Verse 4
وَٱلرُّجۡزَ فَٱهۡجُرۡ
Refuse to recognize idolatry and things not pertaining to Allah, so that you be free from spiritual and moral pollution
Surah Al-Muddathir, Verse 5
وَلَا تَمۡنُن تَسۡتَكۡثِرُ
Do not give, expecting to take more than what you have given
Surah Al-Muddathir, Verse 6
وَلِرَبِّكَ فَٱصۡبِرۡ
and in the cause of Allah exercise patience and bear with others their faults, for in patience possess you your soul
Surah Al-Muddathir, Verse 7
فَإِذَا نُقِرَ فِي ٱلنَّاقُورِ
For when finally the h trumpet is sounded
Surah Al-Muddathir, Verse 8
فَذَٰلِكَ يَوۡمَئِذٖ يَوۡمٌ عَسِيرٌ
Then it is a momentous Day of heavy consequence, a Day of constraint and constriction
Surah Al-Muddathir, Verse 9
عَلَى ٱلۡكَٰفِرِينَ غَيۡرُ يَسِيرٖ
So distressful to those who refused to acknowledge Allah and conform to His blessed will; a day fraught with pain and affliction
Surah Al-Muddathir, Verse 10
ذَرۡنِي وَمَنۡ خَلَقۡتُ وَحِيدٗا
Now leave to Me the one whom I brought into being and ushered him into this world helpless, empty, with no progeny and never less alone than when he was alone
Surah Al-Muddathir, Verse 11
وَجَعَلۡتُ لَهُۥ مَالٗا مَّمۡدُودٗا
Then in affluence did I accord him wealth and abounding resources
Surah Al-Muddathir, Verse 12
وَبَنِينَ شُهُودٗا
and a progeny by his side, who would bear witness to the considerable position he enjoys and the will he enforces
Surah Al-Muddathir, Verse 13
وَمَهَّدتُّ لَهُۥ تَمۡهِيدٗا
I made him lead an easy life with success and prosperity wherever he set his courses
Surah Al-Muddathir, Verse 14
ثُمَّ يَطۡمَعُ أَنۡ أَزِيدَ
But his greed is never satisfied and he has always asked for more
Surah Al-Muddathir, Verse 15
كَلَّآۖ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ لِأٓيَٰتِنَا عَنِيدٗا
Yet how obstinate to Our signs, revelations and ordinances he has been; holding no opinions but they held him and reign in his core
Surah Al-Muddathir, Verse 16
سَأُرۡهِقُهُۥ صَعُودًا
Such persons I will afflict with endless calamities and make the like unable to hold his own
Surah Al-Muddathir, Verse 17
إِنَّهُۥ فَكَّرَ وَقَدَّرَ
He pondered and he planned
Surah Al-Muddathir, Verse 18
فَقُتِلَ كَيۡفَ قَدَّرَ
Woe be he, for how he pondered and how he planned
Surah Al-Muddathir, Verse 19
ثُمَّ قُتِلَ كَيۡفَ قَدَّرَ
and woe indeed will he be for the way he pondered and planned
Surah Al-Muddathir, Verse 20
ثُمَّ نَظَرَ
Then he directed his intellectual eye and analyzed and scanned
Surah Al-Muddathir, Verse 21
ثُمَّ عَبَسَ وَبَسَرَ
Then he ended with knitting his brows in displeasure and his look expressed disapproval
Surah Al-Muddathir, Verse 22
ثُمَّ أَدۡبَرَ وَٱسۡتَكۡبَرَ
Then he concluded to turn a deaf ear and to continue in his inordinate self- esteem
Surah Al-Muddathir, Verse 23
فَقَالَ إِنۡ هَٰذَآ إِلَّا سِحۡرٞ يُؤۡثَرُ
Then he said "This is nothing but sorcery assumed by Muhammad from the fables of those of old
Surah Al-Muddathir, Verse 24
إِنۡ هَٰذَآ إِلَّا قَوۡلُ ٱلۡبَشَرِ
Then he added, "it is nothing but words expressed by mortals; words which to our beliefs do not accord
Surah Al-Muddathir, Verse 25
سَأُصۡلِيهِ سَقَرَ
There I will cast him into the pit of Hell named "Saqar
Surah Al-Muddathir, Verse 26
وَمَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا سَقَرُ
and you just do not know what "Saqar" is like
Surah Al-Muddathir, Verse 27
لَا تُبۡقِي وَلَا تَذَرُ
Its fiercely fiery infernal flames simply consume anything coming their way, but the wicked shall neither die nor live therein
Surah Al-Muddathir, Verse 28
لَوَّاحَةٞ لِّلۡبَشَرِ
Unkind to mankind; it blackens, then burns their skin, but as often as their integument is consumed it is replaced by a fresh new skin
Surah Al-Muddathir, Verse 29
عَلَيۡهَا تِسۡعَةَ عَشَرَ
It " Saqar " is guarded by a body of angels numerically nineteen, massive, robust mighty and severe on strangers
Surah Al-Muddathir, Verse 30
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 assigned to no one but the angels the guardianship of the Fire and We stated their number a) to try those infidels' unsatisfied desire, b) to assure Ahl AL-Kitab, of the Divine Nature of Muhammad's mission, c) to give the faithful reason to consume their wisdom in confidence, d) to give neither party Ahl AL-Kitab and the faithful- an occasion to doubt, e) and to induce the hypocrites, the ill-disposed whose seats of intellect melt away in disease and lassitude as well as the infidels to speak out; and indeed they did. They said: What has Allah meant when He mentioned the Angels' number and what does He mean to fulfill?.Thus does Allah mislead whom He pleases and guides whom He will. and no one knows the number of your Creator's forces but He, and the description portraying « Saqar » is only a reminder to mankind
Surah Al-Muddathir, Verse 31
كَلَّا وَٱلۡقَمَرِ
No, but I swear by the moon
Surah Al-Muddathir, Verse 32
وَٱلَّيۡلِ إِذۡ أَدۡبَرَ
and by the night as it retreats and falls into a swoon
Surah Al-Muddathir, Verse 33
وَٱلصُّبۡحِ إِذَآ أَسۡفَرَ
By the apparent ascent of the sun above the horizon at the beginning of the day
Surah Al-Muddathir, Verse 34
إِنَّهَا لَإِحۡدَى ٱلۡكُبَرِ
That "Saqar" is one of many pits of Hell that is. ghastly and immense
Surah Al-Muddathir, Verse 35
نَذِيرٗا لِّلۡبَشَرِ
Portrayed to warn mankind
Surah Al-Muddathir, Verse 36
لِمَن شَآءَ مِنكُمۡ أَن يَتَقَدَّمَ أَوۡ يَتَأَخَّرَ
So that he who wishes to proceed to the right path may still have a chance, and he who wishes to lag behind, err and stray will have been warned
Surah Al-Muddathir, Verse 37
كُلُّ نَفۡسِۭ بِمَا كَسَبَتۡ رَهِينَةٌ
Every soul shall be pledged for its deeds
Surah Al-Muddathir, Verse 38
إِلَّآ أَصۡحَٰبَ ٱلۡيَمِينِ
Except those destined to hold he position on the right
Surah Al-Muddathir, Verse 39
فِي جَنَّـٰتٖ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ
Beheld in bliss, they will convey their thoughts reciprocally in talk
Surah Al-Muddathir, Verse 40
عَنِ ٱلۡمُجۡرِمِينَ
With the wicked in their infernal abyss
Surah Al-Muddathir, Verse 41
مَا سَلَكَكُمۡ فِي سَقَرَ
They will ask them: “ What brought you to "Saqar" ? ”
Surah Al-Muddathir, Verse 42
قَالُواْ لَمۡ نَكُ مِنَ ٱلۡمُصَلِّينَ
We were not among those who engaged in worship. " they will admit
Surah Al-Muddathir, Verse 43
وَلَمۡ نَكُ نُطۡعِمُ ٱلۡمِسۡكِينَ
Nor did we feed the indigent nor to benevolence did we submit
Surah Al-Muddathir, Verse 44
وَكُنَّا نَخُوضُ مَعَ ٱلۡخَآئِضِينَ
We always joined those who delighted in idle talk and we were given to indulging in personal vanity and drowned ourselves in the nonsensical
Surah Al-Muddathir, Verse 45
وَكُنَّا نُكَذِّبُ بِيَوۡمِ ٱلدِّينِ
We obstinately refused to acknowledge the truth of Day of Judgment and actuality
Surah Al-Muddathir, Verse 46
حَتَّىٰٓ أَتَىٰنَا ٱلۡيَقِينُ
Until we were caught in the jaws of death and were affronted with reality
Surah Al-Muddathir, Verse 47
فَمَا تَنفَعُهُمۡ شَفَٰعَةُ ٱلشَّـٰفِعِينَ
There and then, no intercession can profit them or afford them help
Surah Al-Muddathir, Verse 48
فَمَا لَهُمۡ عَنِ ٱلتَّذۡكِرَةِ مُعۡرِضِينَ
But why would they reject admonition and refuse to take heed
Surah Al-Muddathir, Verse 49
كَأَنَّهُمۡ حُمُرٞ مُّسۡتَنفِرَةٞ
As if they were zebras
Surah Al-Muddathir, Verse 50
فَرَّتۡ مِن قَسۡوَرَةِۭ
Rushing away from a lion in a stampede
Surah Al-Muddathir, Verse 51
بَلۡ يُرِيدُ كُلُّ ٱمۡرِيٕٖ مِّنۡهُمۡ أَن يُؤۡتَىٰ صُحُفٗا مُّنَشَّرَةٗ
Ironically every one of these infidels wants a Scripture to be revealed to him and alone
Surah Al-Muddathir, Verse 52
كَلَّاۖ بَل لَّا يَخَافُونَ ٱلۡأٓخِرَةَ
But no, they deny the Hereafter and their denial of it drives them to seek pleasure in vices instead of virtues and they think what they will is fate
Surah Al-Muddathir, Verse 53
كَلَّآ إِنَّهُۥ تَذۡكِرَةٞ
Yet this Quran is the spirit of truth guiding into all truth and inducing those whose hearts' ears are open to lift to Allah their inward sight and keep Him always in mind
Surah Al-Muddathir, Verse 54
فَمَن شَآءَ ذَكَرَهُۥ
He who wishes to do so is left to his conscience to bind
Surah Al-Muddathir, Verse 55
وَمَا يَذۡكُرُونَ إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُۚ هُوَ أَهۡلُ ٱلتَّقۡوَىٰ وَأَهۡلُ ٱلۡمَغۡفِرَةِ
But no wish would be fulfilled until Allah has so willed, He is Reverence personified. He is the Creator Who merits profound reverence and He is the Absolute Source of forgiveness, and to those who repent, perhaps He will relent and quit them all His debt
Surah Al-Muddathir, Verse 56