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Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

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74 Al-Muddaththir ٱلْمُدَّثِّر

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بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.

74:1 يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلْمُدَّثِّرُ
74:1
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English) :
O thou enveloped in thy cloak,

74:2 قُمْ فَأَنذِرْ
74:2
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English) :
Arise and warn!

74:3 وَرَبَّكَ فَكَبِّرْ
74:3
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English) :
Thy Lord magnify,

74:4 وَثِيَابَكَ فَطَهِّرْ
74:4
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English) :
Thy raiment purify,

74:5 وَٱلرُّجْزَ فَٱهْجُرْ
74:5
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English) :
Pollution shun!

74:6 وَلَا تَمْنُن تَسْتَكْثِرُ
74:6
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English) :
And show not favour, seeking wordly gain!

74:7 وَلِرَبِّكَ فَٱصْبِرْ
74:7
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English) :
For the sake of thy Lord, be patient!

74:8 فَإِذَا نُقِرَ فِى ٱلنَّاقُورِ
74:8
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English) :
For when the trumpet shall sound,

74:9 فَذَٰلِكَ يَوْمَئِذٍ يَوْمٌ عَسِيرٌ
74:9
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English) :
Surely that day will be a day of anguish,

74:10 عَلَى ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَ غَيْرُ يَسِيرٍ
74:10
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English) :
Not of ease, for disbelievers.

74:11 ذَرْنِى وَمَنْ خَلَقْتُ وَحِيدًا
74:11
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English) :
Leave Me (to deal) with him whom I created lonely,

74:12 وَجَعَلْتُ لَهُۥ مَالًا مَّمْدُودًا
74:12
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English) :
And then bestowed upon him ample means,

74:13 وَبَنِينَ شُهُودًا
74:13
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English) :
And sons abiding in his presence

74:14 وَمَهَّدتُّ لَهُۥ تَمْهِيدًا
74:14
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English) :
And made (life) smooth for him.

74:15 ثُمَّ يَطْمَعُ أَنْ أَزِيدَ
74:15
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English) :
Yet he desireth that I should give more.

74:16 كَلَّآ ۖ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ لِـَٔايَـٰتِنَا عَنِيدًا
74:16
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English) :
Nay! For lo! he hath been stubborn to Our revelations.

74:17 سَأُرْهِقُهُۥ صَعُودًا
74:17
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English) :
On him I shall impose a fearful doom.

74:18 إِنَّهُۥ فَكَّرَ وَقَدَّرَ
74:18
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English) :
For lo! he did consider; then he planned -

74:19 فَقُتِلَ كَيْفَ قَدَّرَ
74:19
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English) :
(Self-)destroyed is he, how he planned!

74:20 ثُمَّ قُتِلَ كَيْفَ قَدَّرَ
74:20
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English) :
Again (self-)destroyed is he, how he planned! -

74:21 ثُمَّ نَظَرَ
74:21
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English) :
Then looked he,

74:22 ثُمَّ عَبَسَ وَبَسَرَ
74:22
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English) :
Then frowned he and showed displeasure.

74:23 ثُمَّ أَدْبَرَ وَٱسْتَكْبَرَ
74:23
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English) :
Then turned he away in pride

74:24 فَقَالَ إِنْ هَـٰذَآ إِلَّا سِحْرٌ يُؤْثَرُ
74:24
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English) :
And said: This is naught else than magic from of old;

74:25 إِنْ هَـٰذَآ إِلَّا قَوْلُ ٱلْبَشَرِ
74:25
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English) :
This is naught else than speech of mortal man.

74:26 سَأُصْلِيهِ سَقَرَ
74:26
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English) :
Him shall I fling unto the burning.

74:27 وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا سَقَرُ
74:27
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English) :
- Ah, what will convey unto thee what that burning is! -

74:28 لَا تُبْقِى وَلَا تَذَرُ
74:28
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English) :
It leaveth naught; it spareth naught

74:29 لَوَّاحَةٌ لِّلْبَشَرِ
74:29
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English) :
It shrivelleth the man.

74:30 عَلَيْهَا تِسْعَةَ عَشَرَ
74:30
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English) :
Above it are nineteen.

74:31 وَمَا جَعَلْنَآ أَصْحَـٰبَ ٱلنَّارِ إِلَّا مَلَـٰٓئِكَةً ۙ وَمَا جَعَلْنَا عِدَّتَهُمْ إِلَّا فِتْنَةً لِّلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ لِيَسْتَيْقِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُوا۟ ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ وَيَزْدَادَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓا۟ إِيمَـٰنًا ۙ وَلَا يَرْتَابَ ٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُوا۟ ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ وَٱلْمُؤْمِنُونَ ۙ وَلِيَقُولَ ٱلَّذِينَ فِى قُلُوبِهِم مَّرَضٌ وَٱلْكَـٰفِرُونَ مَاذَآ أَرَادَ ٱللَّهُ بِهَـٰذَا مَثَلًا ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ يُضِلُّ ٱللَّهُ مَن يَشَآءُ وَيَهْدِى مَن يَشَآءُ ۚ وَمَا يَعْلَمُ جُنُودَ رَبِّكَ إِلَّا هُوَ ۚ وَمَا هِىَ إِلَّا ذِكْرَىٰ لِلْبَشَرِ
74:31
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English) :
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.

74:32 كَلَّا وَٱلْقَمَرِ
74:32
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English) :
Nay, by the Moon

74:33 وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذْ أَدْبَرَ
74:33
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English) :
And the night when it withdraweth

74:34 وَٱلصُّبْحِ إِذَآ أَسْفَرَ
74:34
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English) :
And the dawn when it shineth forth,

74:35 إِنَّهَا لَإِحْدَى ٱلْكُبَرِ
74:35
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English) :
Lo! this is one of the greatest (portents)

74:36 نَذِيرًا لِّلْبَشَرِ
74:36
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English) :
As a warning unto men,

74:37 لِمَن شَآءَ مِنكُمْ أَن يَتَقَدَّمَ أَوْ يَتَأَخَّرَ
74:37
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English) :
Unto him of you who will advance or hang back.

74:38 كُلُّ نَفْسٍۭ بِمَا كَسَبَتْ رَهِينَةٌ
74:38
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English) :
Every soul is a pledge for its own deeds;

74:39 إِلَّآ أَصْحَـٰبَ ٱلْيَمِينِ
74:39
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English) :
Save those who will stand on the right hand.

74:40 فِى جَنَّـٰتٍ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ
74:40
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English) :
In gardens they will ask one another

74:41 عَنِ ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ
74:41
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English) :
Concerning the guilty:

74:42 مَا سَلَكَكُمْ فِى سَقَرَ
74:42
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English) :
What hath brought you to this burning?

74:43 قَالُوا۟ لَمْ نَكُ مِنَ ٱلْمُصَلِّينَ
74:43
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English) :
They will answer: We were not of those who prayed

74:44 وَلَمْ نَكُ نُطْعِمُ ٱلْمِسْكِينَ
74:44
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English) :
Nor did we feed the wretched.

74:45 وَكُنَّا نَخُوضُ مَعَ ٱلْخَآئِضِينَ
74:45
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English) :
We used to wade (in vain dispute) with (all) waders,

74:46 وَكُنَّا نُكَذِّبُ بِيَوْمِ ٱلدِّينِ
74:46
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English) :
And we used to deny the Day of Judgment,

74:47 حَتَّىٰٓ أَتَىٰنَا ٱلْيَقِينُ
74:47
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English) :
Till the Inevitable came unto us.

74:48 فَمَا تَنفَعُهُمْ شَفَـٰعَةُ ٱلشَّـٰفِعِينَ
74:48
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English) :
The mediation of no mediators will avail them then.

74:49 فَمَا لَهُمْ عَنِ ٱلتَّذْكِرَةِ مُعْرِضِينَ
74:49
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English) :
Why now turn they away from the Admonishment,

74:50 كَأَنَّهُمْ حُمُرٌ مُّسْتَنفِرَةٌ
74:50
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English) :
As they were frightened asses

74:51 فَرَّتْ مِن قَسْوَرَةٍۭ
74:51
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English) :
Fleeing from a lion?

74:52 بَلْ يُرِيدُ كُلُّ ٱمْرِئٍ مِّنْهُمْ أَن يُؤْتَىٰ صُحُفًا مُّنَشَّرَةً
74:52
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English) :
Nay, but everyone of them desireth that he should be given open pages (from Allah).

74:53 كَلَّا ۖ بَل لَّا يَخَافُونَ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةَ
74:53
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English) :
Nay, verily. They fear not the Hereafter.

74:54 كَلَّآ إِنَّهُۥ تَذْكِرَةٌ
74:54
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English) :
Nay, verily. Lo! this is an Admonishment.

74:55 فَمَن شَآءَ ذَكَرَهُۥ
74:55
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English) :
So whosoever will may heed.

74:56 وَمَا يَذْكُرُونَ إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُ ۚ هُوَ أَهْلُ ٱلتَّقْوَىٰ وَأَهْلُ ٱلْمَغْفِرَةِ
74:56
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English) :
And they will not heed unless Allah willeth (it). He is the fount of fear. He is the fount of Mercy.