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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
Ahmed Ali (English) :
O YOU ENFOLDED in your mantle (of reform),

74:2 قُمْ فَأَنذِرْ
74:2
Ahmed Ali (English) :
Arise and warn,

74:3 وَرَبَّكَ فَكَبِّرْ
74:3
Ahmed Ali (English) :
Glorify your Lord,

74:4 وَثِيَابَكَ فَطَهِّرْ
74:4
Ahmed Ali (English) :
Purify your inner self,

74:5 وَٱلرُّجْزَ فَٱهْجُرْ
74:5
Ahmed Ali (English) :
And banish all trepidation.

74:6 وَلَا تَمْنُن تَسْتَكْثِرُ
74:6
Ahmed Ali (English) :
Do not bestow favours in expectation of return,

74:7 وَلِرَبِّكَ فَٱصْبِرْ
74:7
Ahmed Ali (English) :
And persevere in the way of your Lord.

74:8 فَإِذَا نُقِرَ فِى ٱلنَّاقُورِ
74:8
Ahmed Ali (English) :
For when the trumpet blows

74:9 فَذَٰلِكَ يَوْمَئِذٍ يَوْمٌ عَسِيرٌ
74:9
Ahmed Ali (English) :
It will be a day of distress,

74:10 عَلَى ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَ غَيْرُ يَسِيرٍ
74:10
Ahmed Ali (English) :
Dolorous for the unbelievers.

74:11 ذَرْنِى وَمَنْ خَلَقْتُ وَحِيدًا
74:11
Ahmed Ali (English) :
Leave him to Me whom I created alone,

74:12 وَجَعَلْتُ لَهُۥ مَالًا مَّمْدُودًا
74:12
Ahmed Ali (English) :
And gave him abundant wealth

74:13 وَبَنِينَ شُهُودًا
74:13
Ahmed Ali (English) :
And sons always present by his side,

74:14 وَمَهَّدتُّ لَهُۥ تَمْهِيدًا
74:14
Ahmed Ali (English) :
And made things easy for them.

74:15 ثُمَّ يَطْمَعُ أَنْ أَزِيدَ
74:15
Ahmed Ali (English) :
Yet he wants that I should give him more.

74:16 كَلَّآ ۖ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ لِـَٔايَـٰتِنَا عَنِيدًا
74:16
Ahmed Ali (English) :
Never. He is refractory of Our signs.

74:17 سَأُرْهِقُهُۥ صَعُودًا
74:17
Ahmed Ali (English) :
I shall inflict on him hardship,

74:18 إِنَّهُۥ فَكَّرَ وَقَدَّرَ
74:18
Ahmed Ali (English) :
For he had thought and calculated.

74:19 فَقُتِلَ كَيْفَ قَدَّرَ
74:19
Ahmed Ali (English) :
May he be accursed, how he planned!

74:20 ثُمَّ قُتِلَ كَيْفَ قَدَّرَ
74:20
Ahmed Ali (English) :
May be then be accursed, how he plotted!

74:21 ثُمَّ نَظَرَ
74:21
Ahmed Ali (English) :
Then he looked around,

74:22 ثُمَّ عَبَسَ وَبَسَرَ
74:22
Ahmed Ali (English) :
And frowned and puckered his brow,

74:23 ثُمَّ أَدْبَرَ وَٱسْتَكْبَرَ
74:23
Ahmed Ali (English) :
Then turned his back and waxed proud,

74:24 فَقَالَ إِنْ هَـٰذَآ إِلَّا سِحْرٌ يُؤْثَرُ
74:24
Ahmed Ali (English) :
And said: "This is nothing but the magic of old,

74:25 إِنْ هَـٰذَآ إِلَّا قَوْلُ ٱلْبَشَرِ
74:25
Ahmed Ali (English) :
Nothing more than the speech of a man!"

74:26 سَأُصْلِيهِ سَقَرَ
74:26
Ahmed Ali (English) :
I will cast him into the fire of Hell.

74:27 وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا سَقَرُ
74:27
Ahmed Ali (English) :
What do you think Hell-fire is?

74:28 لَا تُبْقِى وَلَا تَذَرُ
74:28
Ahmed Ali (English) :
It leaves nothing, nor does it spare;

74:29 لَوَّاحَةٌ لِّلْبَشَرِ
74:29
Ahmed Ali (English) :
It glows and burns the skin.

74:30 عَلَيْهَا تِسْعَةَ عَشَرَ
74:30
Ahmed Ali (English) :
Over it are nineteen (guards).

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
Ahmed Ali (English) :
We have not appointed any one but angels as keepers of Hell, and their number that We have fixed is to make it a means of contention for disbelievers, so that those who were given the Book may be certain, and the faith of the believers may have greater increase, and the people of the Book and believers may not be deceived, and the sceptics and infidels may say: "What does God mean by this parable?" That is how God leads whosoever He will astray, and guides whosoever He will. None knows the armies of your Lord save Him self. This is no more than reminder for mankind.

74:32 كَلَّا وَٱلْقَمَرِ
74:32
Ahmed Ali (English) :
I say the truth, and call the moon to witness,

74:33 وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذْ أَدْبَرَ
74:33
Ahmed Ali (English) :
And the night when on the wane,

74:34 وَٱلصُّبْحِ إِذَآ أَسْفَرَ
74:34
Ahmed Ali (English) :
The morning when it is unveiled,

74:35 إِنَّهَا لَإِحْدَى ٱلْكُبَرِ
74:35
Ahmed Ali (English) :
That (Hell) is surely one of the greater (signs),

74:36 نَذِيرًا لِّلْبَشَرِ
74:36
Ahmed Ali (English) :
A warning for people --

74:37 لِمَن شَآءَ مِنكُمْ أَن يَتَقَدَّمَ أَوْ يَتَأَخَّرَ
74:37
Ahmed Ali (English) :
Whoever of you desires to progress or lag behind.

74:38 كُلُّ نَفْسٍۭ بِمَا كَسَبَتْ رَهِينَةٌ
74:38
Ahmed Ali (English) :
Every soul is pledged to what it does,

74:39 إِلَّآ أَصْحَـٰبَ ٱلْيَمِينِ
74:39
Ahmed Ali (English) :
Except those of the right hand

74:40 فِى جَنَّـٰتٍ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ
74:40
Ahmed Ali (English) :
Sitting in the gardens, asking

74:41 عَنِ ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ
74:41
Ahmed Ali (English) :
Of evil-doers:

74:42 مَا سَلَكَكُمْ فِى سَقَرَ
74:42
Ahmed Ali (English) :
"What was it that brought you to Hell?"

74:43 قَالُوا۟ لَمْ نَكُ مِنَ ٱلْمُصَلِّينَ
74:43
Ahmed Ali (English) :
They will answer: "We did not fulfil our devotional obligations,

74:44 وَلَمْ نَكُ نُطْعِمُ ٱلْمِسْكِينَ
74:44
Ahmed Ali (English) :
And did not feed the needy,

74:45 وَكُنَّا نَخُوضُ مَعَ ٱلْخَآئِضِينَ
74:45
Ahmed Ali (English) :
And plunged into useless things with those who were obstinate,

74:46 وَكُنَّا نُكَذِّبُ بِيَوْمِ ٱلدِّينِ
74:46
Ahmed Ali (English) :
And rejected the Day of Judgement as a lie

74:47 حَتَّىٰٓ أَتَىٰنَا ٱلْيَقِينُ
74:47
Ahmed Ali (English) :
Until the certainty (of death) had come upon us.

74:48 فَمَا تَنفَعُهُمْ شَفَـٰعَةُ ٱلشَّـٰفِعِينَ
74:48
Ahmed Ali (English) :
So, the intercession of intercessors will not avail them.

74:49 فَمَا لَهُمْ عَنِ ٱلتَّذْكِرَةِ مُعْرِضِينَ
74:49
Ahmed Ali (English) :
Why then do they turn away from the admonition

74:50 كَأَنَّهُمْ حُمُرٌ مُّسْتَنفِرَةٌ
74:50
Ahmed Ali (English) :
As though they were frightened asses

74:51 فَرَّتْ مِن قَسْوَرَةٍۭ
74:51
Ahmed Ali (English) :
Fleeing from a lion?

74:52 بَلْ يُرِيدُ كُلُّ ٱمْرِئٍ مِّنْهُمْ أَن يُؤْتَىٰ صُحُفًا مُّنَشَّرَةً
74:52
Ahmed Ali (English) :
In fact every one of them wants to be given open books (like the prophets).

74:53 كَلَّا ۖ بَل لَّا يَخَافُونَ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةَ
74:53
Ahmed Ali (English) :
By no means. In fact they do not fear the Hereafter.

74:54 كَلَّآ إِنَّهُۥ تَذْكِرَةٌ
74:54
Ahmed Ali (English) :
Never so, as this is a reminder.

74:55 فَمَن شَآءَ ذَكَرَهُۥ
74:55
Ahmed Ali (English) :
Let him then who heeds remember it.

74:56 وَمَا يَذْكُرُونَ إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُ ۚ هُوَ أَهْلُ ٱلتَّقْوَىٰ وَأَهْلُ ٱلْمَغْفِرَةِ
74:56
Ahmed Ali (English) :
But they will not remember except as God wills: He is worthy to be feared, and He is worthy of forgiving