Surah Al-Muddaththir (المدثر) — The Cloaked One

1. Ayah 1

   بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلْمُدَّثِّرُ

   O you covered up ˹in your clothes˺

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2. Ayah 2

   قُمْ فَأَنذِرْ

   Arise and warn ˹all˺

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3. Ayah 3

   وَرَبَّكَ فَكَبِّرْ

   Revere your Lord ˹alone˺

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4. Ayah 4

   وَثِيَابَكَ فَطَهِّرْ

   Purify your garments

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5. Ayah 5

   وَٱلرُّجْزَ فَٱهْجُرْ

   ˹Continue to˺ shun idols

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6. Ayah 6

   وَلَا تَمْنُن تَسْتَكْثِرُ

   Do not do a favour expecting more ˹in return˺

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7. Ayah 7

   وَلِرَبِّكَ فَٱصْبِرْ

   And persevere for ˹the sake of˺ your Lord

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8. Ayah 8

   فَإِذَا نُقِرَ فِى ٱلنَّاقُورِ

   ˹For˺ when the Trumpet will be sounded

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9. Ayah 9

   فَذَٰلِكَ يَوْمَئِذٍ يَوْمٌ عَسِيرٌ

   that will ˹truly˺ be a difficult Day—

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10. Ayah 10

    عَلَى ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ غَيْرُ يَسِيرٍ

    far from easy for the disbelievers

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11. Ayah 11

    ذَرْنِى وَمَنْ خَلَقْتُ وَحِيدًا

    And leave to me ˹O Prophet˺ the one I created all by Myself

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12. Ayah 12

    وَجَعَلْتُ لَهُۥ مَالًا مَّمْدُودًا

    and granted him abundant wealth

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13. Ayah 13

    وَبَنِينَ شُهُودًا

    and children always by his side

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14. Ayah 14

    وَمَهَّدتُّ لَهُۥ تَمْهِيدًا

    and made life very easy for him

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15. Ayah 15

    ثُمَّ يَطْمَعُ أَنْ أَزِيدَ

    Yet he is hungry for more

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16. Ayah 16

    كَلَّآ ۖ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ لِـَٔايَٰتِنَا عَنِيدًا

    But no! ˹For˺ he has been truly stubborn with Our revelations

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17. Ayah 17

    سَأُرْهِقُهُۥ صَعُودًا

    I will make his fate unbearable

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18. Ayah 18

    إِنَّهُۥ فَكَّرَ وَقَدَّرَ

    for he contemplated and determined ˹a degrading label for the Quran˺

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19. Ayah 19

    فَقُتِلَ كَيْفَ قَدَّرَ

    May he be condemned! How evil was what he determined

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20. Ayah 20

    ثُمَّ قُتِلَ كَيْفَ قَدَّرَ

    May he be condemned even more! How evil was what he determined

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21. Ayah 21

    ثُمَّ نَظَرَ

    Then he re-contemplated ˹in frustration˺

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22. Ayah 22

    ثُمَّ عَبَسَ وَبَسَرَ

    then frowned and scowled

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23. Ayah 23

    ثُمَّ أَدْبَرَ وَٱسْتَكْبَرَ

    then turned his back ˹on the truth˺ and acted arrogantly

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24. Ayah 24

    فَقَالَ إِنْ هَٰذَآ إِلَّا سِحْرٌ يُؤْثَرُ

    saying, “This ˹Quran˺ is nothing but magic from the ancients

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25. Ayah 25

    إِنْ هَٰذَآ إِلَّا قَوْلُ ٱلْبَشَرِ

    This is no more than the word of a man.”

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26. Ayah 26

    سَأُصْلِيهِ سَقَرَ

    Soon I will burn him in Hell

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27. Ayah 27

    وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا سَقَرُ

    And what will make you realize what Hell is

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28. Ayah 28

    لَا تُبْقِى وَلَا تَذَرُ

    It does not let anyone live or die

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29. Ayah 29

    لَوَّاحَةٌ لِّلْبَشَرِ

    scorching the skin

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30. Ayah 30

    عَلَيْهَا تِسْعَةَ عَشَرَ

    It is overseen by nineteen ˹keepers˺

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31. Ayah 31

    وَمَا جَعَلْنَآ أَصْحَٰبَ ٱلنَّارِ إِلَّا مَلَٰٓئِكَةً ۙ وَمَا جَعَلْنَا عِدَّتَهُمْ إِلَّا فِتْنَةً لِّلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ لِيَسْتَيْقِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُوا۟ ٱلْكِتَٰبَ وَيَزْدَادَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓا۟ إِيمَٰنًا ۙ وَلَا يَرْتَابَ ٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُوا۟ ٱلْكِتَٰبَ وَٱلْمُؤْمِنُونَ ۙ وَلِيَقُولَ ٱلَّذِينَ فِى قُلُوبِهِم مَّرَضٌ وَٱلْكَٰفِرُونَ مَاذَآ أَرَادَ ٱللَّهُ بِهَٰذَا مَثَلًا ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ يُضِلُّ ٱللَّهُ مَن يَشَآءُ وَيَهْدِى مَن يَشَآءُ ۚ وَمَا يَعْلَمُ جُنُودَ رَبِّكَ إِلَّا هُوَ ۚ وَمَا هِىَ إِلَّا ذِكْرَىٰ لِلْبَشَرِ

    We have appointed only ˹stern˺ angels as wardens of the Fire. And We have made their number only as a test for the disbelievers, so that the People of the Book will be certain, and the believers will increase in faith, and neither the People of the Book nor the believers will have any doubts, and so that those ˹hypocrites˺ with sickness in their hearts and the disbelievers will argue, “What does Allah mean by such a number?” In this way Allah leaves whoever He wills to stray and guides whoever He wills. And none knows the forces of your Lord except He. And this ˹description of Hell˺ is only a reminder to humanity

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32. Ayah 32

    كَلَّا وَٱلْقَمَرِ

    But no! By the moon

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33. Ayah 33

    وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذْ أَدْبَرَ

    and the night as it retreats

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34. Ayah 34

    وَٱلصُّبْحِ إِذَآ أَسْفَرَ

    and the day as it breaks

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35. Ayah 35

    إِنَّهَا لَإِحْدَى ٱلْكُبَرِ

    Surely Hell is one of the mightiest catastrophes—

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36. Ayah 36

    نَذِيرًا لِّلْبَشَرِ

    a warning to humankind

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37. Ayah 37

    لِمَن شَآءَ مِنكُمْ أَن يَتَقَدَّمَ أَوْ يَتَأَخَّرَ

    to whichever of you chooses to take the lead or lag behind

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38. Ayah 38

    كُلُّ نَفْسٍۭ بِمَا كَسَبَتْ رَهِينَةٌ

    Every soul will be detained for what it has done

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39. Ayah 39

    إِلَّآ أَصْحَٰبَ ٱلْيَمِينِ

    except the people of the right

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40. Ayah 40

    فِى جَنَّٰتٍ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ

    who will be in Gardens, asking one another

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41. Ayah 41

    عَنِ ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ

    about the wicked ˹who will then be asked˺

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42. Ayah 42

    مَا سَلَكَكُمْ فِى سَقَرَ

    “What has landed you in Hell?”

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43. Ayah 43

    قَالُوا۟ لَمْ نَكُ مِنَ ٱلْمُصَلِّينَ

    They will reply, “We were not of those who prayed

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44. Ayah 44

    وَلَمْ نَكُ نُطْعِمُ ٱلْمِسْكِينَ

    nor did we feed the poor

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45. Ayah 45

    وَكُنَّا نَخُوضُ مَعَ ٱلْخَآئِضِينَ

    We used to indulge ˹in falsehood˺ along with others

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46. Ayah 46

    وَكُنَّا نُكَذِّبُ بِيَوْمِ ٱلدِّينِ

    and deny the Day of Judgment

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47. Ayah 47

    حَتَّىٰٓ أَتَىٰنَا ٱلْيَقِينُ

    until the inevitable came to us.”

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48. Ayah 48

    فَمَا تَنفَعُهُمْ شَفَٰعَةُ ٱلشَّٰفِعِينَ

    So the pleas of intercessors will be of no benefit to them

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49. Ayah 49

    فَمَا لَهُمْ عَنِ ٱلتَّذْكِرَةِ مُعْرِضِينَ

    Now, what is the matter with them that they are turning away from the reminder

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50. Ayah 50

    كَأَنَّهُمْ حُمُرٌ مُّسْتَنفِرَةٌ

    as if they were spooked zebras

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51. Ayah 51

    فَرَّتْ مِن قَسْوَرَةٍۭ

    fleeing from a lion

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52. Ayah 52

    بَلْ يُرِيدُ كُلُّ ٱمْرِئٍ مِّنْهُمْ أَن يُؤْتَىٰ صُحُفًا مُّنَشَّرَةً

    In fact, each one of them wishes to be given a ˹personal˺ letter ˹from Allah˺ for all ˹to read˺

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53. Ayah 53

    كَلَّا ۖ بَل لَّا يَخَافُونَ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةَ

    But no! In fact, they do not fear the Hereafter

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54. Ayah 54

    كَلَّآ إِنَّهُۥ تَذْكِرَةٌ

    Enough! Surely this ˹Quran˺ is a reminder

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55. Ayah 55

    فَمَن شَآءَ ذَكَرَهُۥ

    So let whoever wills be mindful of it

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56. Ayah 56

    وَمَا يَذْكُرُونَ إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُ ۚ هُوَ أَهْلُ ٱلتَّقْوَىٰ وَأَهْلُ ٱلْمَغْفِرَةِ

    But they cannot do so unless Allah wills. He ˹alone˺ is worthy to be feared and entitled to forgive

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English translation: The Clear Quran (Dr. Mustafa Khattab). Arabic: Tanzil / Uthmani text.