Al-Muddaththir

Basmala, before verse 1: بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

1. Verse 1:

   يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلْمُدَّثِّرُ1

   O you who covers himself [with a garment],^{note 1788}

   Notes, Verse 1

   [1788] Referring to the Prophet (ﷺ).

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2. Verse 2:

   قُمْ فَأَنذِرْ2

   Arise and warn

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3. Verse 3:

   وَرَبَّكَ فَكَبِّرْ3

   And your Lord glorify

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4. Verse 4:

   وَثِيَابَكَ فَطَهِّرْ4

   And your clothing purify

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5. Verse 5:

   وَٱلرُّجْزَ فَٱهْجُرْ5

   And uncleanliness^{note 1789} avoid

   Notes, Verse 5

   [1789] Specifically, idols or generally, bad conduct and morals.

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6. Verse 6:

   وَلَا تَمْنُن تَسْتَكْثِرُ6

   And do not confer favor to acquire more^{note 1790}

   Notes, Verse 6

   [1790] An alternative meaning is "Do not consider any favor you have conferred to be great."

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7. Verse 7:

   وَلِرَبِّكَ فَٱصْبِرْ7

   But for your Lord be patient.

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8. Verse 8:

   فَإِذَا نُقِرَ فِى ٱلنَّاقُورِ8

   And when the trumpet is blown,

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9. Verse 9:

   فَذَٰلِكَ يَوْمَئِذٍ يَوْمٌ عَسِيرٌ9

   That Day will be a difficult day

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10. Verse 10:

    عَلَى ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَ غَيْرُ يَسِيرٍ10

    For the disbelievers - not easy.

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11. Verse 11:

    ذَرْنِى وَمَنْ خَلَقْتُ وَحِيدًا11

    Leave Me with the one I created alone^{note 1791}

    Notes, Verse 11

    [1791] i.e., without wealth or children. The reference is to al-Waleed bin al-Mugheerah, who after inclining toward the Qur’ān, denied it publicly in order to win the approval of the Quraysh.

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12. Verse 12:

    وَجَعَلْتُ لَهُۥ مَالًا مَّمْدُودًا12

    And to whom I granted extensive wealth

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13. Verse 13:

    وَبَنِينَ شُهُودًا13

    And children present [with him]

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14. Verse 14:

    وَمَهَّدتُّ لَهُۥ تَمْهِيدًا14

    And spread [everything] before him, easing [his life].

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15. Verse 15:

    ثُمَّ يَطْمَعُ أَنْ أَزِيدَ15

    Then he desires that I should add more.

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16. Verse 16:

    كَلَّآ ۖ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ لِـَٔايَـٰتِنَا عَنِيدًا16

    No! Indeed, he has been toward Our verses obstinate.

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17. Verse 17:

    سَأُرْهِقُهُۥ صَعُودًا17

    I will cover him with arduous torment.

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    Verse 18:

    إِنَّهُۥ فَكَّرَ وَقَدَّرَ18

    Indeed, he thought and deliberated.^{note 1792}

    Notes, Verse 18

    [1792] About what he would say concerning the Qur’ān and how he might discredit the Prophet (ﷺ).

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19. Verse 19:

    فَقُتِلَ كَيْفَ قَدَّرَ19

    So may he be destroyed [for] how he deliberated.

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20. Verse 20:

    ثُمَّ قُتِلَ كَيْفَ قَدَّرَ20

    Then may he be destroyed [for] how he deliberated.

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21. Verse 21:

    ثُمَّ نَظَرَ21

    Then he considered [again];

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22. Verse 22:

    ثُمَّ عَبَسَ وَبَسَرَ22

    Then he frowned and scowled;

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23. Verse 23:

    ثُمَّ أَدْبَرَ وَٱسْتَكْبَرَ23

    Then he turned back and was arrogant

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24. Verse 24:

    فَقَالَ إِنْ هَـٰذَآ إِلَّا سِحْرٌ يُؤْثَرُ24

    And said, "This is not but magic imitated [from others].

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25. Verse 25:

    إِنْ هَـٰذَآ إِلَّا قَوْلُ ٱلْبَشَرِ25

    This is not but the word of a human being."

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26. Verse 26:

    سَأُصْلِيهِ سَقَرَ26

    I will drive him into Saqar.^{note 1793}

    Notes, Verse 26

    [1793] One of the proper names of Hell.

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27. Verse 27:

    وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا سَقَرُ27

    And what can make you know what is Saqar?

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28. Verse 28:

    لَا تُبْقِى وَلَا تَذَرُ28

    It lets nothing remain and leaves nothing [unburned],

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29. Verse 29:

    لَوَّاحَةٌ لِّلْبَشَرِ29

    Altering [i.e., blackening] the skins.

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30. Verse 30:

    عَلَيْهَا تِسْعَةَ عَشَرَ30

    Over it are nineteen [angels].

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31. Verse 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 لِلْبَشَرِ31

    And We have not made the keepers of the Fire except angels. And We have not made their number except as a trial for those who disbelieve - that those who were given the Scripture will be convinced and those who have believed will increase in faith and those who were given the Scripture and the believers will not doubt and that those in whose hearts is disease [i.e., hypocrisy] and the disbelievers will say, "What does Allāh intend by this as an example?" Thus does Allāh send astray whom He wills and guide whom He wills. And none knows the soldiers of your Lord except Him. And it [i.e., mention of the Fire] is not but a reminder to humanity.

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32. Verse 32:

    كَلَّا وَٱلْقَمَرِ32

    No! By the moon

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33. Verse 33:

    وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذْ أَدْبَرَ33

    And [by] the night when it departs

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34. Verse 34:

    وَٱلصُّبْحِ إِذَآ أَسْفَرَ34

    And [by] the morning when it brightens,

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35. Verse 35:

    إِنَّهَا لَإِحْدَى ٱلْكُبَرِ35

    Indeed, it [i.e., the Fire] is of the greatest [afflictions]

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36. Verse 36:

    نَذِيرًا لِّلْبَشَرِ36

    As a warning to humanity -

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37. Verse 37:

    لِمَن شَآءَ مِنكُمْ أَن يَتَقَدَّمَ أَوْ يَتَأَخَّرَ37

    To whoever wills among you to proceed^{note 1794} or stay behind.

    Notes, Verse 37

    [1794] To righteousness by acceptance of the warning.

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38. Verse 38:

    كُلُّ نَفْسٍۭ بِمَا كَسَبَتْ رَهِينَةٌ38

    Every soul, for what it has earned, will be retained^{note 1795}

    Notes, Verse 38

    [1795] i.e., subject or held responsible.

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39. Verse 39:

    إِلَّآ أَصْحَـٰبَ ٱلْيَمِينِ39

    Except the companions of the right,^{note 1796}.

    Notes, Verse 39

    [1796] i.e., the righteous who receive their records in their right hands.

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40. Verse 40:

    فِى جَنَّـٰتٍ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ40

    [Who will be] in gardens, questioning each other

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41. Verse 41:

    عَنِ ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ41

    About the criminals,

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42. Verse 42:

    مَا سَلَكَكُمْ فِى سَقَرَ42

    [And asking them], "What put you into Saqar?"

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43. Verse 43:

    قَالُوا۟ لَمْ نَكُ مِنَ ٱلْمُصَلِّينَ43

    They will say, "We were not of those who prayed,

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44. Verse 44:

    وَلَمْ نَكُ نُطْعِمُ ٱلْمِسْكِينَ44

    Nor did we used to feed the poor.

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45. Verse 45:

    وَكُنَّا نَخُوضُ مَعَ ٱلْخَآئِضِينَ45

    And we used to enter into vain discourse with those who engaged [in it],

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46. Verse 46:

    وَكُنَّا نُكَذِّبُ بِيَوْمِ ٱلدِّينِ46

    And we used to deny the Day of Recompense

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47. Verse 47:

    حَتَّىٰٓ أَتَىٰنَا ٱلْيَقِينُ47

    Until there came to us the certainty [i.e., death]."

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    Verse 48:

    فَمَا تَنفَعُهُمْ شَفَـٰعَةُ ٱلشَّـٰفِعِينَ48

    So there will not benefit them the intercession of [any] intercessors.

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49. Verse 49:

    فَمَا لَهُمْ عَنِ ٱلتَّذْكِرَةِ مُعْرِضِينَ49

    Then what is [the matter] with them that they are, from the reminder, turning away

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50. Verse 50:

    كَأَنَّهُمْ حُمُرٌ مُّسْتَنفِرَةٌ50

    As if they were alarmed donkeys

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51. Verse 51:

    فَرَّتْ مِن قَسْوَرَةٍۭ51

    Fleeing from a lion?

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52. Verse 52:

    بَلْ يُرِيدُ كُلُّ ٱمْرِئٍ مِّنْهُمْ أَن يُؤْتَىٰ صُحُفًا مُّنَشَّرَةً52

    Rather, every person among them desires that he^{note 1797} would be given scriptures spread about.^{note 1798}

    Notes, Verse 52

    [1797] Instead of Muḥammad (ﷺ).

    [1798] i.e., made public. Much of their refusal of his message was due to envy and jealousy of the Prophet (ﷺ).

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53. Verse 53:

    كَلَّا ۖ بَل لَّا يَخَافُونَ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةَ53

    No! But they do not fear the Hereafter.

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54. Verse 54:

    كَلَّآ إِنَّهُۥ تَذْكِرَةٌ54

    No! Indeed, it [i.e., the Qur’ān] is a reminder

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55. Verse 55:

    فَمَن شَآءَ ذَكَرَهُۥ55

    Then whoever wills will remember it.

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56. Verse 56:

    وَمَا يَذْكُرُونَ إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُ ۚ هُوَ أَهْلُ ٱلتَّقْوَىٰ وَأَهْلُ ٱلْمَغْفِرَةِ56

    And they will not remember except that Allāh wills. He is worthy of fear and adequate for [granting] forgiveness.

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