Surah Al Mudaththir

يَـٰٓأَيُّہَا ٱلۡمُدَّثِّرُ

O you (Muhammad SAW) enveloped (in garments)!

قُمۡ فَأَنذِرۡ

Arise and warn!

وَرَبَّكَ فَكَبِّرۡ

And your Lord (Allah) magnify!

وَثِيَابَكَ فَطَهِّرۡ

And your garments purify!

وَٱلرُّجۡزَ فَٱهۡجُرۡ

And keep away from Ar-Rujz (the idols)!

وَلَا تَمۡنُن تَسۡتَكۡثِرُ

And give not a thing in order to have more

(or consider not your deeds of Allahs obedience as a favour to Allah).

وَلِرَبِّكَ فَٱصۡبِرۡ

And be patient for the sake of your Lord (i.e. perform your duty to Allah)!

فَإِذَا نُقِرَ فِى ٱلنَّاقُورِ

Then, when the Trumpet is sounded (i.e. its second blowing);

فَذَٲلِكَ يَوۡمَٮِٕذٍ۬ يَوۡمٌ عَسِيرٌ

Truly, that Day will be a Hard Day.

عَلَى ٱلۡكَـٰفِرِينَ غَيۡرُ يَسِيرٍ۬

Far from easy for the disbelievers.

ذَرۡنِى وَمَنۡ خَلَقۡتُ وَحِيدً۬ا

Leave Me Alone (to deal) with whom I created Alone (without any means, i.e. Al-Waleed bin Al-Mugheerah Al-Makhzoomee)!

وَجَعَلۡتُ لَهُ ۥ مَالاً۬ مَّمۡدُودً۬ا

And then granted him resources in abundance.

وَبَنِينَ شُہُودً۬ا

And children to be by his side!

وَمَهَّدتُّ لَهُ ۥ تَمۡهِيدً۬ا

And made life smooth and comfortable for him!

ثُمَّ يَطۡمَعُ أَنۡ أَزِيدَ

After all that he desires that I should give more;

كَلَّآ‌ۖ إِنَّهُ ۥ كَانَ لِأَيَـٰتِنَا عَنِيدً۬ا  

Nay! Verily, he has been stubborn and opposing Our Ayat (proofs, evidences, verses, lessons, signs, revelations, etc.).

سَأُرۡهِقُهُ ۥ صَعُودًا

I shall oblige him to (climb a slippery mountain in the Hell-fire called AsSaood, or to) face a severe torment!

إِنَّهُ ۥ فَكَّرَ وَقَدَّرَ

Verily, he thought and plotted;

فَقُتِلَ كَيۡفَ قَدَّرَ

So let him be cursed! How he plotted!

ثُمَّ قُتِلَ كَيۡفَ قَدَّرَ

And once more let him be cursed, how he plotted!

ثُمَّ نَظَرَ

Then he thought;

ثُمَّ عَبَسَ وَبَسَرَ

Then he frowned and he looked in a bad tempered way;

ثُمَّ أَدۡبَرَ وَٱسۡتَكۡبَرَ

Then he turned back and was proud;

فَقَالَ إِنۡ هَـٰذَآ إِلَّا سِحۡرٌ۬ يُؤۡثَرُ

Then he said:

"This is nothing but magic from that of old;

إِنۡ هَـٰذَآ إِلَّا قَوۡلُ ٱلۡبَشَرِ

"This is nothing but the word of a human being!"

سَأُصۡلِيهِ سَقَرَ

I will cast him into Hell-fire

وَمَآ أَدۡرَٮٰكَ مَا سَقَرُ

And what will make you know exactly what Hell-fire is?

لَا تُبۡقِى وَلَا تَذَرُ

It spares not (any sinner), nor does it leave (anything unburnt)!

لَوَّاحَةٌ۬ لِّلۡبَشَرِ

Burning the skins!

عَلَيۡہَا تِسۡعَةَ عَشَرَ

Over it are nineteen (angels as guardians and keepers of Hell).

وَمَا جَعَلۡنَآ أَصۡحَـٰبَ ٱلنَّارِ إِلَّا مَلَـٰٓٮِٕكَةً۬‌ۙ

And We have set none but angels as guardians of the Fire,

وَمَا جَعَلۡنَا عِدَّتَہُمۡ إِلَّا فِتۡنَةً۬ لِّلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ

and We have fixed their number (19) only as a trial for the disbelievers,

لِيَسۡتَيۡقِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُواْ ٱلۡكِتَـٰبَ وَيَزۡدَادَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓاْ إِيمَـٰنً۬ا‌ۙ

in order that the people of the Scripture (Jews and Christians) may arrive at a certainty (that this Quran is the truth as it agrees with their Books i.e. their number (19) is written in the Taurat (Torah) and the Injeel (Gospel)) and the believers may increase in Faith (as this Quran is the truth)

وَلَا يَرۡتَابَ ٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُواْ ٱلۡكِتَـٰبَ وَٱلۡمُؤۡمِنُونَ‌ۙ

and that no doubts may be left for the people of the Scripture and the believers,

وَلِيَقُولَ ٱلَّذِينَ فِى قُلُوبِہِم مَّرَضٌ۬ وَٱلۡكَـٰفِرُونَ مَاذَآ أَرَادَ ٱللَّهُ بِہَـٰذَا مَثَلاً۬‌ۚ

and that those in whose hearts is a disease (of hypocrisy) and the disbelievers may say: "What Allah intends by this (curious) example ?"

كَذَٲلِكَ يُضِلُّ ٱللَّهُ مَن يَشَآءُ وَيَہۡدِى مَن يَشَآءُ‌ۚ

Thus Allah leads astray whom He wills and guides whom He wills.

وَمَا يَعۡلَمُ جُنُودَ رَبِّكَ إِلَّا هُوَ‌ۚ

And none can know the hosts of your Lord but He.

وَمَا هِىَ إِلَّا ذِكۡرَىٰ لِلۡبَشَرِ

And this (Hell) is nothing else than a (warning) reminder to mankind.

كَلَّا وَٱلۡقَمَرِ

Nay, and by the moon,

وَٱلَّيۡلِ إِذۡ أَدۡبَرَ

And by the night when it withdraws,

وَٱلصُّبۡحِ إِذَآ أَسۡفَرَ

And by the dawn when it brightens,

إِنَّہَا لَإِحۡدَى ٱلۡكُبَرِ

Verily, it (Hell, or their denial of the Prophet Muhammad SAW , or the Day of Resurrection) is but one of the greatest calamities.

نَذِيرً۬ا لِّلۡبَشَرِ

A warning to mankind,

لِمَن شَآءَ مِنكُمۡ أَن يَتَقَدَّمَ أَوۡ يَتَأَخَّرَ

To any of you that chooses to go forward (by working righteous deeds), or to remain behind (by commiting sins),

كُلُّ نَفۡسِۭ بِمَا كَسَبَتۡ رَهِينَةٌ

Every person is a pledge for what he has earned,

إِلَّآ أَصۡحَـٰبَ ٱلۡيَمِينِ

Except those on the Right, (i.e. the pious true believers of Islamic Monotheism);

فِى جَنَّـٰتٍ۬ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ

In Gardens (Paradise) they will ask one another,

عَنِ ٱلۡمُجۡرِمِينَ

About Al-Mujrimoon (polytheists, criminals, disbelievers, etc.),

مَا سَلَڪَكُمۡ فِى سَقَرَ

(And they will say to them):

"What has caused you to enter Hell?"

قَالُواْ لَمۡ نَكُ مِنَ ٱلۡمُصَلِّينَ

They will say:

"We were not of those who used to offer their Salat (prayers)

وَلَمۡ نَكُ نُطۡعِمُ ٱلۡمِسۡكِينَ

"Nor we used to feed Al-Miskin (the poor);

وَڪُنَّا نَخُوضُ مَعَ ٱلۡخَآٮِٕضِينَ

"And we used to talk falsehood (all that which Allah hated) with vain talkers.

وَكُنَّا نُكَذِّبُ بِيَوۡمِ ٱلدِّينِ

"And we used to belie the Day of Recompense

حَتَّىٰٓ أَتَٮٰنَا ٱلۡيَقِينُ

"Until there came to us (the death) that is certain."

فَمَا تَنفَعُهُمۡ شَفَـٰعَةُ ٱلشَّـٰفِعِينَ

So no intercession of intercessors will be of any use to them.

فَمَا لَهُمۡ عَنِ ٱلتَّذۡكِرَةِ مُعۡرِضِينَ

Then what is wrong with them (i.e. the disbelievers) that they turn away from (receiving) admonition?

كَأَنَّهُمۡ حُمُرٌ۬ مُّسۡتَنفِرَةٌ۬

As if they were frightened (wild) donkeys.

فَرَّتۡ مِن قَسۡوَرَةِۭ

Fleeing from a hunter, or a lion, or a beast of prey.

بَلۡ يُرِيدُ كُلُّ ٱمۡرِىٍٕ۬ مِّنۡہُمۡ أَن يُؤۡتَىٰ صُحُفً۬ا مُّنَشَّرَةً۬  

Nay, everyone of them desires that he should be given pages spread out

(coming from Allah with a writing that Islam is the right religion, and Muhammad SAW has come with the truth from Allah the Lord of the heavens and earth, etc.).

كَلَّا‌ۖ بَل لَّا يَخَافُونَ ٱلۡأَخِرَةَ  

Nay! But they fear not the Hereafter (from Allah's punishment).

ڪَلَّآ إِنَّهُ ۥ تَذۡكِرَةٌ۬  

Nay, verily, this (Quran) is an admonition,

فَمَن شَآءَ ذَڪَرَهُ ۥ

So whosoever will (let him read it), and receive admonition (from it)!

وَمَا يَذۡكُرُونَ إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُ‌ۚ

And they will not receive admonition unless Allah wills;

هُوَ أَهۡلُ ٱلتَّقۡوَىٰ وَأَهۡلُ ٱلۡمَغۡفِرَةِ

He (Allah) is the One, deserving thatmankind should be afraid of, and should be dutiful to Him, and should not take any Ilah (God) along with Him, and He is the One Who forgives (sins).

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