Al-Muddaththir

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ

74:1

yāayyuhā l-mudathiru

O you covered up ˹in your clothes˺!

74:2

qum fa-andhir

Arise and warn ˹all˺.

74:3

warabbaka fakabbir

Revere your Lord ˹alone˺.

74:4

wathiyābaka faṭahhir

Purify your garments.

74:5

wal-ruj'za fa-uh'jur

˹Continue to˺ shun idols.

74:6

walā tamnun tastakthiru

Do not do a favour expecting more ˹in return˺.

74:7

walirabbika fa-iṣ'bir

And persevere for ˹the sake of˺ your Lord.

74:8

fa-idhā nuqira fī l-nāqūri

˹For˺ when the Trumpet will be sounded,

74:9

fadhālika yawma-idhin yawmun ʿasīrun

that will ˹truly˺ be a difficult Day—

74:10

ʿalā l-kāfirīna ghayru yasīrin

far from easy for the disbelievers.

74:11

dharnī waman khalaqtu waḥīdan

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

74:12

wajaʿaltu lahu mālan mamdūdan

and granted him abundant wealth,

74:13

wabanīna shuhūdan

and children always by his side,

74:14

wamahhadttu lahu tamhīdan

and made life very easy for him.

74:15

thumma yaṭmaʿu an azīda

Yet he is hungry for more.

74:16

kallā innahu kāna liāyātinā ʿanīdan

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

74:17

sa-ur'hiquhu ṣaʿūdan

I will make his fate unbearable,

74:18

innahu fakkara waqaddara

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

74:19

faqutila kayfa qaddara

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

74:20

thumma qutila kayfa qaddara

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

74:21

thumma naẓara

Then he re-contemplated ˹in frustration˺,

74:22

thumma ʿabasa wabasara

then frowned and scowled,

74:23

thumma adbara wa-is'takbara

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

74:24

faqāla in hādhā illā siḥ'run yu'tharu

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

74:25

in hādhā illā qawlu l-bashari

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

74:26

sa-uṣ'līhi saqara

Soon I will burn him in Hell!

74:27

wamā adrāka mā saqaru

And what will make you realize what Hell is?

74:28

lā tub'qī walā tadharu

It does not let anyone live or die,

74:29

lawwāḥatun lil'bashari

scorching the skin.

74:30

ʿalayhā tis'ʿata ʿashara

It is overseen by nineteen ˹keepers˺.

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