Surah Al-Muddaththir

سورة المدثر

The Cloaked One

Surah 74 · 56 Ayahs

What Is Surah Al-Muddaththir?

Surah Al-Muddaththir is Surah 74 of the Quran. It contains 56 ayahs and was revealed in Makkah.

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

Bismillahir-Rahmanir-Rahim

In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful

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Ayah 1
يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلْمُدَّثِّرُ
Meaning
O you, enveloped in a mantle,
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Ayah 2
قُمْ فَأَنذِرْ
Meaning
stand up and warn,
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Ayah 3
وَرَبَّكَ فَكَبِّرْ
Meaning
and pronounce the greatness of your Lord,
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Ayah 4
وَثِيَابَكَ فَطَهِّرْ
Meaning
and purify your clothes,
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Ayah 5
وَٱلرُّجْزَ فَٱهْجُرْ
Meaning
and keep away from filth,
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Ayah 6
وَلَا تَمْنُن تَسْتَكْثِرُ
Meaning
and do not do a favour (to anyone merely) to seek more (in return).
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Ayah 7
وَلِرَبِّكَ فَٱصْبِرْ
Meaning
And for the sake of your Lord, observe patience.
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Ayah 8
فَإِذَا نُقِرَ فِى ٱلنَّاقُورِ
Meaning
For when the trumpet will be blown,
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Ayah 9
فَذَٰلِكَ يَوْمَئِذٍ يَوْمٌ عَسِيرٌ
Meaning
that day will be a difficult day,
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Ayah 10
عَلَى ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَ غَيْرُ يَسِيرٍ
Meaning
not easy for the disbelievers.
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Ayah 11
ذَرْنِى وَمَنْ خَلَقْتُ وَحِيدًا
Meaning
Leave me alone (to deal) with the one whom I created lonely,
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Ayah 12
وَجَعَلْتُ لَهُۥ مَالًا مَّمْدُودًا
Meaning
and gave him extensive wealth,
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Ayah 13
وَبَنِينَ شُهُودًا
Meaning
and sons present before (his) eyes,
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Ayah 14
وَمَهَّدتُّ لَهُۥ تَمْهِيدًا
Meaning
and extended (power and honour) to him pretty well.
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Ayah 15
ثُمَّ يَطْمَعُ أَنْ أَزِيدَ
Meaning
Still, he aspires that I should give him more.
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Ayah 16
كَلَّآ ۖ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ لِـَٔايَـٰتِنَا عَنِيدًا
Meaning
Never! He is inimical towards Our verses.
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Ayah 17
سَأُرْهِقُهُۥ صَعُودًا
Meaning
I will force him to climb the mountain Sa‘ūd.
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Ayah 18
إِنَّهُۥ فَكَّرَ وَقَدَّرَ
Meaning
He pondered and surmised.
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Ayah 19
فَقُتِلَ كَيْفَ قَدَّرَ
Meaning
Death onto him! How (bad) is the surmise he put forward!
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Ayah 20
ثُمَّ قُتِلَ كَيْفَ قَدَّرَ
Meaning
Again, death unto him! How (bad) is the surmise he put forward!
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Ayah 21
ثُمَّ نَظَرَ
Meaning
Then he looked (to those around him,)
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Ayah 22
ثُمَّ عَبَسَ وَبَسَرَ
Meaning
then he frowned and scowled,
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Ayah 23
ثُمَّ أَدْبَرَ وَٱسْتَكْبَرَ
Meaning
then turned his back, and waxed proud,
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Ayah 24
فَقَالَ إِنْ هَـٰذَآ إِلَّا سِحْرٌ يُؤْثَرُ
Meaning
then said, “This is nothing but traditional magic;
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Ayah 25
إِنْ هَـٰذَآ إِلَّا قَوْلُ ٱلْبَشَرِ
Meaning
this is nothing but saying of a mortal.”
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Ayah 26
سَأُصْلِيهِ سَقَرَ
Meaning
I will put him into Saqar (Hell).
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Ayah 27
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا سَقَرُ
Meaning
And what can let you know what Saqar is?
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Ayah 28
لَا تُبْقِى وَلَا تَذَرُ
Meaning
It neither spares (anything inside it from burning) nor leaves (any disbeliever outside).
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Ayah 29
لَوَّاحَةٌ لِّلْبَشَرِ
Meaning
It will disfigure the skins.
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Ayah 30
عَلَيْهَا تِسْعَةَ عَشَرَ
Meaning
Appointed on it are nineteen (wardens).
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Ayah 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
Meaning
And We did not make wardens of the Fire but (from) angels, and did not fix their number but as a test for those who disbelieve, so that those who are given the Book may come to believe, and those who believe may improve in belief, and so that those who are given the Book and those who believe may not doubt (its correctness), and so that those having malady in their hearts and the disbelievers say, “What has Allah meant by this strange statement?” Thus Allah lets go astray whomever He wills, and leads to the right path whomever He wills. And no one knows the hosts of your Lord but He. And this is nothing else but a reminder for mankind.
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Ayah 32
كَلَّا وَٱلْقَمَرِ
Meaning
Truly, I swear by the moon,
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Ayah 33
وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذْ أَدْبَرَ
Meaning
and by the night when it goes back,
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Ayah 34
وَٱلصُّبْحِ إِذَآ أَسْفَرَ
Meaning
and by the morning when it becomes bright,
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Ayah 35
إِنَّهَا لَإِحْدَى ٱلْكُبَرِ
Meaning
it (Saqar : Hell) is one of the greatest things
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Ayah 36
نَذِيرًا لِّلْبَشَرِ
Meaning
as a warning to the mankind,
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Ayah 37
لِمَن شَآءَ مِنكُمْ أَن يَتَقَدَّمَ أَوْ يَتَأَخَّرَ
Meaning
to the one from among you who wishes to come forward (towards good deeds) or to go back (from them).
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Ayah 38
كُلُّ نَفْسٍۭ بِمَا كَسَبَتْ رَهِينَةٌ
Meaning
Everyone will be detained (in the Hell) because of what he did,
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Ayah 39
إِلَّآ أَصْحَـٰبَ ٱلْيَمِينِ
Meaning
except the People of the Right, (i.e. those who will be given their Book of Deeds in their right hands)
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Ayah 40
فِى جَنَّـٰتٍ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ
Meaning
who will be in gardens, asking
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Ayah 41
عَنِ ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ
Meaning
about the guilty persons,
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Ayah 42
مَا سَلَكَكُمْ فِى سَقَرَ
Meaning
“What has brought you to Saqar? (Hell)”
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Ayah 43
قَالُوا۟ لَمْ نَكُ مِنَ ٱلْمُصَلِّينَ
Meaning
They will say, “We were not among those who offered Salāh , (obligatory prayer)
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Ayah 44
وَلَمْ نَكُ نُطْعِمُ ٱلْمِسْكِينَ
Meaning
and we did not give food to the needy,
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Ayah 45
وَكُنَّا نَخُوضُ مَعَ ٱلْخَآئِضِينَ
Meaning
and we indulged (in mocking at the truth) along with those who indulged,
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Ayah 46
وَكُنَّا نُكَذِّبُ بِيَوْمِ ٱلدِّينِ
Meaning
and we used to deny the Day of Requital,
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Ayah 47
حَتَّىٰٓ أَتَىٰنَا ٱلْيَقِينُ
Meaning
until when we were overtaken by that which is certain.”
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Ayah 48
فَمَا تَنفَعُهُمْ شَفَـٰعَةُ ٱلشَّـٰفِعِينَ
Meaning
Then intercession of intercessors will not benefit them.
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Ayah 49
فَمَا لَهُمْ عَنِ ٱلتَّذْكِرَةِ مُعْرِضِينَ
Meaning
So what has happened to them that they are turning away from the Reminder,
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Ayah 50
كَأَنَّهُمْ حُمُرٌ مُّسْتَنفِرَةٌ
Meaning
as if they were wild donkeys,
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Ayah 51
فَرَّتْ مِن قَسْوَرَةٍۭ
Meaning
fleeing from a lion?
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Ayah 52
بَلْ يُرِيدُ كُلُّ ٱمْرِئٍ مِّنْهُمْ أَن يُؤْتَىٰ صُحُفًا مُّنَشَّرَةً
Meaning
Rather, every one of them wishes that he should be given unrolled (divine) scriptures.
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Ayah 53
كَلَّا ۖ بَل لَّا يَخَافُونَ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةَ
Meaning
Never! But they do not fear the Hereafter.
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Ayah 54
كَلَّآ إِنَّهُۥ تَذْكِرَةٌ
Meaning
Never! Indeed, this is a Reminder.
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Ayah 55
فَمَن شَآءَ ذَكَرَهُۥ
Meaning
So, whoever so wishes may take advice from it.
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Ayah 56
وَمَا يَذْكُرُونَ إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُ ۚ هُوَ أَهْلُ ٱلتَّقْوَىٰ وَأَهْلُ ٱلْمَغْفِرَةِ
Meaning
And they will not take advice unless Allah so wills. He is worthy to be feared, and worthy to forgive.