In the name of God, the Almighty, the Merciful.
بِسْمِ اللّٰهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّح۪يمِ
Bismi Allahi arrahmani arraheem
O thou, one covering himself:
يَٓا اَيُّهَا الْمُدَّثِّرُۙ
Ya ayyuha almuddaththir
And show thou not favour seeking gain,
وَلَا تَمْنُنْ تَسْتَكْثِرُۙ
Wala tamnun tastakthir
Then when the Trumpet is sounded:
فَاِذَا نُقِرَ فِي النَّاقُورِۙ
Fa-itha nuqira fee annaqoor
That — that day — will be a difficult day,
فَذٰلِكَ يَوْمَئِذٍ يَوْمٌ عَس۪يرٌۙ
Fathalika yawma-ithin yawmunAAaseer
For the false claimers of guidance not easy.
عَلَى الْـكَافِر۪ينَ غَيْرُ يَس۪يرٍ
AAala alkafireena ghayruyaseer
Leave thou Me with him whom I created alone,
ذَرْن۪ي وَمَنْ خَلَقْتُ وَح۪يداًۙ
Tharnee waman khalaqtu waheeda
And appointed for him wealth extended,
وَجَعَلْتُ لَهُ مَالاً مَمْدُوداًۙ
WajaAAaltu lahu malan mamdooda
And spread before him ease.
وَمَهَّدْتُ لَهُ تَمْه۪يداًۙ
Wamahhadtu lahu tamheeda
Then hopes he that I should add more.
ثُمَّ يَطْمَعُ اَنْ اَز۪يدَۗ
Thumma yatmaAAu an azeed
No, indeed! He was towards Our proofs obstinate.
كَلَّاۜ اِنَّهُ كَانَ لِاٰيَاتِنَا عَن۪يداًۜ
Kalla innahu kana li-ayatinaAAaneeda
I will burden him with a steep ascent.
سَاُرْهِقُهُ صَعُوداًۜ
Saorhiquhu saAAooda
He considered and determined,
اِنَّهُ فَـكَّرَ وَقَدَّرَۙ
Innahu fakkara waqaddar
Then damned be how he determined!)
ثُمَّ قُتِلَ كَيْفَ قَدَّرَۙ
Thumma qutila kayfa qaddar
Then turned away and waxed proud
ثُمَّ اَدْبَرَ وَاسْتَكْبَرَۙ
Thumma adbara wastakbar
And said: “This is only sorcery handed down.
فَقَالَ اِنْ هٰذَٓا اِلَّا سِحْرٌ يُؤْثَرُۙ
Faqala in hatha illa sihrunyu/thar
“This is only the speech of a mortal.”
اِنْ هٰذَٓا اِلَّا قَوْلُ الْبَشَرِۜ
In hatha illa qawlu albashar
And what will convey to thee what Saqar is?
وَمَٓا اَدْرٰيكَ مَا سَقَرُۜ
Wama adraka ma saqar
And We have made the Guardians of the Fire only angels. And We made their number only as a means of denial for those who ignore warning, that those given the Writ might be certain, and those who heed warning might increase in faith, and those given the Writ and the believers might not doubt, and that those in whose hearts is disease and the false claimers of guidance might say: “What means God by this similitude?” Thus God sends astray whom He wills, and guides whom He wills; and there knows the forces of thy Lord only He. And this is only a reminder to mortal man.
وَمَا جَعَلْنَٓا اَصْحَابَ النَّارِ اِلَّا مَلٰٓئِكَةًۖ وَمَا جَعَلْنَا عِدَّتَهُمْ اِلَّا فِتْنَةً لِلَّذ۪ينَ كَـفَرُواۙ لِيَسْتَيْقِنَ الَّذ۪ينَ اُو۫تُوا الْـكِتَابَ وَيَزْدَادَ الَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُٓوا ا۪يمَاناً وَلَا يَرْتَابَ الَّذ۪ينَ اُو۫تُوا الْـكِتَابَ وَالْمُؤْمِنُونَۙ وَلِيَقُولَ الَّذ۪ينَ ف۪ي قُلُوبِهِمْ مَرَضٌ وَالْـكَافِرُونَ مَاذَٓا اَرَادَ اللّٰهُ بِهٰذَا مَثَلاًۜ كَذٰلِكَ يُضِلُّ اللّٰهُ مَنْ يَشَٓاءُ وَيَـهْد۪ي مَنْ يَشَٓاءُۜ وَمَا يَعْلَمُ جُنُودَ رَبِّكَ اِلَّا هُوَۜ وَمَا هِيَ اِلَّا ذِكْرٰى لِلْبَشَرِ۟
Wama jaAAalna as-habaannari illa mala-ikatan wamajaAAalna AAiddatahum illa fitnatan lillatheenakafaroo liyastayqina allatheena ootoo alkitabawayazdada allatheena amanoo eemananwala yartaba allatheena ootoo alkitabawalmu/minoona waliyaqoola allatheena feequloobihim maradun walkafiroona mathaarada Allahu bihatha mathalan kathalikayudillu Allahu man yashao wayahdee man yashaowama yaAAlamu junooda rabbika illa huwa wamahiya illa thikra lilbashar
And the morning when it brightens!
وَالصُّبْحِ اِذَٓا اَسْفَرَۙ
Wassubhi ithaasfar
(It is one of the greatest
اِنَّهَا لَاِحْدَى الْـكُبَرِۙ
Innaha la-ihda alkubar
To him who wills among you to advance or to tarry.)
لِمَنْ شَٓاءَ مِنْكُمْ اَنْ يَتَقَدَّمَ اَوْ يَتَاَخَّرَۜ
Liman shaa minkum an yataqaddama awyataakhkhar
Every soul is in pledge for what it earned
كُلُّ نَفْسٍ بِمَا كَسَبَتْ رَه۪ينَةٌۙ
Kullu nafsin bima kasabat raheena
Save the companions of the right: —
اِلَّٓا اَصْحَابَ الْيَم۪ينِۜۛ
Illa as-haba alyameen
In gardens, they will ask each other
ف۪ي جَنَّاتٍۜۛ يَتَسَٓاءَلُونَۙ
Fee jannatin yatasaaloon
“What brought you into Saqar?”
مَا سَلَـكَكُمْ ف۪ي سَقَرَ
Ma salakakum fee saqar
They will say: “We were not among the performers of duty,
قَالُوا لَمْ نَكُ مِنَ الْمُصَلّ۪ينَۙ
Qaloo lam naku mina almusalleen
“And we fed not the needy.
وَلَمْ نَكُ نُطْعِمُ الْمِسْك۪ينَۙ
Walam naku nutAAimu almiskeen
“And we discoursed vainly with those who discourse vainly,
وَكُنَّا نَخُوضُ مَعَ الْخَٓائِض۪ينَۙ
Wakunna nakhoodu maAAa alkha-ideen
“And denied the Day of Judgment
وَكُنَّا نُكَذِّبُ بِيَوْمِ الدّ۪ينِۙ
Wakunna nukaththibu biyawmi addeen
“Until the Certainty came to us.”
حَتّٰٓى اَتٰينَا الْيَق۪ينُۜ
Hatta atanaalyaqeen
Then no benefit to them is the intercession of intercessors.
فَمَا تَنْفَعُهُمْ شَفَاعَةُ الشَّافِع۪ينَۜ
Fama tanfaAAuhum shafaAAatu ashshafiAAeen
Then what ails them that they, from the reminder, turn away
فَمَا لَهُمْ عَنِ التَّذْكِرَةِ مُعْرِض۪ينَۙ
Fama lahum AAani attathkiratimuAArideen
As if they were startled donkeys
كَاَنَّهُمْ حُمُرٌ مُسْتَنْفِرَةٌۙ
Kaannahum humurun mustanfira
The truth is, every man of them desires that he be given scriptures unfolded.
بَلْ يُر۪يدُ كُلُّ امْرِئٍ مِنْهُمْ اَنْ يُؤْتٰى صُحُفاً مُنَشَّرَةًۙ
Bal yureedu kullu imri-in minhum an yu/tasuhufan munashshara
No, indeed! The truth is, they fear not the Hereafter.
كَلَّاۜ بَلْ لَا يَخَافُونَ الْاٰخِرَةَۜ
Kalla bal la yakhafoonaal-akhira
And they will not remember save that God wills; He is worthy of prudent fear and worthy to forgive.
وَمَا يَذْكُرُونَ اِلَّٓا اَنْ يَشَٓاءَ اللّٰهُۜ هُوَ اَهْلُ التَّقْوٰى وَاَهْلُ الْمَغْفِرَةِ
Wama yathkuroona illaan yashaa Allahu huwa ahlu attaqwawaahlu almaghfirat