# 74. Surah Al-Muddaththir

> سورة المدثر — The Cloaked One · 56 verses · Mushaf page: 575

- **Source:** https://quran.so/surah-al-muddaththir
- **Translation:** Sam Gerrans — The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

_In the name of God, the Almighty, the Merciful._

بِسْمِ اللّٰهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّح۪يمِ

## Verse 1

يَٓا اَيُّهَا الْمُدَّثِّرُۙ

Ya ayyuha almuddaththir

O thou, one covering himself:

_https://quran.so/surah-al-muddaththir/verse-1.md_

## Verse 2

قُمْ فَاَنْذِرْۙ

Qum faanthir

Arise thou and warn thou!

_https://quran.so/surah-al-muddaththir/verse-2.md_

## Verse 3

وَرَبَّكَ فَـكَبِّرْۙ

Warabbaka fakabbir

And magnify thou thy Lord,

_https://quran.so/surah-al-muddaththir/verse-3.md_

## Verse 4

وَثِيَابَكَ فَطَهِّرْۙ

Wathiyabaka fatahhir

And purify thou thy garments,

_https://quran.so/surah-al-muddaththir/verse-4.md_

## Verse 5

وَالرُّجْزَ فَاهْجُرْۙ

Warrujza fahjur

And forsake thou defilement,

_https://quran.so/surah-al-muddaththir/verse-5.md_

## Verse 6

وَلَا تَمْنُنْ تَسْتَكْثِرُۙ

Wala tamnun tastakthir

And show thou not favour seeking gain,

_https://quran.so/surah-al-muddaththir/verse-6.md_

## Verse 7

وَلِرَبِّكَ فَاصْبِرْۜ

Walirabbika fasbir

And to thy Lord be thou patient.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-muddaththir/verse-7.md_

## Verse 8

فَاِذَا نُقِرَ فِي النَّاقُورِۙ

Fa-itha nuqira fee annaqoor

Then when the Trumpet is sounded:

_https://quran.so/surah-al-muddaththir/verse-8.md_

## Verse 9

فَذٰلِكَ يَوْمَئِذٍ يَوْمٌ عَس۪يرٌۙ

Fathalika yawma-ithin yawmunAAaseer

That — that day — will be a difficult day,

_https://quran.so/surah-al-muddaththir/verse-9.md_

## Verse 10

عَلَى الْـكَافِر۪ينَ غَيْرُ يَس۪يرٍ

AAala alkafireena ghayruyaseer

For the false claimers of guidance not easy.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-muddaththir/verse-10.md_

## Verse 11

ذَرْن۪ي وَمَنْ خَلَقْتُ وَح۪يداًۙ

Tharnee waman khalaqtu waheeda

Leave thou Me with him whom I created alone,

_https://quran.so/surah-al-muddaththir/verse-11.md_

## Verse 12

وَجَعَلْتُ لَهُ مَالاً مَمْدُوداًۙ

WajaAAaltu lahu malan mamdooda

And appointed for him wealth extended,

_https://quran.so/surah-al-muddaththir/verse-12.md_

## Verse 13

وَبَن۪ينَ شُهُوداًۙ

Wabaneena shuhooda

And sons present,

_https://quran.so/surah-al-muddaththir/verse-13.md_

## Verse 14

وَمَهَّدْتُ لَهُ تَمْه۪يداًۙ

Wamahhadtu lahu tamheeda

And spread before him ease.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-muddaththir/verse-14.md_

## Verse 15

ثُمَّ يَطْمَعُ اَنْ اَز۪يدَۗ

Thumma yatmaAAu an azeed

Then hopes he that I should add more.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-muddaththir/verse-15.md_

## Verse 16

كَلَّاۜ اِنَّهُ كَانَ لِاٰيَاتِنَا عَن۪يداًۜ

Kalla innahu kana li-ayatinaAAaneeda

No, indeed! He was towards Our proofs obstinate.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-muddaththir/verse-16.md_

## Verse 17

سَاُرْهِقُهُ صَعُوداًۜ

Saorhiquhu saAAooda

I will burden him with a steep ascent.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-muddaththir/verse-17.md_

## Verse 18

اِنَّهُ فَـكَّرَ وَقَدَّرَۙ

Innahu fakkara waqaddar

He considered and determined,

_https://quran.so/surah-al-muddaththir/verse-18.md_

## Verse 19

فَقُتِلَ كَيْفَ قَدَّرَۙ

Faqutila kayfa qaddar

(Damned be how he determined!

_https://quran.so/surah-al-muddaththir/verse-19.md_

## Verse 20

ثُمَّ قُتِلَ كَيْفَ قَدَّرَۙ

Thumma qutila kayfa qaddar

Then damned be how he determined!)

_https://quran.so/surah-al-muddaththir/verse-20.md_

## Verse 21

ثُمَّ نَظَرَۙ

Thumma nathar

Then looked,

_https://quran.so/surah-al-muddaththir/verse-21.md_

## Verse 22

ثُمَّ عَبَسَ وَبَسَرَۙ

Thumma AAabasa wabasar

Then frowned and scowled,

_https://quran.so/surah-al-muddaththir/verse-22.md_

## Verse 23

ثُمَّ اَدْبَرَ وَاسْتَكْبَرَۙ

Thumma adbara wastakbar

Then turned away and waxed proud

_https://quran.so/surah-al-muddaththir/verse-23.md_

## Verse 24

فَقَالَ اِنْ هٰذَٓا اِلَّا سِحْرٌ يُؤْثَرُۙ

Faqala in hatha illa sihrunyu/thar

And said: “This is only sorcery handed down.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-muddaththir/verse-24.md_

## Verse 25

اِنْ هٰذَٓا اِلَّا قَوْلُ الْبَشَرِۜ

In hatha illa qawlu albashar

“This is only the speech of a mortal.”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-muddaththir/verse-25.md_

## Verse 26

سَاُصْل۪يهِ سَقَرَ

Saosleehi saqar

I will burn him in Saqar.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-muddaththir/verse-26.md_

## Verse 27

وَمَٓا اَدْرٰيكَ مَا سَقَرُۜ

Wama adraka ma saqar

And what will convey to thee what Saqar is?

_https://quran.so/surah-al-muddaththir/verse-27.md_

## Verse 28

لَا تُبْق۪ي وَلَا تَذَرُۚ

La tubqee wala tathar

It spares not and leaves not,

_https://quran.so/surah-al-muddaththir/verse-28.md_

## Verse 29

لَـوَّاحَةٌ لِلْبَشَرِۚ

Lawwahatun lilbashar

Scorching mortal man.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-muddaththir/verse-29.md_

## Verse 30

عَلَيْهَا تِسْعَةَ عَشَرَۜ

AAalayha tisAAata AAashar

Over it are nineteen;

_https://quran.so/surah-al-muddaththir/verse-30.md_

## Verse 31

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 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.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-muddaththir/verse-31.md_

## Verse 32

كَلَّا وَالْقَمَرِۙ

Kalla walqamar

No, indeed! By the moon,

_https://quran.so/surah-al-muddaththir/verse-32.md_

## Verse 33

وَالَّيْلِ اِذْ اَدْبَرَۙ

Wallayli ith adbar

And the night when it retreats,

_https://quran.so/surah-al-muddaththir/verse-33.md_

## Verse 34

وَالصُّبْحِ اِذَٓا اَسْفَرَۙ

Wassubhi ithaasfar

And the morning when it brightens!

_https://quran.so/surah-al-muddaththir/verse-34.md_

## Verse 35

اِنَّهَا لَاِحْدَى الْـكُبَرِۙ

Innaha la-ihda alkubar

(It is one of the greatest

_https://quran.so/surah-al-muddaththir/verse-35.md_

## Verse 36

نَذ۪يراً لِلْبَشَرِۙ

Natheeran lilbashar

As a warning to mortal man,

_https://quran.so/surah-al-muddaththir/verse-36.md_

## Verse 37

لِمَنْ شَٓاءَ مِنْكُمْ اَنْ يَتَقَدَّمَ اَوْ يَتَاَخَّرَۜ

Liman shaa minkum an yataqaddama awyataakhkhar

To him who wills among you to advance or to tarry.)

_https://quran.so/surah-al-muddaththir/verse-37.md_

## Verse 38

كُلُّ نَفْسٍ بِمَا كَسَبَتْ رَه۪ينَةٌۙ

Kullu nafsin bima kasabat raheena

Every soul is in pledge for what it earned

_https://quran.so/surah-al-muddaththir/verse-38.md_

## Verse 39

اِلَّٓا اَصْحَابَ الْيَم۪ينِۜۛ

Illa as-haba alyameen

Save the companions of the right: —

_https://quran.so/surah-al-muddaththir/verse-39.md_

## Verse 40

ف۪ي جَنَّاتٍۜۛ يَتَسَٓاءَلُونَۙ

Fee jannatin yatasaaloon

In gardens, they will ask each other

_https://quran.so/surah-al-muddaththir/verse-40.md_

## Verse 41

عَنِ الْمُجْرِم۪ينَۙ

AAani almujrimeen

About the lawbreakers:

_https://quran.so/surah-al-muddaththir/verse-41.md_

## Verse 42

مَا سَلَـكَكُمْ ف۪ي سَقَرَ

Ma salakakum fee saqar

“What brought you into Saqar?”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-muddaththir/verse-42.md_

## Verse 43

قَالُوا لَمْ نَكُ مِنَ الْمُصَلّ۪ينَۙ

Qaloo lam naku mina almusalleen

They will say: “We were not among the performers of duty,

_https://quran.so/surah-al-muddaththir/verse-43.md_

## Verse 44

وَلَمْ نَكُ نُطْعِمُ الْمِسْك۪ينَۙ

Walam naku nutAAimu almiskeen

“And we fed not the needy.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-muddaththir/verse-44.md_

## Verse 45

وَكُنَّا نَخُوضُ مَعَ الْخَٓائِض۪ينَۙ

Wakunna nakhoodu maAAa alkha-ideen

“And we discoursed vainly with those who discourse vainly,

_https://quran.so/surah-al-muddaththir/verse-45.md_

## Verse 46

وَكُنَّا نُكَذِّبُ بِيَوْمِ الدّ۪ينِۙ

Wakunna nukaththibu biyawmi addeen

“And denied the Day of Judgment

_https://quran.so/surah-al-muddaththir/verse-46.md_

## Verse 47

حَتّٰٓى اَتٰينَا الْيَق۪ينُۜ

Hatta atanaalyaqeen

“Until the Certainty came to us.”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-muddaththir/verse-47.md_

## Verse 48

فَمَا تَنْفَعُهُمْ شَفَاعَةُ الشَّافِع۪ينَۜ

Fama tanfaAAuhum shafaAAatu ashshafiAAeen

Then no benefit to them is the intercession of intercessors.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-muddaththir/verse-48.md_

## Verse 49

فَمَا لَهُمْ عَنِ التَّذْكِرَةِ مُعْرِض۪ينَۙ

Fama lahum AAani attathkiratimuAArideen

Then what ails them that they, from the reminder, turn away

_https://quran.so/surah-al-muddaththir/verse-49.md_

## Verse 50

كَاَنَّهُمْ حُمُرٌ مُسْتَنْفِرَةٌۙ

Kaannahum humurun mustanfira

As if they were startled donkeys

_https://quran.so/surah-al-muddaththir/verse-50.md_

## Verse 51

فَرَّتْ مِنْ قَسْوَرَةٍۜ

Farrat min qaswara

Fleeing from a lion?

_https://quran.so/surah-al-muddaththir/verse-51.md_

## Verse 52

بَلْ يُر۪يدُ كُلُّ امْرِئٍ مِنْهُمْ اَنْ يُؤْتٰى صُحُفاً مُنَشَّرَةًۙ

Bal yureedu kullu imri-in minhum an yu/tasuhufan munashshara

The truth is, every man of them desires that he be given scriptures unfolded.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-muddaththir/verse-52.md_

## Verse 53

كَلَّاۜ  بَلْ لَا يَخَافُونَ الْاٰخِرَةَۜ

Kalla bal la yakhafoonaal-akhira

No, indeed! The truth is, they fear not the Hereafter.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-muddaththir/verse-53.md_

## Verse 54

كَلَّٓا اِنَّهُ تَذْكِرَةٌۚ

Kalla innahu tathkira

No, indeed! It is a reminder,

_https://quran.so/surah-al-muddaththir/verse-54.md_

## Verse 55

فَمَنْ شَٓاءَ ذَكَرَهُۜ

Faman shaa thakarah

So whoso wills will remember it.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-muddaththir/verse-55.md_

## Verse 56

وَمَا يَذْكُرُونَ اِلَّٓا اَنْ يَشَٓاءَ اللّٰهُۜ  هُوَ اَهْلُ التَّقْوٰى وَاَهْلُ الْمَغْفِرَةِ

Wama yathkuroona illaan yashaa Allahu huwa ahlu attaqwawaahlu almaghfirat

And they will not remember save that God wills; He is worthy of prudent fear and worthy to forgive.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-muddaththir/verse-56.md_

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