سورة المدثرAl-MuddaththirThe Cloaked One74Chapter56VersesMakkiRevelationExplore Surah Statistics, Insights and Metadata
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About Surah Al-Muddaththir
Traditionally understood as one of the earliest revelations, Al-Muddaththir calls the Prophet — described here as "cloaked" — to rise and warn his people, marking the beginning of his public mission. It includes a striking description of a stubborn disbeliever who, despite recognizing the Quran's power, chooses to reject it out of arrogance, and offers a vivid description of Hell, including its nineteen guardians, as a serious warning to those who persist in denial.
بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
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1
يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلۡمُدَّثِّرُ
Yaaa ayyuhal muddassir
O thou enveloped in thy cloak,
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2
قُمۡ فَأَنذِرۡ
Qum fa anzir
Arise and warn!
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3
وَرَبَّكَ فَكَبِّرۡ
Wa rabbaka fakabbir
Thy Lord magnify,
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4
وَثِيَابَكَ فَطَهِّرۡ
Wa siyaabaka fatahhir
Thy raiment purify,
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5
وَٱلرُّجۡزَ فَٱهۡجُرۡ
Warrujza fahjur
Pollution shun!
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6
وَلَا تَمۡنُن تَسۡتَكۡثِرُ
Wa laa tamnun tastaksir
And show not favour, seeking wordly gain!
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7
وَلِرَبِّكَ فَٱصۡبِرۡ
Wa li Rabbika fasbir
For the sake of thy Lord, be patient!
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8
فَإِذَا نُقِرَ فِي ٱلنَّاقُورِ
Fa izaa nuqira fin naaqoor
For when the trumpet shall sound,
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9
فَذَٰلِكَ يَوۡمَئِذٖ يَوۡمٌ عَسِيرٌ
Fazaalika yawma 'iziny yawmun 'aseer
Surely that day will be a day of anguish,
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10
عَلَى ٱلۡكَٰفِرِينَ غَيۡرُ يَسِيرٖ
'Alal kaafireena ghayru yaseer
Not of ease, for disbelievers.
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11
ذَرۡنِي وَمَنۡ خَلَقۡتُ وَحِيدٗا
Zamee wa man khalaqtu waheedaa
Leave Me (to deal) with him whom I created lonely,
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12
وَجَعَلۡتُ لَهُۥ مَالٗا مَّمۡدُودٗا
Wa ja'altu lahoo maalam mamdoodaa
And then bestowed upon him ample means,
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13
وَبَنِينَ شُهُودٗا
Wa baneena shuhoodaa
And sons abiding in his presence
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14
وَمَهَّدتُّ لَهُۥ تَمۡهِيدٗا
Wa mahhattu lahoo tamheeda
And made (life) smooth for him.
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15
ثُمَّ يَطۡمَعُ أَنۡ أَزِيدَ
Summa yat ma'u an azeed
Yet he desireth that I should give more.
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16
كَلَّآۖ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ لِأٓيَٰتِنَا عَنِيدٗا
Kallaaa innahoo kaana li Aayaatinaa 'aneedaa
Nay! For lo! he hath been stubborn to Our revelations.
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17
سَأُرۡهِقُهُۥ صَعُودًا
Sa urhiquhoo sa'oodaa
On him I shall impose a fearful doom.
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18
إِنَّهُۥ فَكَّرَ وَقَدَّرَ
Innahoo fakkara wa qaddar
For lo! he did consider; then he planned -
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19
فَقُتِلَ كَيۡفَ قَدَّرَ
Faqutila kayfa qaddar
(Self-)destroyed is he, how he planned!
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20
ثُمَّ قُتِلَ كَيۡفَ قَدَّرَ
Summa qutila kaifa qaddar
Again (self-)destroyed is he, how he planned! -
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21
ثُمَّ نَظَرَ
Summa nazar
Then looked he,
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22
ثُمَّ عَبَسَ وَبَسَرَ
Summa 'abasa wa basar
Then frowned he and showed displeasure.
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23
ثُمَّ أَدۡبَرَ وَٱسۡتَكۡبَرَ
Summaa adbara wastakbar
Then turned he away in pride
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24
فَقَالَ إِنۡ هَٰذَآ إِلَّا سِحۡرٞ يُؤۡثَرُ
Faqaala in haazaaa illaa sihruny yu'sar
And said: This is naught else than magic from of old;
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25
إِنۡ هَٰذَآ إِلَّا قَوۡلُ ٱلۡبَشَرِ
In haazaaa illaa qawlul bashar
This is naught else than speech of mortal man.
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26
سَأُصۡلِيهِ سَقَرَ
Sa usleehi saqar
Him shall I fling unto the burning.
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27
وَمَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا سَقَرُ
Wa maaa adraaka maa saqar
- Ah, what will convey unto thee what that burning is! -
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28
لَا تُبۡقِي وَلَا تَذَرُ
Laa tubqee wa laa tazar
It leaveth naught; it spareth naught
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29
لَوَّاحَةٞ لِّلۡبَشَرِ
Lawwaahatul lilbashar
It shrivelleth the man.
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30
عَلَيۡهَا تِسۡعَةَ عَشَرَ
'Alaihaa tis'ata 'ashar
Above it are nineteen.
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31
وَمَا جَعَلۡنَآ أَصۡحَٰبَ ٱلنَّارِ إِلَّا مَلَـٰٓئِكَةٗۖ وَمَا جَعَلۡنَا عِدَّتَهُمۡ إِلَّا فِتۡنَةٗ لِّلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ لِيَسۡتَيۡقِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُواْ ٱلۡكِتَٰبَ وَيَزۡدَادَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓاْ إِيمَٰنٗا وَلَا يَرۡتَابَ ٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُواْ ٱلۡكِتَٰبَ وَٱلۡمُؤۡمِنُونَ وَلِيَقُولَ ٱلَّذِينَ فِي قُلُوبِهِم مَّرَضٞ وَٱلۡكَٰفِرُونَ مَاذَآ أَرَادَ ٱللَّهُ بِهَٰذَا مَثَلٗاۚ كَذَٰلِكَ يُضِلُّ ٱللَّهُ مَن يَشَآءُ وَيَهۡدِي مَن يَشَآءُۚ وَمَا يَعۡلَمُ جُنُودَ رَبِّكَ إِلَّا هُوَۚ وَمَا هِيَ إِلَّا ذِكۡرَىٰ لِلۡبَشَرِ
Wa maaja''alnaaa As haaban naari illaa malaaa 'ikatanw wa maa ja'alnaa 'iddatahum illaa fitnatal lillazeena kafaroo liyastayqinal lazeena ootul kitaaba wa yazdaadal lazeena aamanooo eemaananw wa laa yartaabal lazeena ootul kitaaba walmu'minoona wa liyaqoolal lazeena fee quloo bihim maradunw walkaafiroona maazaaa araadal laahu bihaazaa masalaa; kazaalika yudillul laahu many yashaaa'u wa yahdee many yashaaa'; wa maa ya'lamu junooda rabbika illaa hoo; wa maa hiya illaa zikraa lil bashar
We have appointed only angels to be wardens of the Fire, and their number have We made to be a stumbling-block for those who disbelieve; that those to whom the Scripture hath been given may have certainty, and that believers may increase in faith; and that those to whom the Scripture hath been given and believers may not doubt; and that those in whose hearts there is disease, and disbelievers, may say: What meaneth Allah by this similitude? Thus Allah sendeth astray whom He will, and whom He will He guideth. None knoweth the hosts of thy Lord save Him. This is naught else than a Reminder unto mortals.
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32
كَلَّا وَٱلۡقَمَرِ
Kallaa walqamar
Nay, by the Moon
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33
وَٱلَّيۡلِ إِذۡ أَدۡبَرَ
Wallaili adbar
And the night when it withdraweth
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34
وَٱلصُّبۡحِ إِذَآ أَسۡفَرَ
Wassub hi izaaa asfar
And the dawn when it shineth forth,
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35
إِنَّهَا لَإِحۡدَى ٱلۡكُبَرِ
Innahaa la ihdal kubar
Lo! this is one of the greatest (portents)
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36
نَذِيرٗا لِّلۡبَشَرِ
Nazeeral lilbashar
As a warning unto men,
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37
لِمَن شَآءَ مِنكُمۡ أَن يَتَقَدَّمَ أَوۡ يَتَأَخَّرَ
Liman shaaa'a minkum any yataqaddama aw yata akhkhar
Unto him of you who will advance or hang back.
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38
كُلُّ نَفۡسِۭ بِمَا كَسَبَتۡ رَهِينَةٌ
Kullu nafsim bim kasabat raheenah
Every soul is a pledge for its own deeds;
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39
إِلَّآ أَصۡحَٰبَ ٱلۡيَمِينِ
Illaaa as haabal yameen
Save those who will stand on the right hand.
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40
فِي جَنَّـٰتٖ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ
Fee jannaatiny yata saaa'aloon
In gardens they will ask one another
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41
عَنِ ٱلۡمُجۡرِمِينَ
'Anil mujrimeen
Concerning the guilty:
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42
مَا سَلَكَكُمۡ فِي سَقَرَ
Maa salakakum fee saqar
What hath brought you to this burning?
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43
قَالُواْ لَمۡ نَكُ مِنَ ٱلۡمُصَلِّينَ
Qaaloo lam naku minal musalleen
They will answer: We were not of those who prayed
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44
وَلَمۡ نَكُ نُطۡعِمُ ٱلۡمِسۡكِينَ
Wa lam naku nut'imul miskeen
Nor did we feed the wretched.
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45
وَكُنَّا نَخُوضُ مَعَ ٱلۡخَآئِضِينَ
Wa kunnaa nakhoodu ma'al khaaa'ideen
We used to wade (in vain dispute) with (all) waders,
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46
وَكُنَّا نُكَذِّبُ بِيَوۡمِ ٱلدِّينِ
Wa kunnaa nukazzibu bi yawmid Deen
And we used to deny the Day of Judgment,
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47
حَتَّىٰٓ أَتَىٰنَا ٱلۡيَقِينُ
Hattaaa ataanal yaqeen
Till the Inevitable came unto us.
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48
فَمَا تَنفَعُهُمۡ شَفَٰعَةُ ٱلشَّـٰفِعِينَ
Famaa tanfa'uhum shafaa'atush shaafi'een
The mediation of no mediators will avail them then.
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49
فَمَا لَهُمۡ عَنِ ٱلتَّذۡكِرَةِ مُعۡرِضِينَ
Famaa lahum 'anittazkirati mu'rideen
Why now turn they away from the Admonishment,
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50
كَأَنَّهُمۡ حُمُرٞ مُّسۡتَنفِرَةٞ
Ka annahum humurum mustanfirah
As they were frightened asses
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51
فَرَّتۡ مِن قَسۡوَرَةِۭ
Farrat min qaswarah
Fleeing from a lion?
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52
بَلۡ يُرِيدُ كُلُّ ٱمۡرِيٕٖ مِّنۡهُمۡ أَن يُؤۡتَىٰ صُحُفٗا مُّنَشَّرَةٗ
Bal yureedu kullum ri'im minhum any yu'taa suhufam munashsharah
Nay, but everyone of them desireth that he should be given open pages (from Allah).
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53
كَلَّاۖ بَل لَّا يَخَافُونَ ٱلۡأٓخِرَةَ
Kallaa bal laa yakhaafoonal aakhirah
Nay, verily. They fear not the Hereafter.
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54
كَلَّآ إِنَّهُۥ تَذۡكِرَةٞ
Kallaaa innahoo tazkirah
Nay, verily. Lo! this is an Admonishment.
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55
فَمَن شَآءَ ذَكَرَهُۥ
Fa man shaaa'a zakarah
So whosoever will may heed.
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56
وَمَا يَذۡكُرُونَ إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُۚ هُوَ أَهۡلُ ٱلتَّقۡوَىٰ وَأَهۡلُ ٱلۡمَغۡفِرَةِ
Wa maa yazkuroona illaaa any yashaaa'al laah; Huwa ahlut taqwaa wa ahlul maghfirah
And they will not heed unless Allah willeth (it). He is the fount of fear. He is the fount of Mercy.
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