بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِیمِ یَـٰۤأَیُّهَا ٱلۡمُدَّثِّرُ

O thou shrouded in thy mantle,

قُمۡ فَأَنذِرۡ

arise, and warn!

وَرَبَّكَ فَكَبِّرۡ

Thy Lord magnify

وَثِیَابَكَ فَطَهِّرۡ

thy robes purify

وَٱلرُّجۡزَ فَٱهۡجُرۡ

and defilement flee!

وَلَا تَمۡنُن تَسۡتَكۡثِرُ

Give not, thinking to gain greater

وَلِرَبِّكَ فَٱصۡبِرۡ

and be patient unto thy Lord.

فَإِذَا نُقِرَ فِی ٱلنَّاقُورِ

For when the Trump is sounded

فَذَ ٰ⁠لِكَ یَوۡمَىِٕذࣲ یَوۡمٌ عَسِیرٌ

that day will be a harsh day,

عَلَى ٱلۡكَـٰفِرِینَ غَیۡرُ یَسِیرࣲ

for the unbelievers not easy.

ذَرۡنِی وَمَنۡ خَلَقۡتُ وَحِیدࣰا

Leave Me with him whom I created alone,

وَجَعَلۡتُ لَهُۥ مَالࣰا مَّمۡدُودࣰا

and appointed for him ample wealth

وَبَنِینَ شُهُودࣰا

and sons standing before him,

وَمَهَّدتُّ لَهُۥ تَمۡهِیدࣰا

and made all things smooth for him;

ثُمَّ یَطۡمَعُ أَنۡ أَزِیدَ

then he is eager that I should do more.

كَلَّاۤۖ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ لِـَٔایَـٰتِنَا عَنِیدࣰا

Nay! He is forward unto Our signs;

سَأُرۡهِقُهُۥ صَعُودًا

and I shall constrain him to a hard ascent.

إِنَّهُۥ فَكَّرَ وَقَدَّرَ

Lo! He reflected, and determined --

فَقُتِلَ كَیۡفَ قَدَّرَ

death seize him, how he determined!

ثُمَّ قُتِلَ كَیۡفَ قَدَّرَ

Again, death seize him, how he determined!

ثُمَّ نَظَرَ

Then he beheld,

ثُمَّ عَبَسَ وَبَسَرَ

then he frowned, and scowled,

ثُمَّ أَدۡبَرَ وَٱسۡتَكۡبَرَ

then he retreated, and waxed proud.

فَقَالَ إِنۡ هَـٰذَاۤ إِلَّا سِحۡرࣱ یُؤۡثَرُ

He said, 'This is naught but a trumped-up sorcery;

إِنۡ هَـٰذَاۤ إِلَّا قَوۡلُ ٱلۡبَشَرِ

'this is nothing but mortal speech.'

سَأُصۡلِیهِ سَقَرَ

I shall surely roast him in Sakar;

وَمَاۤ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا سَقَرُ

and what will teach thee what is Sakar?

لَا تُبۡقِی وَلَا تَذَرُ

It spares not, neither leaves alone

لَوَّاحَةࣱ لِّلۡبَشَرِ

scorching the flesh;

عَلَیۡهَا تِسۡعَةَ عَشَرَ

over it are nineteen.

وَمَا جَعَلۡنَاۤ أَصۡحَـٰبَ ٱلنَّارِ إِلَّا مَلَـٰۤىِٕكَةࣰۖ وَمَا جَعَلۡنَا عِدَّتَهُمۡ إِلَّا فِتۡنَةࣰ لِّلَّذِینَ كَفَرُوا۟ لِیَسۡتَیۡقِنَ ٱلَّذِینَ أُوتُوا۟ ٱلۡكِتَـٰبَ وَیَزۡدَادَ ٱلَّذِینَ ءَامَنُوۤا۟ إِیمَـٰنࣰا وَلَا یَرۡتَابَ ٱلَّذِینَ أُوتُوا۟ ٱلۡكِتَـٰبَ وَٱلۡمُؤۡمِنُونَ وَلِیَقُولَ ٱلَّذِینَ فِی قُلُوبِهِم مَّرَضࣱ وَٱلۡكَـٰفِرُونَ مَاذَاۤ أَرَادَ ٱللَّهُ بِهَـٰذَا مَثَلࣰاۚ كَذَ ٰ⁠لِكَ یُضِلُّ ٱللَّهُ مَن یَشَاۤءُ وَیَهۡدِی مَن یَشَاۤءُۚ وَمَا یَعۡلَمُ جُنُودَ رَبِّكَ إِلَّا هُوَۚ وَمَا هِیَ إِلَّا ذِكۡرَىٰ لِلۡبَشَرِ

We have appointed only angels to be masters of the Fire, and their number We have appointed only as a trial for the unbelievers, that those who were given the Book may have certainty, and that those who believe may increase in belief, and that those who were given the Book and those who believe may not be in-doubt, and that those in whose hearts there is sickness, and the unbelievers, may say, 'What did God intend by this as a similitude?' So God leads astray whomsoever He will, and He guides whomsoever He will; and none knows the hosts of thy Lord but He. And it is naught but a Reminder to mortals.

كَلَّا وَٱلۡقَمَرِ

Nay! By the moon

وَٱلَّیۡلِ إِذۡ أَدۡبَرَ

and the night when it retreats

وَٱلصُّبۡحِ إِذَاۤ أَسۡفَرَ

and the dawn when it is white,

إِنَّهَا لَإِحۡدَى ٱلۡكُبَرِ

surely it is one of the greatest things

نَذِیرࣰا لِّلۡبَشَرِ

as a warner to mortals.

لِمَن شَاۤءَ مِنكُمۡ أَن یَتَقَدَّمَ أَوۡ یَتَأَخَّرَ

to whoever of you desires to go forward or lag behind.

كُلُّ نَفۡسِۭ بِمَا كَسَبَتۡ رَهِینَةٌ

Every soul shall be pledged for what it has earned,

إِلَّاۤ أَصۡحَـٰبَ ٱلۡیَمِینِ

save the Companions of the Right;

فِی جَنَّـٰتࣲ یَتَسَاۤءَلُونَ

in Gardens they will question

عَنِ ٱلۡمُجۡرِمِینَ

concerning the sinners,

مَا سَلَكَكُمۡ فِی سَقَرَ

'What thrusted you into Sakar?'

قَالُوا۟ لَمۡ نَكُ مِنَ ٱلۡمُصَلِّینَ

They shall say, 'We were not of those who prayed, and

وَلَمۡ نَكُ نُطۡعِمُ ٱلۡمِسۡكِینَ

we fed not the needy,

وَكُنَّا نَخُوضُ مَعَ ٱلۡخَاۤىِٕضِینَ

and we plunged along with the plungers,

وَكُنَّا نُكَذِّبُ بِیَوۡمِ ٱلدِّینِ

and we cried lies to the Day of Doom,

حَتَّىٰۤ أَتَىٰنَا ٱلۡیَقِینُ

till the Certain came to us.' --

فَمَا تَنفَعُهُمۡ شَفَـٰعَةُ ٱلشَّـٰفِعِینَ

Then the intercession of the intercessors shall not profit them.

فَمَا لَهُمۡ عَنِ ٱلتَّذۡكِرَةِ مُعۡرِضِینَ

What ails them, that they turn away from the Reminder,

كَأَنَّهُمۡ حُمُرࣱ مُّسۡتَنفِرَةࣱ

as if they were startled asses

فَرَّتۡ مِن قَسۡوَرَةِۭ

fleeing -- before a lion?

بَلۡ یُرِیدُ كُلُّ ٱمۡرِئࣲ مِّنۡهُمۡ أَن یُؤۡتَىٰ صُحُفࣰا مُّنَشَّرَةࣰ

Nay, every man of them desires to be -- given -- scrolls unrolled.

كَلَّاۖ بَل لَّا یَخَافُونَ ٱلۡـَٔاخِرَةَ

No indeed; but they do not fear the Hereafter.

كَلَّاۤ إِنَّهُۥ تَذۡكِرَةࣱ

No indeed; surely it is a Reminder;

فَمَن شَاۤءَ ذَكَرَهُۥ

so whoever wills shall remember it.

وَمَا یَذۡكُرُونَ إِلَّاۤ أَن یَشَاۤءَ ٱللَّهُۚ هُوَ أَهۡلُ ٱلتَّقۡوَىٰ وَأَهۡلُ ٱلۡمَغۡفِرَةِ

And they will not remember, except that God wills; He is worthy to be feared, -- worthy to forgive.