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سورة المدثر

Al-Muddaththir · The Cloaked One

56 ayahs Makki Pages 575–577 Juz 29
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
Translation
Madd (maddah sign)Ghunnah (doubled noon / meem)Qalqalah
1
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يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلْمُدَّثِّرُ ﴿١﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallO thou enveloped in thy cloak,

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قُمْ فَأَنذِرْ ﴿٢﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallArise and warn!

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وَرَبَّكَ فَكَبِّرْ ﴿٣﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThy Lord magnify,

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وَثِيَابَكَ فَطَهِّرْ ﴿٤﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThy raiment purify,

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وَٱلرُّجْزَ فَٱهْجُرْ ﴿٥﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallPollution shun!

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وَلَا تَمْنُن تَسْتَكْثِرُ ﴿٦﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd show not favour, seeking wordly gain!

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وَلِرَبِّكَ فَٱصْبِرْ ﴿٧﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallFor the sake of thy Lord, be patient!

8
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فَإِذَا نُقِرَ فِى ٱلنَّاقُورِ ﴿٨﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallFor when the trumpet shall sound,

9
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فَذَٰلِكَ يَوْمَئِذٍ يَوْمٌ عَسِيرٌ ﴿٩﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallSurely that day will be a day of anguish,

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عَلَى ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَ غَيْرُ يَسِيرٍ ﴿١٠﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallNot of ease, for disbelievers.

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ذَرْنِى وَمَنْ خَلَقْتُ وَحِيدًا ﴿١١﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallLeave Me (to deal) with him whom I created lonely,

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وَجَعَلْتُ لَهُۥ مَالًا مَّمْدُودًا ﴿١٢﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd then bestowed upon him ample means,

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وَبَنِينَ شُهُودًا ﴿١٣﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd sons abiding in his presence

14
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وَمَهَّدتُّ لَهُۥ تَمْهِيدًا ﴿١٤﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd made (life) smooth for him.

15
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ثُمَّ يَطْمَعُ أَنْ أَزِيدَ ﴿١٥﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallYet he desireth that I should give more.

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كَلَّآ ۖ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ لِـَٔايَـٰتِنَا عَنِيدًا ﴿١٦﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallNay! For lo! he hath been stubborn to Our revelations.

17
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سَأُرْهِقُهُۥ صَعُودًا ﴿١٧﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallOn him I shall impose a fearful doom.

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إِنَّهُۥ فَكَّرَ وَقَدَّرَ ﴿١٨﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallFor lo! he did consider; then he planned -

19
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فَقُتِلَ كَيْفَ قَدَّرَ ﴿١٩﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall(Self-)destroyed is he, how he planned!

20
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ثُمَّ قُتِلَ كَيْفَ قَدَّرَ ﴿٢٠﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAgain (self-)destroyed is he, how he planned! -

21
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ثُمَّ نَظَرَ ﴿٢١﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThen looked he,

22
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ثُمَّ عَبَسَ وَبَسَرَ ﴿٢٢﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThen frowned he and showed displeasure.

23
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ثُمَّ أَدْبَرَ وَٱسْتَكْبَرَ ﴿٢٣﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThen turned he away in pride

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فَقَالَ إِنْ هَـٰذَآ إِلَّا سِحْرٌ يُؤْثَرُ ﴿٢٤﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd said: This is naught else than magic from of old;

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إِنْ هَـٰذَآ إِلَّا قَوْلُ ٱلْبَشَرِ ﴿٢٥﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThis is naught else than speech of mortal man.

26
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سَأُصْلِيهِ سَقَرَ ﴿٢٦﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallHim shall I fling unto the burning.

27
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وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا سَقَرُ ﴿٢٧﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall- Ah, what will convey unto thee what that burning is! -

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لَا تُبْقِى وَلَا تَذَرُ ﴿٢٨﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallIt leaveth naught; it spareth naught

29
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لَوَّاحَةٌ لِّلْبَشَرِ ﴿٢٩﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallIt shrivelleth the man.

30
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عَلَيْهَا تِسْعَةَ عَشَرَ ﴿٣٠﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAbove it are nineteen.

31
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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 ﴿٣١﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallWe 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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كَلَّا وَٱلْقَمَرِ ﴿٣٢﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallNay, by the Moon

33
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وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذْ أَدْبَرَ ﴿٣٣﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd the night when it withdraweth

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وَٱلصُّبْحِ إِذَآ أَسْفَرَ ﴿٣٤﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd the dawn when it shineth forth,

35
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إِنَّهَا لَإِحْدَى ٱلْكُبَرِ ﴿٣٥﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallLo! this is one of the greatest (portents)

36
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نَذِيرًا لِّلْبَشَرِ ﴿٣٦﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAs a warning unto men,

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لِمَن شَآءَ مِنكُمْ أَن يَتَقَدَّمَ أَوْ يَتَأَخَّرَ ﴿٣٧﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallUnto him of you who will advance or hang back.

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كُلُّ نَفْسٍۭ بِمَا كَسَبَتْ رَهِينَةٌ ﴿٣٨﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallEvery soul is a pledge for its own deeds;

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إِلَّآ أَصْحَـٰبَ ٱلْيَمِينِ ﴿٣٩﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallSave those who will stand on the right hand.

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فِى جَنَّـٰتٍ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ ﴿٤٠﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallIn gardens they will ask one another

Ayahs 41 – 56
Mishary Rashid AlafasyMurattal · Al-Muddaththir
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Quran text: Tanzil Quran Text (Uthmani), tanzil.net – CC BY 3.0, unchanged. Translation: The Meaning of the Glorious Koran, Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall – Public domain (published 1930).