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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
Ayahs 1 – 40
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عَنِ ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ ﴿٤١﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallConcerning the guilty:

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مَا سَلَكَكُمْ فِى سَقَرَ ﴿٤٢﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallWhat hath brought you to this burning?

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قَالُوا۟ لَمْ نَكُ مِنَ ٱلْمُصَلِّينَ ﴿٤٣﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThey will answer: We were not of those who prayed

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وَلَمْ نَكُ نُطْعِمُ ٱلْمِسْكِينَ ﴿٤٤﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallNor did we feed the wretched.

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وَكُنَّا نَخُوضُ مَعَ ٱلْخَآئِضِينَ ﴿٤٥﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallWe used to wade (in vain dispute) with (all) waders,

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وَكُنَّا نُكَذِّبُ بِيَوْمِ ٱلدِّينِ ﴿٤٦﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd we used to deny the Day of Judgment,

47
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حَتَّىٰٓ أَتَىٰنَا ٱلْيَقِينُ ﴿٤٧﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallTill the Inevitable came unto us.

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فَمَا تَنفَعُهُمْ شَفَـٰعَةُ ٱلشَّـٰفِعِينَ ﴿٤٨﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThe mediation of no mediators will avail them then.

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فَمَا لَهُمْ عَنِ ٱلتَّذْكِرَةِ مُعْرِضِينَ ﴿٤٩﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallWhy now turn they away from the Admonishment,

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كَأَنَّهُمْ حُمُرٌ مُّسْتَنفِرَةٌ ﴿٥٠﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAs they were frightened asses

51
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فَرَّتْ مِن قَسْوَرَةٍۭ ﴿٥١﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallFleeing from a lion?

52
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بَلْ يُرِيدُ كُلُّ ٱمْرِئٍ مِّنْهُمْ أَن يُؤْتَىٰ صُحُفًا مُّنَشَّرَةً ﴿٥٢﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallNay, but everyone of them desireth that he should be given open pages (from Allah).

53
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كَلَّا ۖ بَل لَّا يَخَافُونَ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةَ ﴿٥٣﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallNay, verily. They fear not the Hereafter.

54
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كَلَّآ إِنَّهُۥ تَذْكِرَةٌ ﴿٥٤﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallNay, verily. Lo! this is an Admonishment.

55
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فَمَن شَآءَ ذَكَرَهُۥ ﴿٥٥﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallSo whosoever will may heed.

56
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وَمَا يَذْكُرُونَ إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُ ۚ هُوَ أَهْلُ ٱلتَّقْوَىٰ وَأَهْلُ ٱلْمَغْفِرَةِ ﴿٥٦﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd they will not heed unless Allah willeth (it). He is the fount of fear. He is the fount of Mercy.

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).