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Surah Al-Muddaththir ( The One Enveloped ) - Aya count 56
يَا أَيُّهَا الْمُدَّثِّرُ
( 1 ) 
O You founder of the most Benevolent Order!
قُمْ فَأَنذِرْ
( 2 ) Rise up to the occasion and post danger signs on the highway of life.
وَرَبَّكَ فَكَبِّرْ
( 3 ) Establish the Greatness of your Lord on earth!
وَثِيَابَكَ فَطَهِّرْ
( 4 ) Keep a meticulous character! (Literally, purify your garments).
وَالرُّجْزَ فَاهْجُرْ
( 5 ) Leave alone the opponents.
وَلَا تَمْنُن تَسْتَكْثِرُ
( 6 ) And give your wealth and person selflessly (30:39), (76:9).
وَلِرَبِّكَ فَاصْبِرْ
( 7 ) Steadfastly for your Sustainer.
فَإِذَا نُقِرَ فِي النَّاقُورِ
( 8 ) For when the Trumpet will sound.
فَذَٰلِكَ يَوْمَئِذٍ يَوْمٌ عَسِيرٌ
( 9 ) That will be that Day - A Day of hardship.
عَلَى الْكَافِرِينَ غَيْرُ يَسِيرٍ
( 10 ) Not of ease, for all who deny the Truth.
ذَرْنِي وَمَنْ خَلَقْتُ وَحِيدًا
( 11 ) Leave Me alone to deal with him whom I have created alone.
وَجَعَلْتُ لَهُ مَالًا مَّمْدُودًا
( 12 ) And then granted him abundant wealth and resources. (73:11).
وَبَنِينَ شُهُودًا
( 13 ) And children and party abiding in his presence.
وَمَهَّدتُّ لَهُ تَمْهِيدًا
( 14 ) And made life comfortable for him like a cradle.
ثُمَّ يَطْمَعُ أَنْ أَزِيدَ
( 15 ) But he keeps increasing in greed, desiring more and more.
كَلَّا ۖ إِنَّهُ كَانَ لِآيَاتِنَا عَنِيدًا
( 16 ) Nay! Behold, he has been a stubborn opponent of Our Revelations.
سَأُرْهِقُهُ صَعُودًا
( 17 ) I will cause him to walk an exhausting uphill climb.
إِنَّهُ فَكَّرَ وَقَدَّرَ
( 18 ) For, behold, he thought, and he designed.
فَقُتِلَ كَيْفَ قَدَّرَ
( 19 ) And thus he destroys himself, how he designs.
ثُمَّ قُتِلَ كَيْفَ قَدَّرَ
( 20 ) Again, he destroys himself, how he designs.
ثُمَّ نَظَرَ
( 21 ) And then he looked around.
ثُمَّ عَبَسَ وَبَسَرَ
( 22 ) And then he frowned and glared.
ثُمَّ أَدْبَرَ وَاسْتَكْبَرَ
( 23 ) And then he turned away in pride.
فَقَالَ إِنْ هَٰذَا إِلَّا سِحْرٌ يُؤْثَرُ
( 24 ) And said, "All this is a remnant of ancient magic.
إِنْ هَٰذَا إِلَّا قَوْلُ الْبَشَرِ
( 25 ) This is nothing but the speech of a human."
سَأُصْلِيهِ سَقَرَ
( 26 ) I shall soon cast him into Saqar.
وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا سَقَرُ
( 27 ) Ah, what will convey unto you what Saqar is!
لَا تُبْقِي وَلَا تَذَرُ
( 28 ) A Fire that lets not live and lets not die. (Fire of Regret).
لَوَّاحَةٌ لِّلْبَشَرِ
( 29 ) Visibly written on the tablet of an individual's life.
عَلَيْهَا تِسْعَةَ عَشَرَ
( 30 ) Over it are nineteen. (On the tablet of human life are inscribed nineteen patterns of behavior that lead to the Fire).
وَمَا جَعَلْنَا أَصْحَابَ النَّارِ إِلَّا مَلَائِكَةً ۙ وَمَا جَعَلْنَا عِدَّتَهُمْ إِلَّا فِتْنَةً لِّلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا لِيَسْتَيْقِنَ الَّذِينَ أُوتُوا الْكِتَابَ وَيَزْدَادَ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا إِيمَانًا ۙ وَلَا يَرْتَابَ الَّذِينَ أُوتُوا الْكِتَابَ وَالْمُؤْمِنُونَ ۙ وَلِيَقُولَ الَّذِينَ فِي قُلُوبِهِم مَّرَضٌ وَالْكَافِرُونَ مَاذَا أَرَادَ اللَّهُ بِهَٰذَا مَثَلًا ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ يُضِلُّ اللَّهُ مَن يَشَاءُ وَيَهْدِي مَن يَشَاءُ ۚ وَمَا يَعْلَمُ جُنُودَ رَبِّكَ إِلَّا هُوَ ۚ وَمَا هِيَ إِلَّا ذِكْرَىٰ لِلْبَشَرِ
( 31 ) We have appointed only Universal Laws to be the keepers of the Fire. And We have made their number a trial for those who wish to remain in darkness. This admonition should grant certainty to those who received the Scripture before while the believers shall increase in faith. And that the believers and those who have been given the Scripture shall harbor no doubt to this declaration. And the hypocrites and the deniers may say, "What means Allah with such an example?" Thus, Allah lets go astray him who wills to go astray, and guides him who wills to be guided. And no one knows the Forces of your Lord but He. And this Qur'an is naught else than a Reminder to mankind.
كَلَّا وَالْقَمَرِ
( 32 ) Nay! The Moon stands witness.
وَاللَّيْلِ إِذْ أَدْبَرَ
( 33 ) And the Night when it departs.
وَالصُّبْحِ إِذَا أَسْفَرَ
( 34 ) And the Dawn as it shines forth.
إِنَّهَا لَإِحْدَى الْكُبَرِ
( 35 ) Behold, this (the fore-going) is one of the Greatest allegories (that the Revolution is coming in all its splendor).
نَذِيرًا لِّلْبَشَرِ
( 36 ) This is a fore-warning for every human being.
لِمَن شَاءَ مِنكُمْ أَن يَتَقَدَّمَ أَوْ يَتَأَخَّرَ
( 37 ) To everyone of you, whether he chooses to advance or to lag behind.
كُلُّ نَفْسٍ بِمَا كَسَبَتْ رَهِينَةٌ
( 38 ) Every person is held in pledge for all that he has done. (52:21).
إِلَّا أَصْحَابَ الْيَمِينِ
( 39 ) Except those who have succeeded for being upright. ('Yameen' = A metaphor for righteousness and success. They have actualized their "Selves" by doing good to others).
فِي جَنَّاتٍ يَتَسَاءَلُونَ
( 40 ) In Gardens they will ask.
عَنِ الْمُجْرِمِينَ
( 41 ) Of those who used to steal the fruit of others' toil.
مَا سَلَكَكُمْ فِي سَقَرَ
( 42 ) "What has led you into Saqar?" (A Fire that lets not live and lets not die. Fire of Regret (74:28)).
قَالُوا لَمْ نَكُ مِنَ الْمُصَلِّينَ
( 43 ) They will reply, "We were not of the Musalleen."
وَلَمْ نَكُ نُطْعِمُ الْمِسْكِينَ
( 44 ) "Neither did we feed the hungry, nor did we take part in helping those who had lost their jobs, those whose businesses had stalled, and those whose hard-earned income was insufficient to meet their basic needs."
وَكُنَّا نَخُوضُ مَعَ الْخَائِضِينَ
( 45 ) "And we were among those who used to say what they did not do."
وَكُنَّا نُكَذِّبُ بِيَوْمِ الدِّينِ
( 46 ) "And we used to deny the Day of Judgment and that the Divine System will eventually prevail" (And that Allah's Law of Requital is totally unbiased and makes no exceptions).
حَتَّىٰ أَتَانَا الْيَقِينُ
( 47 ) "Till the inevitable Truth came unto us."
فَمَا تَنفَعُهُمْ شَفَاعَةُ الشَّافِعِينَ
( 48 ) Then no mediation of any mediator will help.
فَمَا لَهُمْ عَنِ التَّذْكِرَةِ مُعْرِضِينَ
( 49 ) What, then, is the matter with them that they are turning away from a clear Advisory?
كَأَنَّهُمْ حُمُرٌ مُّسْتَنفِرَةٌ
( 50 ) As if they were frightened zebras.
فَرَّتْ مِن قَسْوَرَةٍ
( 51 ) Fleeing from a lion!
بَلْ يُرِيدُ كُلُّ امْرِئٍ مِّنْهُمْ أَن يُؤْتَىٰ صُحُفًا مُّنَشَّرَةً
( 52 ) Nay, each of them wants to be given the scrolls of Revelation personally, unfolded (and spoon-fed).
كَلَّا ۖ بَل لَّا يَخَافُونَ الْآخِرَةَ
( 53 ) Nay, verily, they are oblivious to the Law of Cause and Effect - that every action has its ultimate consequence.
كَلَّا إِنَّهُ تَذْكِرَةٌ
( 54 ) Nay, behold, this is a clear Advisory.
فَمَن شَاءَ ذَكَرَهُ
( 55 ) So whoever wills may take it to heart.
وَمَا يَذْكُرُونَ إِلَّا أَن يَشَاءَ اللَّهُ ۚ هُوَ أَهْلُ التَّقْوَىٰ وَأَهْلُ الْمَغْفِرَةِ
( 56 ) But they will not take it to heart except in accordance with Allah's Law of Guidance. (4:88). He is the Source of security, and the Source of forgiveness and protection. (76:30), (81:29).
