Surah Al Muddathir

Quran Chapter 74

In the name of God, the Gracious, the Merciful.

1O you, Cloaked.

2Arise and warn.

3And magnify your Lord.

4And purify your garments.

5And shun uncleanliness.

6Don’t bestow favors to acquire more.

7And for your Lord’s sake, be patient.

8When the Trumpet is blown.

9That Day will be a difficult day.

10Not easy for the disbelievers.

11Leave Me to deal with the one I created alone.

12And gave him vast wealth.

13And children as witnesses.

14And I eased his circumstances.

15Then he hopes that I will add more.

16Indeed, no! He was stubborn towards Our revelations.

17I will impose on him a steep uphill climb.

18He thought and decided.

19May he be destroyed, how he decided!

20Then may he be destroyed, how he decided!

21Then he looked.

22Then he frowned and grimaced.

23Then he turned his back and swelled with pride.

24He said, “This is nothing but magic inherited from antiquity.

25This is nothing but the word of a human.”

26I will thrust him into Saqar.

27But what will make you understand what Saqar is?

28It spares nothing, and it leaves nothing.

29It blisters the skins.

30Over it are nineteen.

31We appointed angels as wardens of the Fire, and We set their number as a trial for the unbelievers, to reassure those who were given the Scripture, to strengthen the faith of the believers, and to remove any doubts from those who were given the Scripture and the believers. Those whose hearts harbor disease and the unbelievers will ask, “What does God intend by this parable?” Thus, God misguides whom He wills and guides whom He wills. None knows the soldiers of your Lord except Him. It is nothing but a reminder for humans.

32Absolutely! By the moon.

33And by the night, as it recedes.

34And by the dawn, as it breathes.

35It is one of the greatest.

36A warning to humans.

37For whoever among you wishes to advance or lag behind.

38Every soul is held hostage by its deeds.

39Except those on the Right.

40In Gardens, they are asking one another.

41About the criminals.

42“What led you to Saqar?”

43They will reply, “We weren’t among those who prayed.

44Nor did we feed the needy.

45And we used to indulge with those who indulged.

46And we used to deny the Day of Recompense.

47Until certainty came upon us.”

48The intercession of the intercessors won’t benefit them.

49So, why are they turning away from the Reminder?

50As if they were startled donkeys.

51Fleeing from a lion.

52Does each one of them wish to be handed out widespread pages?

53Indeed, they don’t fear the Hereafter.

54Surely, it’s a reminder.

55So whoever wills may remember it.

56But they won’t remember, unless God so wills. He is the source of righteousness, and the source of forgiveness.