O you who covers himself [with a garment],

Ya ayyuha almuddaththir

Arise and warn.

Qum faanthir

And your Lord glorify.

Warabbaka fakabbir

And your clothing purify.

Wathiyabaka fatahhir

And uncleanliness avoid.

Warrujza fahjur

And do not confer favor to acquire more.

Wala tamnun tastakthir

But for your Lord be patient.

Walirabbika fasbir

And when the trumpet is blown,

Fa-itha nuqira fee annaqoor

That Day will be a difficult day

Fathalika yawma-ithin yawmunAAaseer

For the disbelievers - not easy.

AAala alkafireena ghayruyaseer

Leave Me with the one I created alone

Tharnee waman khalaqtu waheeda

And to whom I granted extensive wealth

WajaAAaltu lahu malan mamdooda

And children present [with him]

Wabaneena shuhooda

And spread [everything] before him, easing [his life].

Wamahhadtu lahu tamheeda

Then he desires that I should add more.

Thumma yatmaAAu an azeed

No! Indeed, he has been toward Our verses obstinate.

Kalla innahu kana li-ayatinaAAaneeda

I will cover him with arduous torment.

Saorhiquhu saAAooda

Indeed, he thought and deliberated.

Innahu fakkara waqaddar

So may he be destroyed [for] how he deliberated.

Faqutila kayfa qaddar

Then may he be destroyed [for] how he deliberated.

Thumma qutila kayfa qaddar

Then he considered [again];

Thumma nathar

Then he frowned and scowled;

Thumma AAabasa wabasar

Then he turned back and was arrogant

Thumma adbara wastakbar

And said, "This is not but magic imitated [from others].

Faqala in hatha illa sihrunyu/thar

This is not but the word of a human being."

In hatha illa qawlu albashar

I will drive him into Saqar.

Saosleehi saqar

And what can make you know what is Saqar?

Wama adraka ma saqar

It lets nothing remain and leaves nothing [unburned],

La tubqee wala tathar

Altering [i.e., blackening] the skins.

Lawwahatun lilbashar

Over it are nineteen [angels].

AAalayha tisAAata AAashar

And We have not made the keepers of the Fire except angels. And We have not made their number except as a trial for those who disbelieve - that those who were given the Scripture will be convinced and those who have believed will increase in faith and those who were given the Scripture and the believers will not doubt and that those in whose hearts is disease [i.e., hypocrisy] and the disbelievers will say, "What does Allāh intend by this as an example?" Thus does Allāh send astray whom He wills and guide whom He wills. And none knows the soldiers of your Lord except Him. And it [i.e., mention of the Fire] is not but a reminder to humanity.

Wama jaAAalna as-habaannari illa mala-ikatan wamajaAAalna AAiddatahum illa fitnatan lillatheenakafaroo liyastayqina allatheena ootoo alkitabawayazdada allatheena amanoo eemananwala yartaba allatheena ootoo alkitabawalmu/minoona waliyaqoola allatheena feequloobihim maradun walkafiroona mathaarada Allahu bihatha mathalan kathalikayudillu Allahu man yashao wayahdee man yashaowama yaAAlamu junooda rabbika illa huwa wamahiya illa thikra lilbashar

No! By the moon.

Kalla walqamar

And [by] the night when it departs.

Wallayli ith adbar

And [by] the morning when it brightens,

Wassubhi ithaasfar

Indeed, it [i.e., the Fire] is of the greatest [afflictions].

Innaha la-ihda alkubar

As a warning to humanity -

Natheeran lilbashar

To whoever wills among you to proceed or stay behind.

Liman shaa minkum an yataqaddama awyataakhkhar

Every soul, for what it has earned, will be retained.

Kullu nafsin bima kasabat raheena

Except the companions of the right,.

Illa as-haba alyameen

[Who will be] in gardens, questioning each other

Fee jannatin yatasaaloon

About the criminals,

AAani almujrimeen

[And asking them], "What put you into Saqar?"

Ma salakakum fee saqar

They will say, "We were not of those who prayed,

Qaloo lam naku mina almusalleen

Nor did we used to feed the poor.

Walam naku nutAAimu almiskeen

And we used to enter into vain discourse with those who engaged [in it],

Wakunna nakhoodu maAAa alkha-ideen

And we used to deny the Day of Recompense

Wakunna nukaththibu biyawmi addeen

Until there came to us the certainty [i.e., death]."

Hatta atanaalyaqeen

So there will not benefit them the intercession of [any] intercessors.

Fama tanfaAAuhum shafaAAatu ashshafiAAeen

Then what is [the matter] with them that they are, from the reminder, turning away.

Fama lahum AAani attathkiratimuAArideen

As if they were alarmed donkeys.

Kaannahum humurun mustanfira

Fleeing from a lion?

Farrat min qaswara

Rather, every person among them desires that he would be given scriptures spread about.

Bal yureedu kullu imri-in minhum an yu/tasuhufan munashshara

No! But they do not fear the Hereafter.

Kalla bal la yakhafoonaal-akhira

No! Indeed, it [i.e., the Qur’ān] is a reminder.

Kalla innahu tathkira

Then whoever wills will remember it.

Faman shaa thakarah

And they will not remember except that Allāh wills. He is worthy of fear and adequate for [granting] forgiveness.

Wama yathkuroona illaan yashaa Allahu huwa ahlu attaqwawaahlu almaghfirat