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Surat al-muddassir (A person who whistles)

المدشّر

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يٰٓاَيُّهَا الْمُدَّثِّرُۙ

yā ayyuhal-muddaṡṡir

O YOU ENFOLDED in your mantle (of reform)

قُمْ فَاَنْذِرْۖ

qum fa anżir

Arise and warn

وَرَبَّكَ فَكَبِّرْۖ

wa rabbaka fa kabbir

Glorify your Lord

وَثِيَابَكَ فَطَهِّرْۖ

wa ṡiyābaka fa ṭahhir

Purify your inner self

وَالرُّجْزَ فَاهْجُرْۖ

war-rujza fahjur

And banish all trepidation.

وَلَا تَمْنُنْ تَسْتَكْثِرُۖ

wa lā tamnun tastakṡir

Do not bestow favours in expectation of return

وَلِرَبِّكَ فَاصْبِرْۗ

wa lirabbika faṣbir

And persevere in the way of your Lord.

فَاِذَا نُقِرَ فِى النَّاقُوْرِۙ

fa iżā nuqira fin-nāqụr

For when the trumpet blows

فَذٰلِكَ يَوْمَىِٕذٍ يَّوْمٌ عَسِيْرٌۙ

fa żālika yauma`iżiy yaumun 'asīr

It will be a day of distress

عَلَى الْكٰفِرِيْنَ غَيْرُ يَسِيْرٍ

'alal-kāfirīna gairu yasīr

Dolorous for the unbelievers.

ذَرْنِيْ وَمَنْ خَلَقْتُ وَحِيْدًاۙ

żarnī wa man khalaqtu waḥīdā

Leave him to Me whom I created alone

وَّجَعَلْتُ لَهٗ مَالًا مَّمْدُوْدًاۙ

wa ja'altu lahụ mālam mamdụdā

And gave him abundant wealth

وَّبَنِيْنَ شُهُوْدًاۙ

wa banīna syuhụdā

And sons always present by his side

وَّمَهَّدْتُّ لَهٗ تَمْهِيْدًاۙ

wa mahhattu lahụ tamhīdā

And made things easy for them.

ثُمَّ يَطْمَعُ اَنْ اَزِيْدَۙ

ṡumma yaṭma'u an azīd

Yet he wants that I should give him more.

كَلَّاۗ اِنَّهٗ كَانَ لِاٰيٰتِنَا عَنِيْدًاۗ

kallā, innahụ kāna li`āyātinā 'anīdā

Never. He is refractory of Our signs.

سَاُرْهِقُهٗ صَعُوْدًاۗ

sa`ur-hiquhụ ṣa'ụdā

I shall inflict on him hardship

اِنَّهٗ فَكَّرَ وَقَدَّرَۙ

innahụ fakkara wa qaddar

For he had thought and calculated.

فَقُتِلَ كَيْفَ قَدَّرَۙ

fa qutila kaifa qaddar

May he be accursed how he planned!

ثُمَّ قُتِلَ كَيْفَ قَدَّرَۙ

ṡumma qutila kaifa qaddar

May be then be accursed how he plotted!

ثُمَّ نَظَرَۙ

ṡumma naẓar

Then he looked around

ثُمَّ عَبَسَ وَبَسَرَۙ

ṡumma 'abasa wa basar

And frowned and puckered his brow

ثُمَّ اَدْبَرَ وَاسْتَكْبَرَۙ

ṡumma adbara wastakbar

Then turned his back and waxed proud

فَقَالَ اِنْ هٰذَآ اِلَّا سِحْرٌ يُّؤْثَرُۙ

fa qāla in hāżā illā siḥruy yu`ṡar

And said: "This is nothing but the magic of old

اِنْ هٰذَآ اِلَّا قَوْلُ الْبَشَرِۗ

in hāżā illā qaulul-basyar

Nothing more than the speech of a man!"

سَاُصْلِيْهِ سَقَرَ

sa`uṣlīhi saqar

I will cast him into the fire of Hell.

وَمَآ اَدْرٰىكَ مَا سَقَرُۗ

wa mā adrāka mā saqar

What do you think Hell-fire is?

لَا تُبْقِيْ وَلَا تَذَرُۚ

lā tubqī wa lā tażar

It leaves nothing nor does it spare;

لَوَّاحَةٌ لِّلْبَشَرِۚ

lawwāḥatul lil-basyar

It glows and burns the skin.

عَلَيْهَا تِسْعَةَ عَشَرَۗ

'alaihā tis'ata 'asyar

Over it are nineteen (guards).

وَمَا جَعَلْنَآ اَصْحٰبَ النَّارِ اِلَّا مَلٰۤىِٕكَةً ۖوَّمَا جَعَلْنَا عِدَّتَهُمْ اِلَّا فِتْنَةً لِّلَّذِيْنَ كَفَرُوْاۙ لِيَسْتَيْقِنَ الَّذِيْنَ اُوْتُوا الْكِتٰبَ وَيَزْدَادَ الَّذِيْنَ اٰمَنُوْٓا اِيْمَانًا وَّلَا يَرْتَابَ الَّذِيْنَ اُوْتُوا الْكِتٰبَ وَالْمُؤْمِنُوْنَۙ وَلِيَقُوْلَ الَّذِيْنَ فِيْ قُلُوْبِهِمْ مَّرَضٌ وَّالْكٰفِرُوْنَ مَاذَآ اَرَادَ اللّٰهُ بِهٰذَا مَثَلًاۗ كَذٰلِكَ يُضِلُّ اللّٰهُ مَنْ يَّشَاۤءُ وَيَهْدِيْ مَنْ يَّشَاۤءُۗ وَمَا يَعْلَمُ جُنُوْدَ رَبِّكَ اِلَّا هُوَۗ وَمَا هِيَ اِلَّا ذِكْرٰى لِلْبَشَرِ

wa mā ja'alnā aṣ-ḥāban-nāri illā malā`ikataw wa mā ja'alnā 'iddatahum illā fitnatal lillażīna kafarụ liyastaiqinallażīna ụtul-kitāba wa yazdādallażīna āmanū īmānaw wa lā yartāballażīna ụtul-kitāba wal-mu`minụna wa liyaqụlallażīna fī qulụbihim maraḍuw wal-kāfirụna māżā arādallāhu bihāżā maṡalā, każālika yuḍillullāhu may yasyā`u wa yahdī may yasyā`, wa mā ya'lamu junụda rabbika illā huw, wa mā hiya illā żikrā lil-basyar

We have not appointed any one but angels as keepers of Hell and their number that We have fixed is to make it a means of contention for disbelievers so that those who were given the Book may be certain and the faith of the believers may have greater increase and the people of the Book and believers may not be deceived and the sceptics and infidels may say: "What does God mean by this parable?" That is how God leads whosoever He will astray and guides whosoever He will. None knows the armies of your Lord save Him self. This is no more than reminder for mankind.

كَلَّا وَالْقَمَرِۙ

kallā wal-qamar

I say the truth and call the moon to witness

وَالَّيْلِ اِذْ اَدْبَرَۙ

wal-laili iż adbar

And the night when on the wane

وَالصُّبْحِ اِذَآ اَسْفَرَۙ

waṣ-ṣub-ḥi iżā asfar

The morning when it is unveiled

اِنَّهَا لَاِحْدَى الْكُبَرِۙ

innahā la`iḥdal-kubar

That (Hell) is surely one of the greater (signs)

نَذِيْرًا لِّلْبَشَرِۙ

nażīral lil-basyar

A warning for people --

لِمَنْ شَاۤءَ مِنْكُمْ اَنْ يَّتَقَدَّمَ اَوْ يَتَاَخَّرَۗ

liman syā`a mingkum ay yataqaddama au yata`akhkhar

Whoever of you desires to progress or lag behind.

كُلُّ نَفْسٍۢ بِمَا كَسَبَتْ رَهِيْنَةٌۙ

kullu nafsim bimā kasabat rahīnah

Every soul is pledged to what it does

اِلَّآ اَصْحٰبَ الْيَمِيْنِ ۛ

illā aṣ-ḥābal-yamīn

Except those of the right hand

فِيْ جَنّٰتٍ ۛ يَتَسَاۤءَلُوْنَۙ

fī jannātiy yatasā`alụn

Sitting in the gardens asking

عَنِ الْمُجْرِمِيْنَۙ

'anil-mujrimīn

Of evil-doers:

مَا سَلَكَكُمْ فِيْ سَقَرَ

mā salakakum fī saqar

"What was it that brought you to Hell?"

قَالُوْا لَمْ نَكُ مِنَ الْمُصَلِّيْنَۙ

qālụ lam naku minal-muṣallīn

They will answer: "We did not fulfil our devotional obligations

وَلَمْ نَكُ نُطْعِمُ الْمِسْكِيْنَۙ

wa lam naku nuṭ'imul-miskīn

And did not feed the needy

وَكُنَّا نَخُوْضُ مَعَ الْخَاۤىِٕضِيْنَۙ

wa kunnā nakhụḍu ma'al-khā`iḍīn

And plunged into useless things with those who were obstinate

وَكُنَّا نُكَذِّبُ بِيَوْمِ الدِّيْنِۙ

wa kunnā nukażżibu biyaumid-dīn

And rejected the Day of Judgement as a lie

حَتّٰىٓ اَتٰىنَا الْيَقِيْنُۗ

ḥattā atānal-yaqīn

Until the certainty (of death) had come upon us.

فَمَا تَنْفَعُهُمْ شَفَاعَةُ الشَّافِعِيْنَۗ

fa mā tanfa'uhum syafā'atusy-syāfi'īn

So the intercession of intercessors will not avail them.

فَمَا لَهُمْ عَنِ التَّذْكِرَةِ مُعْرِضِيْنَۙ

fa mā lahum 'anit-tażkirati mu'riḍīn

Why then do they turn away from the admonition

كَاَنَّهُمْ حُمُرٌ مُّسْتَنْفِرَةٌۙ

ka`annahum ḥumurum mustanfirah

As though they were frightened asses

فَرَّتْ مِنْ قَسْوَرَةٍۗ

farrat ming qaswarah

Fleeing from a lion?

بَلْ يُرِيْدُ كُلُّ امْرِئٍ مِّنْهُمْ اَنْ يُّؤْتٰى صُحُفًا مُّنَشَّرَةًۙ

bal yurīdu kullumri`im min-hum ay yu`tā ṣuḥufam munasysyarah

In fact every one of them wants to be given open books (like the prophets).

كَلَّاۗ بَلْ لَّا يَخَافُوْنَ الْاٰخِرَةَۗ

kallā, bal lā yakhāfụnal-ākhirah

By no means. In fact they do not fear the Hereafter.

كَلَّآ اِنَّهٗ تَذْكِرَةٌ ۚ

kallā innahụ tażkirah

Never so as this is a reminder.

فَمَنْ شَاۤءَ ذَكَرَهٗۗ

fa man syā`a żakarah

Let him then who heeds remember it.

وَمَا يَذْكُرُوْنَ اِلَّآ اَنْ يَّشَاۤءَ اللّٰهُ ۗهُوَ اَهْلُ التَّقْوٰى وَاَهْلُ الْمَغْفِرَةِ

wa mā yażkurụna illā ay yasyā`allāh, huwa ahlut-taqwā wa ahlul-magfirah

But they will not remember except as God wills: He is worthy to be feared and He is worthy of forgiving