Al-Muddaththir المدثر
Arise and warn قم فأنذر
Summary and links in the frieze
In the frieze He receives the command to arise and warn, and sees what awaits the favored man who denies.
Read just before, 75 leads here: This man did not make the Contact; in the next sura, the severed confess: "We were not of those who made the Contact". 75
It leads to 73: "Arise and warn"; the next sura gives the command to arise again, this time to the one wrapped up, for the night. 73
Closes on “By the pen”
In the name of God, the All-Benevolent, the Benevolent. O you who are covered in a cloak! Arise and warn,
بِسۡمِ اِ۬للَّهِ اِ۬لرَّحۡمَٰنِ اِ۬لرَّحِيمِ يَٰأَيُّهَا اَ۬لۡمُدَّثِّرُ قُمۡ فَأَنذِرۡ
and your Guardian, proclaim His greatness,
وَرَبَّكَ فَكَبِّرۡ
and your clothes, purify them,
وَثِيَابَكَ فَطَهِّرۡ
and defilement, keep away from it,
وَاَلرِّجۡزَ فَاَهۡجُرۡ
and do not hold over others what you grant, deeming it abundant,
وَلَا تَمۡنُن تَسۡتَكۡثِرُ
and for your Guardian, be patient.
وَلِرَبِّكَ فَاَصۡبِرۡ
Then, when the trumpet is sounded, that Day will be a difficult day, not easy for the disowners.
فَإِذَا نُقِرَ فِي اِ۬لنَّاقُورِ فَذَٰلِكَ يَوۡمَئِذٖ يَوۡمٌ عَسِيرٌ عَلَى اَ۬لۡكٰ۪فِرِينَ غَيۡرُ يَسِيرٖ
Leave Me alone with the one I created, and made for him extensive goods, and sons present with him, and smoothed everything for him amply — then he covets that I should give more. By no means!
ذَرۡنِي وَمَنۡ خَلَقۡتُ وَحِيدٗا وَجَعَلۡتُ لَهُۥ مَالٗا مَّمۡدُودٗا وَبَنِينَ شُهُودٗا وَمَهَّدتُّ لَهُۥ تَمۡهِيدٗا ثُمَّ يَطۡمَعُ أَنۡ أَزِيدَ كَلَّاۖ
He has been obstinate toward Our signs.
إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ لِأٓيَٰتِنَا عَنِيدٗا
I will crush him with a steep ascent.
سَأُرۡهِقُهُۥ صَعُودًا
He thought and determined. So may he perish, how he determined! Again, may he perish, how he determined! Then he looked; then he frowned and scowled; then he turned back and grew proud, and said, "This is nothing but illusion passed down; this is nothing but the saying of a human."
إِنَّهُۥ فَكَّرَ وَقَدَّرَ فَقُتِلَ كَيۡفَ قَدَّرَ ثُمَّ قُتِلَ كَيۡفَ قَدَّرَ ثُمَّ نَظَرَ ثُمَّ عَبَسَ وَبَسَرَ ثُمَّ أَدۡبَرَ وَاَسۡتَكۡبَرَ فَقَالَ إِنۡ هَٰذَا إِلَّا سِحۡرٞ يُوثَرُ إِنۡ هَٰذَا إِلَّا قَوۡلُ اُ۬لۡبَشَرِ
I will make him burn in Saqar.
سَأُصۡلِيهِ سَقَرَ
And what will give you an idea of what Saqar is?
وَمَا أَدۡر۪ىٰكَ مَا سَقَر
It leaves nothing and spares nothing,
لَّا تُبۡقِي وَلَا تَذَر
visibly altering humans.
لَّوَّاحَةٞ لِّلۡبَشَرِ
Over it, nineteen.
عَلَيۡهَا تِسۡعَةَ عَشَرَ
And We have not made the companions of the Fire except Agents,
۞ وَمَا جَعَلۡنَا أَصۡحَٰبَ اَ۬لنّ۪ارِ إِلَّا مَلَٰٓئِكَةٗۖ
and We have not made their number except as a trial for those who disown — that those given the Scripture may be certain, and those who believe may increase in faith, and those given the Scripture and the believers may not doubt, and that those in whose cores is a sickness and the disowners may say, "What did God intend by this example?"
وَمَا جَعَلۡنَا عِدَّتَهُمۡ إِلَّا فِتۡنَةٗ لِّلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ لِيَسۡتَيۡقِنَ اَ۬لَّذِينَ أُوتُواْ اُ۬لۡكِتَٰبَ وَيَزۡدَادَ اَ۬لَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ إِيمَٰنٗا وَلَا يَرۡتَابَ اَ۬لَّذِينَ أُوتُواْ اُ۬لۡكِتَٰبَ وَاَلۡمُومِنُونَ وَلِيَقُولَ اَ۬لَّذِينَ فِي قُلُوبِهِم مَّرَضٞ وَاَلۡكَٰفِرُونَ مَاذَا أَرَادَ اَ۬للَّهُ بِهَٰذَا مَثَلٗاۚ
Thus does God send astray whom He wills and guide whom He wills.
كَذَٰلِكَ يُضِلُّ اُ۬للَّهُ مَن يَشَآءُ وَيَهۡدِي مَن يَشَآءُۚ
And none knows the armies of your Guardian except Him.
وَمَا يَعۡلَمُ جُنُودَ رَبِّكَ إِلَّا هُوۚ
And it is nothing but a reminder to humans.
وَّمَا هِيَ إِلَّا ذِكۡر۪يٰ لِلۡبَشَرِ
By no means! By the moon, and the night as it declines, and the morning as it shines forth — surely, it is one of the greatest, a warning to humans, to whoever among you wills to advance or to remain behind.
كَلَّا وَاَلۡقَمَرِ وَاَلَّيۡلِ إِذَا دَبَرَ وَاَلصُّبۡحِ إِذَا أَسۡفَرَ إِنَّهَا لَإِحۡدَى اَ۬لۡكُبَرِ نَذِيرٗا لِّلۡبَشَر لِّمَن شَآءَ مِنكُمۡ أَن يَتَقَدَّمَ أَوۡ يَتَأَخَّرَ
Every Self is a pledge for what it has earned, except the companions of the right,
كُلُّ نَفۡسِۢ بِمَا كَسَبَتۡ رَهِينَةٌ إِلَّا أَصۡحَٰبَ اَ۬لۡيَمِينِ
in gardens, they will ask one another about the severed: "What has led you into Saqar?"
فِي جَنَّٰتٖ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ عَنِ اِ۬لۡمُجۡرِمِينَ مَا سَلَككُّمۡ فِي سَقَرَ
They will say, "We were not of those who made the Contact, nor did we use to feed the destitute, and we used to immerse ourselves with those who immersed themselves, and we used to deny the Day of the Due, until certainty came to us."
قَالُواْ لَمۡ نَكُ مِنَ اَ۬لۡمُصَلِّينَ وَلَمۡ نَكُ نُطۡعِمُ اُ۬لۡمِسۡكِينَ وَكُنَّا نَخُوضُ مَعَ اَ۬لۡخَآئِضِينَ وَكُنَّا نُكَذِّب بِّيَوۡمِ اِ۬لدِّينِ حَتَّىٰ أَتَىٰنَا اَ۬لۡيَقِينُ
So the mediation of the mediators will not benefit them.
فَمَا تَنفَعُهُمۡ شَفَٰعَةُ اُ۬لشَّٰفِعِينَ
So what is with them that they turn away from the reminder, as if they were terrified donkeys, fleeing from a lion?
فَمَا لَهُمۡ عَنِ اِ۬لتَّذۡكِرَةِ مُعۡرِضِينَ كَأَنَّهُمۡ حُمُرٞ مُّسۡتَنفِرَةٞ فَرَّتۡ مِن قَسۡوَرَةِۢ
Rather, every person among them wants to be given chronicles deployed.
بَلۡ يُرِيدُ كُلُّ اُ۪مۡرِيٕٖ مِّنۡهُمۡ أَن يُوتَىٰ صُحُفٗا مُّنَشَّرَةٗ
By no means! But they do not fear the last life.
كَلَّاۖ بَل لَّا يَخَافُونَ اَ۬لۡأٓخِرَةَ
By no means! This is a reminder;
كَلَّا إِنَّهُۥ تَذۡكِرَةٞ
so whoever wants may remember it.
فَمَن شَآءَ ذَكَرَهُۥ
And they will not remember it unless God wills.
وَمَا يَذۡكُرُونَ إِلَّا أَن يَشَآءَ اَ۬للَّهۚ
He is worthy that one guard oneself before Him, and He is worthy to forgive.
هُّوَ أَهۡلُ اُ۬لتَّقۡوۭيٰ وَأَهۡلُ اُ۬لۡمَغۡفِرَةِ