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AL-MUDDATHTHIR (THE CLOAKED ONE, THE MAN WEARING A CLOAK)

Total Verses: 56
Revealed At: MAKKA

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In the name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful.

Bismi Allahi alrrahmani alrraheemi

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O thou wrapped up (in the mantle)!

1. Ya ayyuha almuddaththiru

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Arise and deliver thy warning!

2. Qum faanthir

074.003
And thy Lord do thou magnify!

3. Warabbaka fakabbir

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And thy garments keep free from stain!

4. Wathiyabaka fatahhir

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And all abomination shun!

5. Waalrrujza faohjur

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Nor expect, in giving, any increase (for thyself)!

6. Wala tamnun tastakthiru

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But, for thy Lord's (Cause), be patient and constant!

7. Walirabbika faisbir

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Finally, when the Trumpet is sounded,

8. Fa-itha nuqira fee alnnaqoori

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That will be- that Day - a Day of Distress,-

9. Fathalika yawma-ithin yawmun AAaseerun

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Far from easy for those without Faith.

10. AAala alkafireena ghayru yaseerin

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Leave Me alone, (to deal) with the (creature) whom I created (bare and) alone!-

11. Tharnee waman khalaqtu waheedan

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To whom I granted resources in abundance,

12. WajaAAaltu lahu malan mamdoodan

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And sons to be by his side!-

13. Wabaneena shuhoodan

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To whom I made (life) smooth and comfortable!

14. Wamahhadtu lahu tamheedan

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Yet is he greedy-that I should add (yet more);-

15. Thumma yatmaAAu an azeeda

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By no means! For to Our Signs he has been refractory!

16. Kalla innahu kana li-ayatina AAaneedan

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Soon will I visit him with a mount of calamities!

17. Saorhiquhu saAAoodan

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For he thought and he plotted;-

18. Innahu fakkara waqaddara

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And woe to him! How he plotted!-

19. Faqutila kayfa qaddara

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Yea, Woe to him; How he plotted!-

20. Thumma qutila kayfa qaddara

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Then he looked round;

21. Thumma nathara

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Then he frowned and he scowled;

22. Thumma AAabasa wabasara

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Then he turned back and was haughty;

23. Thumma adbara waistakbara

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Then said he: "This is nothing but magic, derived from of old;

24. Faqala in hatha illa sihrun yu/tharu

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"This is nothing but the word of a mortal!"

25. In hatha illa qawlu albashari

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Soon will I cast him into Hell-Fire!

26. Saosleehi saqara

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And what will explain to thee what Hell-Fire is?

27. Wama adraka ma saqaru

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Naught doth it permit to endure, and naught doth it leave alone!-

28. La tubqee wala tatharu

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Darkening and changing the colour of man!

29. Lawwahatun lilbashari

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Over it are Nineteen.

30. AAalayha tisAAata AAashara

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And We have set none but angels as Guardians of the Fire; and We have fixed their number only as a trial for Unbelievers,- in order that the People of the Book may arrive at certainty, and the Believers may increase in Faith,- and that no doubts may be left for the People of the Book and the Believers, and that those in whose hearts is a disease and the Unbelievers may say, "What symbol doth Allah intend by this?" Thus doth Allah leave to stray whom He pleaseth, and guide whom He pleaseth: and none can know the forces of thy Lord, except He and this is no other than a warning to mankind.

31. Wama jaAAalna as-haba alnnari illa mala-ikatan wama jaAAalna AAiddatahum illa fitnatan lillatheena kafaroo liyastayqina allatheena ootoo alkitaba wayazdada allatheena amanoo eemanan wala yartaba allatheena ootoo alkitaba waalmu/minoona waliyaqoola allatheena fee quloobihim maradun waalkafiroona matha arada Allahu bihatha mathalan kathalika yudillu Allahu man yashao wayahdee man yashao wama yaAAlamu junooda rabbika illa huwa wama hiya illa thikra lilbashari

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Nay, verily: By the Moon,

32. Kalla waalqamari

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And by the Night as it retreateth,

33. Waallayli ith adbara

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And by the Dawn as it shineth forth,-

34. Waalssubhi itha asfara

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This is but one of the mighty (portents),

35. Innaha la-ihda alkubari

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A warning to mankind,-

36. Natheeran lilbashari

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To any of you that chooses to press forward, or to follow behind;-

37. Liman shaa minkum an yataqaddama aw yataakhkhara

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Every soul will be (held) in pledge for its deeds.

38. Kullu nafsin bima kasabat raheenatun

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Except the Companions of the Right Hand.

39. Illa as-haba alyameeni

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(They will be) in Gardens (of Delight): they will question each other,

40. Fee jannatin yatasaaloona

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And (ask) of the Sinners:

41. AAani almujrimeena

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"What led you into Hell Fire?"

42. Ma salakakum fee saqara

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They will say: "We were not of those who prayed;

43. Qaloo lam naku mina almusalleena

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"Nor were we of those who fed the indigent;

44. Walam naku nutAAimu almiskeena

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"But we used to talk vanities with vain talkers;

45. Wakunna nakhoodu maAAa alkha-ideena

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"And we used to deny the Day of Judgment,

46. Wakunna nukaththibu biyawmi alddeeni

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"Until there came to us (the Hour) that is certain."

47. Hatta atana alyaqeenu

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Then will no intercession of (any) intercessors profit them.

48. Fama tanfaAAuhum shafaAAatu alshshafiAAeena

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Then what is the matter with them that they turn away from admonition?-

49. Fama lahum AAani alttathkirati muAArideena

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As if they were affrighted asses,

50. Kaannahum humurun mustanfiratun

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Fleeing from a lion!

51. Farrat min qaswaratin

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Forsooth, each one of them wants to be given scrolls (of revelation) spread out!

52. Bal yureedu kullu imri-in minhum an yu/ta suhufan munashsharatan

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By no means! But they fear not the Hereafter,

53. Kalla bal la yakhafoona al-akhirata

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Nay, this surely is an admonition:

54. Kalla innahu tathkiratun

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Let any who will, keep it in remembrance!

55. Faman shaa thakarahu

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But none will keep it in remembrance except as Allah wills: He is the Lord of Righteousness, and the Lord of Forgiveness.

56. Wama yathkuroona illa an yashaa Allahu huwa ahlu alttaqwa waahlu almaghfirati


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