Surah Al-Muddaththir: Arabic, Transliteration and Translation
Surah Al-Muddaththir is chapter 74 of the Holy Quran; it has 56 verses and is a Meccan surah. Below you can read the whole surah verse by verse with the Arabic text, Latin transliteration and English translation.
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلْمُدَّثِّرُ﴿1﴾
Yaaa ayyuhal muddassir
1.O you who covers himself [with a garment],
قُمْ فَأَنذِرْ﴿2﴾
Qum fa anzir
2.Arise and warn
وَرَبَّكَ فَكَبِّرْ﴿3﴾
Wa rabbaka fakabbir
3.And your Lord glorify
وَثِيَابَكَ فَطَهِّرْ﴿4﴾
Wa siyaabaka fatahhir
4.And your clothing purify
وَٱلرُّجْزَ فَٱهْجُرْ﴿5﴾
Warrujza fahjur
5.And uncleanliness avoid
وَلَا تَمْنُن تَسْتَكْثِرُ﴿6﴾
Wa laa tamnun tastaksir
6.And do not confer favor to acquire more
وَلِرَبِّكَ فَٱصْبِرْ﴿7﴾
Wa li Rabbika fasbir
7.But for your Lord be patient.
فَإِذَا نُقِرَ فِى ٱلنَّاقُورِ﴿8﴾
Fa izaa nuqira fin naaqoor
8.And when the trumpet is blown,
فَذَٰلِكَ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ يَوْمٌ عَسِيرٌ﴿9﴾
Fazaalika yawma 'iziny yawmun 'aseer
9.That Day will be a difficult day
عَلَى ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ غَيْرُ يَسِيرٍۢ﴿10﴾
'Alal kaafireena ghayru yaseer
10.For the disbelievers - not easy.
ذَرْنِى وَمَنْ خَلَقْتُ وَحِيدًۭا﴿11﴾
Zamee wa man khalaqtu waheedaa
11.Leave Me with the one I created alone
وَجَعَلْتُ لَهُۥ مَالًۭا مَّمْدُودًۭا﴿12﴾
Wa ja'altu lahoo maalam mamdoodaa
12.And to whom I granted extensive wealth
وَبَنِينَ شُهُودًۭا﴿13﴾
Wa baneena shuhoodaa
13.And children present [with him]
وَمَهَّدتُّ لَهُۥ تَمْهِيدًۭا﴿14﴾
Wa mahhattu lahoo tamheeda
14.And spread [everything] before him, easing [his life].
ثُمَّ يَطْمَعُ أَنْ أَزِيدَ﴿15﴾
Summa yat ma'u an azeed
15.Then he desires that I should add more.
كَلَّآ ۖ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ لِءَايَٰتِنَا عَنِيدًۭا﴿16﴾
Kallaaa innahoo kaana li Aayaatinaa 'aneedaa
16.No! Indeed, he has been toward Our verses obstinate.
سَأُرْهِقُهُۥ صَعُودًا﴿17﴾
Sa urhiquhoo sa'oodaa
17.I will cover him with arduous torment.
إِنَّهُۥ فَكَّرَ وَقَدَّرَ﴿18﴾
Innahoo fakkara wa qaddar
18.Indeed, he thought and deliberated.
فَقُتِلَ كَيْفَ قَدَّرَ﴿19﴾
Faqutila kayfa qaddar
19.So may he be destroyed [for] how he deliberated.
ثُمَّ قُتِلَ كَيْفَ قَدَّرَ﴿20﴾
Summa qutila kaifa qaddar
20.Then may he be destroyed [for] how he deliberated.
ثُمَّ نَظَرَ﴿21﴾
Summa nazar
21.Then he considered [again];
ثُمَّ عَبَسَ وَبَسَرَ﴿22﴾
Summa 'abasa wa basar
22.Then he frowned and scowled;
ثُمَّ أَدْبَرَ وَٱسْتَكْبَرَ﴿23﴾
Summaa adbara wastakbar
23.Then he turned back and was arrogant
فَقَالَ إِنْ هَٰذَآ إِلَّا سِحْرٌۭ يُؤْثَرُ﴿24﴾
Faqaala in haazaaa illaa sihruny yu'sar
24.And said, "This is not but magic imitated [from others].
إِنْ هَٰذَآ إِلَّا قَوْلُ ٱلْبَشَرِ﴿25﴾
In haazaaa illaa qawlul bashar
25.This is not but the word of a human being."
سَأُصْلِيهِ سَقَرَ﴿26﴾
Sa usleehi saqar
26.I will drive him into Saqar.
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا سَقَرُ﴿27﴾
Wa maaa adraaka maa saqar
27.And what can make you know what is Saqar?
لَا تُبْقِى وَلَا تَذَرُ﴿28﴾
Laa tubqee wa laa tazar
28.It lets nothing remain and leaves nothing [unburned],
لَوَّاحَةٌۭ لِّلْبَشَرِ﴿29﴾
Lawwaahatul lilbashar
29.Blackening the skins.
عَلَيْهَا تِسْعَةَ عَشَرَ﴿30﴾
'Alaihaa tis'ata 'ashar
30.Over it are nineteen [angels].
وَمَا جَعَلْنَآ أَصْحَٰبَ ٱلنَّارِ إِلَّا مَلَٰٓئِكَةًۭ ۙ وَمَا جَعَلْنَا عِدَّتَهُمْ إِلَّا فِتْنَةًۭ لِّلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ لِيَسْتَيْقِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُوا۟ ٱلْكِتَٰبَ وَيَزْدَادَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓا۟ إِيمَٰنًۭا ۙ وَلَا يَرْتَابَ ٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُوا۟ ٱلْكِتَٰبَ وَٱلْمُؤْمِنُونَ ۙ وَلِيَقُولَ ٱلَّذِينَ فِى قُلُوبِهِم مَّرَضٌۭ وَٱلْكَٰفِرُونَ مَاذَآ أَرَادَ ٱللَّهُ بِهَٰذَا مَثَلًۭا ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ يُضِلُّ ٱللَّهُ مَن يَشَآءُ وَيَهْدِى مَن يَشَآءُ ۚ وَمَا يَعْلَمُ جُنُودَ رَبِّكَ إِلَّا هُوَ ۚ وَمَا هِىَ إِلَّا ذِكْرَىٰ لِلْبَشَرِ﴿31﴾
Wa maaja''alnaaa As haaban naari illaa malaaa 'ikatanw wa maa ja'alnaa 'iddatahum illaa fitnatal lillazeena kafaroo liyastayqinal lazeena ootul kitaaba wa yazdaadal lazeena aamanooo eemaananw wa laa yartaabal lazeena ootul kitaaba walmu'minoona wa liyaqoolal lazeena fee quloo bihim maradunw walkaafiroona maazaaa araadal laahu bihaazaa masalaa; kazaalika yudillul laahu many yashaaa'u wa yahdee many yashaaa'; wa maa ya'lamu junooda rabbika illaa hoo; wa maa hiya illaa zikraa lil bashar
31.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 hypocrisy and the disbelievers will say, "What does Allah intend by this as an example?" Thus does Allah leave astray whom He wills and guides whom He wills. And none knows the soldiers of your Lord except Him. And mention of the Fire is not but a reminder to humanity.
كَلَّا وَٱلْقَمَرِ﴿32﴾
Kallaa walqamar
32.No! By the moon
وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذْ أَدْبَرَ﴿33﴾
Wallaili adbar
33.And [by] the night when it departs
وَٱلصُّبْحِ إِذَآ أَسْفَرَ﴿34﴾
Wassub hi izaaa asfar
34.And [by] the morning when it brightens,
إِنَّهَا لَإِحْدَى ٱلْكُبَرِ﴿35﴾
Innahaa la ihdal kubar
35.Indeed, the Fire is of the greatest [afflictions]
نَذِيرًۭا لِّلْبَشَرِ﴿36﴾
Nazeeral lilbashar
36.As a warning to humanity -
لِمَن شَآءَ مِنكُمْ أَن يَتَقَدَّمَ أَوْ يَتَأَخَّرَ﴿37﴾
Liman shaaa'a minkum any yataqaddama aw yata akhkhar
37.To whoever wills among you to proceed or stay behind.
كُلُّ نَفْسٍۭ بِمَا كَسَبَتْ رَهِينَةٌ﴿38﴾
Kullu nafsim bim kasabat raheenah
38.Every soul, for what it has earned, will be retained
إِلَّآ أَصْحَٰبَ ٱلْيَمِينِ﴿39﴾
Illaaa as haabal yameen
39.Except the companions of the right,
فِى جَنَّٰتٍۢ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ﴿40﴾
Fee jannaatiny yata saaa'aloon
40.[Who will be] in gardens, questioning each other
عَنِ ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ﴿41﴾
'Anil mujrimeen
41.About the criminals,
مَا سَلَكَكُمْ فِى سَقَرَ﴿42﴾
Maa salakakum fee saqar
42.[And asking them], "What put you into Saqar?"
قَالُوا۟ لَمْ نَكُ مِنَ ٱلْمُصَلِّينَ﴿43﴾
Qaaloo lam naku minal musalleen
43.They will say, "We were not of those who prayed,
وَلَمْ نَكُ نُطْعِمُ ٱلْمِسْكِينَ﴿44﴾
Wa lam naku nut'imul miskeen
44.Nor did we used to feed the poor.
وَكُنَّا نَخُوضُ مَعَ ٱلْخَآئِضِينَ﴿45﴾
Wa kunnaa nakhoodu ma'al khaaa'ideen
45.And we used to enter into vain discourse with those who engaged [in it],
وَكُنَّا نُكَذِّبُ بِيَوْمِ ٱلدِّينِ﴿46﴾
Wa kunnaa nukazzibu bi yawmid Deen
46.And we used to deny the Day of Recompense
حَتَّىٰٓ أَتَىٰنَا ٱلْيَقِينُ﴿47﴾
Hattaaa ataanal yaqeen
47.Until there came to us the certainty."
فَمَا تَنفَعُهُمْ شَفَٰعَةُ ٱلشَّٰفِعِينَ﴿48﴾
Famaa tanfa'uhum shafaa'atush shaafi'een
48.So there will not benefit them the intercession of [any] intercessors.
فَمَا لَهُمْ عَنِ ٱلتَّذْكِرَةِ مُعْرِضِينَ﴿49﴾
Famaa lahum 'anittazkirati mu'rideen
49.Then what is [the matter] with them that they are, from the reminder, turning away
كَأَنَّهُمْ حُمُرٌۭ مُّسْتَنفِرَةٌۭ﴿50﴾
Ka annahum humurum mustanfirah
50.As if they were alarmed donkeys
فَرَّتْ مِن قَسْوَرَةٍۭ﴿51﴾
Farrat min qaswarah
51.Fleeing from a lion?
بَلْ يُرِيدُ كُلُّ ٱمْرِئٍۢ مِّنْهُمْ أَن يُؤْتَىٰ صُحُفًۭا مُّنَشَّرَةًۭ﴿52﴾
Bal yureedu kullum ri'im minhum any yu'taa suhufam munashsharah
52.Rather, every person among them desires that he would be given scriptures spread about.
كَلَّا ۖ بَل لَّا يَخَافُونَ ٱلْءَاخِرَةَ﴿53﴾
Kallaa bal laa yakhaafoonal aakhirah
53.No! But they do not fear the Hereafter.
كَلَّآ إِنَّهُۥ تَذْكِرَةٌۭ﴿54﴾
Kallaaa innahoo tazkirah
54.No! Indeed, the Qur'an is a reminder
فَمَن شَآءَ ذَكَرَهُۥ﴿55﴾
Fa man shaaa'a zakarah
55.Then whoever wills will remember it.
وَمَا يَذْكُرُونَ إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُ ۚ هُوَ أَهْلُ ٱلتَّقْوَىٰ وَأَهْلُ ٱلْمَغْفِرَةِ﴿56﴾
Wa maa yazkuroona illaaa any yashaaa'al laah; Huwa ahlut taqwaa wa ahlul maghfirah
56.And they will not remember except that Allah wills. He is worthy of fear and adequate for [granting] forgiveness.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many verses does Surah Al-Muddaththir have?
Surah Al-Muddaththir has 56 verses and is chapter 74 of the Holy Quran.
Is Surah Al-Muddaththir Meccan or Medinan?
Surah Al-Muddaththir is a Meccan surah; it was revealed during the Mecca period.