Verses 1–30

يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلْمُدَّثِّرُ﴿١﴾

74:1O you wrapped up in your mantle!¹

قُمْ فَأَنذِرْ﴿٢﴾

74:2Rise up and warn!

وَرَبَّكَ فَكَبِّرْ﴿٣﴾

74:3Magnify your Lord,

وَثِيَابَكَ فَطَهِّرْ﴿٤﴾

74:4and purify your clothes,²

وَٱلرُّجْزَ فَٱهْجُرْ﴿٥﴾

74:5and keep away from all impurity!³

وَلَا تَمْنُن تَسْتَكْثِرُ﴿٦﴾

74:6Do not grant a favour seeking a greater gain,

وَلِرَبِّكَ فَٱصْبِرْ﴿٧﴾

74:7and be patient for the sake of your Lord.

فَإِذَا نُقِرَ فِى ٱلنَّاقُورِ﴿٨﴾

74:8When the Trumpet will be sounded,⁴

فَذَٰلِكَ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ يَوْمٌ عَسِيرٌ﴿٩﴾

74:9that will be a day of hardship,

عَلَى ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ غَيْرُ يَسِيرٍۢ﴿١٠﴾

74:10not at all easy for the faithless.

ذَرْنِى وَمَنْ خَلَقْتُ وَحِيدًۭا﴿١١﴾

74:11Leave Me [to deal] with him whom I created alone,

وَجَعَلْتُ لَهُۥ مَالًۭا مَّمْدُودًۭا﴿١٢﴾

74:12and furnished him with extensive means,

وَبَنِينَ شُهُودًۭا﴿١٣﴾

74:13[gave him] sons to be at his side,

وَمَهَّدتُّ لَهُۥ تَمْهِيدًۭا﴿١٤﴾

74:14and facilitated [all matters] for him.⁵

ثُمَّ يَطْمَعُ أَنْ أَزِيدَ﴿١٥﴾

74:15Still he is eager that I should give him more.

كَلَّآ ۖ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ لِءَايَٰتِنَا عَنِيدًۭا﴿١٦﴾

74:16No indeed! He is an obstinate opponent of Our signs.⁶

سَأُرْهِقُهُۥ صَعُودًا﴿١٧﴾

74:17Soon I will overwhelm him with hardship.⁷

إِنَّهُۥ فَكَّرَ وَقَدَّرَ﴿١٨﴾

74:18Indeed he reflected and decided.

فَقُتِلَ كَيْفَ قَدَّرَ﴿١٩﴾

74:19Perish he, how he decided!

ثُمَّ قُتِلَ كَيْفَ قَدَّرَ﴿٢٠﴾

74:20Again, perish he, how he decided!⁸

ثُمَّ نَظَرَ﴿٢١﴾

74:21Then he looked;

ثُمَّ عَبَسَ وَبَسَرَ﴿٢٢﴾

74:22then frowned and scowled.⁹¹⁰

ثُمَّ أَدْبَرَ وَٱسْتَكْبَرَ﴿٢٣﴾

74:23Then he walked away disdainfully,

فَقَالَ إِنْ هَٰذَآ إِلَّا سِحْرٌۭ يُؤْثَرُ﴿٢٤﴾

74:24saying, ‘It is nothing but traditional sorcery.

إِنْ هَٰذَآ إِلَّا قَوْلُ ٱلْبَشَرِ﴿٢٥﴾

74:25It is nothing but the speech of a human.’

سَأُصْلِيهِ سَقَرَ﴿٢٦﴾

74:26Soon I will cast him into Saqar.¹¹

وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا سَقَرُ﴿٢٧﴾

74:27And what will show you what is Saqar?

لَا تُبْقِى وَلَا تَذَرُ﴿٢٨﴾

74:28It neither spares, nor leaves [anything].

لَوَّاحَةٌۭ لِّلْبَشَرِ﴿٢٩﴾

74:29It burns the skin.¹²¹³

عَلَيْهَا تِسْعَةَ عَشَرَ﴿٣٠﴾

74:30There are nineteen [keepers] over it.