Arabic text and English translation

Saheeh International

1. فَقُتِلَ كَيْفَ قَدَّرَ

   So may he be destroyed [for] how he deliberated.

   المدثر 19

2. ثُمَّ قُتِلَ كَيْفَ قَدَّرَ

   Then may he be destroyed [for] how he deliberated.

   المدثر 20

3. ثُمَّ نَظَرَ

   Then he considered [again];

   المدثر 21

4. ثُمَّ عَبَسَ وَبَسَرَ

   Then he frowned and scowled;

   المدثر 22

5. ثُمَّ أَدْبَرَ وَٱسْتَكْبَرَ

   Then he turned back and was arrogant

   المدثر 23

6. فَقَالَ إِنْ هَـٰذَآ إِلَّا سِحْرٌ يُؤْثَرُ

   And said, "This is not but magic imitated [from others].

   المدثر 24

7. إِنْ هَـٰذَآ إِلَّا قَوْلُ ٱلْبَشَرِ

   This is not but the word of a human being."

   المدثر 25

8. سَأُصْلِيهِ سَقَرَ

   I will drive him into Saqar.

   المدثر 26

9. وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا سَقَرُ

   And what can make you know what is Saqar?

   المدثر 27

10. لَا تُبْقِى وَلَا تَذَرُ

    It lets nothing remain and leaves nothing [unburned],

    المدثر 28

11. لَوَّاحَةٌ لِّلْبَشَرِ

    Altering [i.e., blackening] the skins.

    المدثر 29

12. عَلَيْهَا تِسْعَةَ عَشَرَ

    Over it are nineteen [angels].

    المدثر 30

13. وَمَا جَعَلْنَآ أَصْحَـٰبَ ٱلنَّارِ إِلَّا مَلَـٰٓئِكَةً ۙ وَمَا جَعَلْنَا عِدَّتَهُمْ إِلَّا فِتْنَةً لِّلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ لِيَسْتَيْقِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُوا۟ ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ وَيَزْدَادَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓا۟ إِيمَـٰنًا ۙ وَلَا يَرْتَابَ ٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُوا۟ ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ وَٱلْمُؤْمِنُونَ ۙ وَلِيَقُولَ ٱلَّذِينَ فِى قُلُوبِهِم مَّرَضٌ وَٱلْكَـٰفِرُونَ مَاذَآ أَرَادَ ٱللَّهُ بِهَـٰذَا مَثَلًا ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ يُضِلُّ ٱللَّهُ مَن يَشَآءُ وَيَهْدِى مَن يَشَآءُ ۚ وَمَا يَعْلَمُ جُنُودَ رَبِّكَ إِلَّا هُوَ ۚ وَمَا هِىَ إِلَّا ذِكْرَىٰ لِلْبَشَرِ

    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 disease [i.e., hypocrisy] and the disbelievers will say, "What does Allāh intend by this as an example?" Thus does Allāh send astray whom He wills and guide whom He wills. And none knows the soldiers of your Lord except Him. And it [i.e., mention of the Fire] is not but a reminder to humanity.

    المدثر 31

14. كَلَّا وَٱلْقَمَرِ

    No! By the moon.

    المدثر 32

15. وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذْ أَدْبَرَ

    And [by] the night when it departs.

    المدثر 33

16. وَٱلصُّبْحِ إِذَآ أَسْفَرَ

    And [by] the morning when it brightens,

    المدثر 34

17. إِنَّهَا لَإِحْدَى ٱلْكُبَرِ

    Indeed, it [i.e., the Fire] is of the greatest [afflictions].

    المدثر 35

18. نَذِيرًا لِّلْبَشَرِ

    As a warning to humanity -

    المدثر 36

19. لِمَن شَآءَ مِنكُمْ أَن يَتَقَدَّمَ أَوْ يَتَأَخَّرَ

    To whoever wills among you to proceed or stay behind.

    المدثر 37

20. كُلُّ نَفْسٍۭ بِمَا كَسَبَتْ رَهِينَةٌ

    Every soul, for what it has earned, will be retained.

    المدثر 38

21. إِلَّآ أَصْحَـٰبَ ٱلْيَمِينِ

    Except the companions of the right,.

    المدثر 39

22. فِى جَنَّـٰتٍ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ

    [Who will be] in gardens, questioning each other

    المدثر 40

23. عَنِ ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ

    About the criminals,

    المدثر 41

24. مَا سَلَكَكُمْ فِى سَقَرَ

    [And asking them], "What put you into Saqar?"

    المدثر 42

25. قَالُوا۟ لَمْ نَكُ مِنَ ٱلْمُصَلِّينَ

    They will say, "We were not of those who prayed,

    المدثر 43

26. وَلَمْ نَكُ نُطْعِمُ ٱلْمِسْكِينَ

    Nor did we used to feed the poor.

    المدثر 44

27. وَكُنَّا نَخُوضُ مَعَ ٱلْخَآئِضِينَ

    And we used to enter into vain discourse with those who engaged [in it],

    المدثر 45

28. وَكُنَّا نُكَذِّبُ بِيَوْمِ ٱلدِّينِ

    And we used to deny the Day of Recompense

    المدثر 46

29. حَتَّىٰٓ أَتَىٰنَا ٱلْيَقِينُ

    Until there came to us the certainty [i.e., death]."

    المدثر 47