The Qur'an · Pickthall Translation

74. Al-Muddaththir

Pickthall translation · 56 verses

Surah Al-Muddaththir (74) of the Holy Qur'an, in the respected public domain Pickthall translation. It opens: “O thou enveloped in thy cloak” — the complete text of all 56 verses is below, free to read online, no account needed.

1O thou enveloped in thy cloak

2Arise and warn

3Thy Lord magnify

4Thy raiment purify

5Pollution shun

6And show not favour, seeking wordly gain

7For the sake of thy Lord, be patient

8For when the trumpet shall sound

9Surely that day will be a day of anguish

10Not of ease, for disbelievers

11Leave Me (to deal) with him whom I created lonely

12And then bestowed upon him ample means

13And sons abiding in his presence

14And made (life) smooth for him

15Yet he desireth that I should give more

16Nay! For lo! he hath been stubborn to Our revelations

17On him I shall impose a fearful doom

18For lo! he did consider; then he planned

19(Self-)destroyed is he, how he planned

20Again (self-)destroyed is he, how he planned

21Then looked he

22Then frowned he and showed displeasure

23Then turned he away in pride

24And said: This is naught else than magic from of old

25This is naught else than speech of mortal man

26Him shall I fling unto the burning

27Ah, what will convey unto thee what that burning is

28It leaveth naught; it spareth naught

29It shrivelleth the man

30Above it are nineteen

31We have appointed only angels to be wardens of the Fire, and their number have We made to be a stumbling-block for those who disbelieve; that those to whom the Scripture hath been given may have certainty, and that believers may increase in faith; and that those to whom the Scripture hath been given and believers may not doubt; and that those in whose hearts there is disease, and disbelievers, may say: What meaneth Allah by this similitude? Thus Allah sendeth astray whom He will, and whom He will He guideth. None knoweth the hosts of thy Lord save Him. This is naught else than a Reminder unto mortals

32Nay, by the Moon

33And the night when it withdraweth

34And the dawn when it shineth forth

35Lo! this is one of the greatest (portents)

36As a warning unto men

37Unto him of you who will advance or hang back

38Every soul is a pledge for its own deeds

39Save those who will stand on the right hand

40In gardens they will ask one another

41Concerning the guilty

42What hath brought you to this burning

43They will answer: We were not of those who prayed

44Nor did we feed the wretched

45We used to wade (in vain dispute) with (all) waders

46And we used to deny the Day of Judgment

47Till the Inevitable came unto us

48The mediation of no mediators will avail them then

49Why now turn they away from the Admonishment

50As they were frightened asses

51Fleeing from a lion

52Nay, but everyone of them desireth that he should be given open pages (from Allah)

53Nay, verily. They fear not the Hereafter

54Nay, verily. Lo! this is an Admonishment

55So whosoever will may heed

56And they will not heed unless Allah willeth (it). He is the fount of fear. He is the fount of Mercy

56 verses · Pickthall translation (public domain)

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