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Translation of the Holy Quran by Dr. Gilani |
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The wrapped up Person - Chapter 74 | Contains 56 verses – Makka |
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يَا أَيُّهَا الْمُدَّثِّرُ |
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O you (Muhammad) who are wrapped up, at rest. |
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قُمْ فَأَنذِرْ |
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Rise up and warn (mankind). |
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وَرَبَّكَ فَكَبِّرْ |
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And praise the Greatness of your Lord. |
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وَثِيَابَكَ فَطَهِّرْ |
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And clean up your clothes. |
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وَالرُّجْزَ فَاهْجُرْ |
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And keep away from impurity and filth. |
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وَلَا تَمْنُن تَسْتَكْثِرُ |
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And do not mention the favor that you do, in order to expect to get more. |
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وَلِرَبِّكَ فَاصْبِرْ |
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And be patient for the sake of your Lord. |
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فَإِذَا نُقِرَ فِي النَّاقُورِ |
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Then when the massive sound will be blown, |
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فذَلِكَ يَوْمَئِذٍ يَوْمٌ عَسِيرٌ |
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Then that will be the Difficult Day (of Judgment), |
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عَلَى الْكَافِرِينَ غَيْرُ يَسِيرٍ |
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Far from easy for the disbelievers, deniers. |
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ذَرْنِي وَمَنْ خَلَقْتُ وَحِيدًا |
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Let Me to deal with those whom I created Alone. |
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وَجَعَلْتُ لَهُ مَالًا مَّمْدُودًا |
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To whom I also provided extended wealth at his disposal, |
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وَبَنِينَ شُهُودًا |
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And children to be by his side, |
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وَمَهَّدتُّ لَهُ تَمْهِيدًا |
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And made life nice and smooth for him. |
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ثُمَّ يَطْمَعُ أَنْ أَزِيدَ |
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Yet he desires that I should give more. |
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كَلَّا إِنَّهُ كَانَ لِآيَاتِنَا عَنِيدًا |
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Not so. He was indeed opposing Our Verses and Messages. |
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سَأُرْهِقُهُ صَعُودًا |
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I shall make him go up against hard times to come. |
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إِنَّهُ فَكَّرَ وَقَدَّرَ |
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Since he thought and plotted (against Our Commandments). |
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فَقُتِلَ كَيْفَ قَدَّرَ |
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So he will be down, because of the way he plotted and determined (how to do it). |
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ثُمَّ قُتِلَ كَيْفَ قَدَّرَ |
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Once more he will go down and be killed, because the way he plotted. |
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ثُمَّ نَظَرَ |
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Then he observed and looked around. |
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ثُمَّ عَبَسَ وَبَسَرَ |
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He then frowned and looked angrily. |
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ثُمَّ أَدْبَرَ وَاسْتَكْبَرَ |
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Then he turned back and behaved arrogantly. |
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فَقَالَ إِنْ هَذَا إِلَّا سِحْرٌ يُؤْثَرُ |
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He then said: “This (the Quran) is nothing but magic, influenced (by others)”. |
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إِنْ هَذَا إِلَّا قَوْلُ الْبَشَرِ |
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“This is nothing but the word of a human being”. |
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سَأُصْلِيهِ سَقَرَ |
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I shall soon throw him into the Hell Fire. |
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وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا سَقَرُ |
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And what do you understand (what makes you understand) what the Hell Fire is? |
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لَا تُبْقِي وَلَا تَذَرُ |
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It does not leave or spare (any sinner, deserving it). |
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لَوَّاحَةٌ لِّلْبَشَرِ |
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Blackening the skin. |
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عَلَيْهَا تِسْعَةَ عَشَرَ |
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Over it, there are nineteen (guards). |
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وَمَا
جَعَلْنَا أَصْحَابَ النَّارِ إِلَّا مَلَائِكَةً وَمَا جَعَلْنَا
عِدَّتَهُمْ إِلَّا فِتْنَةً لِّلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا لِيَسْتَيْقِنَ
الَّذِينَ أُوتُوا الْكِتَابَ وَيَزْدَادَ |
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And We appointed only angels as guards of the
Fire. And We also made their number (19) as a trial for the disbelievers, so that the people of Scripture (Jews, Christians) may gain certainty, and that it will increase in the faith of the believers, and that no doubt be left for the people of Scripture, nor for the believers, but those in whose hearts, there is a disease (of hypocrisy), will say: “What did God mean with this example?” That is how God lets astray whomever He wants to, and He guides whom He wants (and he wants). And no one knows the armies of your Lord, except He Himself. And this whole Message is nothing but a Reminder for mankind. |
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كَلَّا وَالْقَمَرِ |
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It is so, and not otherwise. Consider the moon. |
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وَاللَّيْلِ إِذْ أَدْبَرَ |
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And the night when it withdraws. |
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وَالصُّبْحِ إِذَا أَسْفَرَ |
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And the down of the day when it brightens. |
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إِنَّهَا لَإِحْدَى الْكُبَرِ |
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That it (the Quran) is one of the greatest phenomena. |
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نَذِيرًا لِّلْبَشَرِ |
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A warner for the entire mankind. |
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لِمَن شَاء مِنكُمْ أَن يَتَقَدَّمَ أَوْ يَتَأَخَّرَ |
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For anyone of you, willing to go forward with it or delay its benefit and remain behind. |
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كُلُّ نَفْسٍ بِمَا كَسَبَتْ رَهِينَةٌ |
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Every person is held responsible and ransom for what he or she has earned (by his or her deeds). |
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إِلَّا أَصْحَابَ الْيَمِينِ |
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Except those on the Right (Path ,who will have their book of deeds on judgment Day in their right hands). |
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فِي جَنَّاتٍ يَتَسَاءلُونَ |
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In the Gardens (of Paradise), they will be asking each other. |
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عَنِ الْمُجْرِمِينَ |
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About the habitual sinners-criminals. |
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مَا سَلَكَكُمْ فِي سَقَرَ |
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(they will ask:) “What caused you to get into the Hell?” |
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قَالُوا لَمْ نَكُ مِنَ الْمُصَلِّينَ |
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They will say: “We were not willing to pray”. |
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وَلَمْ نَكُ نُطْعِمُ الْمِسْكِينَ |
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“And we were not used to feed the poor”. |
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وَكُنَّا نَخُوضُ مَعَ الْخَائِضِينَ |
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“And we used to talk nonsense with vain talkers”. |
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وَكُنَّا نُكَذِّبُ بِيَوْمِ الدِّينِ |
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“And we kept on denying the Day of Judgment, calling it a lie”. |
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حَتَّى أَتَانَا الْيَقِينُ |
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“Until the certainty of it came”. |
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فَمَا تَنفَعُهُمْ شَفَاعَةُ الشَّافِعِينَ |
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So no intercession of any intercessors could be of any use to them. |
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فَمَا لَهُمْ عَنِ التَّذْكِرَةِ مُعْرِضِينَ |
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So what is wrong with them that they turn away from the Reminder (the Quran)? |
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كَأَنَّهُمْ حُمُرٌ مُّسْتَنفِرَةٌ |
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As if they were donkeys, who were frightened, |
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فَرَّتْ مِن قَسْوَرَةٍ |
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Fleeing from a hunter or a beast of pray, a lion. |
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بَلْ يُرِيدُ كُلُّ امْرِئٍ مِّنْهُمْ أَن يُؤْتَى صُحُفًا مُّنَشَّرَةً |
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As if every one of them wants to be given pages (by God directly), spread out for them. |
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كَلَّا بَل لَا يَخَافُونَ الْآخِرَةَ |
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By no means, the fact is that they do not fear the Hereafter (Judgment). |
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كَلَّا إِنَّهُ تَذْكِرَةٌ |
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Yet it (the Quran) is really a true Reminder. |
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فَمَن شَاء ذَكَرَهُ |
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So whoever wants, let him remember it. |
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وَمَا يَذْكُرُونَ إِلَّا أَن يَشَاءَ اللَّهُ هُوَ أَهْلُ التَّقْوَى وَأَهْلُ الْمَغْفِرَةِ |
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And they won’t receive the benefit of it or
be mindful of it, unless God wills it; as He is the Patron of piety (of pious people) and Blissful with Forgiving. 1 |
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Footnotes |
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God guides good people, not unjust ones. Even if good people made
mistakes or have sinned, they can ask God for forgiveness, as He is
Very Forgiving.
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