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المُدَّثِّرِ

Surah Al-Muddaththir

The Cloaked One

The call to arise and warn.

About Surah Al-Muddaththir

Al-Muddaththir, “The Cloaked One,” among the earliest revelations, calls the Prophet ﷺ to arise and warn, to magnify his Lord and to purify himself.

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بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

In the name of Allah, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful.

  1. 1 Al-Muddaththir 74:1

    بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلْمُدَّثِّرُ

    Yaaa ayyuhal muddassir

    O you who covers himself [with a garment],

  2. 2 Al-Muddaththir 74:2

    قُمْ فَأَنذِرْ

    Qum fa anzir

    Arise and warn

  3. 3 Al-Muddaththir 74:3

    وَرَبَّكَ فَكَبِّرْ

    Wa rabbaka fakabbir

    And your Lord glorify

  4. 4 Al-Muddaththir 74:4

    وَثِيَابَكَ فَطَهِّرْ

    Wa siyaabaka fatahhir

    And your clothing purify

  5. 5 Al-Muddaththir 74:5

    وَٱلرُّجْزَ فَٱهْجُرْ

    Warrujza fahjur

    And uncleanliness avoid

  6. 6 Al-Muddaththir 74:6

    وَلَا تَمْنُن تَسْتَكْثِرُ

    Wa laa tamnun tastaksir

    And do not confer favor to acquire more

  7. 7 Al-Muddaththir 74:7

    وَلِرَبِّكَ فَٱصْبِرْ

    Wa li Rabbika fasbir

    But for your Lord be patient.

  8. 8 Al-Muddaththir 74:8

    فَإِذَا نُقِرَ فِى ٱلنَّاقُورِ

    Fa izaa nuqira fin naaqoor

    And when the trumpet is blown,

  9. 9 Al-Muddaththir 74:9

    فَذَٰلِكَ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ يَوْمٌ عَسِيرٌ

    Fazaalika yawma 'iziny yawmun 'aseer

    That Day will be a difficult day

  10. 10 Al-Muddaththir 74:10

    عَلَى ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ غَيْرُ يَسِيرٍۢ

    'Alal kaafireena ghayru yaseer

    For the disbelievers - not easy.

  11. 11 Al-Muddaththir 74:11

    ذَرْنِى وَمَنْ خَلَقْتُ وَحِيدًۭا

    Zamee wa man khalaqtu waheedaa

    Leave Me with the one I created alone

  12. 12 Al-Muddaththir 74:12

    وَجَعَلْتُ لَهُۥ مَالًۭا مَّمْدُودًۭا

    Wa ja'altu lahoo maalam mamdoodaa

    And to whom I granted extensive wealth

  13. 13 Al-Muddaththir 74:13

    وَبَنِينَ شُهُودًۭا

    Wa baneena shuhoodaa

    And children present [with him]

  14. 14 Al-Muddaththir 74:14

    وَمَهَّدتُّ لَهُۥ تَمْهِيدًۭا

    Wa mahhattu lahoo tamheeda

    And spread [everything] before him, easing [his life].

  15. 15 Al-Muddaththir 74:15

    ثُمَّ يَطْمَعُ أَنْ أَزِيدَ

    Summa yat ma'u an azeed

    Then he desires that I should add more.

  16. 16 Al-Muddaththir 74:16

    كَلَّآ ۖ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ لِءَايَٰتِنَا عَنِيدًۭا

    Kallaaa innahoo kaana li Aayaatinaa 'aneedaa

    No! Indeed, he has been toward Our verses obstinate.

  17. 17 Al-Muddaththir 74:17

    سَأُرْهِقُهُۥ صَعُودًا

    Sa urhiquhoo sa'oodaa

    I will cover him with arduous torment.

  18. 18 Al-Muddaththir 74:18

    إِنَّهُۥ فَكَّرَ وَقَدَّرَ

    Innahoo fakkara wa qaddar

    Indeed, he thought and deliberated.

  19. 19 Al-Muddaththir 74:19

    فَقُتِلَ كَيْفَ قَدَّرَ

    Faqutila kayfa qaddar

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

  20. 20 Al-Muddaththir 74:20

    ثُمَّ قُتِلَ كَيْفَ قَدَّرَ

    Summa qutila kaifa qaddar

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

  21. 21 Al-Muddaththir 74:21

    ثُمَّ نَظَرَ

    Summa nazar

    Then he considered [again];

  22. 22 Al-Muddaththir 74:22

    ثُمَّ عَبَسَ وَبَسَرَ

    Summa 'abasa wa basar

    Then he frowned and scowled;

  23. 23 Al-Muddaththir 74:23

    ثُمَّ أَدْبَرَ وَٱسْتَكْبَرَ

    Summaa adbara wastakbar

    Then he turned back and was arrogant

  24. 24 Al-Muddaththir 74:24

    فَقَالَ إِنْ هَٰذَآ إِلَّا سِحْرٌۭ يُؤْثَرُ

    Faqaala in haazaaa illaa sihruny yu'sar

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

  25. 25 Al-Muddaththir 74:25

    إِنْ هَٰذَآ إِلَّا قَوْلُ ٱلْبَشَرِ

    In haazaaa illaa qawlul bashar

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

  26. 26 Al-Muddaththir 74:26

    سَأُصْلِيهِ سَقَرَ

    Sa usleehi saqar

    I will drive him into Saqar.

  27. 27 Al-Muddaththir 74:27

    وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا سَقَرُ

    Wa maaa adraaka maa saqar

    And what can make you know what is Saqar?

  28. 28 Al-Muddaththir 74:28

    لَا تُبْقِى وَلَا تَذَرُ

    Laa tubqee wa laa tazar

    It lets nothing remain and leaves nothing [unburned],

  29. 29 Al-Muddaththir 74:29

    لَوَّاحَةٌۭ لِّلْبَشَرِ

    Lawwaahatul lilbashar

    Blackening the skins.

  30. 30 Al-Muddaththir 74:30

    عَلَيْهَا تِسْعَةَ عَشَرَ

    'Alaihaa tis'ata 'ashar

    Over it are nineteen [angels].

  31. 31 Al-Muddaththir 74:31

    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

    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

    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.

  32. 32 Al-Muddaththir 74:32

    كَلَّا وَٱلْقَمَرِ

    Kallaa walqamar

    No! By the moon

  33. 33 Al-Muddaththir 74:33

    وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذْ أَدْبَرَ

    Wallaili adbar

    And [by] the night when it departs

  34. 34 Al-Muddaththir 74:34

    وَٱلصُّبْحِ إِذَآ أَسْفَرَ

    Wassub hi izaaa asfar

    And [by] the morning when it brightens,

  35. 35 Al-Muddaththir 74:35

    إِنَّهَا لَإِحْدَى ٱلْكُبَرِ

    Innahaa la ihdal kubar

    Indeed, the Fire is of the greatest [afflictions]

  36. 36 Al-Muddaththir 74:36

    نَذِيرًۭا لِّلْبَشَرِ

    Nazeeral lilbashar

    As a warning to humanity -

  37. 37 Al-Muddaththir 74:37

    لِمَن شَآءَ مِنكُمْ أَن يَتَقَدَّمَ أَوْ يَتَأَخَّرَ

    Liman shaaa'a minkum any yataqaddama aw yata akhkhar

    To whoever wills among you to proceed or stay behind.

  38. 38 Al-Muddaththir 74:38

    كُلُّ نَفْسٍۭ بِمَا كَسَبَتْ رَهِينَةٌ

    Kullu nafsim bim kasabat raheenah

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

  39. 39 Al-Muddaththir 74:39

    إِلَّآ أَصْحَٰبَ ٱلْيَمِينِ

    Illaaa as haabal yameen

    Except the companions of the right,

  40. 40 Al-Muddaththir 74:40

    فِى جَنَّٰتٍۢ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ

    Fee jannaatiny yata saaa'aloon

    [Who will be] in gardens, questioning each other

  41. 41 Al-Muddaththir 74:41

    عَنِ ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ

    'Anil mujrimeen

    About the criminals,

  42. 42 Al-Muddaththir 74:42

    مَا سَلَكَكُمْ فِى سَقَرَ

    Maa salakakum fee saqar

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

  43. 43 Al-Muddaththir 74:43

    قَالُوا۟ لَمْ نَكُ مِنَ ٱلْمُصَلِّينَ

    Qaaloo lam naku minal musalleen

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

  44. 44 Al-Muddaththir 74:44

    وَلَمْ نَكُ نُطْعِمُ ٱلْمِسْكِينَ

    Wa lam naku nut'imul miskeen

    Nor did we used to feed the poor.

  45. 45 Al-Muddaththir 74:45

    وَكُنَّا نَخُوضُ مَعَ ٱلْخَآئِضِينَ

    Wa kunnaa nakhoodu ma'al khaaa'ideen

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

  46. 46 Al-Muddaththir 74:46

    وَكُنَّا نُكَذِّبُ بِيَوْمِ ٱلدِّينِ

    Wa kunnaa nukazzibu bi yawmid Deen

    And we used to deny the Day of Recompense

  47. 47 Al-Muddaththir 74:47

    حَتَّىٰٓ أَتَىٰنَا ٱلْيَقِينُ

    Hattaaa ataanal yaqeen

    Until there came to us the certainty."

  48. 48 Al-Muddaththir 74:48

    فَمَا تَنفَعُهُمْ شَفَٰعَةُ ٱلشَّٰفِعِينَ

    Famaa tanfa'uhum shafaa'atush shaafi'een

    So there will not benefit them the intercession of [any] intercessors.

  49. 49 Al-Muddaththir 74:49

    فَمَا لَهُمْ عَنِ ٱلتَّذْكِرَةِ مُعْرِضِينَ

    Famaa lahum 'anittazkirati mu'rideen

    Then what is [the matter] with them that they are, from the reminder, turning away

  50. 50 Al-Muddaththir 74:50

    كَأَنَّهُمْ حُمُرٌۭ مُّسْتَنفِرَةٌۭ

    Ka annahum humurum mustanfirah

    As if they were alarmed donkeys

  51. 51 Al-Muddaththir 74:51

    فَرَّتْ مِن قَسْوَرَةٍۭ

    Farrat min qaswarah

    Fleeing from a lion?

  52. 52 Al-Muddaththir 74:52

    بَلْ يُرِيدُ كُلُّ ٱمْرِئٍۢ مِّنْهُمْ أَن يُؤْتَىٰ صُحُفًۭا مُّنَشَّرَةًۭ

    Bal yureedu kullum ri'im minhum any yu'taa suhufam munashsharah

    Rather, every person among them desires that he would be given scriptures spread about.

  53. 53 Al-Muddaththir 74:53

    كَلَّا ۖ بَل لَّا يَخَافُونَ ٱلْءَاخِرَةَ

    Kallaa bal laa yakhaafoonal aakhirah

    No! But they do not fear the Hereafter.

  54. 54 Al-Muddaththir 74:54

    كَلَّآ إِنَّهُۥ تَذْكِرَةٌۭ

    Kallaaa innahoo tazkirah

    No! Indeed, the Qur'an is a reminder

  55. 55 Al-Muddaththir 74:55

    فَمَن شَآءَ ذَكَرَهُۥ

    Fa man shaaa'a zakarah

    Then whoever wills will remember it.

  56. 56 Al-Muddaththir 74:56

    وَمَا يَذْكُرُونَ إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُ ۚ هُوَ أَهْلُ ٱلتَّقْوَىٰ وَأَهْلُ ٱلْمَغْفِرَةِ

    Wa maa yazkuroona illaaa any yashaaa'al laah; Huwa ahlut taqwaa wa ahlul maghfirah

    And they will not remember except that Allah wills. He is worthy of fear and adequate for [granting] forgiveness.

Surah Al-Muddaththir — frequently asked questions

What does Surah Al-Muddaththir mean?

“Al-Muddaththir” translates to “The Cloaked One.” It is the 74th surah (chapter) of the Holy Quran.

How many verses are in Surah Al-Muddaththir?

Surah Al-Muddaththir has 56 verses (ayahs).

Is Surah Al-Muddaththir Meccan or Medinan?

It is a Makkah (Meccan) surah — revealed before the Prophet’s ﷺ migration (Hijrah) to Madinah.

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