مصحف الثريا

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلْمُدَّثِّرُ ۝١

You, wrapped in your cloak

قُمْ فَأَنذِرْ ۝٢

arise and give warning

وَرَبَّكَ فَكَبِّرْ ۝۳

Proclaim the greatness of your Lord

وَثِيَابَكَ فَطَهِّرْ ۝٤

cleanse yourself

وَٱلرُّجْزَ فَٱهْجُرْ ۝٥

keep away from all filth

وَلَا تَمْنُن تَسْتَكْثِرُ ۝٦

do not be overwhelmed and weaken

وَلِرَبِّكَ فَٱصْبِرْ ۝۷

be steadfast in your Lord’s cause

فَإِذَا نُقِرَ فِى ٱلنَّاقُورِ ۝۸

When the Trumpet sounds

فَذَٰلِكَ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ يَوْمٌ عَسِيرٌ ۝۹

that will be a Day of anguish for the disbelievers

عَلَى ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ غَيْرُ يَسِيرٍۢ ۝١۰

They will have no ease

ذَرْنِى وَمَنْ خَلَقْتُ وَحِيدًۭا ۝١١

[Prophet], leave Me to deal with the one I created helpless

وَجَعَلْتُ لَهُۥ مَالًۭا مَّمْدُودًۭا ۝١٢

then gave vast wealth

وَبَنِينَ شُهُودًۭا ۝١۳

and sons by his side

وَمَهَّدتُّ لَهُۥ تَمْهِيدًۭا ۝١٤

making everything easy for him–&ndash

ثُمَّ يَطْمَعُ أَنْ أَزِيدَ ۝١٥

yet he still hopes I will give him more

كَلَّآ ۖ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ لِءَايَٰتِنَا عَنِيدًۭا ۝١٦

No! He has been stubbornly hostile to Our revelation

سَأُرْهِقُهُۥ صَعُودًا ۝١۷

I will inflict a spiralling torment on him

إِنَّهُۥ فَكَّرَ وَقَدَّرَ ۝١۸

He planned and plotted–&ndash

فَقُتِلَ كَيْفَ قَدَّرَ ۝١۹

devilishly he plotted

ثُمَّ قُتِلَ كَيْفَ قَدَّرَ ۝٢۰

ferociously he plotted!–&ndash

ثُمَّ نَظَرَ ۝٢١

and looke

ثُمَّ عَبَسَ وَبَسَرَ ۝٢٢

and frowned and scowle

ثُمَّ أَدْبَرَ وَٱسْتَكْبَرَ ۝٢۳

and turned away and behaved arrogantl

فَقَالَ إِنْ هَٰذَآ إِلَّا سِحْرٌۭ يُؤْثَرُ ۝٢٤

and said, ‘This is just old sorcery

إِنْ هَٰذَآ إِلَّا قَوْلُ ٱلْبَشَرِ ۝٢٥

just the talk of a mortal!’

سَأُصْلِيهِ سَقَرَ ۝٢٦

I will throw him into the scorching Fire

وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا سَقَرُ ۝٢۷

What will explain to you what the scorching Fire is

لَا تُبْقِى وَلَا تَذَرُ ۝٢۸

It spares nothing and leaves nothing

لَوَّاحَةٌۭ لِّلْبَشَرِ ۝٢۹

it scorches the flesh of humans

عَلَيْهَا تِسْعَةَ عَشَرَ ۝۳۰

there are nineteen in charge of it–&ndash

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 ۝۳١

none other than angels appointed by Us to guard Hellfire- and We have made their number a test for the disbelievers. So those who have been given the Scripture will be certain and those who believe will have their faith increased: neither those who have been given the Scripture nor the believers will have any doubts, but the sick at heart and the disbelievers will say, ‘What could God mean by this description?’ God leaves whoever He will to stray and guides whoever He will- no one knows your Lord’s forces except Him- this [description] is a warning to mortals

كَلَّا وَٱلْقَمَرِ ۝۳٢

Yes––by the moon

وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذْ أَدْبَرَ ۝۳۳

By the departing night

وَٱلصُّبْحِ إِذَآ أَسْفَرَ ۝۳٤

By the shining dawn

إِنَّهَا لَإِحْدَى ٱلْكُبَرِ ۝۳٥

It is one of the mightiest things

نَذِيرًۭا لِّلْبَشَرِ ۝۳٦

a warning to all mortals

لِمَن شَآءَ مِنكُمْ أَن يَتَقَدَّمَ أَوْ يَتَأَخَّرَ ۝۳۷

to those of you who choose to go ahead and those who lag behind

كُلُّ نَفْسٍۭ بِمَا كَسَبَتْ رَهِينَةٌ ۝۳۸

Every soul is held in pledge for its deeds

إِلَّآ أَصْحَٰبَ ٱلْيَمِينِ ۝۳۹

but the Companions of the Right will sta

فِى جَنَّٰتٍۢ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ ۝٤۰

in Gardens and as

عَنِ ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ ۝٤١

about the guilty

مَا سَلَكَكُمْ فِى سَقَرَ ۝٤٢

‘What drove you to the Scorching Fire?’ [they will ask]

قَالُوا۟ لَمْ نَكُ مِنَ ٱلْمُصَلِّينَ ۝٤۳

and they will answer, ‘We did not pray

وَلَمْ نَكُ نُطْعِمُ ٱلْمِسْكِينَ ۝٤٤

we did not feed the poor

وَكُنَّا نَخُوضُ مَعَ ٱلْخَآئِضِينَ ۝٤٥

we indulged with others [in mocking the believers]

وَكُنَّا نُكَذِّبُ بِيَوْمِ ٱلدِّينِ ۝٤٦

we denied the Day of Judgemen

حَتَّىٰٓ أَتَىٰنَا ٱلْيَقِينُ ۝٤۷

until the Certain End came upon us.’

فَمَا تَنفَعُهُمْ شَفَٰعَةُ ٱلشَّٰفِعِينَ ۝٤۸

No intercessor’s plea will benefit them now

فَمَا لَهُمْ عَنِ ٱلتَّذْكِرَةِ مُعْرِضِينَ ۝٤۹

What is the matter with them? Why do they turn away from the warning

كَأَنَّهُمْ حُمُرٌۭ مُّسْتَنفِرَةٌۭ ۝٥۰

like frightened asse

فَرَّتْ مِن قَسْوَرَةٍۭ ۝٥١

fleeing from a lion

بَلْ يُرِيدُ كُلُّ ٱمْرِئٍۢ مِّنْهُمْ أَن يُؤْتَىٰ صُحُفًۭا مُّنَشَّرَةًۭ ۝٥٢

Each one of them demands that a scripture be sent down to him and unrolled before his very eyes

كَلَّا ۖ بَل لَّا يَخَافُونَ ٱلْءَاخِرَةَ ۝٥۳

No! Truly they have no fear of the life to come

كَلَّآ إِنَّهُۥ تَذْكِرَةٌۭ ۝٥٤

but truly this is a reminder

فَمَن شَآءَ ذَكَرَهُۥ ۝٥٥

Let whoever wishes to take heed do so

وَمَا يَذْكُرُونَ إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُ ۚ هُوَ أَهْلُ ٱلتَّقْوَىٰ وَأَهْلُ ٱلْمَغْفِرَةِ ۝٥٦

they will only take heed if God so wishes. He is the Lord who should be heeded, the Lord of forgiveness