Surah Al-Muddaththir (The Cloaked One) in English

In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

1. يا أيها المدثر

   1

   O you wrapped up in your mantle!

   yā-ʾayyuhā l-muddaththiru

2. قم فأنذر

   2

   Rise up and warn!

   qum fa-ʾandhir

3. وربك فكبر

   3

   Magnify your Lord,

   wa-rabbaka fa-kabbir

4. وثيابك فطهر

   4

   and purify your clothes,

   wa-thiyābaka fa-ṭahhir

5. والرجز فاهجر

   5

   and keep away from all impurity!

   wa-r-rujza fa-hjur

6. ولا تمنن تستكثر

   6

   Do not grant a favour seeking a greater gain,

   wa-lā tamnun tastakthiru

7. ولربك فاصبر

   7

   and be patient for the sake of your Lord.

   wa-li-rabbika fa-ṣbir

8. فإذا نقر في الناقور

   8

   When the Trumpet will be sounded,

   fa-ʾidhā nuqira fī n-nāqūri

9. فذلك يومئذ يوم عسير

   9

   that will be a day of hardship,

   fa-dhālika yawmaʾidhin yawmun ʿasīrun

10. على الكافرين غير يسير

    10

    not at all easy for the faithless.

    ʿalā l-kāfirīna ghayru yasīrin

11. ذرني ومن خلقت وحيدا

    11

    Leave Me [to deal] with him whom I created alone,

    dharnī wa-man khalaqtu waḥīdan

12. وجعلت له مالا ممدودا

    12

    and furnished him with extensive means,

    wa-jaʿaltu lahū mālan mamdūdan

13. وبنين شهودا

    13

    [gave him] sons to be at his side,

    wa-banīna shuhūdan

14. ومهدت له تمهيدا

    14

    and facilitated [all matters] for him.

    wa-mahhadtu lahū tamhīdan

15. ثم يطمع أن أزيد

    15

    Still he is eager that I should give him more.

    thumma yaṭmaʿu ʾan ʾazīda

16. كلا إنه كان لآياتنا عنيدا

    16

    No indeed! He is an obstinate opponent of Our signs.

    kallā ʾinnahū kāna li-ʾāyātinā ʿanīdan

17. سأرهقه صعودا

    17

    Soon I will overwhelm him with hardship.

    sa-ʾurhiquhū ṣaʿūdan