Surah Al-Muddaththir — Word by Word
المدثر
The Cloaked One
Explanations are simplified from tafsirs by Ibn Kathir, Mufti Muhammad Shafi, and Maulana Wahiduddin Khan. Spot an inaccuracy? Let us know.
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
yāayyuhā l-mudathiru
O you who covers himself [with a garment],
qum fa-andhir
Arise and warn.
warabbaka fakabbir
And your Lord glorify.
wathiyābaka faṭahhir
And your clothing purify.
wal-ruj'za fa-uh'jur
And uncleanliness avoid.
walā tamnun tastakthiru
And do not confer favor to acquire more.
walirabbika fa-iṣ'bir
But for your Lord be patient.
fa-idhā nuqira fī l-nāqūri
And when the trumpet is blown,
fadhālika yawma-idhin yawmun ʿasīrun
That Day will be a difficult day
ʿalā l-kāfirīna ghayru yasīrin
For the disbelievers - not easy.
dharnī waman khalaqtu waḥīdan
Leave Me with the one I created alone
wajaʿaltu lahu mālan mamdūdan
And to whom I granted extensive wealth
wabanīna shuhūdan
And children present [with him]
wamahhadttu lahu tamhīdan
And spread [everything] before him, easing [his life].
thumma yaṭmaʿu an azīda
Then he desires that I should add more.
kallā innahu kāna liāyātinā ʿanīdan
No! Indeed, he has been toward Our verses obstinate.
sa-ur'hiquhu ṣaʿūdan
I will cover him with arduous torment.
innahu fakkara waqaddara
Indeed, he thought and deliberated.
faqutila kayfa qaddara
So may he be destroyed [for] how he deliberated.
thumma qutila kayfa qaddara
Then may he be destroyed [for] how he deliberated.
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