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Surah Al-Muddaththir — Word by Word

المدثر

The Cloaked One

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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

1
١

yāayyuhā l-mudathiru

O you who covers himself [with a garment],

2
٢

qum fa-andhir

Arise and warn.

3
٣

warabbaka fakabbir

And your Lord glorify.

4
٤

wathiyābaka faṭahhir

And your clothing purify.

5
٥

wal-ruj'za fa-uh'jur

And uncleanliness avoid.

6
٦

walā tamnun tastakthiru

And do not confer favor to acquire more.

7
٧

walirabbika fa-iṣ'bir

But for your Lord be patient.

8
٨

fa-idhā nuqira fī l-nāqūri

And when the trumpet is blown,

9
٩

fadhālika yawma-idhin yawmun ʿasīrun

That Day will be a difficult day

10
١٠

ʿalā l-kāfirīna ghayru yasīrin

For the disbelievers - not easy.

11
١١

dharnī waman khalaqtu waḥīdan

Leave Me with the one I created alone

12
١٢

wajaʿaltu lahu mālan mamdūdan

And to whom I granted extensive wealth

13
١٣

wabanīna shuhūdan

And children present [with him]

14
١٤

wamahhadttu lahu tamhīdan

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

15
١٥

thumma yaṭmaʿu an azīda

Then he desires that I should add more.

16
١٦

kallā innahu kāna liāyātinā ʿanīdan

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

17
١٧

sa-ur'hiquhu ṣaʿūdan

I will cover him with arduous torment.

18
١٨

innahu fakkara waqaddara

Indeed, he thought and deliberated.

19
١٩

faqutila kayfa qaddara

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

20
٢٠

thumma qutila kayfa qaddara

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

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