Surah Al-Muddaththir
المدثر
Full text, transliteration, translation and color-coded tajweed
- 56 verses
- Meccan
- Juz 29
- Pages 575 to 577
- 7 min 05 s to listen
- 166 tajweed rules
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- 255 words
- Order of revelation: 4
Al-Muddaththir (المدثر) is surah 74 of the Quran: Meccan, 56 verses, in juz 29, pages 575 to 577 of the Madani Mushaf. Listening takes 7 min 05 s with al-Husary's teaching recitation. Here is the full text of Al-Muddaththir with color-coded tajweed, transliteration, translation of the meaning and an explanation of each verse.
The full text of Al-Muddaththir
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
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يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلْمُدَّثِّرُ ﴿١﴾
yā'ayyuha l-muddaththir
O you who covers himself [with a garment],
Referring to the Prophet (ﷺ).
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قُمْ فَأَنذِرْ ﴿٢﴾
qum fa'andhir
Arise and warn
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وَرَبَّكَ فَكَبِّرْ ﴿٣﴾
warabbaka fakabbir
And your Lord glorify
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وَثِيَابَكَ فَطَهِّرْ ﴿٤﴾
wathiyābaka faṭahhir
And your clothing purify
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وَٱلرُّجْزَ فَٱهْجُرْ ﴿٥﴾
war-rujza fahjur
And uncleanliness avoid
Specifically, idols or generally, bad conduct and morals.
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وَلَا تَمْنُن تَسْتَكْثِرُ ﴿٦﴾
walā tamnun tastakthir
And do not confer favor to acquire more
An alternative meaning is "Do not consider any favor you have conferred to be great."
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وَلِرَبِّكَ فَٱصْبِرْ ﴿٧﴾
walirabbika faṣbir
But for your Lord be patient.
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فَإِذَا نُقِرَ فِى ٱلنَّاقُورِ ﴿٨﴾
fa'idhā nuqira fi n-nāqūr
And when the trumpet is blown,
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فَذَٰلِكَ يَوْمَئِذٍ يَوْمٌ عَسِيرٌ ﴿٩﴾
fadhālika yawma'idhiy yawmun ʿasīr
That Day will be a difficult day
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عَلَى ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَ غَيْرُ يَسِيرٍ ﴿١٠﴾
ʿala l-kāfirīna ghayru yasīr
For the disbelievers - not easy.
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ذَرْنِى وَمَنْ خَلَقْتُ وَحِيدًا ﴿١١﴾
dharnī waman khalaqtu waḥīdā
Leave Me with the one I created alone
i.e., without wealth or children. The reference is to al-Waleed bin al-Mugheerah, who after inclining toward the Qur’ān, denied it publicly in order to win the approval of the Quraysh.
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وَجَعَلْتُ لَهُۥ مَالًا مَّمْدُودًا ﴿١٢﴾
wajaʿaltu lahū mālam mamdūdā
And to whom I granted extensive wealth
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وَبَنِينَ شُهُودًا ﴿١٣﴾
wabanīna shuhūdā
And children present [with him]
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وَمَهَّدتُّ لَهُۥ تَمْهِيدًا ﴿١٤﴾
wamahhattu lahū tamhīdā
And spread [everything] before him, easing [his life].
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ثُمَّ يَطْمَعُ أَنْ أَزِيدَ ﴿١٥﴾
thumma yaṭmaʿu 'an 'azīd
Then he desires that I should add more.
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كَلَّآ ۖ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ لِـَٔايَـٰتِنَا عَنِيدًا ﴿١٦﴾
kallā | innahū kāna li'āyātinā ʿanīdā
No! Indeed, he has been toward Our verses obstinate.
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سَأُرْهِقُهُۥ صَعُودًا ﴿١٧﴾
sa'urhiquhū ṣaʿūdā
I will cover him with arduous torment.
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إِنَّهُۥ فَكَّرَ وَقَدَّرَ ﴿١٨﴾
innahū fakkara waqaddar
Indeed, he thought and deliberated.
About what he would say concerning the Qur’ān and how he might discredit the Prophet (ﷺ).
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فَقُتِلَ كَيْفَ قَدَّرَ ﴿١٩﴾
faqutila kayfa qaddar
So may he be destroyed [for] how he deliberated.
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ثُمَّ قُتِلَ كَيْفَ قَدَّرَ ﴿٢٠﴾
thumma qutila kayfa qaddar
Then may he be destroyed [for] how he deliberated.
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ثُمَّ نَظَرَ ﴿٢١﴾
thumma naẓar
Then he considered [again];
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ثُمَّ عَبَسَ وَبَسَرَ ﴿٢٢﴾
thumma ʿabasa wabasar
Then he frowned and scowled;
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ثُمَّ أَدْبَرَ وَٱسْتَكْبَرَ ﴿٢٣﴾
thumma 'adbara wastakbar
Then he turned back and was arrogant
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فَقَالَ إِنْ هَـٰذَآ إِلَّا سِحْرٌ يُؤْثَرُ ﴿٢٤﴾
faqāla 'in hādhā 'illā siḥruy yu'thar
And said, "This is not but magic imitated [from others].
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إِنْ هَـٰذَآ إِلَّا قَوْلُ ٱلْبَشَرِ ﴿٢٥﴾
in hādhā 'illā qawlu l-bashar
This is not but the word of a human being."
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سَأُصْلِيهِ سَقَرَ ﴿٢٦﴾
sa'uṣlīhi saqar
I will drive him into Saqar.
One of the proper names of Hell.
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وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا سَقَرُ ﴿٢٧﴾
wamā 'adrāka mā saqar
And what can make you know what is Saqar?
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لَا تُبْقِى وَلَا تَذَرُ ﴿٢٨﴾
lā tubqī walā tadhar
It lets nothing remain and leaves nothing [unburned],
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لَوَّاحَةٌ لِّلْبَشَرِ ﴿٢٩﴾
lawwāḥatul lil-bashar
Altering [i.e., blackening] the skins.
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عَلَيْهَا تِسْعَةَ عَشَرَ ﴿٣٠﴾
ʿalayhā tisʿata ʿashar
Over it are nineteen [angels].
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وَمَا جَعَلْنَآ أَصْحَـٰبَ ٱلنَّارِ إِلَّا مَلَـٰٓئِكَةً ۙ وَمَا جَعَلْنَا عِدَّتَهُمْ إِلَّا فِتْنَةً لِّلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ لِيَسْتَيْقِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُوا۟ ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ وَيَزْدَادَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓا۟ إِيمَـٰنًا ۙ وَلَا يَرْتَابَ ٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُوا۟ ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ وَٱلْمُؤْمِنُونَ ۙ وَلِيَقُولَ ٱلَّذِينَ فِى قُلُوبِهِم مَّرَضٌ وَٱلْكَـٰفِرُونَ مَاذَآ أَرَادَ ٱللَّهُ بِهَـٰذَا مَثَلًا ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ يُضِلُّ ٱللَّهُ مَن يَشَآءُ وَيَهْدِى مَن يَشَآءُ ۚ وَمَا يَعْلَمُ جُنُودَ رَبِّكَ إِلَّا هُوَ ۚ وَمَا هِىَ إِلَّا ذِكْرَىٰ لِلْبَشَرِ ﴿٣١﴾
wamā jaʿalnā 'aṣḥāba n-nāri 'illā malā'ikataw wamā jaʿalnā ʿiddatahum 'illā fitnatal lilladhīna kafarū liyastayqina lladhīna 'ūtu l-kitāba wayazdāda lladhīna 'āmanū 'īmānaw walā yartāba lladhīna 'ūtu l-kitāba wal-mu'minūna waliyaqūla lladhīna fī qulūbihim maraḍuw wal-kāfirūna mādhā 'arāda llāhu bihādhā mathalā | kadhālika yuḍillu llāhu may yashā'u wayahdī may yashā' | wamā yaʿlamu junūda rabbika 'illā huw | wamā hiya 'illā dhikrā 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 disease [i.e., hypocrisy] and the disbelievers will say, "What does Allāh intend by this as an example?" Thus does Allāh send astray whom He wills and guide whom He wills. And none knows the soldiers of your Lord except Him. And it [i.e., mention of the Fire] is not but a reminder to humanity.
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كَلَّا وَٱلْقَمَرِ ﴿٣٢﴾
kallā wal-qamar
No! By the moon
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وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذْ أَدْبَرَ ﴿٣٣﴾
wallayli 'idh 'adbar
And [by] the night when it departs
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وَٱلصُّبْحِ إِذَآ أَسْفَرَ ﴿٣٤﴾
waṣ-ṣubḥi 'idhā 'asfar
And [by] the morning when it brightens,
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إِنَّهَا لَإِحْدَى ٱلْكُبَرِ ﴿٣٥﴾
innahā la'iḥda l-kubar
Indeed, it [i.e., the Fire] is of the greatest [afflictions]
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نَذِيرًا لِّلْبَشَرِ ﴿٣٦﴾
nadhīral lil-bashar
As a warning to humanity -
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لِمَن شَآءَ مِنكُمْ أَن يَتَقَدَّمَ أَوْ يَتَأَخَّرَ ﴿٣٧﴾
liman shā'a minkum 'ay yataqaddama 'aw yata'akhkhar
To whoever wills among you to proceed or stay behind.
To righteousness by acceptance of the warning.
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كُلُّ نَفْسٍۭ بِمَا كَسَبَتْ رَهِينَةٌ ﴿٣٨﴾
kullu nafsim bimā kasabat rahīnah
Every soul, for what it has earned, will be retained
i.e., subject or held responsible.
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إِلَّآ أَصْحَـٰبَ ٱلْيَمِينِ ﴿٣٩﴾
illā 'aṣḥāba l-yamīn
Except the companions of the right,.
i.e., the righteous who receive their records in their right hands.
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فِى جَنَّـٰتٍ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ ﴿٤٠﴾
fī jannātiy yatasā'alūn
[Who will be] in gardens, questioning each other
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عَنِ ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ ﴿٤١﴾
ʿani l-mujrimīn
About the criminals,
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مَا سَلَكَكُمْ فِى سَقَرَ ﴿٤٢﴾
mā salakakum fī saqar
[And asking them], "What put you into Saqar?"
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قَالُوا۟ لَمْ نَكُ مِنَ ٱلْمُصَلِّينَ ﴿٤٣﴾
qālū lam naku mina l-muṣallīn
They will say, "We were not of those who prayed,
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وَلَمْ نَكُ نُطْعِمُ ٱلْمِسْكِينَ ﴿٤٤﴾
walam naku nuṭʿimu l-miskīn
Nor did we used to feed the poor.
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وَكُنَّا نَخُوضُ مَعَ ٱلْخَآئِضِينَ ﴿٤٥﴾
wakunnā nakhūḍu maʿa l-khā'iḍīn
And we used to enter into vain discourse with those who engaged [in it],
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وَكُنَّا نُكَذِّبُ بِيَوْمِ ٱلدِّينِ ﴿٤٦﴾
wakunnā nukadhdhibu biyawmi d-dīn
And we used to deny the Day of Recompense
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حَتَّىٰٓ أَتَىٰنَا ٱلْيَقِينُ ﴿٤٧﴾
ḥattā 'atāna l-yaqīn
Until there came to us the certainty [i.e., death]."
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فَمَا تَنفَعُهُمْ شَفَـٰعَةُ ٱلشَّـٰفِعِينَ ﴿٤٨﴾
famā tanfaʿuhum shafāʿatu sh-shāfiʿīn
So there will not benefit them the intercession of [any] intercessors.
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فَمَا لَهُمْ عَنِ ٱلتَّذْكِرَةِ مُعْرِضِينَ ﴿٤٩﴾
famā lahum ʿani t-tadhkirati muʿriḍīn
Then what is [the matter] with them that they are, from the reminder, turning away
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كَأَنَّهُمْ حُمُرٌ مُّسْتَنفِرَةٌ ﴿٥٠﴾
ka'annahum ḥumurum mustanfirah
As if they were alarmed donkeys
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فَرَّتْ مِن قَسْوَرَةٍۭ ﴿٥١﴾
farrat min qaswarah
Fleeing from a lion?
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بَلْ يُرِيدُ كُلُّ ٱمْرِئٍ مِّنْهُمْ أَن يُؤْتَىٰ صُحُفًا مُّنَشَّرَةً ﴿٥٢﴾
bal yurīdu kullu mri'im minhum 'ay yu'tā ṣuḥufam munashsharah
Rather, every person among them desires that he would be given scriptures spread about.
Instead of Muḥammad (ﷺ).
i.e., made public. Much of their refusal of his message was due to envy and jealousy of the Prophet (ﷺ).
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كَلَّا ۖ بَل لَّا يَخَافُونَ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةَ ﴿٥٣﴾
kallā | bal lā yakhāfūna l-ākhirah
No! But they do not fear the Hereafter.
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كَلَّآ إِنَّهُۥ تَذْكِرَةٌ ﴿٥٤﴾
kallā 'innahū tadhkirah
No! Indeed, it [i.e., the Qur’ān] is a reminder
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فَمَن شَآءَ ذَكَرَهُۥ ﴿٥٥﴾
faman shā'a dhakarah
Then whoever wills will remember it.
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وَمَا يَذْكُرُونَ إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُ ۚ هُوَ أَهْلُ ٱلتَّقْوَىٰ وَأَهْلُ ٱلْمَغْفِرَةِ ﴿٥٦﴾
wamā yadhkurūna 'illā 'ay yashā'a llāh | huwa 'ahlu t-taqwā wa'ahlu l-maghfirah
And they will not remember except that Allāh wills. He is worthy of fear and adequate for [granting] forgiveness.
In the transliteration, “|”: the reciter stops; “·”: sakt, a brief cut without taking a breath.
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Tajweed in Al-Muddaththir, by the numbers
| Rule | Count | Examples |
|---|---|---|
| Hamzat al-Wasl | 37 | |
| Madd Tabee'ee | 24 | |
| Ghunnah | 15 | |
| Idgham with Ghunnah | 15 | |
| Madd at a stop | 14 | |
| Madd Munfasil | 13 | |
| Qalqalah | 12 | |
| Ikhfa | 9 | |
| Lam Shamsiyyah | 8 | |
| Madd Muttasil | 8 | |
| Unpronounced letter | 5 | |
| Idgham without Ghunnah | 3 | |
| Idgham Mutajanisayn | 1 | |
| Idgham Shafawi | 1 | |
| Iqlab | 1 |
The meaning of Al-Muddaththir, verse by verse
Show the meaning of the 56 verses
- 74:1
O you who is covered with his clothes (this refers to the Prophet (peace be upon him)
- 74:2
Arise and warn of Allah’s punishment.
- 74:3
Declare the greatness of your Lord.
- 74:4
Purify yourself from sins and your clothes from impurities.
- 74:5
Keep away from the worship of idols.
- 74:6
Do not think that you have done a favour to your Lord by regarding your righteous actions to be plenty.
- 74:7
Be patient for Allah’s sake over the harm that you incur.
- 74:8
When the trumpet will be blown a second time.
- 74:9
That day will be a severe day.
- 74:10
For those who reject Allah and His messengers it will not be easy.
- 74:11
Leave me, O Messenger, and the one whom I created alone in the womb of his mother without wealth or children (This refers to Walid bin Al Mughira).
- 74:12
I gave him plenty wealth.
- 74:13
I gave him children who were present with him, who attended gatherings with him and who did not leave him on account of travel due to the abundance of his wealth.
- 74:14
I extended to him his livelihood, provision and children profusely.
- 74:15
Then despite his denial of Me he desires that I give him more after I gave him all of that.
- 74:16
The matter is not as he thinks. He was opposed to My verses that I revealed to My messenger denying them.
- 74:17
I will impose on him difficulty from a punishment that he will not be able to bear.
- 74:18
This disbeliever whom I bestowed with those favours thought about what he should say in order to refute the Qur’ān, and planned this within himself.
- 74:19
So may he be cursed and punished. How did he plan!
- 74:20
Again, may he be cursed and punished. How did he plan!
- 74:21
Then he reconsidered and carefully thought about what he should say.
- 74:22
The he frowned and scowled when he did not find anything to challenge the Qur’ān with.
- 74:23
Then he turned away from faith and was too proud to follow the Prophet (peace be upon him).
- 74:24
He said: This what Muhammad brought is not Allah’s speech, but it is sorcery that he relates from others.
- 74:25
This is not Allah’s speech, but it is the speech of man.
- 74:26
I will enter this disbeliever into one of the levels of the Fire, which is Saqar, to suffer from its heat.
- 74:27
What will tell you, O Muhammad, what Saqar is?!
- 74:28
It does not spare any person that is punished in it except that it comes on him and does not leave him. Then he returns to how it was and it comes to him, again and again.
- 74:29
It severely burns and alters skins.
- 74:30
There are nineteen angels over it who are its wardens.
- 74:31
I did not make the wardens of the Fire except angels, so humans do not have the power to face them. Abu Jahl was lying when he and his people claimed that they have the ability to attack them and then they will come out of the Fire. I did not make this number of theirs except to test those who reject Allah, so that the Jews who were given the Torah and the Christians who were given the Gospel will become certain when the Qur’ān that confirms what is in their scriptures is revealed, so that the faith of the believers increases when the people of the scripture agree with them and the Jews, Christians and the believers do not have any doubt, and so that those who waver in faith and those who are disbelievers say: What does Allah intend by this strange number?! Just as those who deny this number are misguided and those who accept it are guided, Allah misguides whoever He wishes to misguide and He guides whoever He wishes to guide. No one knows the forces of your Lord, because of their huge number, besides Him, may He be glorified. So let Abu Jahl who, mockingly and dismissively, said, “Does Muhammad only have nineteen aides?!” know this. The Fire is only a reminder for human beings, through which they can come to know of Allah’s greatness, may He be glorified.
- 74:32
The statement is not as claimed by some idolaters that he will suffice his companions against the wardens of Hell and take them out of it. Allah took an oath by the moon.
- 74:33
He took an oath by the night when it departs.
- 74:34
He took an oath by the morning when it lights up.
- 74:35
The fire of Hell is one the great calamities.
- 74:36
In order to strike terror and fear in people.
- 74:37
Whoever from amongst you, O people, wishes to go forward with faith in Allah and righteous actions, or to lag behind by disbelief and sins.
- 74:38
Every soul will be taken to task for the actions that it did. Either its actions will destroy it or they will release and rescue it from destruction.
- 74:39
Except for the believers, who wont be taken to task for their sins. Instead, these will be overlooked because of their righteous actions.
- 74:40
On the Day of Judgement, they will be in gardens asking one another.
- 74:41
About the disbelievers who destroyed themselves by the sins they committed.
- 74:42
They will say to them: What entered you into Hell?
- 74:43
The disbelievers will answer them saying: We were not of those who discharged the obligatory prayer in the worldly life.
- 74:44
We did not feed the poor from what Allah gave us.
- 74:45
We used to be with the people of falsehood and go wherever they go. We used to speak to the people of misguidance and deviation.
- 74:46
We used to deny the day of recompense.
- 74:47
We persisted in this denial until death came to us and prevented us from repenting.
- 74:48
On the Day of Judgment, the mediation of intercessors from the angels, prophets and pious ones, will not benefit them, because the requirement for the acceptance of intercession is that the thing for which intercession is made must be approved.
- 74:49
What has made these idolaters turn away from the Qur’ān?!
- 74:50
As if they, in their turning away from and aversion to it, are wild donkeys that are extremely resistant.
- 74:51
That have fled from a lion out of fear for it.
- 74:52
Instead, each one of these idolaters wants for there to be an open book by his head side that tells him that Muhammad is a messenger from Allah. The reason for this is not the lack of proof or weakness of evidence. It is only obstinacy and pride.
- 74:53
The matter is not like that. In fact, the reason for their persistence in their misguidance is that they do not have faith in the punishment of the afterlife, so they remained in their disbelief.
- 74:54
Indeed, this Qur’ān is an admonition and a reminder.
- 74:55
Whoever wishes to read the Qur’ān and take lesson from it does so.
- 74:56
None takes lesson from it besides those whom Allah wills to take lesson. He (may He be glorified) is worthy of being mindful of by the fulfilment of His instructions and the avoidance of His prohibitions. He is worthy of forgiving the sins of His servants when they repent to Him.
Frequently asked questions
How many verses are in Surah Al-Muddaththir?
56 verses and 255 words. It starts in juz 29 and covers pages 575 to 577 of the Madani Mushaf.
Is Al-Muddaththir Meccan or Medinan?
Meccan, according to the classification of the Madani Mushaf. In the order of revelation, it comes 4th.
How long does it take to listen to Al-Muddaththir?
7 min 05 s with al-Husary's teaching recitation (al-Mushaf al-Mu'allim), which is slower than a usual recitation.
Which tajweed rules are in Al-Muddaththir?
166 rules are color-coded on this page. The most frequent in Al-Muddaththir: Hamzat al-Wasl (37), Madd Tabee'ee (24) and Ghunnah (15).
How can I practice reciting Surah Al-Muddaththir and get corrected?
Recite Surah Al-Muddaththir out loud in the Tilawa app, on iPhone or Android: it follows every word of Al-Muddaththir, then shows you the words and tajweed rules to work on, with the correct recitation to replay.
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