يَا أَيُّهَا الْمُدَّثِّرُ ١

O thou shrouded in thy mantle,

قُمْ فَأَنذِرْ ٢

arise, and warn!

وَرَبَّكَ فَكَبِّرْ ٣

Thy Lord magnify

وَثِيَابَكَ فَطَهِّرْ ٤

thy robes purify

وَالرُّجْزَ فَاهْجُرْ ٥

and defilement flee!

وَلَا تَمْنُن تَسْتَكْثِرُ ٦

Give not, thinking to gain greater

وَلِرَبِّكَ فَاصْبِرْ ٧

and be patient unto thy Lord.

فَإِذَا نُقِرَ فِي النَّاقُورِ ٨

For when the Trump is sounded

فَذَٰلِكَ يَوْمَئِذٍ يَوْمٌ عَسِيرٌ ٩

that day will be a harsh day,

عَلَى الْكَافِرِينَ غَيْرُ يَسِيرٍ ١٠

for the unbelievers not easy.

ذَرْنِي وَمَنْ خَلَقْتُ وَحِيدًا ١١

Leave Me with him whom I created alone,

وَجَعَلْتُ لَهُ مَالًا مَّمْدُودًا ١٢

and appointed for him ample wealth

وَبَنِينَ شُهُودًا ١٣

and sons standing before him,

وَمَهَّدتُّ لَهُ تَمْهِيدًا ١٤

and made all things smooth for him;

ثُمَّ يَطْمَعُ أَنْ أَزِيدَ ١٥

then he is eager that I should do more.

كَلَّا ۖ إِنَّهُ كَانَ لِآيَاتِنَا عَنِيدًا ١٦

Nay! He is forward unto Our signs;

سَأُرْهِقُهُ صَعُودًا ١٧

and I shall constrain him to a hard ascent.

إِنَّهُ فَكَّرَ وَقَدَّرَ ١٨

Lo! He reflected, and determined --

فَقُتِلَ كَيْفَ قَدَّرَ ١٩

death seize him, how he determined!

ثُمَّ قُتِلَ كَيْفَ قَدَّرَ ٢٠

Again, death seize him, how he determined!