المدثر

74 - The Hidden Secret (Al-Muddath-thir)

Order of Revelation: 4

نَذِيرًا لِّلْبَشَرِ

Transliteration:

Natheeran lilbashari

Word by Word:

A warning to (the) human being,

Translations:

a warning to mortal man

A warning to mankind,-

As a warning unto men,

A warning to mortals,

As a warning to humanity -

لِمَن شَاءَ مِنكُمْ أَن يَتَقَدَّمَ أَوْ يَتَأَخَّرَ

Transliteration:

Liman shaa minkum an yataqaddama aw yataakhkhara

Word by Word:

To whoever wills among you to proceed or stay behind.

Translations:

to everyone of you, whether he chooses to come forward or to hang back!

To any of you that chooses to press forward, or to follow behind;-

Unto him of you who will advance or hang back.

To him among you who will go forward or will remain behind.

To whoever wills among you to proceed or stay behind.

كُلُّ نَفْسٍ بِمَا كَسَبَتْ رَهِينَةٌ

Transliteration:

Kullu nafsin bima kasabat raheenatun

Word by Word:

Every soul, for what it has earned, (is) pledged,

Translations:

[On the Day of Judgment,] every human being will be held in pledge for whatever [evil] he has wrought

Every soul will be (held) in pledge for its deeds.

Every soul is a pledge for its own deeds;

Every soul is held in pledge for what it earns,

Every soul, for what it has earned, will be retained

إِلَّا أَصْحَابَ الْيَمِينِ

Transliteration:

Illa as-haba alyameeni

Word by Word:

Except (the) companions (of) the right,

Translations:

save those who shall have attained to righteousness:

Except the Companions of the Right Hand.

Save those who will stand on the right hand.

Except the people of the right hand.

Except the companions of the right,

فِي جَنَّاتٍ يَتَسَاءَلُونَ

Transliteration:

Fee jannatin yatasaaloona

Word by Word:

In Gardens, asking each other,

Translations:

[dwelling] In gardens [of paradise], they will inquire

(They will be) in Gardens (of Delight): they will question each other,

In gardens they will ask one another

In Gardens, they ask one another,

[Who will be] in gardens, questioning each other

عَنِ الْمُجْرِمِينَ

Transliteration:

AAani almujrimeena

Word by Word:

About the criminals,

Translations:

of those who were lost in sin:

And (ask) of the Sinners:

Concerning the guilty:

About the guilty:

About the criminals,