Al-Muddaththir 74
The Cloaked OneHow to read the Hangul
الرَّحْمَٰنِ르r라흐마니 بِسْمِ비스밀
- Bold = the stressed syllable of the word; a little stronger.
- Overline = long vowel (madd): hold it about two beats. Length matters most in recitation.
- Tiny = no vowel in the Arabic here — just the consonant, short.
- Small Latin letter = a sound Korean lacks, on the next syllable: f upper teeth on lower lip · θ/ð tongue tip between the teeth · r rolled tongue tip (a bare ㄹ is l).
How to read the Hangul
beginning the Christ salvation
- Bold, larger (ˈ) = say it strong and a little longer — the stressed syllable.
- Faint = weak and short (a reduced vowel). Don't give every syllable equal weight.
- Tiny 으 · 트 · 스 = barely voiced. English has no vowel there — stop on the consonant.
- Whole word faint (the, of, and, to…) = light and quick in a sentence; stress the content words.
- Small f v θ ð r = sounds Korean doesn't have — f: upper teeth on the lower lip; v: the same, voiced; θ/ð: tongue tip between the teeth; r: tongue curled back, touching nothing.
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About this surah
Classified as revealed in the Meccan period, this surah opens with the call 'O you who are cloaked, arise and warn,' followed by brief commands to magnify the Lord, purify one's garments, avoid uncleanness and be patient. It then describes a man given abundant wealth and sons who still wanted more, and who, after deliberating, frowned and dismissed the message as 'magic handed down' and the word of a human being; he is told he will be driven into Saqar. The surah explains that the nineteen keepers of the Fire are a trial for disbelievers and a means for believers to grow in faith. Swearing by the moon, the night and the dawn, it states that every soul is held in pledge for what it has earned, and depicts those in Saqar admitting they did not pray or feed the poor. It ends by comparing those who turn from the reminder to frightened donkeys fleeing a lion.
- Arise and warn
- The man who scoffed
- Saqar and the nineteen
- Every soul in pledge
- Donkeys fleeing a lion
The name The name comes from verse 1, which addresses the Prophet as 'you who are cloaked.'
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
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1
يَا야 أَيُّهَا아이유할 الْمُدَّثِّرُ뭇닷θ시r르
O you who are cloaked,
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2
قُمْ꿈 فَأَنْذِرْf파안ð디r르
arise and warn,
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3
وَرَبَّكَ와r랍바카 فَكَبِّرْf파캅비r르
and your Lord — magnify,
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4
وَثِيَابَكَ와θ시야바카 فَطَهِّرْf파따히r르
and your garments — purify,
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وَالرُّجْزَ와르r루즈자 فَاهْجُرْf파흐주r르
and uncleanness — avoid,
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6
وَلَا왈라 تَمْنُنْ탐눈 تَسْتَكْثِرُ타스탁θ시r르
and do not confer favour to gain more,
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7
وَلِرَبِّكَ왈리r랍비카 فَاصْبِرْf파스비r르
and for your Lord be patient.
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فَإِذَاf파이ð다 نُقِرَ누끼r라 فِيf핀 النَّاقُورِ나꾸r르
For when the Trumpet is sounded,
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9
فَذَٰلِكَf파ð달리카 يَوْمَئِذٍ야우마이ð딘 يَوْمٌ야우문 عَسِيرٌ아시r르
that Day will be a difficult day,
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10
عَلَى알랄 الْكَافِرِينَ카f피r리나 غَيْرُ가이r루 يَسِيرٍ야시r르
for the disbelievers not easy.
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ذَرْنِيð다r르니 وَمَنْ와만 خَلَقْتُ칼락투 وَحِيدًا와히다
Leave Me with the one I created alone,
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وَجَعَلْتُ와자알투 لَهُ라후 مَالًا말람 مَمْدُودًا맘두다
and to whom I granted extensive wealth,
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13
وَبَنِينَ와바니나 شُهُودًا슈후다
and sons present [with him],
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وَمَهَّدْتُ와마하드투 لَهُ라후 تَمْهِيدًا탐히다
and spread [everything] before him, smoothing [his way].
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15
ثُمَّθ숨마 يَطْمَعُ야뜨마우 أَنْ안 أَزِيدَ아지드
Then he desires that I should add more.
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16
كَلَّا칼라 ۖ إِنَّهُ인나후 كَانَ카나 لِآيَاتِنَا리아야티나 عَنِيدًا아니다
By no means! Indeed he has been stubborn toward Our signs.
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سَأُرْهِقُهُ사우r르히꾸후 صَعُودًا사우다
I will make him climb a hard ascent.
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18
إِنَّهُ인나후 فَكَّرَf팍카r라 وَقَدَّرَ와깟다r르
Indeed he thought and deliberated.
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19
فَقُتِلَf파꾸틸라 كَيْفَ카이f파 قَدَّرَ깟다r르
So may he be destroyed, how he deliberated!
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20
ثُمَّθ숨마 قُتِلَ꾸틸라 كَيْفَ카이f파 قَدَّرَ깟다r르
Then may he be destroyed, how he deliberated!
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21
ثُمَّθ숨마 نَظَرَ나ð다r르
Then he looked;
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22
ثُمَّθ숨마 عَبَسَ아바사 وَبَسَرَ와바사r르
then he frowned and scowled;
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23
ثُمَّθ숨마 أَدْبَرَ아드바r라 وَاسْتَكْبَرَ와스탁바r르
then he turned back and was arrogant,
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24
فَقَالَf파깔라 إِنْ인 هَٰذَا하ð다 إِلَّا일라 سِحْرٌ시흐r룬 يُؤْثَرُ유으θ사r르
and said, "This is nothing but magic handed down.
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25
إِنْ인 هَٰذَا하ð다 إِلَّا일라 قَوْلُ까울룰 الْبَشَرِ바샤r르
This is nothing but the word of a human being."
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26
سَأُصْلِيهِ사우슬리히 سَقَرَ사까r르
I will drive him into Saqar.
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27
وَمَا와마 أَدْرَاكَ아드r라카 مَا마 سَقَرُ사까r르
And what will make you know what Saqar is?
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28
لَا라 تُبْقِي툽끼 وَلَا왈라 تَذَرُ타ð다r르
It spares nothing and leaves nothing,
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29
لَوَّاحَةٌ라우와하툴 لِلْبَشَرِ릴바샤r르
scorching the skin.
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30
عَلَيْهَا알라이하 تِسْعَةَ티스아타 عَشَرَ아샤r르
Over it are nineteen.
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وَمَا와마 جَعَلْنَا자알나 أَصْحَابَ아스하반 النَّارِ나r리 إِلَّا일라 مَلَائِكَةً말라이카탄 ۙ وَمَا와마 جَعَلْنَا자알나 عِدَّتَهُمْ잇다타훔 إِلَّا일라 فِتْنَةًf피트나탈 لِلَّذِينَ릴라ð디나 كَفَرُوا카f파r루 لِيَسْتَيْقِنَ리야스타이끼날 الَّذِينَ라ð디나 أُوتُوا우툴 الْكِتَابَ키타바 وَيَزْدَادَ와야즈다달 الَّذِينَ라ð디나 آمَنُوا아마누 إِيمَانًا이마난 ۙ وَلَا왈라 يَرْتَابَ야r르타발 الَّذِينَ라ð디나 أُوتُوا우툴 الْكِتَابَ키타바 وَالْمُؤْمِنُونَ왈무으미누나 ۙ وَلِيَقُولَ왈리야꿀랄 الَّذِينَ라ð디나 فِيf피 قُلُوبِهِمْ꿀루비힘 مَرَضٌ마r라둔 وَالْكَافِرُونَ왈카f피r루나 مَاذَا마ð다 أَرَادَ아r라달 اللَّهُ라후 بِهَٰذَا비하ð다 مَثَلًا마θ살란 ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ카ð달리카 يُضِلُّ유딜룰 اللَّهُ라후 مَنْ만 يَشَاءُ야샤우 وَيَهْدِي와야흐디 مَنْ만 يَشَاءُ야샤우 ۚ وَمَا와마 يَعْلَمُ야을라무 جُنُودَ주누다 رَبِّكَr랍비카 إِلَّا일라 هُوَ후와 ۚ وَمَا와마 هِيَ히야 إِلَّا일라 ذِكْرَىٰð디크r라 لِلْبَشَرِ릴바샤r르
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 — so that those who were given the Book may be certain, and those who believe may increase in faith, and those who were given the Book and the believers may not doubt, and so that those in whose hearts is a disease and the disbelievers may say, "What does God intend by this as an example?" Thus God leaves astray whom He wills and guides whom He wills. And none knows the soldiers of your Lord except Him. And it is nothing but a reminder for humanity.
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32
كَلَّا칼라 وَالْقَمَرِ왈까마r르
No! By the moon,
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33
وَاللَّيْلِ왈라일리 إِذْ이ð드 أَدْبَرَ아드바r르
and the night when it departs,
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وَالصُّبْحِ왓수브히 إِذَا이ð다 أَسْفَرَ아스f파r르
and the morning when it brightens,
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إِنَّهَا인나하 لَإِحْدَى라이흐달 الْكُبَرِ쿠바r르
indeed it is one of the greatest [calamities],
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36
نَذِيرًا나ð디r랄 لِلْبَشَرِ릴바샤r르
as a warning to humanity,
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37
لِمَنْ리만 شَاءَ샤아 مِنْكُمْ민쿰 أَنْ안 يَتَقَدَّمَ야타깟다마 أَوْ아우 يَتَأَخَّرَ야타악카r르
to whoever among you wills to advance or to lag behind.
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38
كُلُّ쿨루 نَفْسٍ나f프심 بِمَا비마 كَسَبَتْ카사바트 رَهِينَةٌr라히나흐
Every soul is held in pledge for what it has earned,
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إِلَّا일라 أَصْحَابَ아스하발 الْيَمِينِ야민
except the companions of the right,
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فِيf피 جَنَّاتٍ잔나틴 يَتَسَاءَلُونَ야타사알룬
[who will be] in Gardens, asking one another
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41
عَنِ아닐 الْمُجْرِمِينَ무즈r리민
about the wicked:
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42
مَا마 سَلَكَكُمْ살라카쿰 فِيf피 سَقَرَ사까r르
"What led you into Saqar?"
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قَالُوا깔루 لَمْ람 نَكُ나쿠 مِنَ미날 الْمُصَلِّينَ무살린
They will say, "We were not of those who prayed,
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وَلَمْ왈람 نَكُ나쿠 نُطْعِمُ누뜨이물 الْمِسْكِينَ미스킨
nor did we feed the poor,
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وَكُنَّا와쿤나 نَخُوضُ나쿠두 مَعَ마알 الْخَائِضِينَ카이딘
and we used to indulge [in falsehood] with those who indulged,
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46
وَكُنَّا와쿤나 نُكَذِّبُ누캇ð디부 بِيَوْمِ비야우밋 الدِّينِ딘
and we used to deny the Day of Judgement,
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حَتَّىٰ핫타 أَتَانَا아타날 الْيَقِينُ야낀
until there came to us the certainty."
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فَمَاf파마 تَنْفَعُهُمْ탄f파우훔 شَفَاعَةُ샤f파아툿 الشَّافِعِينَ샤f피인
Then no intercession from any intercessor will help them.
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فَمَاf파마 لَهُمْ라훔 عَنِ아닛 التَّذْكِرَةِ타ð드키r라티 مُعْرِضِينَ무으r리딘
Then what is the matter with them that they turn away from the reminder,
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كَأَنَّهُمْ카안나훔 حُمُرٌ후무r룸 مُسْتَنْفِرَةٌ무스탄f피r라흐
as if they were frightened donkeys
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فَرَّتْf파르r라트 مِنْ민 قَسْوَرَةٍ까스와r라흐
fleeing from a lion?
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بَلْ발 يُرِيدُ유r리두 كُلُّ쿨룸 امْرِئٍr리임 مِنْهُمْ민훔 أَنْ안 يُؤْتَىٰ유으타 صُحُفًا수후f팜 مُنَشَّرَةً무낫샤r라흐
Rather, every one of them wants to be given scrolls spread open.
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كَلَّا칼라 ۖ بَلْ발 لَا라 يَخَافُونَ야카f푸날 الْآخِرَةَ아키r라흐
No indeed! The truth is they have no fear of the Hereafter.
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كَلَّا칼라 إِنَّهُ인나후 تَذْكِرَةٌ타ð드키r라흐
By no means! Indeed it is a reminder.
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فَمَنْf파만 شَاءَ샤아 ذَكَرَهُð다카r라흐
So whoever wills may remember it.
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وَمَا와마 يَذْكُرُونَ야ð드쿠r루나 إِلَّا일라 أَنْ안 يَشَاءَ야샤알 اللَّهُ라후 ۚ هُوَ후와 أَهْلُ아흘룻 التَّقْوَىٰ타끄와 وَأَهْلُ와아흘룰 الْمَغْفِرَةِ마그f피r라흐
Yet they will take no heed unless God so wills. It is He who deserves to be held in awe, and He who is entitled to forgive.