Surah Al-Muddaththir

عَنِ ٱلۡمُجۡرِمِينَ 41

About the criminals

مَا سَلَكَكُمۡ فِي سَقَرَ 42

[And asking them], "What put you into Saqar

قَالُواْ لَمۡ نَكُ مِنَ ٱلۡمُصَلِّينَ 43

They will say, "We were not of those who prayed

وَلَمۡ نَكُ نُطۡعِمُ ٱلۡمِسۡكِينَ 44

Nor did we used to feed the poor

وَكُنَّا نَخُوضُ مَعَ ٱلۡخَآئِضِينَ 45

And we used to enter into vain discourse with those who engaged [in it]

وَكُنَّا نُكَذِّبُ بِيَوۡمِ ٱلدِّينِ 46

And we used to deny the Day of Recompense

حَتَّىٰٓ أَتَىٰنَا ٱلۡيَقِينُ 47

Until there came to us the certainty

فَمَا تَنفَعُهُمۡ شَفَٰعَةُ ٱلشَّـٰفِعِينَ 48

So there will not benefit them the intercession of [any] intercessors

فَمَا لَهُمۡ عَنِ ٱلتَّذۡكِرَةِ مُعۡرِضِينَ 49

Then what is [the matter] with them that they are, from the reminder, turning away

كَأَنَّهُمۡ حُمُرٞ مُّسۡتَنفِرَةٞ 50

As if they were alarmed donkeys

فَرَّتۡ مِن قَسۡوَرَةِۭ 51

Fleeing from a lion

بَلۡ يُرِيدُ كُلُّ ٱمۡرِيٕٖ مِّنۡهُمۡ أَن يُؤۡتَىٰ صُحُفٗا مُّنَشَّرَةٗ 52

Rather, every person among them desires that he would be given scriptures spread about

كَلَّاۖ بَل لَّا يَخَافُونَ ٱلۡأٓخِرَةَ 53

No! But they do not fear the Hereafter

كَلَّآ إِنَّهُۥ تَذۡكِرَةٞ 54

No! Indeed, the Qur'an is a reminder

فَمَن شَآءَ ذَكَرَهُۥ 55

Then whoever wills will remember it

وَمَا يَذۡكُرُونَ إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُۚ هُوَ أَهۡلُ ٱلتَّقۡوَىٰ وَأَهۡلُ ٱلۡمَغۡفِرَةِ 56

And they will not remember except that Allah wills. He is worthy of fear and adequate for [granting] forgiveness