TAFSEER-E-ASEDI
By
Shaikh Mir Asedullah Quadri
سورة المدثر
The Cloaked One
Al-Muddaththir | Sura # 74 | 56 verses | Makkan
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَـٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
In the name of Allah, the Most Compassionate and Most Merciful
يَا أَيُّهَا الْمُدَّثِّرُ١
74:1 O' you (Prophet ﷺ ) covered up (in your cloak.)!
Muddaththir is one of the names with which Allah (عَزَّ وَجَلَّ) called his beloved Prophet (صلى الله عليه و آله وسلم).
قُمْ فَأَنْذِرْ٢
74:2 Get up and warn (all)
وَرَبَّكَ فَكَبِّرْ٣
74:3 Proclaim the greatness of your Lord.
وَثِيَابَكَ فَطَهِّرْ٤
74:4 Cleanse and keep your clothes purified.
وَالرُّجْزَ فَاهْجُرْ٥
74:5 Keep away from uncleanliness,
وَلَا تَمْنُنْ تَسْتَكْثِرُ٦
74:6 Do not expect any gain (in return) for favors to others (except from your Lord).
وَلِرَبِّكَ فَاصْبِرْ٧
74:7 Endure (adversity of people) with patience, for the sake of your Lord.
فَإِذَا نُقِرَ فِي النَّاقُورِ٨
74:8 (Warn everyone saying) When the day the trumpet sounds,
فَذَٰلِكَ يَوْمَئِذٍ يَوْمٌ عَسِيرٌ٩
74:9 surely, that Day will be a hard Day.
عَلَى الْكَافِرِينَ غَيْرُ يَسِيرٍ١٠
74:10 Not at all an easy day for the unbelievers.
ذَرْنِي وَمَنْ خَلَقْتُ وَحِيدًا١١
74:11 Leave Me and the one (Al-Walid Ibn al-Mughirah) whom I created, alone.
وَجَعَلْتُ لَهُ مَالًا مَمْدُودًا١٢
74:12 And to whom I have given abundant wealth,
وَبَنِينَ شُهُودًا١٣
74:13 and sons to stand by his side.
وَمَهَّدْتُ لَهُ تَمْهِيدًا١٤
74:14 And made life very easy for him.
The above verses refers to a prominent Chieftain of Quraish al-Walid Ibn Mughaira.
It is related by Ikrimah from Ibn Abbas (رضئ اللہ تعالی عنہ) that Walid ibn al-Mughirah went to the Prophet (صلى الله عليه و آله وسلم) and listened to the verses of Quran and it looked his heart softened listening to it. When Abu Jahl heard about it, he went to him and said : 'O uncle, your clan want to collect money to give it to you, for you went to (Prophet) Mohammad (صلى الله عليه و آله وسلم) exposing yourself to his message'. He said : 'The Quraish know it well that I am among its wealthiest'. Abu Jahl said, 'then say something about him which will let your people know that you condemn and dislike him'. He said : 'But what shall I say? By Allah, there is not a man among you who is more knowledgeable about poetry and its composition than me. By Allah, what he says (the Quran) does not resemble any poetry. By Allah, the speech which he utters is sweet and graceful, fruitful at the top, copious at the bottom; it has the upper hand and nothing has the upper hand over it. But let me think about what I shall say about it. 'Then he said : 'This (Quran) is nothing but the magic from the past'. (verse 24), which he simply learnt from others'.
In other narrations, it is stated that Al-Walid ibn al-Mughirah used to visit the Prophet (صلى الله عليه و آله وسلم) and Abu Bakr (رضئ اللہ تعالی عنہ) regularly and the Quraish suspected that he will accept Islam. Abu Jahl then said to him : ‘The Quraish claim that you visit (Prophet) Mohammad (صلى الله عليه و آله وسلم) and Abu Bakr Ibn Abi Quhafah (رضئ اللہ تعالی عنہ) to share food with them’. Al-Walid said to the Quraish : ‘You are people of noble lineages and sound minds, but you claim that (Prophet) Mohammad (صلى الله عليه و آله وسلم) is mad. Have you ever seen him seized by a bout of madness?’ They said : ‘No!’ He said : ‘And you claim that he is a soothsayer; have you ever seen him soothsaying?’ They said : ‘No!’ He said : ‘You claim that he is a poet; have you ever heard him utter poetry?’ They said : ‘No!’ He said: ‘You claim that he is a liar; have you ever caught him lying?’ They said : ‘No!’ The Quraish said to al-Walid : ‘What is he, then?’ He thought for a while, looked and frowned and then said : ‘He is nothing but a sorcerer’. Then the verses of Quran were revealed about him.
Al-Walid was very rich and a famous poet of Arabia and knew the truthfulness of the Quran and of Prophet Mohammad (صلى الله عليه و آله وسلم) but just to appease his fellow Makkans and to safeguard his Chieftainship, he lied to his people.
ثُمَّ يَطْمَعُ أَنْ أَزِيدَ١٥
74:15 Yet, he (greedily) desires that I should give him still more.
كَلَّا ۖ إِنَّهُ كَانَ لِآيَاتِنَا عَنِيدًا١٦
74:16 By no means! Because he has stubbornly denied Our revelations.
سَأُرْهِقُهُ صَعُودًا١٧
74:17 Soon, I will impose a dreadful torment upon him.
إِنَّهُ فَكَّرَ وَقَدَّرَ١٨
74:18 Indeed, he thought and deliberated.
فَقُتِلَ كَيْفَ قَدَّرَ١٩
74:19 So may he be destroyed (for) how he deliberated.
ثُمَّ قُتِلَ كَيْفَ قَدَّرَ٢٠
74:20 Then may he be destroyed (for) how he deliberated.
ثُمَّ نَظَرَ٢١
74:21 Then he looked (all around to create a psychological atmosphere through his expressions).
ثُمَّ عَبَسَ وَبَسَرَ٢٢
74:22 Then he viewed with displeasure in a bad tempered way.
ثُمَّ أَدْبَرَ وَاسْتَكْبَرَ٢٣
74:23 Then he turned back in arrogance.
فَقَالَ إِنْ هَٰذَا إِلَّا سِحْرٌ يُؤْثَرُ٢٤
74:24 And said : 'This (Quran) is nothing but the magic from the past.
إِنْ هَٰذَا إِلَّا قَوْلُ الْبَشَرِ٢٥
74:25 This is nothing but the word of a human being.
سَأُصْلِيهِ سَقَرَ٢٦
74:26 Soon I will burn him in Hell.
وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا سَقَرُ٢٧
74:27 And what will make you realize what Hell is?
لَا تُبْقِي وَلَا تَذَرُ٢٨
74:28 It does not spare (any sinner), nor does it leave (anything not burnt)!
لَوَّاحَةٌ لِلْبَشَرِ٢٩
74:29 It scorches people's skin.
عَلَيْهَا تِسْعَةَ عَشَرَ٣٠
74:30 Over it are nineteen (angels as keepers of Hell).
وَمَا جَعَلْنَا أَصْحَابَ النَّارِ إِلَّا مَلَائِكَةً ۙ وَمَا جَعَلْنَا عِدَّتَهُمْ إِلَّا فِتْنَةً لِلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا لِيَسْتَيْقِنَ الَّذِينَ أُوتُوا الْكِتَابَ وَيَزْدَادَ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا إِيمَانًا ۙ وَلَا يَرْتَابَ الَّذِينَ أُوتُوا الْكِتَابَ وَالْمُؤْمِنُونَ ۙ وَلِيَقُولَ الَّذِينَ فِي قُلُوبِهِمْ مَرَضٌ وَالْكَافِرُونَ مَاذَا أَرَادَ اللَّهُ بِهَٰذَا مَثَلًا ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ يُضِلُّ اللَّهُ مَنْ يَشَاءُ وَيَهْدِي مَنْ يَشَاءُ ۚ وَمَا يَعْلَمُ جُنُودَ رَبِّكَ إِلَّا هُوَ ۚ وَمَا هِيَ إِلَّا ذِكْرَىٰ لِلْبَشَرِ٣١
74:31 We have chosen to appoint the angels as wardens over Hell, and We let their number be a trial for the unbelievers. So that, those given the scriptures may believe, and the believers may increase in their belief. Both; those given the scriptures, and the believers, may not entertain doubts. Yet, those with disease in their hearts, and the unbelievers, would still say, 'What does Allah mean by this example?' Thus, Allah leads astray whom He wants, and guides whom He wants. No one knows the soldiers of Allah except He. This is nothing but a reminder for the people.
كَلَّا وَالْقَمَرِ٣٢
74:32 But no! By the moon,
وَاللَّيْلِ إِذْ أَدْبَرَ٣٣
74:33 and the night as it retreats,
وَالصُّبْحِ إِذَا أَسْفَرَ٣٤
74:34 and by the dawn when it brightens,
إِنَّهَا لَإِحْدَى الْكُبَرِ٣٥
74:35 surely, it (Hell) is one of the greatest signs,
نَذِيرًا لِلْبَشَرِ٣٦
74:36 a warning to human beings,
لِمَنْ شَاءَ مِنْكُمْ أَنْ يَتَقَدَّمَ أَوْ يَتَأَخَّرَ٣٧
74:37 to any of you that chooses to go forward (by righteous deeds), or remain behind (in sins).
كُلُّ نَفْسٍ بِمَا كَسَبَتْ رَهِينَةٌ٣٨
74:38 Every person is held in pledge for all that he has done.
إِلَّا أَصْحَابَ الْيَمِينِ٣٩
74:39 Except the people (righteous ones) of the right hand,
فِي جَنَّاتٍ يَتَسَاءَلُونَ٤٠
74:40 who will be in Gardens, asking one another
عَنِ الْمُجْرِمِينَ٤١
74:41 about the wicked.
مَا سَلَكَكُمْ فِي سَقَرَ٤٢
74:42 (They will ask the people in Hell) 'What has landed you in Hell?'
قَالُوا لَمْ نَكُ مِنَ الْمُصَلِّينَ٤٣
74:43 They will reply, 'We were not of those who prayed,
وَلَمْ نَكُ نُطْعِمُ الْمِسْكِينَ٤٤
74:44 we did not feed the poor.
وَكُنَّا نَخُوضُ مَعَ الْخَائِضِينَ٤٥
74:45 And we used to indulge in vain talk with those who indulged (in mocking the believers).
وَكُنَّا نُكَذِّبُ بِيَوْمِ الدِّينِ٤٦
74:46 And we used to deny the Day of Judgement,
حَتَّىٰ أَتَانَا الْيَقِينُ٤٧
74:47 until there came to us the certainty (death).
فَمَا تَنْفَعُهُمْ شَفَاعَةُ الشَّافِعِينَ٤٨
74:48 So the pleas of intercessors will be of no benefit to them.
فَمَا لَهُمْ عَنِ التَّذْكِرَةِ مُعْرِضِينَ٤٩
74:49 Then what is wrong with them (disbelievers) that they turn away from receiving the admonition?
كَأَنَّهُمْ حُمُرٌ مُسْتَنْفِرَةٌ٥٠
74:50 As if they were panicked donkeys,
فَرَّتْ مِنْ قَسْوَرَةٍ٥١
74:51 fleeing from the lion
بَلْ يُرِيدُ كُلُّ امْرِئٍ مِنْهُمْ أَنْ يُؤْتَىٰ صُحُفًا مُنَشَّرَةً٥٢
74:52 In fact, each one of them wishes to be given a (personal) letter (from Allah) for all (to read).
كَلَّا ۖ بَلْ لَا يَخَافُونَ الْآخِرَةَ٥٣
74:53 But no! In fact, they do not fear the Hereafter.
كَلَّا إِنَّهُ تَذْكِرَةٌ٥٤
74:54 Nay, surely, this (Quran) is an admonition.
فَمَنْ شَاءَ ذَكَرَهُ٥٥
74:55 Whoever wants, may heed (its warning).
وَمَا يَذْكُرُونَ إِلَّا أَنْ يَشَاءَ اللَّهُ ۚ هُوَ أَهْلُ التَّقْوَىٰ وَأَهْلُ الْمَغْفِرَةِ٥٦
74:56 But they will not heed unless Allah so wills. He is Worthy of being feared, and He is the One Who forgives!
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