SURAH AL-MUDDATHIR (THE CLOTHED ONE)

This surah was revealed in Mecca and it has 56 verses. Imam Muhammad al-Baqir (a.s.) has said that the person who recites this surah in his compulsory prayers will attain a rank near the Holy Prophet (S) in the hereafter and will be protected from any misfortunes in this world.

If this surah is recited daily and then a dua is made after its recitation, then the dua will be answered and the need will be fulfilled. If one makes dua that he wishes to memorize the whole Qur’an then he will not die until he has memorized it.

بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِيْمِ

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.

يٰۤاَيُّهَا الْمُدَّثِّرُۙ‏(1)

(1) O you who are clothed!

قُمْ فَاَنْذِرْۙ‏(2)

(2) Arise and warn,

وَرَبَّكَ فَكَبِّرْۙ‏(3)

(3) And your Lord do magnify,

وَثِيَابَكَ فَطَهِّرْۙ‏(4)

(4) And your garments do purify,

وَالرُّجْزَ فَاهْجُرْۙ‏(5)

(5) And uncleanness do shun,

وَلَا تَمْنُنْ تَسْتَكْثِرُۙ‏(6)

(6) And bestow not favors that you may receive again with increase,

وَ لِرَبِّكَ فَاصْبِرْؕ‏(7)

(7) And for the sake of your Lord, be patient.

فَاِذَا نُقِرَ فِى النَّاقُوْرِۙ‏(8)

(8) For when the trumpet is sounded,

فَذٰلِكَ يَوْمَئِذٍ يَّوْمٌ عَسِيْرٌۙ‏(9)

(9) That, at that time, shall be a difficult day,

عَلَى الْكٰفِرِيْنَ غَيْرُ يَسِيْرٍ‏(10)

(10) For the unbelievers, anything but easy.

ذَرْنِىْ وَمَنْ خَلَقْتُ وَحِيْدًا ۙ‏(11)

(11) Leave Me and him whom I created alone,

وَّجَعَلْتُ لَهٗ مَالًا مَّمْدُوْدًا ۙ‏(12)

(12) And give him vast riches,

وَّبَنِيْنَ شُهُوْدًا ۙ‏(13)

(13) And sons dwelling in his presence,

وَّمَهَّدتُّ لَهٗ تَمْهِيْدًا ۙ‏(14)

(14) And I adjusted affairs for him adjustably;

ثُمَّ يَطْمَعُ اَنْ اَزِيْدَ ۙ‏(15)

(15) And yet he desires that I should add more!

كَلَّا ؕ اِنَّهٗ كَانَ لِاٰيٰتِنَا عَنِيْدًا ؕ‏(16)

(16) By no means! surely he offers opposition to Our communications.

سَاُرْهِقُهٗ صَعُوْدًا ؕ‏(17)

(17) I will make a distressing punishment overtake him.

اِنَّهٗ فَكَّرَ وَقَدَّرَۙ‏(18)

(18) Surely he reflected and guessed,

فَقُتِلَ كَيْفَ قَدَّرَۙ‏(19)

(19) But may he be cursed how he plotted;

ثُمَّ قُتِلَ كَيْفَ قَدَّرَۙ‏(20)

(20) Again, may he be cursed how he plotted;

ثُمَّ نَظَرَۙ‏(21)

(21) Then he looked,

ثُمَّ عَبَسَ وَبَسَرَۙ‏(22)

(22) Then he frowned and scowled,

ثُمَّ اَدْبَرَ وَاسْتَكْبَرَۙ‏(23)

(23) Then he turned back and was big with pride,

فَقَالَ اِنْ هٰذَاۤ اِلَّا سِحْرٌ يُّؤْثَرُۙ‏(24)

(24) ~Then he said: This is naught but enchantment, narrated (from others);

اِنْ هٰذَاۤ اِلَّا قَوْلُ الْبَشَرِؕ‏(25)

(25) This is naught but the word of a mortal.

سَاُصْلِيْهِ سَقَرَ‏(26)

(26) I will cast him into hell.

وَمَاۤ اَدْرٰٮكَ مَا سَقَرُؕ‏(27)

(27) And what will make you realize what hell is?

لَا تُبْقِىْ وَ لَا تَذَرُ‌ۚ‏(28)

(28) It leaves naught nor does it spare aught.

لَوَّاحَةٌ لِّلْبَشَرِ‌ۖ‌ۚ‏(29)

(29) It scorches the mortal.

عَلَيْهَا تِسْعَةَ عَشَرَؕ‏(30)

(30) Over it are nineteen.

وَمَا جَعَلْنَاۤ اَصْحٰبَ النَّارِ اِلَّا مَلٰٓئِكَةً‌ وَّمَا جَعَلْنَا عِدَّتَهُمْ اِلَّا فِتْنَةً لِّلَّذِيْنَ كَفَرُوْا ۙ لِيَسْتَيْقِنَ الَّذِيْنَ اُوْتُوا الْكِتٰبَ وَيَزْدَادَ الَّذِيْنَ اٰمَنُوْۤا اِيْمَانًا‌ وَّلَا يَرْتَابَ الَّذِيْنَ اُوْتُوا الْكِتٰبَ وَالْمُؤْمِنُوْنَ‌ۙ وَلِيَقُوْلَ الَّذِيْنَ فِىْ قُلُوْبِهِمْ مَّرَضٌ وَّالْكٰفِرُوْنَ مَاذَاۤ اَرَادَ اللّٰهُ بِهٰذَا مَثَلًا ‌ؕ كَذٰلِكَ يُضِلُّ اللّٰهُ مَنْ يَّشَآءُ وَيَهْدِىْ مَنْ يَّشَآءُ ‌ؕ وَمَا يَعْلَمُ جُنُوْدَ رَبِّكَ اِلَّا هُوَ ‌ؕ وَمَا هِىَ اِلَّا ذِكْرٰى لِلْبَشَرِ‏(31)

(31) And We have not made the wardens of the fire others than angels, and We have not made their number but as a trial for those who disbelieve, that those who have been given the book may be certain and those who believe may increase in faith, and those who have been given the book and the believers may not doubt, and that those in whose hearts is a disease and the unbelievers may say: What does Allah mean by this parable? Thus does Allah make err whom He pleases, and He guides whom He pleases, and none knows the hosts of your Lord but He Himself; and this is naught but a reminder to the mortals.

كَلَّا وَالْقَمَرِۙ‏(32)

(32) Nay; I swear by the moon,

وَالَّيْلِ اِذْ اَدْبَرَۙ‏(33)

(33) And the night when it departs,

وَالصُّبْحِ اِذَاۤ اَسْفَرَۙ‏(34)

(34) And the daybreak when it shines;

اِنَّهَا لَاِحْدَى الْكُبَرِۙ‏(35)

(35) Surely it (hell) is one of the gravest (misfortunes),

نَذِيْرًا لِّلْبَشَرِۙ‏(36)

(36) A warning to mortals,

لِمَنْ شَآءَ مِنْكُمْ اَنْ يَّتَقَدَّمَ اَوْ يَتَاَخَّرَؕ‏(37)

(37) To him among you who wishes to go forward or remain behind.

كُلُّ نَفْسٍ ۢ بِمَا كَسَبَتْ رَهِيْنَةٌ ۙ‏(38)

(38) Every soul is held in pledge for what it earns,

اِلَّاۤ اَصْحٰبَ الْيَمِيْنِۛ ؕ‏(39)

(39) Except the people of the right hand,

فِىْ جَنّٰتٍ ۛ يَتَسَآءَلُوْنَۙ‏(40)

(40) In gardens, they shall ask each other

عَنِ الْمُجْرِمِيْنَۙ‏(41)

(41) About the guilty:

مَا سَلَكَكُمْ فِىْ سَقَرَ‏(42)

(42) What has brought you into hell?

قَالُوْا لَمْ نَكُ مِنَ الْمُصَلِّيْنَۙ‏(43)

(43) They shall say: We were not of those who prayed;

وَلَمْ نَكُ نُطْعِمُ الْمِسْكِيْنَۙ‏(44)

(44) And we used not to feed the poor;

وَكُنَّا نَخُوْضُ مَعَ الْخَآئِضِيْنَۙ‏(45)

(45) And we used to enter into vain discourse with those who entered into vain discourses.

وَ كُنَّا نُكَذِّبُ بِيَوْمِ الدِّيْنِۙ‏(46)

(46) And we used to call the day of Judgement a lie;

حَتّٰٓى اَتٰٮنَا الْيَقِيْنُؕ‏(47)

(47) Till death overtook us.

فَمَا تَنْفَعُهُمْ شَفَاعَةُ الشّٰفِعِيْنَؕ‏(48)

(48) So the intercession of intercessors shall not avail them.

فَمَا لَهُمْ عَنِ التَّذْكِرَةِ مُعْرِضِيْنَۙ‏(49)

(49) What is then the matter with them, that they turn away from the admonition

كَاَنَّهُمْ حُمُرٌ مُّسْتَنْفِرَةٌ ۙ‏(50)

(50) As if they were asses taking fright

فَرَّتْ مِنْ قَسْوَرَةٍ ؕ‏(51)

(51) That had fled from a lion?

بَلْ يُرِيْدُ كُلُّ امْرِىٴٍ مِّنْهُمْ اَنْ يُّؤْتٰى صُحُفًا مُّنَشَّرَةً ۙ‏(52)

(52) Nay; every one of them desires that he may be given pages spread out;

كَلَّا ‌ؕ بَلْ لَّا يَخَافُوْنَ الْاٰخِرَةَ ؕ‏(53)

(53) Nay! but they do not fear the hereafter.

كَلَّاۤ اِنَّهٗ تَذْكِرَةٌ‌ ۚ‏(54)

(54) Nay! it is surely an admonition.

فَمَنْ شَآءَ ذَكَرَهٗ ؕ‏(55)

(55) So whoever pleases may mind it.

وَمَا يَذْكُرُوْنَ اِلَّاۤ اَنْ يَّشَآءَ اللّٰهُ‌ ؕ هُوَ اَهْلُ التَّقْوٰى وَاَهْلُ الْمَغْفِرَةِ‏(56)

(56) And they will not mind unless Allah please. He is worthy to be feared and worthy to forgive.