Sura 74: Al-Muddath-thir (The Hidden Secret) - Quran Inspector

In the name of GOD, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.

بِسْمِbis'miIn (the) nameٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) God,ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِl-raḥmāniMost Gracious,ٱلرَّحِيمِl-raḥīmiMost Merciful.

[74:1] O you hidden secret.*

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhāO ٱلْمُدَّثِّرُl-mudathiruthe one hidden in plain sight / hidden secret (*encryption). ﴿١﴾

*74:1 God's infinite wisdom willed to reveal the Quran through Muhammad, while the Quran's awesome 19-based mathematical miracle was revealed through God's Messenger of the Covenant 1406 lunar years after revelation of the Quran (1406=19x74 & 1974 AD was the Solar Year of discovery). In retrospect, we realize that the whole sura refers to the Quran's 19-based miracle (Appendices 1 & 2).

[74:2] Come out and warn.

قُمْqumStand up / Rectify / Rise upفَأَنذِرْfa-andhirand warn. ﴿٢﴾

[74:3] Extol your Lord.

وَرَبَّكَwarabbakaAnd your Lordفَكَبِّرْfakabbir[then] magnify / extol. ﴿٣﴾

[74:4] Purify your garment.*

وَثِيَابَكَwathiyābakaAnd your garmentفَطَهِّرْfaṭahhir[then] purify. ﴿٤﴾

*74:4 Quran is the garment containing the secret code. This refers to removing 9:128-9.

[74:5] Forsake what is wrong.

وَٱلرُّجْزَwal-ruj'zaAnd the impurity / deed deserving punishmentفَٱهْجُرْfa-uh'jur[then] abandon / depart / forsake. ﴿٥﴾

[74:6] Be content with your lot.

وَلَاwalāAnd (do) notتَمْنُنtamnunyou confer favorتَسْتَكْثِرُtastakthiru[you] seeking (to get) more. ﴿٦﴾

[74:7] Steadfastly commemorate your Lord.

وَلِرَبِّكَwalirabbikaAnd for your Lordفَٱصْبِرْfa-iṣ'birthen be steadfast. ﴿٧﴾

[74:8] Then, when the horn is blown.

فَإِذَاfa-idhāThen whenنُقِرَnuqira[it] (is) blownفِىfīinٱلنَّاقُورِl-nāqūrithe horn. ﴿٨﴾

[74:9] That will be a difficult day.

فَذَٰلِكَfadhālikaThen thatيَوْمَئِذٍyawma-idhin[that] Day,يَوْمٌyawmun(will be) a Dayعَسِيرٌʿasīrundifficult. ﴿٩﴾

[74:10] For the disbelievers, not easy.

عَلَىʿalāForٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَl-kāfirīnathe disbelieversغَيْرُghayrunotيَسِيرٍyasīrineasy. ﴿١٠﴾

[74:11] Let Me deal with one I created as an individual.

ذَرْنِىdharnīLeave Meوَمَنْwamanand whomخَلَقْتُkhalaqtuI createdوَحِيدًاwaḥīdanalone (*an individual). ﴿١١﴾

[74:12] I provided him with lots of money.

وَجَعَلْتُwajaʿaltuAnd I granted / providedلَهُۥlahufor himمَالًاmālanwealth / moneyمَّمْدُودًاmamdūdanextensive. ﴿١٢﴾

[74:13] And children to behold.

وَبَنِينَwabanīnaAnd childrenشُهُودًاshuhūdanpresent / to behold. ﴿١٣﴾

[74:14] I made everything easy for him.

وَمَهَّدتُّwamahhadttuAnd I spreadلَهُۥlahufor him,تَمْهِيدًاtamhīdanmaking smooth (*ease). ﴿١٤﴾

[74:15] Yet, he is greedy for more.

ثُمَّthummaThenيَطْمَعُyaṭmaʿuhe desires / expectsأَنْanthatأَزِيدَazīdaI add / provide more. ﴿١٥﴾

[74:16] He stubbornly refused to accept these proofs.

كَلَّآkallāAbsolutely!إِنَّهُۥinnahuIndeed, heكَانَkāna[he] wasلِـَٔايَـٰتِنَاliāyātināto our verses / proofsعَنِيدًاʿanīdanstubborn. ﴿١٦﴾

[74:17] I will increasingly punish him.

سَأُرْهِقُهُۥsa-ur'hiquhuSoon I will cover / burden himصَعُودًاṣaʿūdan(with) an increasingly overwhelming punishment. ﴿١٧﴾

[74:18] For he reflected, then decided.

إِنَّهُۥinnahuIndeed, heفَكَّرَfakkara[he] reflectedوَقَدَّرَwaqaddaraand [he] calculated / measured / determined. ﴿١٨﴾

[74:19] Miserable is what he decided.

فَقُتِلَfaqutilaSo perish / woe to (miserable)كَيْفَkayfahowقَدَّرَqaddarahe calculated / measured / determined! ﴿١٩﴾

[74:20] Miserable indeed is what he decided.

ثُمَّthummaThenقُتِلَqutilaperish / woe to (miserable)كَيْفَkayfahowقَدَّرَqaddarahe calculated / measured / determined! ﴿٢٠﴾

[74:21] He looked.

ثُمَّthummaThenنَظَرَnaẓarahe looked. ﴿٢١﴾

[74:22] He frowned and whined.

ثُمَّthummaThenعَبَسَʿabasahe frownedوَبَسَرَwabasaraand he scowled / whined. ﴿٢٢﴾

[74:23] Then he turned away arrogantly.

ثُمَّthummaThenأَدْبَرَadbarahe turned backوَٱسْتَكْبَرَwa-is'takbaraand he turned arrogant. ﴿٢٣﴾

[74:24] He said, "This is but clever magic!

فَقَالَfaqālaThen he said,إِنْin"Not (is)هَـٰذَآhādhāthisإِلَّاillābutسِحْرٌsiḥ'runmagicيُؤْثَرُyu'tharuhe imitates. ﴿٢٤﴾

[74:25] "This is human made."

إِنْin"Not (is)هَـٰذَآhādhāthisإِلَّاillābutقَوْلُqawlu(the) word / saying (of)ٱلْبَشَرِl-basharithe human being." ﴿٢٥﴾

[74:26] I will commit him to retribution.

سَأُصْلِيهِsa-uṣ'līhiSoon I will burn him / cast himسَقَرَsaqara(into) fire (of Hell) / retribution. ﴿٢٦﴾

[74:27] What retribution!

وَمَآwamāAnd what*أَدْرَىٰكَadrākait can make you know / inform you (*do you know)مَاmāwhatسَقَرُsaqarufire (of Hell) / retribution? ﴿٢٧﴾

[74:28] Thorough and comprehensive.

لَاlāNotتُبْقِىtub'qīit remains / sparesوَلَاwalāand notتَذَرُtadharuit leaves (alone). ﴿٢٨﴾

[74:29] Obvious to all the people.

لَوَّاحَةٌlawwāḥatunScorching / Made visible / Obviousلِّلْبَشَرِlil'basharifor the humans. ﴿٢٩﴾

[74:30] Over it is nineteen.*

عَلَيْهَاʿalayhāOver it (is)تِسْعَةَtis'ʿatanine*عَشَرَʿasharaten (*nineteen). ﴿٣٠﴾

*74:30-35 This "One of the great miracles" provides the first physical evidence that the Quran is God's message to the world. This 19-based miracle is detailed in Appendix 1.

[74:31] We appointed angels to be guardians of Hell, and we assigned their number (19) (1) to disturb the disbelievers, (2) to convince the Christians and Jews (that this is a divine scripture), (3) to strengthen the faith of the faithful, (4) to remove all traces of doubt from the hearts of Christians, Jews, as well as the believers, and (5) to expose those who harbor doubt in their hearts, and the disbelievers; they will say, "What did GOD mean by this allegory?" GOD thus sends astray whomever He wills, and guides whomever He wills. None knows the soldiers of your Lord except He. This is a reminder for the people.

وَمَاwamāAnd notجَعَلْنَآjaʿalnāwe madeأَصْحَـٰبَaṣḥābadefenders / guardians (of)ٱلنَّارِl-nārithe Fireإِلَّاillāexceptمَلَـٰٓئِكَةًmalāikatanangels.وَمَاwamāAnd notجَعَلْنَاjaʿalnāwe madeعِدَّتَهُمْʿiddatahumtheir numberإِلَّاillāexcept:فِتْنَةًfit'natan(as) a test / adversityلِّلَّذِينَlilladhīnafor those whoكَفَرُوا۟kafarū[they] disbelieved;لِيَسْتَيْقِنَliyastayqinathat they may be certainٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoأُوتُوا۟ūtūthey were givenٱلْكِتَـٰبَl-kitābathe scripture;وَيَزْدَادَwayazdādaand it will increase (strengthen)ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoءَامَنُوٓا۟āmanū[they] believedإِيمَـٰنًاīmānan(in) faith;وَلَاwalāand notيَرْتَابَyartābahe doubtsٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoأُوتُوا۟ūtū[they] were givenٱلْكِتَـٰبَl-kitābathe scriptureوَٱلْمُؤْمِنُونَwal-mu'minūnaand the believers;وَلِيَقُولَwaliyaqūlaand that [he] may say (*expose)ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoفِىfīinقُلُوبِهِمqulūbihimtheir hearts (is)مَّرَضٌmaraḍuna disease;وَٱلْكَـٰفِرُونَwal-kāfirūnaand the disbelievers (say)مَاذَآmādhā"What then (was it)أَرَادَarāda[He] intendedٱللَّهُl-lahuGodبِهَـٰذَاbihādhāby thisمَثَلًاmathalanexample?"كَذَٰلِكَkadhālikaThusيُضِلُّyuḍillu[He] sends astrayٱللَّهُl-lahuGodمَنmanwhomيَشَآءُyashāuHe willsوَيَهْدِىwayahdīand He guidesمَنmanwhomيَشَآءُyashāuHe wills.وَمَاwamāAnd noneيَعْلَمُyaʿlamu[he] knowsجُنُودَjunūda(the) soldiersرَبِّكَrabbika(of) your LordإِلَّاillāexceptهُوَhuwaHim.وَمَاwamāAnd notهِىَhiyait (is)إِلَّاillābutذِكْرَىٰdhik'rāa reminderلِلْبَشَرِlil'basharifor the human beings. ﴿٣١﴾

[74:32] Absolutely, (I swear) by the moon.

كَلَّاkallāAbsolutely!وَٱلْقَمَرِwal-qamariBy the moon. ﴿٣٢﴾

[74:33] And the night as it passes.

وَٱلَّيْلِwa-al-layliAnd the nightإِذْidhwhen [in the past]أَدْبَرَadbarait declined / set / passed. ﴿٣٣﴾

[74:34] And the morning as it shines.

وَٱلصُّبْحِwal-ṣub'ḥiAnd the morningإِذَآidhāwhen [in the future]أَسْفَرَasfarait shined. ﴿٣٤﴾

[74:35] This is one of the great miracles.*

إِنَّهَاinnahāIndeed, it (is)لَإِحْدَىla-iḥ'dāsurely one (of)ٱلْكُبَرِl-kubarithe great (miracles). ﴿٣٥﴾

[74:36] A warning to the human race.

نَذِيرًاnadhīranA warningلِّلْبَشَرِlil'basharito the human being. ﴿٣٦﴾

[74:37] For those among you who wish to advance, or regress.

لِمَنlimanTo whoeverشَآءَshāahe willedمِنكُمْminkumamong you [all]أَنantoيَتَقَدَّمَyataqaddama[he] proceeds / advancesأَوْaworيَتَأَخَّرَyata-akhara[he] stay behind / regress. ﴿٣٧﴾

[74:38] Every soul is trapped by its sins.

كُلُّkulluEveryنَفْسٍۭnafsinsoul,بِمَاbimāfor whatكَسَبَتْkasabatit earnedرَهِينَةٌrahīnatun(is) pledged / bound in debt. ﴿٣٨﴾

[74:39] Except for those on the right.

إِلَّآillāExceptأَصْحَـٰبَaṣḥāba(the) companions (of)ٱلْيَمِينِl-yamīnithe right. ﴿٣٩﴾

[74:40] While in Paradise, they will ask.

فِىfīInجَنَّـٰتٍjannātinParadise,يَتَسَآءَلُونَyatasāalūnathey will ask each other, ﴿٤٠﴾

[74:41] About the guilty.

عَنِʿaniaboutٱلْمُجْرِمِينَl-muj'rimīnathe guilty ones, ﴿٤١﴾

[74:42] "What brought you to this retribution?"

مَاmā"Whatسَلَكَكُمْsalakakumit led / brought you [all]فِىfīintoسَقَرَsaqara(the) fire (of Hell) / retribution?" ﴿٤٢﴾

[74:43] They will say, "We did not observe the contact prayers (Salat).

قَالُوا۟qālūThey said,لَمْlam"Notنَكُnakuwe wereمِنَminaofٱلْمُصَلِّينَl-muṣalīnathe ones who pray / worshipers. ﴿٤٣﴾

[74:44] "We did not feed the poor.

وَلَمْwalam"And notنَكُnakuwe used toنُطْعِمُnuṭ'ʿimu[we] feedٱلْمِسْكِينَl-mis'kīnathe poor. ﴿٤٤﴾

[74:45] "We blundered with the blunderers.

وَكُنَّاwakunnā"And we used toنَخُوضُnakhūḍu[we] indulge in vain talk / blunderمَعَmaʿawithٱلْخَآئِضِينَl-khāiḍīnathe vain talkers / blunderers. ﴿٤٥﴾

[74:46] "We disbelieved in the Day of Judgment.

وَكُنَّاwakunnā"And we used toنُكَذِّبُnukadhibu[we] deny / disbelieveبِيَوْمِbiyawmiin (the) Day (of)ٱلدِّينِl-dīni[the] Judgment. ﴿٤٦﴾

[74:47] "Until certainty came to us now."

حَتَّىٰٓḥattā"Until,أَتَىٰنَاatānā[it] came to usٱلْيَقِينُl-yaqīnuthe certainty." ﴿٤٧﴾

[74:48] The intercession of the intercessors will never help them.

فَمَاfamāThen notتَنفَعُهُمْtanfaʿuhumit will benefit themشَفَـٰعَةُshafāʿatuintercession (of)ٱلشَّـٰفِعِينَl-shāfiʿīnathe intercessors. ﴿٤٨﴾

[74:49] Why are they so averse to this reminder?

فَمَاfamāThen what (is)لَهُمْlahumfor them,عَنِʿaniaboutٱلتَّذْكِرَةِl-tadhkiratithe reminderمُعْرِضِينَmuʿ'riḍīna[those who are] turning away. ﴿٤٩﴾

[74:50] Running like zebras.

كَأَنَّهُمْka-annahumAs if they wereحُمُرٌḥumurundonkey*مُّسْتَنفِرَةٌmus'tanfiratunwho takes flight / runs away (*zebra), ﴿٥٠﴾

[74:51] Who are fleeing from the lion!

فَرَّتْfarratit fledمِنminfromقَسْوَرَةٍۭqaswaratina lion! ﴿٥١﴾

[74:52] Does each one of them want to receive the scripture personally?

بَلْbalNay!يُرِيدُyurīdu[He] desiresكُلُّkullueveryٱمْرِئٍim'ri-inpersonمِّنْهُمْmin'humfrom themأَنanthatيُؤْتَىٰyu'tāhe is givenصُحُفًاṣuḥufanteachings / writings / scripturesمُّنَشَّرَةًmunasharatanspread open. ﴿٥٢﴾

[74:53] Indeed, they do not fear the Hereafter.

كَلَّاkallāNay!بَلbalButلَّاlānotيَخَافُونَyakhāfūnathey fearٱلْـَٔاخِرَةَl-ākhiratathe Hereafter. ﴿٥٣﴾

[74:54] Indeed, this is a reminder.

كَلَّآkallāNay!إِنَّهُۥinnahuIndeed, it (is)تَذْكِرَةٌtadhkiratuna reminder. ﴿٥٤﴾

[74:55] For those who wish to take heed.

فَمَنfamanSo whoeverشَآءَshāahe willedذَكَرَهُۥdhakarahuhe took heed to it. ﴿٥٥﴾

[74:56] They cannot take heed against GOD's will. He is the source of righteousness; He is the source of forgiveness.

وَمَاwamāAnd notيَذْكُرُونَyadhkurūnathey take heedإِلَّآillāexceptأَنanthatيَشَآءَyashāa[He] willsٱللَّهُl-lahuGod.هُوَhuwaHe (is)أَهْلُahluPossessor / Lord / source (of)ٱلتَّقْوَىٰl-taqwāthe righteousnessوَأَهْلُwa-ahluand Possessor / Lord / source (of)ٱلْمَغْفِرَةِl-maghfiratithe forgiveness. ﴿٥٦﴾

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