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The English Quran

Translated by Malik, and Explained by Amina Elahi

 
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Now Playing # (74) The Cloaked One (Al-Muddathir)

(56 Verses)
# 74 The Cloaked One (Al-Muddathir) Explanation of # 74 The Cloaked One (Al-Muddathir)
In the name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful

SECTION: 1
O Muddaththir (the one enveloped - one of the nicknames of Prophet Muhammad)![1] Stand up and warn.[2] Proclaim the greatness of your Rabb,[3] purify your clothes,[4] keep yourself away from uncleanliness,[5] do not favor others to expect a gain,[6] and be patient for the sake of your Rabb.[7]

74:[1-7]


Instructions to the Prophet for cleanliness and patience

When the Trumpet will be sounded,[8] that Day will be a very difficult Day,[9] not easy for the disbelievers.[10] Leave Me and the one (Walïd bin Mughïrah, a staunch opponent of the Prophet) whom I created, alone.[11] I gave him abundant resources,[12] thriving sons,[13] and made his life smooth and comfortable.[14] Yet he hopes that I shall give him more.[15] By no means! Because he has stubbornly denied Our revelations.[16] Soon I shall make him suffer mounting calamities,[17] surely he pondered and devised a plot.[18] May he perish, how he plotted![19] Again, may he perish, how he plotted![20] He looked around,[21] frowned and scowled,[22] then he turned his back in scornful pride[23] and said: “This is nothing but a magic from the old,[24] this is nothing but the word of a human being."[25] Soon I shall cast him into Saqar.[26] What will make you understand, what Saqar is?[27] It is burning fire which leaves nothing and spares none.[28] It shrivels human flesh.[29] It is guarded by nineteen guards.[30] We have appointed none but angels as wardens of the fire; and We have made their number a trial for the unbelievers, so that the People of the Book may be convinced and the faith of the true believers may be increased, and that no doubts will be left for the People of the Book and the believers, and that those in whose hearts there is a disease and the disbelievers may say: “What could Allah mean by this parable?” Thus, Allah leaves to stray whom He wills and guides whom He pleases. No one knows the forces of your Rabb except Himself, and this (Qur'an) is nothing but a reminder to mankind.[31]

74:[8-31]

The Day of Judgment will be very difficult, especially for those who deny Allah's revelations and oppose His cause

SECTION: 2
Nay! By the moon,[32] by the departing night[33] and by the coming of dawn,[34] surely this hellfire is one of mighty scourge,[35] a warning to mankind;[36] to any of you who chooses to go forward or to lag behind.[37] Every soul is held in pledge for its deeds,[38] except the people of the right hand,[39] who shall be in paradise. They will ask[40] from the culprits:[41] “What brought you into hell?”[42] They will answer: “We did not use to offer the Salah (prayers),[43] we did not use to feed the poor,[44] we used to join those who wasted their time in vain talk,[45] and we used to deny the Day of Judgment,[46] until death overtook us."[47] On that Day, no intercession of any intercessors shall profit them.[48] Then what is the matter with them that they turn away from this admonition?[49] Like frightened donkeys[50] fleeing from a lion.[51] Nay, each of them wants a scripture of his own to be unrolled before him.[52] But no! The fact is that they do not fear the Hereafter.[53] But no! Surely this Qur’an is an admonition.[54] Let him who wills take heed.[55] But none takes heed except by the will of Allah. He Alone is worthy to be feared and He Alone is worthy to forgive those who fear Him.[56]

74:[32-56]


Actions which lead to hellfire are: Not offering Salah, not feeding the poor, wasting time in vain talk and denying the Day of Judgment

Major Issues, Divine Law and Guidance:

* Instructions to the Prophet for cleanliness and patience.
* The fact that the Day of Judgement will be very difficult especially for those who deny Allah’s revelations and oppose His cause.
* Actions which lead to the hellfire are: Not offering Salah, not feeding the poor, wasting time in vain talk and denying the Day of Judgement.
 

The earliest revelation to the Prophet (pbuh) was the first five verses of Sürah Al-'Alaq, in which it was said: “Read (O Prophet), in the name of your Rabb, Who created: created man from a clot of congealed blood. Read; and your Rabb is Most Generous, Who taught knowledge by the pen, taught man what he did not know.”

This was his first experience of revelation, therefore, in this Message it was not told what great mission he was being entrusted with and what duties he had to perform in the future. He was only initiated into it and then left alone for a while in order to absorb the great strain this experience had caused him and to allow him to become mentally prepared to receive the revelation and perform the prophetic mission in the future. After this intermission, when the revelation was resumed, the first seven verses of Sürah Al-Muddaththir were revealed. In these Ayat, he was for the first time commanded to arise and warn the people of the consequences of the way of life they were following and to proclaim the greatness of Allah in a world where others were being magnified without any justification. He was given this instruction: "The demand of the unique mission that you are to perform now, is that your life should be pure in every respect and you should carry out the duty of reforming your people sincerely, irrespective of any worldly gain." Then, in the last sentence, he is exhorted to endure with patience, for the sake of his Rabb, all the hardships and troubles that he might have to face while performing his mission.

In the implementation of this Divine Command, when the Prophet began to preach Islam and recite the Qur’anic Sürahs revealed successively, the people of Makkah felt alarmed, and it provoked a great storm of opposition and hostility. A few months passed in this state until the Hajj season approached. The people of Makkah feared that if Muhammad (pbuh) started visiting the caravans of the pilgrims coming from all over Arabia at their resting places reciting the spell binding and unique verses of the Qur’an to their assemblies, his message would eventually reach every part of Arabia and influence countless people. Therefore, the Qureysh chiefs held a conference and decided that they would start a propaganda campaign against the Prophet (pbuh) among the pilgrims as soon as they arrived. After they had agreed on this, Walïd bin Al-Mughirah said to the assembled people: “If you say contradictory things about Muhammad, we all would lose our trust among the people. Therefore, let us agree upon one opinion, which we should all say without dispute. They all requested Walïd to come up with some statement and he said: "Let me think it over for awhile." Then, after prolonged thought and consideration, he said: "The nearest thing to the truth is that you tell the Arabs that he is a sorcerer, who has brought a message by which he separates a man from his father, and from his brother, and from his wife and children, and from his family." They all agreed on what Walïd had proposed. Then, in accordance to the scheme, the men of Qureysh spread out among the pilgrims of Hajj and warned everyone that they should avoid the sorcery of Muhammad through which he stirs up division among the families.” But the plan, which the Qureysh chiefs carried out, yielded results contrary to what they had expected and actually favored the Prophet and his name became known throughout Arabia.

(Ibn Hisham, pp. 288-289) In conclusion, this Sürah clearly states: "Allah does not stand in need of anybody’s faith. The Qur’an is an admonition that has been presented before the people openly; now whoever wants may accept it. Allah has the right that the people should fear Him and He Alone has the power to forgive the one who adopts piety and God consciousness, even though one may have committed many acts of disobedience in the past."
 

No Chapter (Surah)
1 The Opening (Al-Fatiha)
2 The Cow (Al-Baqrah)
3 The Family of Imran (Aal-Imran)
4 The Women (An-Nisah)
5 The Table (Al-Maeda)
6 The Cattle (Al-An'aam)
7 The Heights (Al-A'raf)
8 The Spoils of War (Al-Anfal)
9 The Repentance(At-Tawba)
10 Jonah (Yunus)
11 The Prophet Hud (Hud)
12 Joseph (Yusuf)
13 The Thunder (Al-Ra'd)
14 Abraham (Imbrahim)
15 The Rocky Tract(Al-Hijr)
16 The Bees (An-Nahl)
17 The Night Journey (Al-Isra)
18 The Cave (Al-Kahf)
19 Mary (Maryam)
20 Ta-Ha (Ta-Ha)
21 The Prophets (Al-Anbiya)
22 The Pilgrimage (Al-Hajj)
23 The Believers (Al-Muminun)
24 The Light (An-Nour)
25 The Criterion (Al-Furqan)
26 The Poets (Ash-Shu'ara)
27 The Ants (An-Naml)
28 The Narration (Al-Qasas)
29 The Spider (Al-Ankaboot)
30 The Romans (Al-Rum)
31 Luqman (Luqman)
32 The Prostration (As-Sajda)
33 The Confederates (Al-Ahzab)
34 Sheba (Saba)
35 The Originator of Creation (Fatir)
36 Ya-Seen (Ya Seen)
37 The Rangers (As-Saffat)
38 The Letter Sad (Sad)
39 The Groups (Az-Zumar)
40 The Forgiver (Ghafir)
41 Explained in Detail (Fussilat)
42 The Consultation (Ash-Shura)
43 Ornaments of Gold (Az-Zukruf)
44 The Smoke (Ad-Dukhan)
45 The Kneeling (Al-Jathiya)
46 The Curved Sand hills (Al-Ahqaf)
47 Muhammad
48 The Victory (Al-Fath)
49 The Dwellings (Al-Hujurat)
50 The Letter Qaf (Qaf)
51 The Winds that Scatter (Az-Zariyat)
52 The Mount (At-Tur)
53 The Star (An-Najm)
54 The Moon (Al-Qamar)
55 The Most Beneficent (Ar-Rahman)
56 The Event (Al-Waqi'a)
57 The Iron (Al-Hadid)
58 She That Dispute (Al-Mujidala)
59 The Gathering (Al-Hashr)
60 The Examined One (Al-Mumtahina)
61 The Row (As-Saff)
62 Friday (Al-Jumu'ah)
63 The Hypocrites (Al-Munafiqoon)
64 Loss and Gain (At-Taghabun)
65 The Divorce (At-Talaq)
66 Prohibition (At-Tahreem)
67 Dominion (Al-Mulk)
68 The Pen (Al-Qalam)
69 The Reality (Al-Haaqqa)
70 The Ways of Ascent (Al-Ma'arij)
71 Noah (Nuh)
72 The Jinn (Al-Jinn)
73 The Enshrouded One (Al-Muzzammil)
74 The Cloaked One (Al-Muddathir)
75 The-Resurrection (Al-Qiyamah)
76 Man (Al-Insan)
77 Those Sent Forth (Al-Mursalat)
78 The News (An-Naba)
79 Those Who Pull Out (An-Naziat)
80 He frowned (Abasa)
81 The Folding Up (At-Takwir)
82 The Cleaving (Al-Infitar)
83 Those Who Deal in Fraud (Al-Mutaffifin)
84 The Splitting Asunder (Al-Inshiqaq)
85 The Mansions of the Stars (Al-Burooj)
86 The Night Comer (At-Tariq)
87 The Most High (Al-A'la)
88 The Overwhelming (Al-Ghashiya)
89 The Dawn (Al-Fajr)
90 The City (Al-Balad)
91 The Sun (Ash-Shams)
92 The Night (Al-Layl)
93 The Morning Hours (Ad-Dhuha)
94 Relief  (Al-Inshirah)
95 The Figs (At-Teen)
96 The Clot (Al-Alaq)
97 The Night of Decree (Al-Qadr)
98 The Clear Proof (Al-Bayyina)
99 The Earthquake (Az-Zalzala)
100 The Courser (Al-Adiyat)
101 The Calamity (Al-Qariah)
102 Rivalry in world increase (At-Takathur)
103 The Declining Day (Al-Asr)
104 The Slanderer (Al-Humaza)
105 The Elephant (Al-Feel)
106 Quraish ( Quraish)
107 Small Kindnesses (Al-Maun)
108 Abundance (Al-Kawthar)
109 The Disbelievers (Al-Kafiroon)
110 Divine- Support (An-Nasr)
111 The Flame (Al-Masadd)
112 Sincerity (Al-Ikhlas)
113 The Daybreak (Al-Falaq)
114 The Mankind (An-Nas)

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