74. Sūrat al-Muddaththir (2/2)

٧٤۔ سُورَةُ المُدَّثــِّر ص ٢

The Cloaked One (Meccan)

quran:74:51

Fleeing from a lion?  

fleeing from a lion?, that is to say, fleeing from it with absolute fright.
القرآن:٧٤:٥١

فَرَّتْ مِنْ قَسْوَرَةٍ  

{فرت من قسورة} أسد أي هربت منه أشد الهرب.
quran:74:52

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

Nay, but everyone of them desires to be given unrolled scrolls, from God, exalted be He, ˹enjoining them˺ to follow the Prophet (s), as they said ˹before˺, ‘And ˹even then˺ we will not believe your ascension until you bring down for us a book that we may read’ ˹Q. 17:93˺.
القرآن:٧٤:٥٢

بَلْ يُرِيدُ كُلُّ امْرِئٍ مِنْهُمْ أَنْ يُؤْتَىٰ صُحُفًا مُنَشَّرَةً  

{بل يريد كل امرىء منهم أن يؤتى صحفا منشرة} أي من الله تعالى باتباع النبي كما قالوا: لن نؤمن لك حتى تنزل علينا كتابا نقرؤه.
quran:74:53

No! But they do not fear the Hereafter.  

No indeed! (kallā: a deterrent of what they desire). Rather they do not fear the Hereafter, that is, the chastisement thereof.
القرآن:٧٤:٥٣

كَلَّا ۖ بَلْ لَا يَخَافُونَ الْآخِرَةَ  

{كلا} ردع عما أرادوه {بل لا يخافون الآخرة} أي عذابها.
quran:74:54

No! Indeed, the Qur'an is a reminder  

No indeed! (kallā: a commencement ˹of a new sentence˺) Assuredly it, that is, the Qur’ān, is a Reminder, an admonition.
القرآن:٧٤:٥٤

كَلَّا إِنَّهُ تَذْكِرَةٌ  

{كلا} استفتاح {إنه} أي القرآن {تذكرة} عظة.
quran:74:55

Then whoever wills will remember it.  

So whoever wills shall remember it, he shall read it and be admonished by it.
القرآن:٧٤:٥٥

فَمَنْ شَاءَ ذَكَرَهُ  

{فمن شاء ذكره} قرأه فاتعظ به.
quran:74:56

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

And they will not remember (yadhkurūna or ˹read second person plural˺ tadhkurūna) unless God wills ˹it˺. He is ˹the One˺ worthy of ˹your˺ fear, and ˹the One˺ worthy to forgive, by forgiving those who fear Him. Meccan, consisting of 40 verses.
القرآن:٧٤:٥٦

وَمَا يَذْكُرُونَ إِلَّا أَنْ يَشَاءَ اللَّهُ ۚ هُوَ أَهْلُ التَّقْوَىٰ وَأَهْلُ الْمَغْفِرَةِ  

{وما يذكرون} بالياء والتاء {إلا أن يشاء الله هو أهل التقوى} بأن يتقى {وأهل المغفرة} بأن يغفر لمن اتقاه.