Al-Muddaththir (المدثر)
Chapter 74 · The Cloaked One · Juz 29
بَلْ يُرِيدُ كُلُّ ٱمْرِئٍۢ مِّنْهُمْ أَن يُؤْتَىٰ صُحُفًۭا مُّنَشَّرَةًۭ
Bal yureedu kullum ri'im minhum any yu'taa suhufam munashsharah
Rather, every person among them desires that he would be given scriptures spread about.
Quran 74:52 — Surah Al-Muddaththir
This is verse 52 of 56 in Surah Al-Muddaththir (المدثر), meaning “The Cloaked One”. It is a Meccan surah — revealed in Makkah before the Hijrah. This verse is located in Juz 29 (Part 29) of the Quran.
Surah Al-Muddaththir is the 74th chapter of the Holy Quran and contains 56 verses (ayat). You can listen to this surah with audio recitation and follow along with transliteration on QuranMakkah.com.
To pronounce this verse, follow the transliteration below. Each syllable represents the Arabic sounds written in Latin letters:
Bal yureedu kullum ri'im minhum any yu'taa suhufam munashsharah
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كَأَنَّهُمْ حُمُرٌۭ مُّسْتَنفِرَةٌۭ
As if they were alarmed donkeys
فَرَّتْ مِن قَسْوَرَةٍۭ
Fleeing from a lion?
بَلْ يُرِيدُ كُلُّ ٱمْرِئٍۢ مِّنْهُمْ أَن يُؤْتَىٰ صُحُفًۭا مُّنَشَّرَةًۭ
Rather, every person among them desires that he would be given scriptures spread about.
كَلَّا ۖ بَل لَّا يَخَافُونَ ٱلْءَاخِرَةَ
No! But they do not fear the Hereafter.
كَلَّآ إِنَّهُۥ تَذْكِرَةٌۭ
No! Indeed, the Qur'an is a reminder