Chapter 74, 56 verses
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. O thou enveloped in thy cloak,
O you who are clothed!
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. O you (Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) enveloped in garments!
Arise and warn!
Arise and warn,
Arise and warn!
Thy Lord magnify,
And your Lord do magnify,
And magnify your Lord (Allah)!
Thy raiment purify,
And your garments do purify,
And purify your garments!
Pollution shun!
And uncleanness do shun,
And keep away from Ar-Rujz (the idols)!
And show not favour, seeking wordly gain!
And bestow not favors that you may receive again with increase,
And give not a thing in order to have more (or consider not your deeds of obedience to Allah as a favour to Him).
For the sake of thy Lord, be patient!
And for the sake of your Lord, be patient.
And be patient for the sake of your Lord (i.e. perform your duty to Allah)!
For when the trumpet shall sound,
For when the trumpet is sounded,
Then, when the Trumpet is sounded (i.e. the second blowing of the horn).
Surely that day will be a day of anguish,
That, at that time, shall be a difficult day,
Truly, that Day will be a Hard Day -
Not of ease, for disbelievers.
For the unbelievers, anything but easy.
Far from easy for the disbelievers.
Leave Me (to deal) with him whom I created lonely,
Leave Me and him whom I created alone,
Leave Me Alone (to deal) with whom I created lonely (without any wealth or children etc, i.e. Al-Walid bin Al-Mughirah Al-Makhzumi)!
And then bestowed upon him ample means,
And give him vast riches,
And then granted him resources in abundance.
And sons abiding in his presence
And sons dwelling in his presence,
And children to be by his side.
And made (life) smooth for him.
And I adjusted affairs for him adjustably;
And made life smooth and comfortable for him.
Yet he desireth that I should give more.
And yet he desires that I should add more!
After all that he desires that I should give more;
Nay! For lo! he hath been stubborn to Our revelations.
By no means! surely he offers opposition to Our communications.
Nay! Verily, he has been opposing Our Ayat (proofs, evidence, verses, lessons, signs, revelations).
On him I shall impose a fearful doom.
I will make a distressing punishment overtake him.
I shall oblige him to (climb a slippery mountain in the Hell-fire called As-Sa'ud, or) face a severe torment!
For lo! he did consider; then he planned -
Surely he reflected and guessed,
Verily, he thought and plotted.
(Self - )destroyed is he, how he planned!
But may he be cursed how he plotted;
So let him be cursed: how he plotted!
Again (self - )destroyed is he, how he planned! -
Again, may he be cursed how he plotted;
And once more let him be cursed: how he plotted!
Then looked he,
Then he looked,
Then he thought.
Then frowned he and showed displeasure.
Then he frowned and scowled,
Then he frowned and he looked in a bad tempered way;
Then turned he away in pride
Then he turned back and was big with pride,
Then he turned back, and was proud.
And said: This is naught else than magic from of old;
~Then he said: This is naught but enchantment, narrated (from others);
Then he said: "This is nothing but magic from that of old,
This is naught else than speech of mortal man.
This is naught but the word of a mortal.
"This is nothing but the word of a human being!"
Him shall I fling unto the burning.
I will cast him into hell.
I will cast him into Hell-fire.
- Ah, what will convey unto thee what that burning is! -
And what will make you realize what hell is?
And what will make you know (exactly) what Hell-fire is?
It leaveth naught; it spareth naught
It leaves naught nor does it spare aught.
It spares not (any sinner), nor does it leave (anything unburnt)!
It shrivelleth the man.
It scorches the mortal.
Burning and blackening the skins!
Above it are nineteen.
Over it are nineteen.
Over it are nineteen (angels as guardians and keepers of Hell).
We have appointed only angels to be wardens of the Fire, and their number have We made to be a stumbling - block for those who disbelieve; that those to whom the Scripture hath been given may have certainty, and that believers may increase in faith; and that those to whom the Scripture hath been given and believers may not doubt; and that those in whose hearts there is disease, and disbelievers, may say: What meaneth Allah by this similitude ? Thus Allah sendeth astray whom He will, and whom He will He guideth. None knoweth the hosts of thy Lord save Him. This is naught else than a Reminder unto mortals.
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.
And We have set none but angels as guardians of the Fire. And We have fixed their number (19) only as a trial for the disbelievers, in order that the people of the Scripture (Jews and Christians) may arrive at a certainty [that this Qur'an is the truth as it agrees with their Books regarding the number (19) which is written in the Taurat (Torah) and the Injeel (Gospel)] and that the believers may increase in Faith (as this Qur'an is the truth), and that no doubt may be left for the people of the Scripture and the believers, and that those in whose hearts is a disease (of hypocrisy) and the disbelievers may say: "What Allah intends by this (curious) example ?" Thus Allah leads astray whom He wills and guides whom He wills. And none can know the hosts of your Lord but He. And this (Hell) is nothing else than a (warning) reminder to mankind.
Nay, by the Moon
Nay; I swear by the moon,
Nay! And by the moon
And the night when it withdraweth
And the night when it departs,
And by the night when it withdraws.
And the dawn when it shineth forth,
And the daybreak when it shines;
And by the dawn when it brightens.
Lo! this is one of the greatest (portents)
Surely it (hell) is one of the gravest (misfortunes),
Verily, it (Hell, or their denial of Prophet Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم, or the Day of Resurrection) is but one of the greatest (signs).
As a warning unto men,
A warning to mortals,
A warning to mankind -
Unto him of you who will advance or hang back.
To him among you who wishes to go forward or remain behind.
To any of you that chooses to go forward (by working righteous deeds), or to remain behind (by committing sins).
Every soul is a pledge for its own deeds;
Every soul is held in pledge for what it earns,
Every person is a pledge for what he has earned,
Save those who will stand on the right hand.
Except the people of the right hand,
Except those on the Right, (i.e. the pious true believers of Islamic Monotheism).
In gardens they will ask one another
In gardens, they shall ask each other
In Gardens (Paradise) they will ask one another,
Concerning the guilty:
About the guilty:
About Al-Mujrimun (polytheists, criminals, disbelievers), (And they will say to them):
What hath brought you to this burning ?
What has brought you into hell?
"What has caused you to enter Hell?"
They will answer: We were not of those who prayed
They shall say: We were not of those who prayed;
They will say: "We were not of those who used to offer the Salat (prayers),
Nor did we feed the wretched.
And we used not to feed the poor;
"Nor we used to feed Al-Miskin (the poor);
We used to wade (in vain dispute) with (all) waders,
And we used to enter into vain discourse with those who entered into vain discourses.
"And we used to talk falsehood (all that which Allah hated) with vain talkers.
And we used to deny the Day of Judgment,
And we used to call the day of judgment a lie;
And we used to belie the Day of Recompense,
Till the Inevitable came unto us.
Till death overtook us.
"Until there came to us (the death) that is certain."
The mediation of no mediators will avail them then.
So the intercession of intercessors shall not avail them.
So no intercession of intercessors will be of any use to them.
Why now turn they away from the Admonishment,
What is then the matter with them, that they turn away from the admonition
Then what is wrong with them (i.e. the polytheists, the disbelievers) that they turn away from (receiving) admonition?
As they were frightened asses
As if they were asses taking fright
As if they were (frightened) wild donkeys.
Fleeing from a lion ?
That had fled from a lion?
Fleeing from a hunter, or a lion, or a beast of prey.
Nay, but everyone of them desireth that he should be given open pages (from Allah).
Nay; every one of them desires that he may be given pages spread out;
Nay, everyone of them desires that he should be given pages spread out (coming from Allah with a writing that Islam is the right religion, and Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم has come with the truth from Allah, the Lord of the heavens and earth).
Nay, verily. They fear not the Hereafter.
Nay! but they do not fear the hereafter.
Nay! But they fear not the Hereafter (from Allah's punishment).
Nay, verily. Lo! this is an Admonishment.
Nay! it is surely an admonition.
Nay, verily, this (Qur'an) is an admonition,
So whosoever will may heed.
So whoever pleases may mind it.
So whosoever will (let him read it), and receive admonition (from it)!
And they will not heed unless Allah willeth (it). He is the fount of fear. He is the fount of Mercy.
And they will not mind unless Allah please. He is worthy to be feared and worthy to forgive.
And they will not receive admonition unless Allah wills; He (Allah) is the One, deserving that mankind should be afraid of, and should be dutiful to Him, and should not take any Ilah (god) along with Him, and He is the One Who forgives (sins).