Al Muddathth

Pickthall

1 In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. O thou enveloped in thy cloak,

Pickthall

2 Arise and warn!

Pickthall

3 Thy Lord magnify,

Pickthall

4 Thy raiment purify,

Pickthall

5 Pollution shun!

Pickthall

6 And show not favour, seeking wordly gain!

Pickthall

7 For the sake of thy Lord, be patient!

Pickthall

8 For when the trumpet shall sound,

Pickthall

9 Surely that day will be a day of anguish,

Pickthall

10 Not of ease, for disbelievers.

Pickthall

11 Leave Me (to deal) with him whom I created lonely,

Pickthall

12 And then bestowed upon him ample means,

Pickthall

13 And sons abiding in his presence

Pickthall

14 And made (life) smooth for him.

Pickthall

15 Yet he desireth that I should give more.

Pickthall

16 Nay! For lo! he hath been stubborn to Our revelations.

Pickthall

17 On him I shall impose a fearful doom.

Pickthall

18 For lo! he did consider; then he planned -

Pickthall

19 (Self - )destroyed is he, how he planned!

Pickthall

20 Again (self - )destroyed is he, how he planned! -

Pickthall

21 Then looked he,

Pickthall

22 Then frowned he and showed displeasure.

Pickthall

23 Then turned he away in pride

Pickthall

24 And said: This is naught else than magic from of old;

Pickthall

25 This is naught else than speech of mortal man.

Pickthall

26 Him shall I fling unto the burning.

Pickthall

27 - Ah, what will convey unto thee what that burning is! -

Pickthall

28 It leaveth naught; it spareth naught

Pickthall

29 It shrivelleth the man.

Pickthall

30 Above it are nineteen.

Pickthall

31 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.

Pickthall

32 Nay, by the Moon

Pickthall

33 And the night when it withdraweth

Pickthall

34 And the dawn when it shineth forth,

Pickthall

35 Lo! this is one of the greatest (portents)

Pickthall

36 As a warning unto men,

Pickthall

37 Unto him of you who will advance or hang back.

Pickthall

38 Every soul is a pledge for its own deeds;

Pickthall

39 Save those who will stand on the right hand.

Pickthall

40 In gardens they will ask one another

Pickthall

41 Concerning the guilty:

Pickthall

42 What hath brought you to this burning ?

Pickthall

43 They will answer: We were not of those who prayed

Pickthall

44 Nor did we feed the wretched.

Pickthall

45 We used to wade (in vain dispute) with (all) waders,

Pickthall

46 And we used to deny the Day of Judgment,

Pickthall

47 Till the Inevitable came unto us.

Pickthall

48 The mediation of no mediators will avail them then.

Pickthall

49 Why now turn they away from the Admonishment,

Pickthall

50 As they were frightened asses

Pickthall

51 Fleeing from a lion ?

Pickthall

52 Nay, but everyone of them desireth that he should be given open pages (from Allah).

Pickthall

53 Nay, verily. They fear not the Hereafter.

Pickthall

54 Nay, verily. Lo! this is an Admonishment.

Pickthall

55 So whosoever will may heed.

Pickthall

56 And they will not heed unless Allah willeth (it). He is the fount of fear. He is the fount of Mercy.