Chapter 74, 56 verses
O you who are clothed!
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. O thou enveloped in thy cloak,
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!
And your Lord do magnify,
Thy Lord magnify,
And magnify your Lord (Allah)!
And your garments do purify,
Thy raiment purify,
And purify your garments!
And uncleanness do shun,
Pollution shun!
And keep away from Ar-Rujz (the idols)!
And bestow not favors that you may receive again with increase,
And show not favour, seeking wordly gain!
And give not a thing in order to have more (or consider not your deeds of obedience to Allah as a favour to Him).
And for the sake of your Lord, be patient.
For the sake of thy Lord, be patient!
And be patient for the sake of your Lord (i.e. perform your duty to Allah)!
For when the trumpet is sounded,
For when the trumpet shall sound,
Then, when the Trumpet is sounded (i.e. the second blowing of the horn).
That, at that time, shall be a difficult day,
Surely that day will be a day of anguish,
Truly, that Day will be a Hard Day -
For the unbelievers, anything but easy.
Not of ease, for disbelievers.
Far from easy for the disbelievers.
Leave Me and him whom I created alone,
Leave Me (to deal) with him whom I created lonely,
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 give him vast riches,
And then bestowed upon him ample means,
And then granted him resources in abundance.
And sons dwelling in his presence,
And sons abiding in his presence
And children to be by his side.
And I adjusted affairs for him adjustably;
And made (life) smooth for him.
And made life smooth and comfortable for him.
And yet he desires that I should add more!
Yet he desireth that I should give more.
After all that he desires that I should give more;
By no means! surely he offers opposition to Our communications.
Nay! For lo! he hath been stubborn to Our revelations.
Nay! Verily, he has been opposing Our Ayat (proofs, evidence, verses, lessons, signs, revelations).
I will make a distressing punishment overtake him.
On him I shall impose a fearful doom.
I shall oblige him to (climb a slippery mountain in the Hell-fire called As-Sa'ud, or) face a severe torment!
Surely he reflected and guessed,
For lo! he did consider; then he planned -
Verily, he thought and plotted.
But may he be cursed how he plotted;
(Self - )destroyed is he, how he planned!
So let him be cursed: how he plotted!
Again, may he be cursed how he plotted;
Again (self - )destroyed is he, how he planned! -
And once more let him be cursed: how he plotted!
Then he looked,
Then looked he,
Then he thought.
Then he frowned and scowled,
Then frowned he and showed displeasure.
Then he frowned and he looked in a bad tempered way;
Then he turned back and was big with pride,
Then turned he away in pride
Then he turned back, and was proud.
~Then he said: This is naught but enchantment, narrated (from others);
And said: This is naught else than magic from of old;
Then he said: "This is nothing but magic from that of old,
This is naught but the word of a mortal.
This is naught else than speech of mortal man.
"This is nothing but the word of a human being!"
I will cast him into hell.
Him shall I fling unto the burning.
I will cast him into Hell-fire.
And what will make you realize what hell is?
- Ah, what will convey unto thee what that burning is! -
And what will make you know (exactly) what Hell-fire is?
It leaves naught nor does it spare aught.
It leaveth naught; it spareth naught
It spares not (any sinner), nor does it leave (anything unburnt)!
It scorches the mortal.
It shrivelleth the man.
Burning and blackening the skins!
Over it are nineteen.
Above it are nineteen.
Over it are nineteen (angels as guardians and keepers of Hell).
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.
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 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; I swear by the moon,
Nay, by the Moon
Nay! And by the moon
And the night when it departs,
And the night when it withdraweth
And by the night when it withdraws.
And the daybreak when it shines;
And the dawn when it shineth forth,
And by the dawn when it brightens.
Surely it (hell) is one of the gravest (misfortunes),
Lo! this is one of the greatest (portents)
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).
A warning to mortals,
As a warning unto men,
A warning to mankind -
To him among you who wishes to go forward or remain behind.
Unto him of you who will advance or hang back.
To any of you that chooses to go forward (by working righteous deeds), or to remain behind (by committing sins).
Every soul is held in pledge for what it earns,
Every soul is a pledge for its own deeds;
Every person is a pledge for what he has earned,
Except the people of the right hand,
Save those who will stand on the right hand.
Except those on the Right, (i.e. the pious true believers of Islamic Monotheism).
In gardens, they shall ask each other
In gardens they will ask one another
In Gardens (Paradise) they will ask one another,
About the guilty:
Concerning the guilty:
About Al-Mujrimun (polytheists, criminals, disbelievers), (And they will say to them):
What has brought you into hell?
What hath brought you to this burning ?
"What has caused you to enter Hell?"
They shall say: We were not of those who prayed;
They will answer: We were not of those who prayed
They will say: "We were not of those who used to offer the Salat (prayers),
And we used not to feed the poor;
Nor did we feed the wretched.
"Nor we used to feed Al-Miskin (the poor);
And we used to enter into vain discourse with those who entered into vain discourses.
We used to wade (in vain dispute) with (all) waders,
"And we used to talk falsehood (all that which Allah hated) with vain talkers.
And we used to call the day of judgment a lie;
And we used to deny the Day of Judgment,
And we used to belie the Day of Recompense,
Till death overtook us.
Till the Inevitable came unto us.
"Until there came to us (the death) that is certain."
So the intercession of intercessors shall not avail them.
The mediation of no mediators will avail them then.
So no intercession of intercessors will be of any use to them.
What is then the matter with them, that they turn away from the admonition
Why now turn they away from the Admonishment,
Then what is wrong with them (i.e. the polytheists, the disbelievers) that they turn away from (receiving) admonition?
As if they were asses taking fright
As they were frightened asses
As if they were (frightened) wild donkeys.
That had fled from a lion?
Fleeing from a lion ?
Fleeing from a hunter, or a lion, or a beast of prey.
Nay; every one of them desires that he may be given pages spread out;
Nay, but everyone of them desireth that he should be given open pages (from Allah).
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! but they do not fear the hereafter.
Nay, verily. They fear not the Hereafter.
Nay! But they fear not the Hereafter (from Allah's punishment).
Nay! it is surely an admonition.
Nay, verily. Lo! this is an Admonishment.
Nay, verily, this (Qur'an) is an admonition,
So whoever pleases may mind it.
So whosoever will may heed.
So whosoever will (let him read it), and receive admonition (from it)!
And they will not mind unless Allah please. He is worthy to be feared and worthy to forgive.
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 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).