Chapter 74, 56 verses
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. O you (Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) enveloped in garments!
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. O thou enveloped in thy cloak,
O you who covers himself [with a garment],
Arise and warn!
Arise and warn!
Arise and warn
And magnify your Lord (Allah)!
Thy Lord magnify,
And your Lord glorify
And purify your garments!
Thy raiment purify,
And your clothing purify
And keep away from Ar-Rujz (the idols)!
Pollution shun!
And uncleanliness avoid
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 show not favour, seeking wordly gain!
And do not confer favor to acquire more
And be patient for the sake of your Lord (i.e. perform your duty to Allah)!
For the sake of thy Lord, be patient!
But for your Lord be patient.
Then, when the Trumpet is sounded (i.e. the second blowing of the horn).
For when the trumpet shall sound,
And when the trumpet is blown,
Truly, that Day will be a Hard Day -
Surely that day will be a day of anguish,
That Day will be a difficult day
Far from easy for the disbelievers.
Not of ease, for disbelievers.
For the disbelievers - not easy.
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)!
Leave Me (to deal) with him whom I created lonely,
Leave Me with the one I created alone
And then granted him resources in abundance.
And then bestowed upon him ample means,
And to whom I granted extensive wealth
And children to be by his side.
And sons abiding in his presence
And children present [with him]
And made life smooth and comfortable for him.
And made (life) smooth for him.
And spread [everything] before him, easing [his life].
After all that he desires that I should give more;
Yet he desireth that I should give more.
Then he desires that I should add more.
Nay! Verily, he has been opposing Our Ayat (proofs, evidence, verses, lessons, signs, revelations).
Nay! For lo! he hath been stubborn to Our revelations.
No! Indeed, he has been toward Our verses obstinate.
I shall oblige him to (climb a slippery mountain in the Hell-fire called As-Sa'ud, or) face a severe torment!
On him I shall impose a fearful doom.
I will cover him with arduous torment.
Verily, he thought and plotted.
For lo! he did consider; then he planned -
Indeed, he thought and deliberated.
So let him be cursed: how he plotted!
(Self - )destroyed is he, how he planned!
So may he be destroyed [for] how he deliberated.
And once more let him be cursed: how he plotted!
Again (self - )destroyed is he, how he planned! -
Then may he be destroyed [for] how he deliberated.
Then he thought.
Then looked he,
Then he considered [again];
Then he frowned and he looked in a bad tempered way;
Then frowned he and showed displeasure.
Then he frowned and scowled;
Then he turned back, and was proud.
Then turned he away in pride
Then he turned back and was arrogant
Then he said: "This is nothing but magic from that of old,
And said: This is naught else than magic from of old;
And said, "This is not but magic imitated [from others].
"This is nothing but the word of a human being!"
This is naught else than speech of mortal man.
This is not but the word of a human being."
I will cast him into Hell-fire.
Him shall I fling unto the burning.
I will drive him into Saqar.
And what will make you know (exactly) what Hell-fire is?
- Ah, what will convey unto thee what that burning is! -
And what can make you know what is Saqar?
It spares not (any sinner), nor does it leave (anything unburnt)!
It leaveth naught; it spareth naught
It lets nothing remain and leaves nothing [unburned],
Burning and blackening the skins!
It shrivelleth the man.
Blackening the skins.
Over it are nineteen (angels as guardians and keepers of Hell).
Above it are nineteen.
Over it are nineteen [angels].
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.
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 keepers of the Fire except angels. And We have not made their number except as a trial for those who disbelieve - that those who were given the Scripture will be convinced and those who have believed will increase in faith and those who were given the Scripture and the believers will not doubt and that those in whose hearts is hypocrisy and the disbelievers will say, "What does Allah intend by this as an example?" Thus does Allah leave astray whom He wills and guides whom He wills. And none knows the soldiers of your Lord except Him. And mention of the Fire is not but a reminder to humanity.
Nay! And by the moon
Nay, by the Moon
No! By the moon
And by the night when it withdraws.
And the night when it withdraweth
And [by] the night when it departs
And by the dawn when it brightens.
And the dawn when it shineth forth,
And [by] the morning when it brightens,
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).
Lo! this is one of the greatest (portents)
Indeed, the Fire is of the greatest [afflictions]
A warning to mankind -
As a warning unto men,
As a warning to humanity -
To any of you that chooses to go forward (by working righteous deeds), or to remain behind (by committing sins).
Unto him of you who will advance or hang back.
To whoever wills among you to proceed or stay behind.
Every person is a pledge for what he has earned,
Every soul is a pledge for its own deeds;
Every soul, for what it has earned, will be retained
Except those on the Right, (i.e. the pious true believers of Islamic Monotheism).
Save those who will stand on the right hand.
Except the companions of the right,
In Gardens (Paradise) they will ask one another,
In gardens they will ask one another
[Who will be] in gardens, questioning each other
About Al-Mujrimun (polytheists, criminals, disbelievers), (And they will say to them):
Concerning the guilty:
About the criminals,
"What has caused you to enter Hell?"
What hath brought you to this burning ?
[And asking them], "What put you into Saqar?"
They will say: "We were not of those who used to offer the Salat (prayers),
They will answer: We were not of those who prayed
They will say, "We were not of those who prayed,
"Nor we used to feed Al-Miskin (the poor);
Nor did we feed the wretched.
Nor did we used to feed the poor.
"And we used to talk falsehood (all that which Allah hated) with vain talkers.
We used to wade (in vain dispute) with (all) waders,
And we used to enter into vain discourse with those who engaged [in it],
And we used to belie the Day of Recompense,
And we used to deny the Day of Judgment,
And we used to deny the Day of Recompense
"Until there came to us (the death) that is certain."
Till the Inevitable came unto us.
Until there came to us the certainty."
So no intercession of intercessors will be of any use to them.
The mediation of no mediators will avail them then.
So there will not benefit them the intercession of [any] intercessors.
Then what is wrong with them (i.e. the polytheists, the disbelievers) that they turn away from (receiving) admonition?
Why now turn they away from the Admonishment,
Then what is [the matter] with them that they are, from the reminder, turning away
As if they were (frightened) wild donkeys.
As they were frightened asses
As if they were alarmed donkeys
Fleeing from a hunter, or a lion, or a beast of prey.
Fleeing from a lion ?
Fleeing from a lion?
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 everyone of them desireth that he should be given open pages (from Allah).
Rather, every person among them desires that he would be given scriptures spread about.
Nay! But they fear not the Hereafter (from Allah's punishment).
Nay, verily. They fear not the Hereafter.
No! But they do not fear the Hereafter.
Nay, verily, this (Qur'an) is an admonition,
Nay, verily. Lo! this is an Admonishment.
No! Indeed, the Qur'an is a reminder
So whosoever will (let him read it), and receive admonition (from it)!
So whosoever will may heed.
Then whoever wills will remember it.
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).
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 remember except that Allah wills. He is worthy of fear and adequate for [granting] forgiveness.