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!
O thou wrapped up (in the mantle)!
O you who are clothed!
Arise and warn!
Arise and deliver thy warning!
Arise and warn,
And magnify your Lord (Allah)!
And thy Lord do thou magnify!
And your Lord do magnify,
And purify your garments!
And thy garments keep free from stain!
And your garments do purify,
And keep away from Ar-Rujz (the idols)!
And all abomination shun!
And uncleanness do shun,
And give not a thing in order to have more (or consider not your deeds of obedience to Allah as a favour to Him).
Nor expect, in giving, any increase (for thyself)!
And bestow not favors that you may receive again with increase,
And be patient for the sake of your Lord (i.e. perform your duty to Allah)!
But, for thy Lord's (Cause), be patient and constant!
And for the sake of your Lord, be patient.
Then, when the Trumpet is sounded (i.e. the second blowing of the horn).
Finally, when the Trumpet is sounded,
For when the trumpet is sounded,
Truly, that Day will be a Hard Day -
That will be - that Day - a Day of Distress, -
That, at that time, shall be a difficult day,
Far from easy for the disbelievers.
Far from easy for those without Faith.
For the unbelievers, anything but 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 alone, (to deal) with the (creature) whom I created (bare and) alone! -
Leave Me and him whom I created alone,
And then granted him resources in abundance.
To whom I granted resources in abundance,
And give him vast riches,
And children to be by his side.
And sons to be by his side! -
And sons dwelling in his presence,
And made life smooth and comfortable for him.
To whom I made (life) smooth and comfortable!
And I adjusted affairs for him adjustably;
After all that he desires that I should give more;
Yet is he greedy - that I should add (yet more); -
And yet he desires that I should add more!
Nay! Verily, he has been opposing Our Ayat (proofs, evidence, verses, lessons, signs, revelations).
By no means! For to Our Signs he has been refractory!
By no means! surely he offers opposition to Our communications.
I shall oblige him to (climb a slippery mountain in the Hell-fire called As-Sa'ud, or) face a severe torment!
Soon will I visit him with a mount of calamities!
I will make a distressing punishment overtake him.
Verily, he thought and plotted.
For he thought and he plotted; -
Surely he reflected and guessed,
So let him be cursed: how he plotted!
And woe to him! How he plotted! -
But may he be cursed how he plotted;
And once more let him be cursed: how he plotted!
Yea, Woe to him; How he plotted! -
Again, may he be cursed how he plotted;
Then he thought.
Then he looked round;
Then he looked,
Then he frowned and he looked in a bad tempered way;
Then he frowned and he scowled;
Then he frowned and scowled,
Then he turned back, and was proud.
Then he turned back and was haughty;
Then he turned back and was big with pride,
Then he said: "This is nothing but magic from that of old,
Then said he: "This is nothing but magic, derived from of old;
~Then he said: This is naught but enchantment, narrated (from others);
"This is nothing but the word of a human being!"
"This is nothing but the word of a mortal!"
This is naught but the word of a mortal.
I will cast him into Hell-fire.
Soon will I cast him into Hell - Fire!
I will cast him into hell.
And what will make you know (exactly) what Hell-fire is?
And what will explain to thee what Hell - Fire is?
And what will make you realize what hell is?
It spares not (any sinner), nor does it leave (anything unburnt)!
Naught doth it permit to endure, and naught doth it leave alone! -
It leaves naught nor does it spare aught.
Burning and blackening the skins!
Darkening and changing the colour of man!
It scorches the mortal.
Over it are nineteen (angels as guardians and keepers of Hell).
Over it are Nineteen.
Over it are nineteen.
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.
And We have set none but angels as Guardians of the Fire; and We have fixed their number only as a trial for Unbelievers, - in order that the People of the Book may arrive at certainty, and the Believers may increase in Faith, - and that no doubts may be left for the People of the Book and the Believers, and that those in whose hearts is a disease and the Unbelievers may say, "What symbol doth Allah intend by this?" Thus doth Allah leave to stray whom He pleaseth, and guide whom He pleaseth: and none can know the forces of thy Lord, except He and this is no other than a warning to mankind.
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.
Nay! And by the moon
Nay, verily: By the Moon,
Nay; I swear by the moon,
And by the night when it withdraws.
And by the Night as it retreateth,
And the night when it departs,
And by the dawn when it brightens.
And by the Dawn as it shineth forth, -
And the daybreak when it shines;
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).
This is but one of the mighty (portents),
Surely it (hell) is one of the gravest (misfortunes),
A warning to mankind -
A warning to mankind, -
A warning to mortals,
To any of you that chooses to go forward (by working righteous deeds), or to remain behind (by committing sins).
To any of you that chooses to press forward, or to follow behind; -
To him among you who wishes to go forward or remain behind.
Every person is a pledge for what he has earned,
Every soul will be (held) in pledge for its deeds.
Every soul is held in pledge for what it earns,
Except those on the Right, (i.e. the pious true believers of Islamic Monotheism).
Except the Companions of the Right Hand.
Except the people of the right hand,
In Gardens (Paradise) they will ask one another,
(They will be) in Gardens (of Delight): they will question each other,
In gardens, they shall ask each other
About Al-Mujrimun (polytheists, criminals, disbelievers), (And they will say to them):
And (ask) of the Sinners:
About the guilty:
"What has caused you to enter Hell?"
"What led you into Hell Fire?"
What has brought you into hell?
They will say: "We were not of those who used to offer the Salat (prayers),
They will say: "We were not of those who prayed;
They shall say: We were not of those who prayed;
"Nor we used to feed Al-Miskin (the poor);
"Nor were we of those who fed the indigent;
And we used not to feed the poor;
"And we used to talk falsehood (all that which Allah hated) with vain talkers.
"But we used to talk vanities with vain talkers;
And we used to enter into vain discourse with those who entered into vain discourses.
And we used to belie the Day of Recompense,
"And we used to deny the Day of Judgment,
And we used to call the day of judgment a lie;
"Until there came to us (the death) that is certain."
"Until there came to us (the Hour) that is certain."
Till death overtook us.
So no intercession of intercessors will be of any use to them.
Then will no intercession of (any) intercessors profit them.
So the intercession of intercessors shall not avail them.
Then what is wrong with them (i.e. the polytheists, the disbelievers) that they turn away from (receiving) admonition?
Then what is the matter with them that they turn away from admonition? -
What is then the matter with them, that they turn away from the admonition
As if they were (frightened) wild donkeys.
As if they were affrighted asses,
As if they were asses taking fright
Fleeing from a hunter, or a lion, or a beast of prey.
Fleeing from a lion!
That had fled 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).
Forsooth, each one of them wants to be given scrolls (of revelation) spread out!
Nay; every one of them desires that he may be given pages spread out;
Nay! But they fear not the Hereafter (from Allah's punishment).
By no means! But they fear not the Hereafter,
Nay! but they do not fear the hereafter.
Nay, verily, this (Qur'an) is an admonition,
Nay, this surely is an admonition:
Nay! it is surely an admonition.
So whosoever will (let him read it), and receive admonition (from it)!
Let any who will, keep it in remembrance!
So whoever pleases may mind 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).
But none will keep it in remembrance except as Allah wills: He is the Lord of Righteousness, and the Lord of Forgiveness.
And they will not mind unless Allah please. He is worthy to be feared and worthy to forgive.