Chapter 74, 56 verses
O thou wrapped up (in the mantle)!
O you who are clothed!
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. O thou enveloped in thy cloak,
Arise and deliver thy warning!
Arise and warn,
Arise and warn!
And thy Lord do thou magnify!
And your Lord do magnify,
Thy Lord magnify,
And thy garments keep free from stain!
And your garments do purify,
Thy raiment purify,
And all abomination shun!
And uncleanness do shun,
Pollution shun!
Nor expect, in giving, any increase (for thyself)!
And bestow not favors that you may receive again with increase,
And show not favour, seeking wordly gain!
But, for thy Lord's (Cause), be patient and constant!
And for the sake of your Lord, be patient.
For the sake of thy Lord, be patient!
Finally, when the Trumpet is sounded,
For when the trumpet is sounded,
For when the trumpet shall sound,
That will be - that Day - a Day of Distress, -
That, at that time, shall be a difficult day,
Surely that day will be a day of anguish,
Far from easy for those without Faith.
For the unbelievers, anything but easy.
Not of ease, for disbelievers.
Leave Me alone, (to deal) with the (creature) whom I created (bare and) alone! -
Leave Me and him whom I created alone,
Leave Me (to deal) with him whom I created lonely,
To whom I granted resources in abundance,
And give him vast riches,
And then bestowed upon him ample means,
And sons to be by his side! -
And sons dwelling in his presence,
And sons abiding in his presence
To whom I made (life) smooth and comfortable!
And I adjusted affairs for him adjustably;
And made (life) smooth for him.
Yet is he greedy - that I should add (yet more); -
And yet he desires that I should add more!
Yet he desireth that I should give more.
By no means! For to Our Signs he has been refractory!
By no means! surely he offers opposition to Our communications.
Nay! For lo! he hath been stubborn to Our revelations.
Soon will I visit him with a mount of calamities!
I will make a distressing punishment overtake him.
On him I shall impose a fearful doom.
For he thought and he plotted; -
Surely he reflected and guessed,
For lo! he did consider; then he planned -
And woe to him! How he plotted! -
But may he be cursed how he plotted;
(Self - )destroyed is he, how he planned!
Yea, Woe to him; How he plotted! -
Again, may he be cursed how he plotted;
Again (self - )destroyed is he, how he planned! -
Then he looked round;
Then he looked,
Then looked he,
Then he frowned and he scowled;
Then he frowned and scowled,
Then frowned he and showed displeasure.
Then he turned back and was haughty;
Then he turned back and was big with pride,
Then turned he away in pride
Then said he: "This is nothing but magic, derived from of old;
~Then he said: This is naught but enchantment, narrated (from others);
And said: This is naught else than magic from of old;
"This is nothing but the word of a mortal!"
This is naught but the word of a mortal.
This is naught else than speech of mortal man.
Soon will I cast him into Hell - Fire!
I will cast him into hell.
Him shall I fling unto the burning.
And what will explain to thee what Hell - Fire is?
And what will make you realize what hell is?
- Ah, what will convey unto thee what that burning is! -
Naught doth it permit to endure, and naught doth it leave alone! -
It leaves naught nor does it spare aught.
It leaveth naught; it spareth naught
Darkening and changing the colour of man!
It scorches the mortal.
It shrivelleth the man.
Over it are Nineteen.
Over it are nineteen.
Above it are nineteen.
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.
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.
Nay, verily: By the Moon,
Nay; I swear by the moon,
Nay, by the Moon
And by the Night as it retreateth,
And the night when it departs,
And the night when it withdraweth
And by the Dawn as it shineth forth, -
And the daybreak when it shines;
And the dawn when it shineth forth,
This is but one of the mighty (portents),
Surely it (hell) is one of the gravest (misfortunes),
Lo! this is one of the greatest (portents)
A warning to mankind, -
A warning to mortals,
As a warning unto men,
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.
Unto him of you who will advance or hang back.
Every soul will be (held) in pledge for its deeds.
Every soul is held in pledge for what it earns,
Every soul is a pledge for its own deeds;
Except the Companions of the Right Hand.
Except the people of the right hand,
Save those who will stand on the right hand.
(They will be) in Gardens (of Delight): they will question each other,
In gardens, they shall ask each other
In gardens they will ask one another
And (ask) of the Sinners:
About the guilty:
Concerning the guilty:
"What led you into Hell Fire?"
What has brought you into hell?
What hath brought you to this burning ?
They will say: "We were not of those who prayed;
They shall say: We were not of those who prayed;
They will answer: We were not of those who prayed
"Nor were we of those who fed the indigent;
And we used not to feed the poor;
Nor did we feed the wretched.
"But we used to talk vanities with vain talkers;
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 deny the Day of Judgment,
And we used to call the day of judgment a lie;
And we used to deny the Day of Judgment,
"Until there came to us (the Hour) that is certain."
Till death overtook us.
Till the Inevitable came unto us.
Then will no intercession of (any) intercessors profit them.
So the intercession of intercessors shall not avail them.
The mediation of no mediators will avail them then.
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
Why now turn they away from the Admonishment,
As if they were affrighted asses,
As if they were asses taking fright
As they were frightened asses
Fleeing from a lion!
That had fled from a lion?
Fleeing from a lion ?
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 everyone of them desireth that he should be given open pages (from Allah).
By no means! But they fear not the Hereafter,
Nay! but they do not fear the hereafter.
Nay, verily. They fear not the Hereafter.
Nay, this surely is an admonition:
Nay! it is surely an admonition.
Nay, verily. Lo! this is an Admonishment.
Let any who will, keep it in remembrance!
So whoever pleases may mind it.
So whosoever will may heed.
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.
And they will not heed unless Allah willeth (it). He is the fount of fear. He is the fount of Mercy.