Chapter 74, 56 verses
O thou wrapped up (in the mantle)!
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,
Arise and deliver thy warning!
Arise and warn!
Arise and warn!
And thy Lord do thou magnify!
And magnify your Lord (Allah)!
Thy Lord magnify,
And thy garments keep free from stain!
And purify your garments!
Thy raiment purify,
And all abomination shun!
And keep away from Ar-Rujz (the idols)!
Pollution shun!
Nor expect, in giving, any increase (for thyself)!
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!
But, for thy Lord's (Cause), be patient and constant!
And be patient for the sake of your Lord (i.e. perform your duty to Allah)!
For the sake of thy Lord, be patient!
Finally, when the Trumpet is sounded,
Then, when the Trumpet is sounded (i.e. the second blowing of the horn).
For when the trumpet shall sound,
That will be - that Day - a Day of Distress, -
Truly, that Day will be a Hard Day -
Surely that day will be a day of anguish,
Far from easy for those without Faith.
Far from easy for the disbelievers.
Not of ease, for disbelievers.
Leave Me alone, (to deal) with the (creature) whom I created (bare and) alone! -
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,
To whom I granted resources in abundance,
And then granted him resources in abundance.
And then bestowed upon him ample means,
And sons to be by his side! -
And children to be by his side.
And sons abiding in his presence
To whom I made (life) smooth and comfortable!
And made life smooth and comfortable for him.
And made (life) smooth for him.
Yet is he greedy - that I should add (yet more); -
After all that he desires that I should give more;
Yet he desireth that I should give more.
By no means! For to Our Signs he has been refractory!
Nay! Verily, he has been opposing Our Ayat (proofs, evidence, verses, lessons, signs, revelations).
Nay! For lo! he hath been stubborn to Our revelations.
Soon will I visit him with a mount of calamities!
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.
For he thought and he plotted; -
Verily, he thought and plotted.
For lo! he did consider; then he planned -
And woe to him! How he plotted! -
So let him be cursed: how he plotted!
(Self - )destroyed is he, how he planned!
Yea, Woe to him; How he plotted! -
And once more let him be cursed: how he plotted!
Again (self - )destroyed is he, how he planned! -
Then he looked round;
Then he thought.
Then looked he,
Then he frowned and he scowled;
Then he frowned and he looked in a bad tempered way;
Then frowned he and showed displeasure.
Then he turned back and was haughty;
Then he turned back, and was proud.
Then turned he away in pride
Then said he: "This is nothing but magic, derived from of old;
Then he said: "This is nothing but magic from that of old,
And said: This is naught else than magic from of old;
"This is nothing but the word of a mortal!"
"This is nothing but the word of a human being!"
This is naught else than speech of mortal man.
Soon will I cast him into Hell - Fire!
I will cast him into Hell-fire.
Him shall I fling unto the burning.
And what will explain to thee what Hell - Fire is?
And what will make you know (exactly) what Hell-fire is?
- Ah, what will convey unto thee what that burning is! -
Naught doth it permit to endure, and naught doth it leave alone! -
It spares not (any sinner), nor does it leave (anything unburnt)!
It leaveth naught; it spareth naught
Darkening and changing the colour of man!
Burning and blackening the skins!
It shrivelleth the man.
Over it are Nineteen.
Over it are nineteen (angels as guardians and keepers of Hell).
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 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.
Nay, verily: By the Moon,
Nay! And by the moon
Nay, by the Moon
And by the Night as it retreateth,
And by the night when it withdraws.
And the night when it withdraweth
And by the Dawn as it shineth forth, -
And by the dawn when it brightens.
And the dawn when it shineth forth,
This is but one of the mighty (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).
Lo! this is one of the greatest (portents)
A warning to mankind, -
A warning to mankind -
As a warning unto men,
To any of you that chooses to press forward, or to follow behind; -
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.
Every soul will be (held) in pledge for its deeds.
Every person is a pledge for what he has earned,
Every soul is a pledge for its own deeds;
Except the Companions of the Right Hand.
Except those on the Right, (i.e. the pious true believers of Islamic Monotheism).
Save those who will stand on the right hand.
(They will be) in Gardens (of Delight): they will question each other,
In Gardens (Paradise) they will ask one another,
In gardens they will ask one another
And (ask) of the Sinners:
About Al-Mujrimun (polytheists, criminals, disbelievers), (And they will say to them):
Concerning the guilty:
"What led you into Hell Fire?"
"What has caused you to enter Hell?"
What hath brought you to this burning ?
They will say: "We were not of those who prayed;
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
"Nor were we of those who fed the indigent;
"Nor we used to feed Al-Miskin (the poor);
Nor did we feed the wretched.
"But we used to talk vanities with vain talkers;
"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 deny the Day of Judgment,
And we used to belie the Day of Recompense,
And we used to deny the Day of Judgment,
"Until there came to us (the Hour) that is certain."
"Until there came to us (the death) that is certain."
Till the Inevitable came unto us.
Then will no intercession of (any) intercessors profit them.
So no intercession of intercessors will be of any use to them.
The mediation of no mediators will avail them then.
Then what is the matter with them that they turn away from admonition? -
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,
As if they were affrighted asses,
As if they were (frightened) wild donkeys.
As they were frightened asses
Fleeing from a lion!
Fleeing from a hunter, or a lion, or a beast of prey.
Fleeing from a lion ?
Forsooth, each one of them wants to be given scrolls (of revelation) spread out!
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).
By no means! But they fear not the Hereafter,
Nay! But they fear not the Hereafter (from Allah's punishment).
Nay, verily. They fear not the Hereafter.
Nay, this surely is an admonition:
Nay, verily, this (Qur'an) is an admonition,
Nay, verily. Lo! this is an Admonishment.
Let any who will, keep it in remembrance!
So whosoever will (let him read it), and receive admonition (from 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 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.