74. Al-Muddaththir

1 O thou enveloped in thy cloak

2 Arise and warn

3 Thy Lord magnify

4 Thy raiment purify

5 Pollution shun

6 And show not favour, seeking wordly gain

7 For the sake of thy Lord, be patient

8 For when the trumpet shall sound

9 Surely that day will be a day of anguish

10 Not of ease, for disbelievers

11 Leave Me (to deal) with him whom I created lonely

12 And then bestowed upon him ample means

13 And sons abiding in his presence

14 And made (life) smooth for him

15 Yet he desireth that I should give more

16 Nay! For lo! he hath been stubborn to Our revelations

17 On him I shall impose a fearful doom

18 For lo! he did consider; then he planned

19 (Self-)destroyed is he, how he planned

20 Again (self-)destroyed is he, how he planned

21 Then looked he

22 Then frowned he and showed displeasure

23 Then turned he away in pride

24 And said: This is naught else than magic from of old

25 This is naught else than speech of mortal man

26 Him shall I fling unto the burning

27 Ah, what will convey unto thee what that burning is

28 It leaveth naught; it spareth naught

29 It shrivelleth the man

30 Above it are nineteen

31 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

32 Nay, by the Moon

33 And the night when it withdraweth

34 And the dawn when it shineth forth

35 Lo! this is one of the greatest (portents)

36 As a warning unto men

37 Unto him of you who will advance or hang back

38 Every soul is a pledge for its own deeds

39 Save those who will stand on the right hand

40 In gardens they will ask one another

41 Concerning the guilty

42 What hath brought you to this burning

43 They will answer: We were not of those who prayed

44 Nor did we feed the wretched

45 We used to wade (in vain dispute) with (all) waders

46 And we used to deny the Day of Judgment

47 Till the Inevitable came unto us

48 The mediation of no mediators will avail them then

49 Why now turn they away from the Admonishment

50 As they were frightened asses

51 Fleeing from a lion

52 Nay, but everyone of them desireth that he should be given open pages (from Allah)

53 Nay, verily. They fear not the Hereafter

54 Nay, verily. Lo! this is an Admonishment

55 So whosoever will may heed

56 And they will not heed unless Allah willeth (it). He is the fount of fear. He is the fount of Mercy