English - Chapter 74 - Al-Muddaththir

O thou shrouded in thy mantle

arise, and warn

Thy Lord magnify

thy robes purify

and defilement flee

Give not, thinking to gain greater

and be patient unto thy Lord

For when the Trump is sounded

that day will be a harsh day

for the unbelievers not easy

Leave Me with him whom I created alone

and sons standing before him

and made all things smooth for him

then he is eager that I should do more

Nay! He is forward unto Our signs

and I shall constrain him to a hard ascent

Lo! He reflected, and determined

death seize him, how he determined

Again, death seize him, how he determined

Then he beheld

then he frowned, and scowled

then he retreated, and waxed proud

He said, 'This is naught but a trumped-up sorcery

this is nothing but mortal speech

I shall surely roast him in Sakar

and what will teach thee what is Sakar

It spares not, neither leaves alone

scorching the flesh

over it are nineteen

We have appointed only angels to be masters of the Fire, and their number We have appointed only as a trial for the unbelievers, that those who were given the Book may have certainty, and that those who believe may increase in belief, and that those who were given the Book and those who believe may not be in-doubt, and that those in whose hearts there is sickness, and the unbelievers, may say, 'What did God intend by this as a similitude?' So God leads astray whomsoever He will, and He guides whomsoever He will; and none knows the hosts of thy Lord but He. And it is naught but a Reminder to mortals

Nay! By the moon

and the night when it retreats

and the dawn when it is white

surely it is one of the greatest things

as a warner to mortals

to whoever of you desires to go forward or lag behind

Every soul shall be pledged for what it has earned

save the Companions of the Right

in Gardens they will question

concerning the sinners

What thrusted you into Sakar

They shall say, 'We were not of those who prayed, and

we fed not the needy

and we plunged along with the plungers

and we cried lies to the Day of Doom

till the Certain came to us

Then the intercession of the intercessors shall not profit them

What ails them, that they turn away from the Reminder

as if they were startled asses

fleeing -- before a lion

Nay, every man of them desires to be -- given -- scrolls unrolled

No indeed; but they do not fear the Hereafter

No indeed; surely it is a Reminder

so whoever wills shall remember it

And they will not remember, except that God wills; He is worthy to be feared, -- worthy to forgive