English - Chapter 74 - Al-Muddaththir

Oh you, wrapped up (in a cloak)

Get up and warn (people)

And announce that your Lord is the Greatest

Cleanse and keep your clothes purified

And keep clear away from filth

Do not seek worldly gains (in return) for favors done

Endure (adversity) with patience, for the sake of your Lord

(Warn everyone that) the day the trumpet sounds

Would truly be a long hard day

Not at all an easy day for the unbelievers

So, let Me handle the one whom I created all alone

And, I granted him wealth (and resources) in abundance

And sons to stand by him

I made life comfortable and easy for him

Yet, he (greedily) desires that I should grant him still more

Of course not! Indeed, he was obstinate (and ardent) in opposing Our verses

Soon, I will impose a dreadful torment upon him

Indeed, he pondered and plotted

Cursed is he, the plot he hatched

Once again, damned is he! What a plot he hatched

Then, he looked around (haughtily)

Frowned, and signaled his displeasure

Finally, he turned back and displayed arrogance

Then said, "It is nothing but (the same old) magic handed down from antiquity

It, (the Qur´an), is merely the word of a mortal

Soon, I will fling him (and roast him) in that scorcher _ (the hell)

And what do you think the scorcher is

It would not spare (anything or anyone), nor would it leave them alone (by finishing them off)

It will (scorch and) shrivel the human flesh

And over that (scorcher) are nineteen (angels standing guard)

We have chosen to appoint the angels as wardens over hell, and We let their number be a trial for the unbelievers. So that, those given the scriptures may believe, and the believers may increase in their belief. Both _ those given the scriptures and the believers _ may not entertain doubts. Yet, those with disease in their hearts, and the unbelievers, would still say, "What does Allah mean by this example?" Thus, Allah leads astray whom He wants, and guides whom He wants. No one knows the forces of Allah except He. This is nothing but a reminder for the mortals

No! (I) swear by the moon

The night, as it retreats

And the dawn as it glows

Indeed, it (hell) is surely one of the mightiest (signs)

A warning for the mortals

(Now), anyone of you who wishes may proceed (towards excellence), or lag behind

Every soul is (mortgaged and) held (as security) against the (evil) deeds it has wrought

Except (the righteous ones), those on the right hand

(They would be) in the paradise; (and) they shall ask

The criminals

What has caused you to end up in this scorcher

They would reply, "We were not among those who established the ´salat´

Nor among those who fed (and cared for) the poor and the destitute

(Instead), we joined those who indulged in idle prattle (against the truth)

And we denied the (coming of the) Day of Judgment

Till the inevitable (death) came upon us

So, the intercession of the mediators did not help them at all

What is the matter with them? They are turning away from the reminder

As if they were startled donkeys

Running away from a lion

In fact, each one of them wants to be handed over his (very own customized) scriptures all spread out

Not ever! The fact is, they do not fear the afterlife

No! In fact, this (Qur´an) is (just) an admonition

(Now) whoever wants, may heed (its warning)

But they will not heed unless Allah so wills. He is Worthy of being feared, and He is the One Who forgives