English - Chapter 74 - Al-Muddaththir

O thou covered

arise and preach

and magnify thy Lord

And cleanse thy garments

And fly every abomination

And be not liberal, in hopes to receive more in return

And patiently wait for thy Lord

When the trumpet shall sound

verily that day shall be a day of distress

and uneasiness unto the unbelievers

Let me alone with him whom I have created

on whom I have bestowed abundant riches

and children dwelling in his presence

and for whom I have disposed affairs in a smooth and easy manner

and who desireth that I will yet add other blessings unto him

I will afflict him with grievous calamities

For he hath devised and prepared contumelious expressions to ridicule the Koran

May he be cursed: How maliciously hath he prepared the same

And again, may he be cursed: How maliciously hath he prepared the same

Then he looked

and frowned, and put on an austere countenance

Then he turned back, and was elated with pride

and he said, this is no other than a piece of magic, borrowed from others

These are only the words of a man

I will cast him to be burned in hell

And what shall make thee to understand what hell is

It leaveth not any thing unconsumed, neither doth it suffer any thing to escape

It scorcheth mens flesh

Over the same are nineteen angels appointed

We have appointed none but angels to preside over hell fire: And we have expressed the number of them only for an occasion of discord to the unbelievers; that they to whom the scriptures have been given, may be certain of the veracity of this book, and the true believers may increase in faith; and that those to whom the scriptures have been given, and the true believers may not doubt hereafter; and that those in whose hearts there is an infirmity, and the unbelievers may say, what mystery doth God intend by this number? Thus doth God cause to err whom He pleaseth; and He directeth whom He pleaseth. None knoweth the armies of thy Lord, besides Him: And this is no other than a memento unto mankind. Assuredly

By the moon

and the night when it retreateth

and the morning when it reddeneth

I swear that this is one of the most terrible calamities

giving warning unto men

as well unto him among you who desireth to go forward, as unto him who chooseth to remain behind

Every soul is given in pledge for that which it shall have wrought

Except the companions of the right hand

who shall dwell in gardens, and shall ask one another questions

concerning the wicked

and shall also ask the wicked themselves, saying, what hath brought you into hell

They shall answer, we were not of those who were constant at prayer

neither did we feed the poor

and we waded in vain disputes, with the fallacious reasoners

and we denied the day of judgment

until death overtook us

And the intercession of the interceders shall not avail them

What aileth them, therefore, that they turn aside from the admonition of the Koran

as though they were timorous asses

flying from a lion

But every man among them desireth that he may have expanded scrolls delivered to him from God

By no means. They fear not the life to come

By no means: Verily this is a sufficient warning

Whoso is willing to be warned, him shall it warn

But they shall not be warned, unless God shall please. He is worthy to be feared; and he is inclined to forgiveness