English - Chapter 74 - Al-Muddaththir

O you folded up [in inactivity]

Arise and warn

And proclaim the greatness of your Lord

And keep your garments clean

And shun the dirt

And expect no [material] gain [for your own self]

And, for your Lord, be patient

And [warn that] when the Trumpet is blown

That Day [the day when the Trumpet is blown] will be a difficult day

Not [at all] an easy day for those who suppress the Truth

And I created for him resources in abundance

And children present by his side

And I made things easy for him

Yet he is greedy for more

Nay! To Our Verses/signs he has been obstinately and illogically opposed

Soon will I make him suffer hardship

He did indeed think and decide

May he be destroyed — how [very wrongfully] did he decide

Again, be he destroyed — how [very wrongfully] did he decide

Then he looked

And he frowned and he glowered with intense hatred

Then he turned back and was proud

Then he said, "This is nothing but traditional magic

— Nothing but word of the mortal man

Soon will I make him suffer Hell

And what do you know what Hell is

Neither does it let be, nor does it let go

It burns the human skin so as to blacken it

Nineteen [angels] to guard over it [Hell]

And We have appointed none but angels as Guardians of the Fire. And We have not fixed their number [], but only as a trial for those who suppress the Truth, and as a means of certainty for the People of the Book and increase in Faith for the Believers, so that no doubts are left for the People of the Book and the Believers, and that those in whose hearts is a disease and the suppressors of the Truth may say, "What intention does Allah have by this issue [of appointing only guards for hundreds of thousands of sinners put in Hell]?" Thus does Allah send astray whom He wills and guide whom He wills. And none but He knows [the enormity of] your Lord's forces! And this [Qur'aan] is nothing but Admonition/Reminder for mankind.h

Nay, verily, by the Moon

And by the Night as it recedes

And by the Dawn as it brightens

This [Qur'aan] certainly indeed is the One Great Thing

A warning to mankind

To any of you who wishes to go forward [on the Right Path], or to fall back [into falsehood]

Every soul is pledged against what it earns

Except for the people on the Right.h

In Gardens (of Delight), they will ask

The Sinners

What led you into Hell

They will say, "We were not among those who prayed

And we were not among those who fed the poor

But we used to indulge in vain talks in company of other people

And we used to deny the Judgment Day

Until there came to us the Certainty

The intercession of the intercessors shall be of no avail to them then

Then what is the matter with them that they turn away from the divine Counsel [Qur'aan]

As if they were scared donkeys

Fleeing from a fierce beast

They would rather want scrolls (of revelation) rolled out to every one of them separately

But no! They fear not the Hereafter

Nay, this [Qur'aan] indeed is the divine Counsel

Let any, who will, take heed

And none takes heed unless Allah so wills: He is the Embodiment of the virtue of piety, and the embodiment of the virtue of forgiveness