English - Chapter 74 - Al-Muddaththir

O you shrouded (in your mantle)

Rise up (and) so warn

And so your Lord magnify

And so your clothes purify

And so defilement forsake

And be not bountiful, (hoping) to gain more

And to your Lord (endure) patiently

So when Trumpet is sounded (Literally: trumpeted)

Upon that Day then it will be a difficult Day

For the disbelievers, other than being easy

Leave Me with him whom I created alone

And set up (Literally: made) for him extensive wealth

And sons always in presence

And made (life) smooth for him in an accessible (way)

Thereafter he expects that I increase (My favors)

Not at all! Surely he has been stubborn to Our signs

I will soon oppress him to a (hard) mounting (in calamities)

Surely he did think and he determined

So, may he be slain, how he determined

Again, (Literally: Thereafter) may he be slain, how he determined

Thereafter he looked (round)

Thereafter he frowned, and he scowled

Thereafter he withdrew, and he waxed proud

So he said, "Decidedly this is nothing except sorcery, transmitted relics

Decidedly this is nothing except the speech of mortals

I shall soon roast him in Saqar

And what makes you realize what Saqar is

It neither spares (i.e., no survivors remain) nor leaves (anything) behind

Shriveling mortals

Over it are nineteen

And in no way have We made the Wardens (Literally: companions) of the Fire except Angels, and in no way have We made their (right) number except as a temptation for the ones who have disbelieved, (and) that the ones to whom the Book has been brought may have certitude, and that the ones who have believed may increase in belief, and that the ones to whom the Book has been brought and the believers may not be suspicious, and that the ones in whose hearts there is sickness and the disbelievers may say, "What would Allah intend by this as a similitude?" Thus does Allah lead into error whomever He decides, and He guides whomever He decides, and in no way does anyone know the hosts of your Lord except He. And in no way is it anything except a Reminding to the mortals

And the night as it with draws

And the morning when it shines (forth)

Surely it is indeed one of the greatest things

As a warning to mortals

To whomever of you who decides to go forward or postpone (i.e., performing righteous deeds or falling into evil)

Every self will be pledged for whatever it has earned

Except the companions of the Right

In Gardens they will ask one another (questions)

Concerning the criminals

What inserted you into Saqar

They will say, "We were not of the ones who prayed

And we did not feed the indigent

And we used to wade with the waders, (i.e., wade in vaintalk)

And we used to cry lies to the Day of Doom

Until the Certitude came up to us

So in no way will the intercession of the intercessors profit them

Then what is it with them that they are veering away from the Reminder

As if they were stampeding reddish asses

Fleeing from a fierce beast? (Or: animal)

No indeed, every person of them would like scrolls spread open to be brought him

Not at all! No indeed, (but) they do not fear the Hereafter

Not at all! Surely it is a Reminder

So whoever decides will remember it

And in no way will they remember, except that Allah decides. He is The Source (Literally: The only Qualified One) of piety and The Source of forgiveness