English - Chapter 74 - Al-Muddaththir

O you covered [in your cloak]

arise and warn

and proclaim the greatness of your Lord

and purify your garments

and shun idol worshiping

and do not do a favor for a greater return

and be patient for the sake of your Lord

that Day will be a difficult day

not easy for the disbelievers

Leave me alone to deal with the one whom I created

and gave him abundant wealth

and sons by his side

and gave him a life of comfort and power

yet he aspires that I should give him more

By no means! For he has been stubborn against Our verses

I will subject him to an unbearable punishment

For he reflected and plotted [against the Qur’an]

May he perish, how he plotted

Again, may he perish, how he plotted

Then he looked around

then he frowned and scowled

then turned away with arrogance

then said, “This is nothing but magic from the past

This is nothing but the words of a man.”

Soon I will make him burn in the Scorching Fire

How do you know what Scorching Fire is

It leaves nothing and spares no one

scorching the skin

It is overseen by nineteen [angels]

We have only appointed angels as keepers of the Fire, and We have only made their number as a test for the disbelievers, so that those who were given the Scripture may have certainty and the believers may increase in faith; and neither those who were given the Scripture nor the believers may have any doubts; and so that those [hypocrites] in whose hearts is sickness and the disbelievers may say, “What does Allah mean by this number?” Thus Allah causes to stray whom He wills and guides whom He wills, and none knows the soldiers of your Lord but He. This is but a reminder to mankind

No indeed! By the moon

and by the night when it departs

and by the dawn when it brightens

Hellfire is indeed one of the greatest matters

a warning to mankind

to whoever among you chooses to advance or regress

Every soul is held in pledge for its deeds

except the People of the Right

who will be in gardens, asking one another

about the wicked

“What brought you to Hell?”

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

nor did we feed the poor

and we indulged in falsehood along with those who indulged in it

and we denied the Day of Judgment

until the certainty [of death] came to us.”

So the intercession of intercessors will not benefit them

Then what is the matter with them that they turn away from the Reminder

as if they were terrified wild asses

fleeing from a lion

In fact, each one of them desires that open [divine] letters be sent to each of them

By no means! They rather do not fear the Hereafter

No indeed! This [Qur’an] is a reminder

So whoever wills may take heed

But they will not take heed unless Allah so wills. He is most worthy to be feared and most worthy to forgive