English - Chapter 74 - Al-Muddaththir

O thou who art covered

arise and warn

Thy Lord magnify

Thy garments purify

And defilement shun

Grant not favor, seeking gain

And for the sake of thy Lord be patient

For when the trumpet is blown

that Day shall be a difficult day

for the disbelievers, not of ease

Leave Me alone with the one whom I created

and to whom I gave vast wealth

and sons at his side

and made smooth the way for him

Yet he desires that I give more

Nay! Truly he sets himself against Our signs

I shall constrain him to endure a steep ascent

Truly he reflected and determined

May he perish for how he determined

then may he perish for how he determined

Then he beheld

Then he frowned and scowled

Then he turned his back, and waxed arrogant

and said, “This is naught but sorcery handed down

this is naught but the speech of a human being.”

I shall cast him into Saqar

And what will apprise thee of Saqar

It spares not, nor leaves behind

It scorches the human being

Over it are nineteen

And We have appointed none but angels as wardens of the Fire; and We have not appointed their number save as a trial for those who disbelieve, to grant certainty to those who have been given the Book and increase in faith those who believe; and that those who were given the Book and the believers will not doubt; and that those in whose hearts is a disease and the disbelievers will say, “What does God desire by this as a parable?” Thus does God lead astray whomsoever He will and guide whomsoever He will. And none knows the hosts of thy Lord but He. It is but a reminder for the human being

Nay! By the moon

by the night as it withdraws

and by the morning as it brightens

truly it is one of the greatest

as a warner to the human being

for those of you who wish to go forth or stay behind

Every soul is held in pledge for what it has earned

save the companions of the right

in Gardens, questioning one another

about the guilty

“What led you into Saqar?”

They say, “We were not among those who prayed

nor did we feed the indigent

and we engaged in vain discourse with those who do the same

and we denied the Day of Judgment

until certainty came upon us.”

Thus the intercession of the intercessors will avail them not

So what ails them that they turn away from the Reminder

as if they were frightened asses

Rather, every man among them desires to be given pages unfolded

Nay! But they fear not the Hereafter

Yea! Truly it is a reminder

So let whosoever will, remember it

And they remember not, save as God wills. He is most worthy of reverence and most worthy of granting forgiveness