1. O thou wrapped up
(in the mantle)!
2. Arise and deliver thy
warning!
3. And thy Lord do thou magnify!
4. And thy garments keep free
from stain!
5. And all abomination shun!
6. Nor expect, in giving, any
increase (for thyself)!
7. But, for thy Lord's (Cause),
be patient and constant!
8. Finally, when the Trumpet is
sounded,
9. That will be- that Day - a
Day of Distress,-
10. Far from easy for those
without Faith.
11. Leave Me alone, (to deal)
with the (creature) whom I
created (bare and) alone!-
12. To whom I granted resources
in abundance,
13. And sons to be by his side!-
14. To whom I made (life) smooth
and comfortable!
15. Yet is he greedy-that I
should add (yet more);-
16. By no means! For to Our
Signs he has been refractory!
17. Soon will I visit him with a
mount of calamities!
18. For he thought and he
plotted;-
19. And woe to him! How he
plotted!-
20. Yea, Woe to him; How he
plotted!-
21. Then he looked round;
22. Then he frowned and he
scowled;
23. Then he turned back and was
haughty;
24. Then said he: "This is
nothing but magic, derived from
of old;
25. "This is nothing but the
word of a mortal!"
26. Soon will I cast him into
Hell-Fire!
27. And what will explain to
thee what Hell-Fire is?
28. Naught doth it permit to
endure, and naught doth it leave
alone!-
29. Darkening and changing the
colour of man!
30. Over it are Nineteen.
31. And We have set none but
angels as Guardians of the Fire;
and We have fixed their number
only as a trial for
Unbelievers,- in order that the
People of the Book may arrive at
certainty, and the Believers may
increase in Faith,- and that no
doubts may be left for the
People of the Book and the
Believers, and that those in
whose hearts is a disease and
the Unbelievers may say, "What
symbol doth Allah intend by this
?" Thus doth Allah leave to
stray whom He pleaseth, and
guide whom He pleaseth: and none
can know the forces of thy Lord,
except He and this is no other
than a warning to mankind.
32. Nay, verily: By the Moon,
33. And by the Night as it
retreateth,
34. And by the Dawn as it
shineth forth,-
35. This is but one of the
mighty (portents),
36. A warning to mankind,-
37. To any of you that chooses
to press forward, or to follow
behind;-
38. Every soul will be (held) in
pledge for its deeds.
39. Except the Companions of the
Right Hand.
40. (They will be) in Gardens
(of Delight): they will question
each other,
41. And (ask) of the Sinners:
42. "What led you into Hell
Fire?"
43. They will say: "We were not
of those who prayed;
44. "Nor were we of those who
fed the indigent;
45. "But we used to talk
vanities with vain talkers;
46. "And we used to deny the Day
of Judgment,
47. "Until there came to us (the
Hour) that is certain."
48. Then will no intercession of
(any) intercessors profit them.
49. Then what is the matter with
them that they turn away from
admonition?-
50. As if they were affrighted
asses,
51. Fleeing from a lion!
52. Forsooth, each one of them
wants to be given scrolls (of
revelation) spread out!
53. By no means! But they fear
not the Hereafter,
54. Nay, this surely is an
admonition:
55. Let any who will, keep it in
remembrance!
56. But none will keep it in
remembrance except as Allah
wills: He is the Lord of
Righteousness, and the Lord of
Forgiveness. |