74:1  O thou wrapped up (in the mantle)

74:2  Arise and deliver thy warning

74:3  And thy Lord do thou magnify

74:4  And thy garments keep free from stain

74:5  And all abomination shun

74:6  Nor expect, in giving, any increase (for thyself)

74:7  But, for thy Lord's (Cause), be patient and constant

74:8  Finally, when the Trumpet is sounded

74:9  That will be- that Day - a Day of Distress,

74:10  Far from easy for those without Faith

74:11  Leave Me alone, (to deal) with the (creature) whom I created (bare and) alone!

74:12  To whom I granted resources in abundance

74:13  And sons to be by his side!

74:14  To whom I made (life) smooth and comfortable

74:15  Yet is he greedy-that I should add (yet more);

74:16  By no means! For to Our Signs he has been refractory

74:17  Soon will I visit him with a mount of calamities

74:18  For he thought and he plotted;

74:19  And woe to him! How he plotted!

74:20  Yea, Woe to him; How he plotted!

74:21  Then he looked round

74:22  Then he frowned and he scowled

74:23  Then he turned back and was haughty

74:24  Then said he: "This is nothing but magic, derived from of old

74:25  "This is nothing but the word of a mortal!"

74:26  Soon will I cast him into Hell-Fire

74:27  And what will explain to thee what Hell-Fire is

74:28  Naught doth it permit to endure, and naught doth it leave alone!

74:29  Darkening and changing the colour of man

74:30  Over it are Nineteen

74:31  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 doub ts 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 God intend by this ?" Thus doth God leave to stray whom He pleaseth, and guide whom He pleaseth: an d none can know the forces of thy Lord, except He and this is no other than a warning to mankind

74:32  Nay, verily: By the Moon

74:33  And by the Night as it retreateth

74:34  And by the Dawn as it shineth forth,

74:35  This is but one of the mighty (portents)

74:36  A warning to mankind,

74:37  To any of you that chooses to press forward, or to follow behind;

74:38  Every soul will be (held) in pledge for its deeds

74:39  Except the Companions of the Right Hand

74:40  (They will be) in Gardens (of Delight): they will question each other

74:41  And (ask) of the Sinners

74:42  "What led you into Hell Fire?"

74:43  They will say: "We were not of those who prayed

74:44  "Nor were we of those who fed the indigent

74:45  "But we used to talk vanities with vain talkers

74:46  "And we used to deny the Day of Judgment

74:47  "Until there came to us (the Hour) that is certain."

74:48  Then will no intercession of (any) intercessors profit them

74:49  Then what is the matter with them that they turn away from admonition?

74:50  As if they were affrighted asses

74:51  Fleeing from a lion

74:52  Forsooth, each one of them wants to be given scrolls (of revelation) spread out

74:53  By no means! But they fear not the Hereafter

74:54  Nay, this surely is an admonition

74:55  Let any who will, keep it in remembrance

74:56  But none will keep it in remembrance except as God wills: He is the Lord of Righteousness, and the Lord of Forgiveness