74:1  Oh you, wrapped up (in a cloak)

74:2  Get up and warn (people)

74:3  And announce that your Lord is the Greatest

74:4  Cleanse and keep your clothes purified

74:5  And keep clear away from filth

74:6  Do not seek worldly gains (in return) for favors done

74:7  Endure (adversity) with patience, for the sake of your Lord

74:8  (Warn everyone that) the day the trumpet sounds

74:9  Would truly be a long hard day

74:10  Not at all an easy day for the unbelievers

74:11  So, let Me handle the one whom I created all alone

74:12  And, I granted him wealth (and resources) in abundance

74:13  And sons to stand by him

74:14  I made life comfortable and easy for him

74:15  Yet, he (greedily) desires that I should grant him still more

74:16  Of course not! Indeed, he was obstinate (and ardent) in opposing Our verses

74:17  Soon, I will impose a dreadful torment upon him

74:18  Indeed, he pondered and plotted

74:19  Cursed is he, the plot he hatched

74:20  Once again, damned is he! What a plot he hatched

74:21  Then, he looked around (haughtily)

74:22  Frowned, and signaled his displeasure

74:23  Finally, he turned back and displayed arrogance

74:24  Then said, "It is nothing but (the same old) magic handed down from antiquity."

74:25  "It, (the Qur´an), is merely the word of a mortal."

74:26  Soon, I will fling him (and roast him) in that scorcher _ (the hell)

74:27  And what do you think the scorcher is

74:28  It would not spare (anything or anyone), nor would it leave them alone (by finishing them off)

74:29  It will (scorch and) shrivel the human flesh

74:30  And over that (scorcher) are nineteen (angels standing guard)

74:31  We have chosen to appoint the angels as wardens over hell, and We let their number be a trial for the unbelievers. So that, those given the scriptures may believe, and the believers may increase in their belief. Both _ those given the scriptures and the believers _ may not entertain doubts. Yet, those with disease in their hearts, and the unbelievers, would still say, "What does Allah mean by this example?" Thus, Allah leads astray whom He wants, and guides whom He wants. No one knows the forces of Allah except He. This is nothing but a reminder for the mortals

74:32  No! (I) swear by the moon

74:33  The night, as it retreats

74:34  And the dawn as it glows

74:35  Indeed, it (hell) is surely one of the mightiest (signs)

74:36  A warning for the mortals

74:37  (Now), anyone of you who wishes may proceed (towards excellence), or lag behind

74:38  Every soul is (mortgaged and) held (as security) against the (evil) deeds it has wrought

74:39  Except (the righteous ones), those on the right hand

74:40  (They would be) in the paradise; (and) they shall ask

74:41  The criminals

74:42  "What has caused you to end up in this scorcher?"

74:43  They would reply, "We were not among those who established the ´salat´."

74:44  "Nor among those who fed (and cared for) the poor and the destitute."

74:45  "(Instead), we joined those who indulged in idle prattle (against the truth)."

74:46  "And we denied the (coming of the) Day of Judgment."

74:47  "Till the inevitable (death) came upon us!"

74:48  So, the intercession of the mediators did not help them at all

74:49  What is the matter with them? They are turning away from the reminder

74:50  As if they were startled donkeys

74:51  Running away from a lion

74:52  In fact, each one of them wants to be handed over his (very own customized) scriptures all spread out

74:53  Not ever! The fact is, they do not fear the afterlife

74:54  No! In fact, this (Qur´an) is (just) an admonition

74:55  (Now) whoever wants, may heed (its warning)

74:56  But they will not heed unless Allah so wills. He is Worthy of being feared, and He is the One Who forgives