74:1  O enwrapped (Beloved!

74:2  Rise and give warning (to the people)

74:3  And glorify the Greatnesss (and Majesty) of your Lord

74:4  And (always) keep your (visible and spiritual) attire purified and cleansed (as before)

74:5  And keep away from the idols (and sins as usual)

74:6  And do not do a favour (to anyone with the purpose of) seeking more from him

74:7  And observe patience for the sake of your Lord

74:8  Then when the Trumpet will be blown (a second time)

74:9  So that Day (the Day of Resurrection) will be an extremely hard day

74:10  Not at all easy for the disbelievers

74:11  Leave Me (to take revenge) on him whom I have created alone

74:12  And I provided him wealth in abundance

74:13  And (gave) him sons remaining present (before him)

74:14  And granted him affluence (in sources of luxury)

74:15  Yet he desires that I should give him more

74:16  No way! He has certainly been inimical to Our Revelations

74:17  Soon I shall afflict him with (the punishment of) a severe toil

74:18  Surely, he reflected and devised a plot

74:19  So let (Allah’s) curse be on him! How he plotted

74:20  Let again (Allah’s) curse be on him! How he plotted

74:21  Then he pondered (over his scheme again)

74:22  Then he frowned and twisted his face

74:23  Then he turned back (from the truth) and showed arrogance

74:24  Then he said: ‘This (Qur’an) is nothing but magic which is being transmitted from the past (magicians)

74:25  This (Qur’an) is nothing (else) but the words of a human being.

74:26  I will soon cast him into Hell

74:27  And who has told you what Saqar (the Fire of Hell) is

74:28  That (is the Fire which) does not spare, nor does it leave out

74:29  (That) scorches the skin and blackens it

74:30  There are nineteen (angels appointed as guards) over it

74:31  And We have appointed only angels as guards of Hell. And We have fixed their number only as a trial for the disbelievers so that the People of the Book may believe with certitude (that the Qur’an and the Prophethood of Muhammad [blessings and peace be upon him] is a truth because the same number was given in their scriptures as well), and that the faith of the believers may further be strengthened (with this confirmation), and that the People of the Book and the believers may not doubt (its veracity), and that those having a disease (of hypocrisy) in their hearts and the disbelievers may say: ‘What does Allah intend by this example (of number)?’ In this way, Allah holds astray whom He wills, and guides aright whom He wills (with the same stroke). And no one knows the armies of your Lord except Him. And this (description of Hell is nothing else) but an admonition to mankind

74:32  Yes! By the moon (whose increase, decrease and disappearance is evidence)

74:33  And by the night when it backs away to depart

74:34  And by the morning when it brightens

74:35  Surely, this (Hell) is one of the greatest calamities

74:36  It is a warning to mankind

74:37  For any of you who seeks to advance forward (in piety) or who lags behind (trapped in evil)

74:38  Everyone is held in pledge for (the deeds) that he has earned

74:39  Except for those on the Right Side

74:40  (They) will be in Gardens and will be asking one another

74:41  About the evildoers

74:42  (And they will say:) ‘What has brought you into Hell?

74:43  They will say: ‘We were not of those who used to offer Prayers

74:44  Nor did we feed the poor

74:45  And we indulged in vain activities with those who had cast themselves into vain activities

74:46  And we rejected the Day of Reward and Punishment

74:47  Until that (death), which was certain to come, came upon us.

74:48  So (now) the intercession of the intercessors will not be of any benefit to them

74:49  Then what is the matter with these (disbelievers that even then) they turn away from the Reminder

74:50  As if they were startled (wild) donkeys

74:51  Fleeing away from a lion

74:52  In fact, every one of them desires that he should be given (directly) open scrolls of (heavenly) scriptures

74:53  That is not possible at all. Rather (the fact is that) they fear not the Last Day

74:54  There is no doubt that this (Qur’an) is a Reminder

74:55  So whoever wills may remember it

74:56  And they will not remember (it) unless Allah so wills. He is the One to Whom fear (and righteousness) is due, and He alone is the Lord of forgiveness