| | Edward Henry Palmer rendition of Surah The Cloaked One, The Man Wearing a Cloak, The Clothed One(al-Mudathir)
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| 74:1 | | O thou who art covered! |
| 74:2 | | rise up and warn! |
| 74:3 | | And thy Lord magnify! |
| 74:4 | | And thy garments purify! |
| 74:5 | | And abomination shun! |
| 74:6 | | And grant not favours to gain increase! |
| 74:7 | | And for thy Lord await! |
| 74:8 | | And when the trump is blown,- |
| 74:9 | | for that day is a difficult day! |
| 74:10 | | for the misbelievers aught but easy! |
| 74:11 | | Leave me alone with him I have created, |
| 74:12 | | and for whom I have made extensive wealth, |
| 74:13 | | and sons that he may look upon, |
| 74:14 | | and for whom I have smoothed things down. |
| 74:15 | | Then he desires that I should increase! |
| 74:16 | | nay, verily, he is hostile to our signs! |
| 74:17 | | I will drive him up a hill! |
| 74:18 | | Then he reflected and planned! |
| 74:19 | | May he be killed, - how he planned! |
| 74:20 | | Again, may he be killed, - how he planned! |
| 74:21 | | Then he looked; |
| 74:22 | | then he frowned and scowled; |
| 74:23 | | then he retreated and was big with pride |
| 74:24 | | and said, 'This is only magic exhibited! |
| 74:25 | | this is only mortal speech!' - |
| 74:26 | | I will broil him in hell-fire! |
| 74:27 | | and what shall make thee know what hell-fire is? |
| 74:28 | | It will not leave and will not let alone. |
| 74:29 | | It scorches the flesh; |
| 74:30 | | over it are nineteen (angels). |
| 74:31 | | We have made only angels guardians of the fire, and we have only made their number a trial to those who misbelieve; that those who have been given the Book may be certain, and that those who believe may be increased in faith; and that those who have been given the Book and the believers may not doubt; and that those in whose hearts is sickness, and the misbelievers may say, 'What does God mean by this as a parable?' Thus God leads astray whom He pleases, and guides him He pleases: and none knows the hosts of thy Lord save Himself; and it is only a reminder to mortals! |
| 74:32 | | Nay, by the moon! |
| 74:33 | | And the night when it retires! |
| 74:34 | | And the morning when it brightly dawns! |
| 74:35 | | Verily, it is one of the greatest misfortunes; |
| 74:36 | | a warning to mortals; |
| 74:37 | | for him amongst you who wishes to press forward or to tarry! |
| 74:38 | | Every soul is pledged for what it earns; |
| 74:39 | | except the fellows of the right: |
| 74:40 | | in gardens shall they ask each other |
| 74:41 | | about the sinners!- |
| 74:42 | | 'What drove you into hell-fire?' |
| 74:43 | | They shall say, 'We weren't of those who prayed; |
| 74:44 | | we didn't feed the poor; |
| 74:45 | | but we did plunge into discussion with those who plunged, |
| 74:46 | | and we called the judgment day a lie |
| 74:47 | | until the certainty did come to us!' |
| 74:48 | | But there shall not profit them the intercession of the intercessors. |
| 74:49 | | What ailed them that they turned away from the memorial |
| 74:50 | | as though they were timid asses |
| 74:51 | | fleeing from a lion? |
| 74:52 | | Nay, every man of them wished that he might have given him books spread open! |
| 74:53 | | Nay, but they did not fear the hereafter! |
| 74:54 | | Nay, it is a memorial! |
| 74:55 | | and let him who will remember it; |
| 74:56 | | but none will remember it except God please. He is most worthy of fear; and he is most worthy to forgive! |
