| | Hamid S. Aziz rendition of Surah The Cloaked One, The Man Wearing a Cloak, The Clothed One(al-Mudathir)
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| 74:1 | | O you enveloped in your cloak! |
| 74:2 | | Arise and warn, |
| 74:3 | | And magnify your Lord, |
| 74:4 | | And your cloak do purify, |
| 74:5 | | And uncleanness do shun, |
| 74:6 | | And bestow not favours that you may receive again with increase, |
| 74:7 | | And for the sake of your Lord, be patient. |
| 74:8 | | For when the trumpet is sounded, |
| 74:9 | | That, at that time, shall be a Day of distress, |
| 74:10 | | Far from easy for the unbelievers. |
| 74:11 | | Leave Me alone to deal with him whom I created, |
| 74:12 | | And gave vast riches, |
| 74:13 | | And sons to be by his side, |
| 74:14 | | And I adjusted the affairs of life to go smoothly and appropriately for him; |
| 74:15 | | And yet he desires that I should add more! |
| 74:16 | | By no means! For lo! He stubbornly opposes Our revelations. |
| 74:17 | | Will impose on him a fearful doom. |
| 74:18 | | Surely he reflected and then plotted, |
| 74:19 | | But woe to him for how he plotted! |
| 74:20 | | Again, woe to him for how he plotted! |
| 74:21 | | Then he looked around, |
| 74:22 | | Then he frowned and scowled, |
| 74:23 | | Then he turned back and was inflated with pride, |
| 74:24 | | Then he said, "This is naught but enchantment, narrated of olden days; |
| 74:25 | | "This is naught but the word of a mortal." |
| 74:26 | | Soon will I cast him into the burning (Hell-fire). |
| 74:27 | | And what will make you understand what the burning (Hell-fire) is? |
| 74:28 | | It leaves naught, it spares naught. |
| 74:29 | | It scorches (darkens the colour) and shrivels the mortal. |
| 74:30 | | Over it are nineteen. |
| 74:31 | | And We have not made the wardens of the fire others than angels, and We have not made their number but as a trial for those who disbelieve, that those who have been given the Book (scriptures) may be certain and those who believe may increase in faith, an |
| 74:32 | | Nay; I swear by (or call to witness) the moon, |
| 74:33 | | And by the night when it departs, |
| 74:34 | | And by the Dawn when it shines forth; |
| 74:35 | | Surely, this is but one of the mighty Signs, |
| 74:36 | | A warning to mortals, |
| 74:37 | | To him among you who wishes to go forward or remain behind. |
| 74:38 | | Every soul is held in pledge for its own deeds, |
| 74:39 | | Except the people of the right hand, |
| 74:40 | | In Gardens, they shall ask each other |
| 74:41 | | And ask the guilty, |
| 74:42 | | "What has brought you into hell?" |
| 74:43 | | They shall say, "We were not of those who prayed; |
| 74:44 | | "And we used not to feed the poor; |
| 74:45 | | "And we used to enter into vain discourse with those who entered into vain discourses. |
| 74:46 | | "And we used to call the Day of Judgment a lie; |
| 74:47 | | "Till the inevitable event (death) overtook us." |
| 74:48 | | The intercession of no mediators shall avail them then. |
| 74:49 | | What is then the matter with them that they turn away from the admonition, |
| 74:50 | | As if they were frightened asses |
| 74:51 | | Fleeing from a lion? |
| 74:52 | | Nay; every one of them desires that he may be given pages spread out (or open); |
| 74:53 | | Nay! But they do not fear the Hereafter. |
| 74:54 | | Nay! This surely is an admonition. |
| 74:55 | | Let any who will, pay heed (or remember). |
| 74:56 | | But none will remember (or heed) unless Allah wills. He is the source of fear (or righteousness) and the source of Mercy. |
