The Cloaked One · Surah 74

O thou enveloped in thy cloak

Arise and warn

Thy Lord magnify

Thy raiment purify

Pollution shun

And show not favour, seeking wordly gain

For the sake of thy Lord, be patient

For when the trumpet shall sound

Surely that day will be a day of anguish

Not of ease, for disbelievers

Leave Me (to deal) with him whom I created lonely

And then bestowed upon him ample means

And sons abiding in his presence

And made (life) smooth for him

Yet he desireth that I should give more

Nay! For lo! he hath been stubborn to Our revelations

On him I shall impose a fearful doom

For lo! he did consider; then he planned

(Self-)destroyed is he, how he planned

Again (self-)destroyed is he, how he planned

Then looked he

Then frowned he and showed displeasure

Then turned he away in pride

And said: This is naught else than magic from of old

This is naught else than speech of mortal man

Him shall I fling unto the burning

Ah, what will convey unto thee what that burning is

It leaveth naught; it spareth naught

It shrivelleth the man

Above it are nineteen

We have appointed only angels to be wardens of the Fire, and their number have We made to be a stumbling-block for those who disbelieve; that those to whom the Scripture hath been given may have certainty, and that believers may increase in faith; and that those to whom the Scripture hath been given and believers may not doubt; and that those in whose hearts there is disease, and disbelievers, may say: What meaneth Allah by this similitude? Thus Allah sendeth astray whom He will, and whom He will He guideth. None knoweth the hosts of thy Lord save Him. This is naught else than a Reminder unto mortals

Nay, by the Moon

And the night when it withdraweth

And the dawn when it shineth forth

Lo! this is one of the greatest (portents)

As a warning unto men

Unto him of you who will advance or hang back

Every soul is a pledge for its own deeds

Save those who will stand on the right hand

In gardens they will ask one another

Concerning the guilty

What hath brought you to this burning

They will answer: We were not of those who prayed

Nor did we feed the wretched

We used to wade (in vain dispute) with (all) waders

And we used to deny the Day of Judgment

Till the Inevitable came unto us

The mediation of no mediators will avail them then

Why now turn they away from the Admonishment

As they were frightened asses

Fleeing from a lion

Nay, but everyone of them desireth that he should be given open pages (from Allah)

Nay, verily. They fear not the Hereafter

Nay, verily. Lo! this is an Admonishment

So whosoever will may heed

And they will not heed unless Allah willeth (it). He is the fount of fear. He is the fount of Mercy