| | Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985) rendition of Surah The Cloaked One, The Man Wearing a Cloak, The Clothed One(al-Mudathir)
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| 74:1 | | O thou wrapped up (in the mantle) |
| 74:2 | | Arise and deliver thy warning |
| 74:3 | | And thy Lord do thou magnify |
| 74:4 | | And thy garments keep free from stain |
| 74:5 | | And all abomination shun |
| 74:6 | | Nor expect, in giving, any increase (for thyself) |
| 74:7 | | But, for thy Lord's (Cause), be patient and constant |
| 74:8 | | Finally, when the Trumpet is sounded |
| 74:9 | | That will be- that Day - a Day of Distress, |
| 74:10 | | Far from easy for those without Faith |
| 74:11 | | Leave Me alone, (to deal) with the (creature) whom I created (bare and) alone! |
| 74:12 | | To whom I granted resources in abundance |
| 74:13 | | And sons to be by his side! |
| 74:14 | | To whom I made (life) smooth and comfortable |
| 74:15 | | Yet is he greedy-that I should add (yet more); |
| 74:16 | | By no means! For to Our Signs he has been refractory |
| 74:17 | | Soon will I visit him with a mount of calamities |
| 74:18 | | For he thought and he plotted; |
| 74:19 | | And woe to him! How he plotted! |
| 74:20 | | Yea, Woe to him; How he plotted! |
| 74:21 | | Then he looked round |
| 74:22 | | Then he frowned and he scowled |
| 74:23 | | Then he turned back and was haughty |
| 74:24 | | Then said he: "This is nothing but magic, derived from of old |
| 74:25 | | "This is nothing but the word of a mortal!" |
| 74:26 | | Soon will I cast him into Hell-Fire |
| 74:27 | | And what will explain to thee what Hell-Fire is |
| 74:28 | | Naught doth it permit to endure, and naught doth it leave alone! |
| 74:29 | | Darkening and changing the colour of man |
| 74:30 | | Over it are Nineteen |
| 74:31 | | And We have set none but angels as Guardians of the Fire; and We have fixed their number only as a trial for Unbelievers,- in order that the People of the Book may arrive at certainty, and the Believers may increase in Faith,- and that no doubts may be left for the People of the Book and the Believers, and that those in whose hearts is a disease and the Unbelievers may say, "What symbol doth Allah intend by this?" Thus doth Allah leave to stray whom He pleaseth, and guide whom He pleaseth: and none can know the forces of thy Lord, except He and this is no other than a warning to mankind |
| 74:32 | | Nay, verily: By the Moon |
| 74:33 | | And by the Night as it retreateth |
| 74:34 | | And by the Dawn as it shineth forth, |
| 74:35 | | This is but one of the mighty (portents) |
| 74:36 | | A warning to mankind, |
| 74:37 | | To any of you that chooses to press forward, or to follow behind; |
| 74:38 | | Every soul will be (held) in pledge for its deeds |
| 74:39 | | Except the Companions of the Right Hand |
| 74:40 | | (They will be) in Gardens (of Delight): they will question each other |
| 74:41 | | And (ask) of the Sinners |
| 74:42 | | "What led you into Hell Fire?" |
| 74:43 | | They will say: "We were not of those who prayed |
| 74:44 | | "Nor were we of those who fed the indigent |
| 74:45 | | "But we used to talk vanities with vain talkers |
| 74:46 | | "And we used to deny the Day of Judgment |
| 74:47 | | "Until there came to us (the Hour) that is certain." |
| 74:48 | | Then will no intercession of (any) intercessors profit them |
| 74:49 | | Then what is the matter with them that they turn away from admonition? |
| 74:50 | | As if they were affrighted asses |
| 74:51 | | Fleeing from a lion |
| 74:52 | | Forsooth, each one of them wants to be given scrolls (of revelation) spread out |
| 74:53 | | By no means! But they fear not the Hereafter |
| 74:54 | | Nay, this surely is an admonition |
| 74:55 | | Let any who will, keep it in remembrance |
| 74:56 | | But none will keep it in remembrance except as Allah wills: He is the Lord of Righteousness, and the Lord of Forgiveness |
