| 074.000 The Cloaked One
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O thou enveloped in thy cloak, |
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Arise and warn! |
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Thy Lord magnify, |
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Thy raiment purify, |
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Pollution shun! |
| 074.006 |
And show not favour, seeking wordly gain! |
| 074.007 |
For the sake of thy Lord, be patient! |
| 074.008 |
For when the trumpet shall sound, |
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Surely that day will be a day of anguish, |
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Not of ease, for disbelievers. |
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Leave Me (to deal) with him whom I created lonely, |
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And then bestowed upon him ample means, |
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And sons abiding in his presence |
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And made (life) smooth for him. |
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Yet he desireth that I should give more. |
| 074.016 |
Nay! For lo! he hath been stubborn to Our revelations. |
| 074.017 |
On him I shall impose a fearful doom. |
| 074.018 |
For lo! he did consider; then he planned - |
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(Self-)destroyed is he, how he planned! |
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Again (self-)destroyed is he, how he planned! - |
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Then looked he, |
| 074.022 |
Then frowned he and showed displeasure. |
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Then turned he away in pride |
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And said: This is naught else than magic from of old; |
| 074.025 |
This is naught else than speech of mortal man. |
| 074.026 |
Him shall I fling unto the burning. |
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- Ah, what will convey unto thee what that burning is! - |
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It leaveth naught; it spareth naught |
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It shrivelleth the man. |
| 074.030 |
Above it are nineteen. |
| 074.031 |
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. |
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Nay, by the Moon |
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And the night when it withdraweth |
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And the dawn when it shineth forth, |
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Lo! this is one of the greatest (portents) |
| 074.036 |
As a warning unto men, |
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Unto him of you who will advance or hang back. |
| 074.038 |
Every soul is a pledge for its own deeds; |
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Save those who will stand on the right hand. |
| 074.040 |
In gardens they will ask one another |
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Concerning the guilty: |
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What hath brought you to this burning ? |
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They will answer: We were not of those who prayed |
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Nor did we feed the wretched. |
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We used to wade (in vain dispute) with (all) waders, |
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And we used to deny the Day of Judgment, |
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Till the Inevitable came unto us. |
| 074.048 |
The mediation of no mediators will avail them then. |
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Why now turn they away from the Admonishment, |
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As they were frightened asses |
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Fleeing from a lion ? |
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Nay, but everyone of them desireth that he should be given open pages (from Allah). |
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Nay, verily. They fear not the Hereafter. |
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Nay, verily. Lo! this is an Admonishment. |
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So whosoever will may heed. |
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And they will not heed unless Allah willeth (it). He is the fount of fear. He is the fount of Mercy. |
