The Translation Of The Holy Quran
74. THE CLOAKED ONE
THE MAN WEARING A CLOAK
Revealed before the Hijrah. This chapter has 56 verses.
In the name of God,
Most Gracious, Most Merciful
| 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 doub ts 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 God intend by this ?" Thus doth God leave to stray whom He pleaseth, and guide whom He pleaseth: an d 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 God wills: He is the Lord of Righteousness, and the Lord of Forgiveness. |