Sura 74: Al Modather:
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
[Shakir 74:1] O you who
are clothed!
[Yusufali 74:1] O thou wrapped up (in the mantle)!
[Pickthal 74:1] O thou enveloped in thy cloak,
[Shakir 74:2] Arise and warn,
[Yusufali 74:2] Arise and deliver thy warning!
[Pickthal 74:2] Arise and warn!
[Shakir 74:3] And your Lord do magnify,
[Yusufali 74:3] And thy Lord do thou magnify!
[Pickthal 74:3] Thy Lord magnify,
[Shakir 74:4] And your garments do purify,
[Yusufali 74:4] And thy garments keep free from stain!
[Pickthal 74:4] Thy raiment purify,
[Shakir 74:5] And uncleanness do shun,
[Yusufali 74:5] And all abomination shun!
[Pickthal 74:5] Pollution shun!
[Shakir 74:6] And bestow not favors that you may receive again with increase,
[Yusufali 74:6] Nor expect, in giving, any increase (for thyself)!
[Pickthal 74:6] And show not favour, seeking wordly gain!
[Shakir 74:7] And for the sake of your Lord, be patient.
[Yusufali 74:7] But, for thy Lord's (Cause), be patient and constant!
[Pickthal 74:7] For the sake of thy Lord, be patient!
[Shakir 74:8] For when the trumpet is sounded,
[Yusufali 74:8] Finally, when the Trumpet is sounded,
[Pickthal 74:8] For when the trumpet shall sound,
[Shakir 74:9] That, at that time, shall be a difficult day,
[Yusufali 74:9] That will be- that Day - a Day of Distress,-
[Pickthal 74:9] Surely that day will be a day of anguish,
[Shakir 74:10] For the unbelievers, anything but easy.
[Yusufali 74:10] Far from easy for those without Faith.
[Pickthal 74:10] Not of ease, for disbelievers.
[Shakir 74:11] Leave Me and him whom I created alone,
[Yusufali 74:11] Leave Me alone, (to deal) with the (creature) whom I created
(bare and) alone!-
[Pickthal 74:11] Leave Me (to deal) with him whom I created lonely,
[Shakir 74:12] And give him vast riches,
[Yusufali 74:12] To whom I granted resources in abundance,
[Pickthal 74:12] And then bestowed upon him ample means,
[Shakir 74:13] And sons dwelling in his presence,
[Yusufali 74:13] And sons to be by his side!-
[Pickthal 74:13] And sons abiding in his presence
[Shakir 74:14] And I adjusted affairs for him adjustably;
[Yusufali 74:14] To whom I made (life) smooth and comfortable!
[Pickthal 74:14] And made (life) smooth for him.
[Shakir 74:15] And yet he desires that I should add more!
[Yusufali 74:15] Yet is he greedy-that I should add (yet more);-
[Pickthal 74:15] Yet he desireth that I should give more.
[Shakir 74:16] By no means! surely he offers opposition to Our communications.
[Yusufali 74:16] By no means! For to Our Signs he has been refractory!
[Pickthal 74:16] Nay! For lo! he hath been stubborn to Our revelations.
[Shakir 74:17] I will make a distressing punishment overtake him.
[Yusufali 74:17] Soon will I visit him with a mount of calamities!
[Pickthal 74:17] On him I shall impose a fearful doom.
[Shakir 74:18] Surely he reflected and guessed,
[Yusufali 74:18] For he thought and he plotted;-
[Pickthal 74:18] For lo! he did consider; then he planned -
[Shakir 74:19] But may he be cursed how he plotted;
[Yusufali 74:19] And woe to him! How he plotted!-
[Pickthal 74:19] (Self-)destroyed is he, how he planned!
[Shakir 74:20] Again, may he be cursed how he plotted;
[Yusufali 74:20] Yea, Woe to him; How he plotted!-
[Pickthal 74:20] Again (self-)destroyed is he, how he planned! -
[Shakir 74:21] Then he looked,
[Yusufali 74:21] Then he looked round;
[Pickthal 74:21] Then looked he,
[Shakir 74:22] Then he frowned and scowled,
[Yusufali 74:22] Then he frowned and he scowled;
[Pickthal 74:22] Then frowned he and showed displeasure.
[Shakir 74:23] Then he turned back and was big with pride,
[Yusufali 74:23] Then he turned back and was haughty;
[Pickthal 74:23] Then turned he away in pride
[Shakir 74:24] ~Then he said: This is naught but enchantment, narrated (from
others);
[Yusufali 74:24] Then said he: "This is nothing but magic, derived from of
old;
[Pickthal 74:24] And said: This is naught else than magic from of old;
[Shakir 74:25] This is naught but the word of a mortal.
[Yusufali 74:25] "This is nothing but the word of a mortal!"
[Pickthal 74:25] This is naught else than speech of mortal man.
[Shakir 74:26] I will cast him into hell.
[Yusufali 74:26] Soon will I cast him into Hell-Fire!
[Pickthal 74:26] Him shall I fling unto the burning.
[Shakir 74:27] And what will make you realize what hell is?
[Yusufali 74:27] And what will explain to thee what Hell-Fire is?
[Pickthal 74:27] - Ah, what will convey unto thee what that burning is! -
[Shakir 74:28] It leaves naught nor does it spare aught.
[Yusufali 74:28] Naught doth it permit to endure, and naught doth it leave
alone!-
[Pickthal 74:28] It leaveth naught; it spareth naught
[Shakir 74:29] It scorches the mortal.
[Yusufali 74:29] Darkening and changing the colour of man!
[Pickthal 74:29] It shrivelleth the man.
[Shakir 74:30] Over it are nineteen.
[Yusufali 74:30] Over it are Nineteen.
[Pickthal 74:30] Above it are nineteen.
[Shakir 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 may be certain and those who believe may
increase in faith, and those who have been given the book and the believers may
not doubt, and that those in whose hearts is a disease and the unbelievers may
say: What does Allah mean by this parable? Thus does Allah make err whom He
pleases, and He guides whom He pleases, and none knows the hosts of your Lord
but He Himself; and this is naught but a reminder to the mortals.
[Yusufali 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.
[Pickthal 74:31] 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.
[Shakir 74:32] Nay; I swear by the moon,
[Yusufali 74:32] Nay, verily: By the Moon,
[Pickthal 74:32] Nay, by the Moon
[Shakir 74:33] And the night when it departs,
[Yusufali 74:33] And by the Night as it retreateth,
[Pickthal 74:33] And the night when it withdraweth
[Shakir 74:34] And the daybreak when it shines;
[Yusufali 74:34] And by the Dawn as it shineth forth,-
[Pickthal 74:34] And the dawn when it shineth forth,
[Shakir 74:35] Surely it (hell) is one of the gravest (misfortunes),
[Yusufali 74:35] This is but one of the mighty (portents),
[Pickthal 74:35] Lo! this is one of the greatest (portents)
[Shakir 74:36] A warning to mortals,
[Yusufali 74:36] A warning to mankind,-
[Pickthal 74:36] As a warning unto men,
[Shakir 74:37] To him among you who wishes to go forward or remain behind.
[Yusufali 74:37] To any of you that chooses to press forward, or to follow
behind;-
[Pickthal 74:37] Unto him of you who will advance or hang back.
[Shakir 74:38] Every soul is held in pledge for what it earns,
[Yusufali 74:38] Every soul will be (held) in pledge for its deeds.
[Pickthal 74:38] Every soul is a pledge for its own deeds;
[Shakir 74:39] Except the people of the right hand,
[Yusufali 74:39] Except the Companions of the Right Hand.
[Pickthal 74:39] Save those who will stand on the right hand.
[Shakir 74:40] In gardens, they shall ask each other
[Yusufali 74:40] (They will be) in Gardens (of Delight): they will question each
other,
[Pickthal 74:40] In gardens they will ask one another
[Shakir 74:41] About the guilty:
[Yusufali 74:41] And (ask) of the Sinners:
[Pickthal 74:41] Concerning the guilty:
[Shakir 74:42] What has brought you into hell?
[Yusufali 74:42] "What led you into Hell Fire?"
[Pickthal 74:42] What hath brought you to this burning?
[Shakir 74:43] They shall say: We were not of those who prayed;
[Yusufali 74:43] They will say: "We were not of those who prayed;
[Pickthal 74:43] They will answer: We were not of those who prayed
[Shakir 74:44] And we used not to feed the poor;
[Yusufali 74:44] "Nor were we of those who fed the indigent;
[Pickthal 74:44] Nor did we feed the wretched.
[Shakir 74:45] And we used to enter into vain discourse with those who entered
into vain discourses.
[Yusufali 74:45] "But we used to talk vanities with vain talkers;
[Pickthal 74:45] We used to wade (in vain dispute) with (all) waders,
[Shakir 74:46] And we used to call the day of judgment a lie;
[Yusufali 74:46] "And we used to deny the Day of Judgment,
[Pickthal 74:46] And we used to deny the Day of Judgment,
[Shakir 74:47] Till death overtook us.
[Yusufali 74:47] "Until there came to us (the Hour) that is certain."
[Pickthal 74:47] Till the Inevitable came unto us.
[Shakir 74:48] So the intercession of intercessors shall not avail them.
[Yusufali 74:48] Then will no intercession of (any) intercessors profit them.
[Pickthal 74:48] The mediation of no mediators will avail them then.
[Shakir 74:49] What is then the matter with them, that they turn away from the
admonition
[Yusufali 74:49] Then what is the matter with them that they turn away from
admonition?-
[Pickthal 74:49] Why now turn they away from the Admonishment,
[Shakir 74:50] As if they were asses taking fright
[Yusufali 74:50] As if they were affrighted asses,
[Pickthal 74:50] As they were frightened asses
[Shakir 74:51] That had fled from a lion?
[Yusufali 74:51] Fleeing from a lion!
[Pickthal 74:51] Fleeing from a lion?
[Shakir 74:52] Nay; every one of them desires that he may be given pages spread
out;
[Yusufali 74:52] Forsooth, each one of them wants to be given scrolls (of
revelation) spread out!
[Pickthal 74:52] Nay, but everyone of them desireth that he should be given open
pages (from Allah).
[Shakir 74:53] Nay! but they do not fear the hereafter.
[Yusufali 74:53] By no means! But they fear not the Hereafter,
[Pickthal 74:53] Nay, verily. They fear not the Hereafter.
[Shakir 74:54] Nay! it is surely an admonition.
[Yusufali 74:54] Nay, this surely is an admonition:
[Pickthal 74:54] Nay, verily. Lo! this is an Admonishment.
[Shakir 74:55] So whoever pleases may mind it.
[Yusufali 74:55] Let any who will, keep it in remembrance!
[Pickthal 74:55] So whosoever will may heed.
[Shakir 74:56] And they will not mind unless Allah please. He is worthy to be
feared and worthy to forgive.
[Yusufali 74:56] But none will keep it in remembrance except as Allah wills: He
is the Lord of Righteousness, and the Lord of Forgiveness.
[Pickthal 74:56] And they will not heed unless Allah willeth (it). He is the
fount of fear. He is the fount of Mercy.