The Quran (English) — Yusuf Ali

O thou wrapped up (in the mantle)

Arise and deliver thy warning

And thy Lord do thou magnify

And thy garments keep free from stain

And all abomination shun

Nor expect, in giving, any increase (for thyself)

But, for thy Lord's (Cause), be patient and constant

Finally, when the Trumpet is sounded

That will be- that Day - a Day of Distress

Far from easy for those without Faith

Leave Me alone, (to deal) with the (creature) whom I created (bare and) alone

To whom I granted resources in abundance

And sons to be by his side

To whom I made (life) smooth and comfortable

Yet is he greedy-that I should add (yet more)

By no means! For to Our Signs he has been refractory

Soon will I visit him with a mount of calamities

For he thought and he plotted

And woe to him! How he plotted

Yea, Woe to him; How he plotted

Then he looked round

Then he frowned and he scowled

Then he turned back and was haughty

Then said he: "This is nothing but magic, derived from of old

This is nothing but the word of a mortal

Soon will I cast him into Hell-Fire

And what will explain to thee what Hell-Fire is

Naught doth it permit to endure, and naught doth it leave alone

Darkening and changing the colour of man

Over it are Nineteen

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

Nay, verily: By the Moon

And by the Night as it retreateth

And by the Dawn as it shineth forth

This is but one of the mighty (portents)

A warning to mankind

To any of you that chooses to press forward, or to follow behind

Every soul will be (held) in pledge for its deeds

Except the Companions of the Right Hand

(They will be) in Gardens (of Delight): they will question each other

And (ask) of the Sinners

What led you into Hell Fire

They will say: "We were not of those who prayed

Nor were we of those who fed the indigent

But we used to talk vanities with vain talkers

And we used to deny the Day of Judgment

Until there came to us (the Hour) that is certain

Then will no intercession of (any) intercessors profit them

Then what is the matter with them that they turn away from admonition

As if they were affrighted asses

Fleeing from a lion

Forsooth, each one of them wants to be given scrolls (of revelation) spread out

By no means! But they fear not the Hereafter

Nay, this surely is an admonition

Let any who will, keep it in remembrance

But none will keep it in remembrance except as Allah wills: He is the Lord of Righteousness, and the Lord of Forgiveness