The Quran

O you covered up ˹in your clothes˺

Arise and warn ˹all˺

Revere your Lord ˹alone˺

Purify your garments

˹Continue to˺ shun idols

Do not do a favour expecting more ˹in return˺

And persevere for ˹the sake of˺ your Lord

˹For˺ when the Trumpet will be sounded

that will ˹truly˺ be a difficult Day—

far from easy for the disbelievers

And leave to me ˹O Prophet˺ the one I created all by Myself

and granted him abundant wealth

and children always by his side

and made life very easy for him

Yet he is hungry for more

But no! ˹For˺ he has been truly stubborn with Our revelations

I will make his fate unbearable

for he contemplated and determined ˹a degrading label for the Quran˺

May he be condemned! How evil was what he determined

May he be condemned even more! How evil was what he determined

Then he re-contemplated ˹in frustration˺

then frowned and scowled

then turned his back ˹on the truth˺ and acted arrogantly

saying, “This ˹Quran˺ is nothing but magic from the ancients

This is no more than the word of a man.”

Soon I will burn him in Hell

And what will make you realize what Hell is

It does not let anyone live or die

scorching the skin

It is overseen by nineteen ˹keepers˺

We have appointed only ˹stern˺ angels as wardens of the Fire. And We have made their number only as a test for the disbelievers, so that the People of the Book will be certain, and the believers will increase in faith, and neither the People of the Book nor the believers will have any doubts, and so that those ˹hypocrites˺ with sickness in their hearts and the disbelievers will argue, “What does Allah mean by such a number?” In this way Allah leaves whoever He wills to stray and guides whoever He wills. And none knows the forces of your Lord except He. And this ˹description of Hell˺ is only a reminder to humanity

But no! By the moon

and the night as it retreats

and the day as it breaks

Surely Hell is one of the mightiest catastrophes—

a warning to humankind

to whichever of you chooses to take the lead or lag behind

Every soul will be detained for what it has done

except the people of the right

who will be in Gardens, asking one another

about the wicked ˹who will then be asked˺

“What has landed you in Hell?”

They will reply, “We were not of those who prayed

nor did we feed the poor

We used to indulge ˹in falsehood˺ along with others

and deny the Day of Judgment

until the inevitable came to us.”

So the pleas of intercessors will be of no benefit to them

Now, what is the matter with them that they are turning away from the reminder

as if they were spooked zebras

fleeing from a lion

In fact, each one of them wishes to be given a ˹personal˺ letter ˹from Allah˺ for all ˹to read˺

But no! In fact, they do not fear the Hereafter

Enough! Surely this ˹Quran˺ is a reminder

So let whoever wills be mindful of it

But they cannot do so unless Allah wills. He ˹alone˺ is worthy to be feared and entitled to forgive