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[1] O thou wrapped up (in the mantle)!
[2] Arise and deliver thy warning!
[3] And thy Lord do thou magnify!
[4] And thy garments keep free from stain!
[5] And all abomination shun!
[6] Nor expect, in giving, any increase (for thyself)!
[7] But, for thy Lord's (Cause), be patient and constant!
[8] Finally, when the Trumpet is sounded,
[9] That will be- that Day - a Day of Distress,-
[10] Far from easy for those without Faith.
[11] Leave Me alone, (to deal) with the (creature) whom I created (bare and) alone!-
[12] To whom I granted resources in abundance,
[13] And sons to be by his side!-
[14] To whom I made (life) smooth and comfortable!
[15] Yet is he greedy-that I should add (yet more);-
[16] By no means! For to Our Signs he has been refractory!
[17] Soon will I visit him with a mount of calamities!
[18] For he thought and he plotted;-
[19] And woe to him! How he plotted!-
[20] Yea, Woe to him; How he plotted!-
[21] Then he looked round;
[22] Then he frowned and he scowled;
[23] Then he turned back and was haughty;
[24] Then said he: "This is nothing but magic, derived from of old;
[25] "This is nothing but the word of a mortal!"
[26] Soon will I cast him into Hell-Fire!
[27] And what will explain to thee what Hell-Fire is?
[28] Naught doth it permit to endure, and naught doth it leave alone!-
[29] Darkening and changing the colour of man!
[30] Over it are Nineteen.
[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.
[32] Nay, verily: By the Moon,
[33] And by the Night as it retreateth,
[34] And by the Dawn as it shineth forth,-
[35] This is but one of the mighty (portents),
[36] A warning to mankind,-
[37] To any of you that chooses to press forward, or to follow behind;-
[38] Every soul will be (held) in pledge for its deeds.
[39] Except the Companions of the Right Hand.
[40] (They will be) in Gardens (of Delight): they will question each other,
[41] And (ask) of the Sinners:
[42] "What led you into Hell Fire?"
[43] They will say: "We were not of those who prayed;
[44] "Nor were we of those who fed the indigent;
[45] "But we used to talk vanities with vain talkers;
[46] "And we used to deny the Day of Judgment,
[47] "Until there came to us (the Hour) that is certain."
[48] Then will no intercession of (any) intercessors profit them.
[49] Then what is the matter with them that they turn away from admonition?-
[50] As if they were affrighted asses,
[51] Fleeing from a lion!
[52] Forsooth, each one of them wants to be given scrolls (of revelation) spread out!
[53] By no means! But they fear not the Hereafter,
[54] Nay, this surely is an admonition:
[55] Let any who will, keep it in remembrance!
[56] But none will keep it in remembrance except as Allah wills: He is the Lord of Righteousness, and the Lord of Forgiveness.