# 74. al-Mudathir: The Clothed One

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> 74. al-Mudathir: The Clothed One
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> 1 O thou enveloped in thy cloak, 
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> 2 Arise and warn! 
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> 3 Thy Lord magnify, 
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> 4 Thy raiment purify, 
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> 5 Pollution shun! 
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> 6 And show not favour, seeking wordly gain! 
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> 7 For the sake of thy Lord, be patient! 
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> 8 For when the trumpet shall sound, 
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> 9 Surely that day will be a day of anguish, 
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> 10 Not of ease, for disbelievers. 
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> 11 Leave Me (to deal) with him whom I created lonely, 
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> 12 And then bestowed upon him ample means, 
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> 13 And sons abiding in his presence 
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> 14 And made (life) smooth for him. 
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> 15 Yet he desireth that I should give more. 
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> 16 Nay! For lo! he hath been stubborn to Our revelations. 
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> 17 On him I shall impose a fearful doom. 
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> 18 For lo! he did consider; then he planned - 
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> 19 (Self-)destroyed is he, how he planned! 
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> 20 Again (self-)destroyed is he, how he planned! - 
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> 21 Then looked he, 
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> 22 Then frowned he and showed displeasure. 
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> 23 Then turned he away in pride 
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> 24 And said: This is naught else than magic from of old; 
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> 25 This is naught else than speech of mortal man. 
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> 26 Him shall I fling unto the burning. 
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> 27 - Ah, what will convey unto thee what that burning is! - 
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> 28 It leaveth naught; it spareth naught 
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> 29 It shrivelleth the man. 
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> 30 Above it are nineteen. 
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> 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. 
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> 32 Nay, by the Moon 
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> 33 And the night when it withdraweth 
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> 34 And the dawn when it shineth forth, 
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> 35 Lo! this is one of the greatest (portents) 
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> 36 As a warning unto men, 
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> 37 Unto him of you who will advance or hang back. 
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> 38 Every soul is a pledge for its own deeds; 
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> 39 Save those who will stand on the right hand. 
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> 40 In gardens they will ask one another 
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> 41 Concerning the guilty: 
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> 42 What hath brought you to this burning ? 
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> 43 They will answer: We were not of those who prayed 
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> 44 Nor did we feed the wretched. 
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> 45 We used to wade (in vain dispute) with (all) waders, 
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> 46 And we used to deny the Day of Judgment, 
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> 47 Till the Inevitable came unto us. 
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> 48 The mediation of no mediators will avail them then. 
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> 49 Why now turn they away from the Admonishment, 
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> 50 As they were frightened asses 
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> 51 Fleeing from a lion ? 
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> 52 Nay, but everyone of them desireth that he should be given open pages (from Allah). 
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> 53 Nay, verily. They fear not the Hereafter. 
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> 54 Nay, verily. Lo! this is an Admonishment. 
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> 55 So whosoever will may heed. 
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> 56 And they will not heed unless Allah willeth (it). He is the fount of fear. He is the fount of Mercy.
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> — *74. al-Mudathir: The Clothed One*