# Surah 74

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> Surah 74
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> Al Muddaththir (The One Wrapped Up)
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> In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.
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> 1.  O thou wrapped up (in a mantle)!
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> 2.  Arise and deliver thy warning!
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> 3.  And thy Lord do thou magnify!
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> 4.  And thy garments keep free from stain!
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> 5.  And all abomination shun!
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> 6.  Nor expect, in giving, any increase (for thyself)!
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> 7.  But, for thy Lord's (Cause), be patient and constant!
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> 8.  Finally when the Trumpet is sounded,
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> 9.  That will be--that Day--a Day of Distress--
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> 10.  Far from easy for those without Faith.
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> 11.  Leave Me alone, (to deal) with the (creature) whom I created (bare and) alone!--
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> 12.  To whom I granted resources in abundance,
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> 13.  And sons to be by his side!--
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> 14.  To whom I made (life) smooth and comfortable!
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> 15.  Yet is he greedy--that I should add (yet more)--
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> 16.  By no means! For to Our Signs he has been refractory!
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> 17.  Soon will I visit him with a mount of calamities!
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> 18.  For he thought and he plotted--
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> 19.  And woe to him! how he plotted!--
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> 20.  Yea, woe to him! how he plotted!--
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> 21.  Then he looked round;
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> 22.  Then he frowned and he scowled;
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> 23.  Then he turned back and was haughty;
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> 24.  Then said he: "This is nothing but magic derived from of old;"
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> 25.  "This is nothing but the word of a mortal!"
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> 26.  Soon will cast him into Hell-Fire!
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> 27.  And what will explain to thee what Hell-fire is?
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> 28.  Naught doth it permit to endure, and naught doth it leave alone!--
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> 29.  Darkening and changing the color of man!
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> 30.  Over it are Nineteen.
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> 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 the Lord, except He, and this is no other than a warning to mankind.
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> 32.  Nay, verily: by the Moon,
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> 33.  And by the Night as it retreateth,
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> 34.  And by the Dawn as it shineth forth--
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> 35.  This is but one of the mighty (Portents),
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> 36.  A warning to mankind--
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> 37.  To any of you that chooses to press forward, or to follow behind--
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> 38.  Every soul will be (held) in pledge for its deeds.
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> 39.  Except the Companions of the Right Hand.
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> 40.  (They will be) in Gardens (of Delight); they will question each other,
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> 41.  And (ask) of the Sinners:
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> 42.  "What led you into Hell-fire?"
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> 43.  They will say: "We were not of those who prayed;"
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> 44.  "Nor were we of those who fed the indigent;"
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> 45.  "But we used to talk vanities with vain talkers;"
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> 46.  "And we used to deny the Day of Judgment,"
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> 47.  "Until there came to us (the Hour) that is certain."
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> 48.  Then will no intercession of (any) intercessors profit them.
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> 49.  Then what is the matter with them that they turn away from admonition?--
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> 50.  As if they were affrighted asses,
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> 51.  Fleeing from a lion!
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> 52.  Forsooth, each one of them wants to be given scrolls (of revelation) spread out!
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> 53.  By no means! But they fear not the Hereafter.
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> 54.  Nay, this surely is an admonition:
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> 55.  Let any who will, keep it in remembrance!
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> 56.  But none will keep it in remembrance except as Allah wills: He is the Lord of Righteousness, and the Lord of Forgiveness.
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> — *Surah 74*