| 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.
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