O thou covered
arise and preach
and magnify thy Lord
And cleanse thy garments
And fly every abomination
And be not liberal, in hopes to receive more in return
And patiently wait for thy Lord
When the trumpet shall sound
verily that day shall be a day of distres
and uneasiness unto the unbelievers
Let me alone with him whom I have created
on whom I have bestowed abundant riches
and children dwelling in his presence
and for whom I have disposed affairs in a smooth and easy manner
and who desireth that I will yet add other blessings unto him
By no means: Because he is an adversary to our signs
I will afflict him with grievous calamities
For he hath devised and prepared contumelious expressions to ridicule the Koran
May he be cursed: How maliciously hath he prepared the same
And again, may he be cursed: How maliciously hath he prepared the same
Then he looked
and frowned, and put on an austere countenance
Then he turned back, and was elated with pride
and he said, this is no other than a piece of magic, borrowed from others
These are only the words of a man
I will cast him to be burned in hell
And what shall make thee to understand what hell is
It leaveth not any thing unconsumed, neither doth it suffer any thing to escape
It scorcheth mens flesh
Over the same are nineteen angels appointed
We have appointed none but angels to preside over hell fire: And we have expressed the number of them only for an occasion of discord to the unbelievers; that they to whom the scriptures have been given, may be certain of the veracity of this book, and the true believers may increase in faith; and that those to whom the scriptures have been given, and the true believers may not doubt hereafter; and that those in whose hearts there is an infirmity, and the unbelievers may say, what mystery doth God intend by this number? Thus doth God cause to err whom He pleaseth; and He directeth whom He pleaseth. None knoweth the armies of thy Lord, besides Him: And this is no other than a memento unto mankind. Assuredly
By the moon
and the night when it retreateth
and the morning when it reddeneth
I swear that this is one of the most terrible calamities
giving warning unto men
as well unto him among you who desireth to go forward, as unto him who chooseth to remain behind
Every soul is given in pledge for that which it shall have wrought
Except the companions of the right hand
who shall dwell in gardens, and shall ask one another question
concerning the wicked
and shall also ask the wicked themselves, saying, what hath brought you into hell
They shall answer, we were not of those who were constant at prayer
neither did we feed the poor
and we waded in vain disputes, with the fallacious reasoners
and we denied the day of judgment
until death overtook us
And the intercession of the interceders shall not avail them
What aileth them, therefore, that they turn aside from the admonition of the Koran
as though they were timorous asse
flying from a lion
But every man among them desireth that he may have expanded scrolls delivered to him from God
By no means. They fear not the life to come
By no means: Verily this is a sufficient warning
Whoso is willing to be warned, him shall it warn
But they shall not be warned, unless God shall please. He is worthy to be feared; and he is inclined to forgiveness