Surah “The Cloaked One, The Man Wearing a Cloak, The Clothed One”

as rendered by Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali — 56 verses

O you shrouded (in your mantle)
Rise up (and) so warn
And so your Lord magnify
And so your clothes purify
And so defilement forsake
And be not bountiful, (hoping) to gain more
And to your Lord (endure) patiently
So when Trumpet is sounded (Literally: trumpeted)
Upon that Day then it will be a difficult Day
For the disbelievers, other than being easy
Leave Me with him whom I created alone
And set up (Literally: made) for him extensive wealth
And sons always in presence
And made (life) smooth for him in an accessible (way)
Thereafter he expects that I increase (My favors)
Not at all! Surely he has been stubborn to Our signs
I will soon oppress him to a (hard) mounting (in calamities)
Surely he did think and he determined
So, may he be slain, how he determined
Again, (Literally: Thereafter) may he be slain, how he determined
Thereafter he looked (round)
Thereafter he frowned, and he scowled
Thereafter he withdrew, and he waxed proud
So he said, "Decidedly this is nothing except sorcery, transmitted relics
Decidedly this is nothing except the speech of mortals."
I shall soon roast him in Saqar
And what makes you realize what Saqar is
It neither spares (i.e., no survivors remain) nor leaves (anything) behind
Shriveling mortals
Over it are nineteen
And in no way have We made the Wardens (Literally: companions) of the Fire except Angels, and in no way have We made their (right) number except as a temptation for the ones who have disbelieved, (and) that the ones to whom the Book has been brought may have certitude, and that the ones who have believed may increase in belief, and that the ones to whom the Book has been brought and the believers may not be suspicious, and that the ones in whose hearts there is sickness and the disbelievers may say, "What would Allah intend by this as a similitude?" Thus does Allah lead into error whomever He decides, and He guides whomever He decides, and in no way does anyone know the hosts of your Lord except He. And in no way is it anything except a Reminding to the mortals
Not at all! And (by) the moon
And the night as it with draws
And the morning when it shines (forth)
Surely it is indeed one of the greatest things
As a warning to mortals
To whomever of you who decides to go forward or postpone (i.e., performing righteous deeds or falling into evil)
Every self will be pledged for whatever it has earned
Except the companions of the Right
In Gardens they will ask one another (questions)
Concerning the criminals
"What inserted you into Saqar?"
They will say, "We were not of the ones who prayed
And we did not feed the indigent
And we used to wade with the waders, (i.e., wade in vaintalk)
And we used to cry lies to the Day of Doom
Until the Certitude came up to us."
So in no way will the intercession of the intercessors profit them
Then what is it with them that they are veering away from the Reminder
As if they were stampeding reddish asses
Fleeing from a fierce beast? (Or: animal
No indeed, every person of them would like scrolls spread open to be brought him
Not at all! No indeed, (but) they do not fear the Hereafter
Not at all! Surely it is a Reminder
So whoever decides will remember it
And in no way will they remember, except that Allah decides. He is The Source (Literally: The only Qualified One) of piety and The Source of forgiveness