The Holy Quran, tr. by Yusuf Ali, [1934]
1. O thou wrapped up
(In a 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. Fa-itha nuqira fee alnnaqoori
8. Finally, when the trumpet
Is sounded,
9. Fathalika yawma-ithin yawmun AAaseerun
9. That will be—that Day—
A Day of Distress,—
10. AAala alkafireena ghayru yaseerin
10. Far from easy
For those without Faith.
11. Tharnee waman khalaqtu waheedan
11. Leave Me alone, (to deal)
With the (creature) whom
I created (bare and) alone!—
12. WajaAAaltu lahu malan mamdoodan
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. Kalla innahu kana li-ayatina AAaneedan
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. Thumma qutila kayfa qaddara
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. Faqala in hatha illa sihrun yu/tharu
24. Then said he:
"This is nothing but magic,
Derived from of old;
25. In hatha illa qawlu albashari
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. AAalayha tisAAata AAashara
30. Over it are Nineteen.
31. Wama jaAAalna as-haba alnnari illa mala-ikatan wama jaAAalna AAiddatahum illa fitnatan lillatheena kafaroo liyastayqina allatheena ootoo alkitaba wayazdada allatheena amanoo eemanan wala yartaba allatheena ootoo alkitaba waalmu/minoona waliyaqoola allatheena fee quloobihim maradun waalkafiroona matha arada Allahu bihatha mathalan kathalika yudillu Allahu man yashao wayahdee man yashao wama yaAAlamu junooda rabbika illa huwa wama hiya illa thikra lilbashari
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 God intend by this?
Thus doth God 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.