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

as rendered by Muhammad Taqi Usmani — 56 verses

O you, enveloped in a mantle
stand up and warn
and pronounce the greatness of your Lord
and purify your clothes
and keep away from filth
and do not do a favour (to anyone merely) to seek more (in return)
And for the sake of your Lord, observe patience
For when the trumpet will be blown
that day will be a difficult day
not easy for the disbelievers
Leave me alone (to deal) with the one whom I created lonely
and gave him extensive wealth
and sons present before (his) eyes
and extended (power and honour) to him pretty well
Still, he aspires that I should give him more
Never! He is inimical towards Our verses
I will force him to climb the mountain Sa‘ud
He pondered and surmised
Death onto him! How (bad) is the surmise he put forward
Again, death unto him! How (bad) is the surmise he put forward
Then he looked (to those around him,
then he frowned and scowled
then turned his back, and waxed proud
then said, .This is nothing but traditional magic
this is nothing but saying of a mortal
I will put him into Saqar (Hell)
And what can let you know what Saqar is
It neither spares (anything inside it from burning) nor leaves (any disbeliever outside)
It will disfigure the skins
Appointed on it are nineteen (wardens)
And We did not make wardens of the Fire but (from) angels, and did not fix their number but as a test for those who disbelieve, so that those who are given the Book may come to believe, and those who believe may improve in belief, and so that those who are given the Book and those who believe may not doubt (its correctness), and so that those having malady in their hearts and the disbelievers say, .What has Allah meant by this strange statement?. Thus Allah lets go astray whomever He wills, and leads to the right path whomever He wills. And no one knows the hosts of your Lord but He. And this is nothing else but a reminder for mankind
Truly, I swear by the moon
and by the night when it goes back
and by the morning when it becomes bright
it (Saqar : Hell) is one of the greatest thing
as a warning to the mankind
to the one from among you who wishes to come forward (towards good deeds) or to go back (from them)
Everyone will be detained (in the Hell) because of what he did
except the People of the Right, (i.e. those who will be given their Book of Deeds in their right hands
who will be in gardens, asking
about the guilty persons
.What has brought you to Saqar? (Hell)
They will say, .We were not among those who offered Salah , (obligatory prayer
and we did not give food to the needy
and we indulged (in mocking at the truth) along with those who indulged
and we used to deny the Day of Requital
until when we were overtaken by that which is certain
Then intercession of intercessors will not benefit them
So what has happened to them that they are turning away from the Reminder
as if they were wild donkeys
fleeing from a lion
Rather, every one of them wishes that he should be given unrolled (divine) scriptures
Never! But they do not fear the Hereafter
Never! Indeed, this is a Reminder
So, whoever so wishes may take advice from it
And they will not take advice unless Allah so wills. He is worthy to be feared, and worthy to forgive