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

O thou who hast covered thyself with thy cloak

Arise and warn

And thy Lord do thou magnify

And thy clothes do thou purify

And uncleanliness do thou shun

And bestow not favours seeking to get more in return

And for the sake of thy Lord do thou endure trials patiently

And when the trumpet is sounded

That day will be a hard day

For the disbelievers it will not be easy

Leave ME alone to deal with him whom I created

And I gave him abundant wealth

And sons, dwelling in his presence

And equipped him with all necessary things

Yet he desires that I should give him more

Certainly not ! for he was stubbornly opposed to Our Signs

I shall inflict on him an increasingly overwhelming torment

Lo ! he reflected and calculated

Ruin seize him ! how he calculated

Ruin seize him again ! how he calculated

Then he looked around him

Then he frowned and scowled

Then he turned away and was disdainful

And said, `This is nothing but magic handed down

`This is nothing but the word of a man

Soon shall I cast him into the fire of Hell

And what will make thee know what Hell-fire is

It spares not and it leaves naught

It scorches the face

Over it are nineteen angels

And none but angels have we made wardens of the Fire. And WE have not fixed their number except as a trial for those who disbelieve, so that those, who have been given the Book, may attain certainty and those who believe may increase in faith, and those, who have been given the Book as well as the believers, may not doubt, and that those in whose hearts is disease and the disbelievers may say, `What does ALLAH mean by such an illustration?' Thus does ALLAH leave to go astray whom HE pleases and guide whom HE pleases. And none knows the host of thy Lord but HE. And this is nothing but a reminder for man

Nay, by the moon

And by the night when it departs

And by the dawn when it shines forth

Verily, it is one of the greatest calamities

A warning to man

To him among you who wishes to advance in virtue or hang back

Every soul is pledged for what it has earned

Except those on the right hand

They will be in Gardens enquirin

From the guilty ones

`What has brought you into Hell?

They will say, `We were not of those who offered Prayer

`Nor did we feed the poor

`And we indulged in idle talk with those who indulge therein

`And we continued to deny the Day of Judgment

`Until death overtook us.

So the intercession of intercessors will not avail them

Now what is the matter with them that they are turning away from the Exhortation

As if they were frightened asses

Fleeing from a lion

Nay, every man among them desires to be given an open Book

This cannot be ! Verily, they fear not the Hereafter

Never ! for, this Qur'an is an exhortation enough

Let him, then, who will, remember it

And they will not remember unless ALLAH so pleases. HE alone is worthy to be feared and HE alone is worthy to forgive