Openning

1. In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful!
2. Praise be to Allah, Lord of the Worlds,
3. The Beneficent, the Merciful.
4. Owner of the Day of Judgement,
5. Thee (alone) we worship; Thee (alone) we ask for help.
6. Show us the straight path,
7. The path of those whom Thou hast favoured; Not (the path) of those who earn Thine anger nor of those who go astray.

Cloaked One

1. O thou enveloped in thy cloak,
2. Arise and warn!
3. Thy Lord magnify,
4. Thy raiment purify,
5. Pollution shun!
6. And show not favour, seeking worldly gain!
7. For the sake of thy Lord, be patient!
8. For when the trumpet shall sound,
9. Surely that day will be a day of anguish,
10. Not of ease, for disbelievers.
11. Leave Me (to deal) with him whom I created lonely,
12. And then bestowed upon him ample means,
13. And sons abiding in his presencee
14. And made (life) smooth for him.
15. Yet he desireth that I should give more.
16. Nay! For lo! he hath been stubborn to Our revelations.
17. On him I shall impose a fearful doom.
18. For lo! he did consider; then he plannedd
19. (Self-) destroyed is he, how he planned!
20. Again (self-) destroyed is he, how he planned!
21. Then looked he,
22. Then frowned he and showed displeasure.
23. Then turned he away in pridee
24. And said: This is naught else than magic from of old;
25. This is naught else than speech of mortal man.
26. Him shall I fling unto the burning.
27. Ah, what will convey unto thee what that burning is!
28. It leaveth naught; it spareth naughtt
29. It shrivelleth the man.
30. Above it are nineteen.
31. We have appointed only angels to be wardens of the fire, and their number have We made to be a stumbling block for those who disbelieve; that those to whom the Scripture hath been given may have certainty, and that believers may increase in faith; and that those to whom the Scripture hath been given and believers may not doubt; and that those in whose hearts there is disease, and disbelievers, may say: What meaneth Allah by this similitude? Thus Allah sendeth astray whom He will, and whom He will He guideth. None knoweth the hosts of thy Lord save Him. This is naught else than a Reminder unto mortals.
32. Nay, by the Moonn
33. And the night when it withdrawethh
34. And the dawn when it shineth forth.
35. Lo! this is one of the greatest (portents)
36. As a warning unto men,
37. Unto him of you who will advance or hang back.
38. Every soul is a pledge for its own deeds;
39. Save these who will stand on the right hand.
40. In gardens they will ask one anotherr
41. Concerning the guilty:
42. What hath brought you to this burning?
43. They will answer: We were not of those who prayedd
44. Nor did we feed the wretched.
45. We used to wade (in vain dispute) with (all) waders,
46. And we used to deny the Day of Judgement,
47. Till the inevitable came unto us.
48. The mediation of no mediators will avail them then.
49. Why now turn they away from the Admonishmentt
50. As they were frightened assess
51. Fleeing from a lion?
52. Nay, but everyone of them desireth that he should be given open pages (from Allah).
53. Nay, verily. They fear not the Hereafter.
54. Nay, verily. Lo! this is an Admonishment.
55. So whosoever will may heed.
56. And they will not heed unless Allah willeth (it). He is the fount of fear. He is the fount of Mercy.

Enshrouded One

1. O thou wrapped up in thy raiment!
2. Keep vigil the night long, save a little
3. A half thereof, or abate a little thereof
4. Or add (a little) thereto and chant the Qur’an in measure,
5. For We shall charge thee with a word of weight.
6. Lo! the vigil of the night is (a time) when impression is more keen and speech more certain.
7. Lo! thou hast by day a chain of business.
8. So remember the name of thy Lord and devote thyself with a complete devotionn
9. Lord of the East and the West; there is no God save Him; so choose thou Him alone for thy defenderr
10. And bear with patience what they utter, and part from them with a fair leave-taking.
11. Leave Me to deal with the deniers, lords of ease and comfort (in this life); and do thou respite them awhile.
12. Lo! with Us are heavy fetters and a raging fire,
13. And food which choketh (the partaker), and a painful doomm
14. On the day when the earth and the hills rock, and the hills become a heap of running sand.
15. Lo! We have sent unto you a messenger as witness against you, even as We sent unto Pharaoh a messenger.
16. But Pharaoh rebelled against the messenger, whereupon We seized him with no gentle grip.
17. Then how, if ye disbelieve, will ye protect yourselves upon the day which will turn children grey,
18. The very heaven being then rent asunder. His promise is to be fulfilled.
19. Lo! This is a Reminder. Let him who will, then, choose a way unto his Lord.
20. Lo! thy Lord knoweth how thou keepest vigil sometimes nearly two-thirds of the night, or (sometimes) half or a third thereof, as do a party of those with thee. Allah measureth the night and the day. He knoweth that ye count it not, and turneth unto you in mercy. Recite, then, of the Qur’an that which is easy for you. He knoweth that there are sick folk among you, while others travel in the land in search of Allah’s bounty, and others (still) are fighting for the cause of Allah. So recite of it that which is easy (for you), and establish worship and pay the poor-due, and (so) lend unto Allah a goodly loan. Whatsoever good ye send before you far your souls, ye will surely find it with Allah, better and greater in the recompense. And seek forgiveness of Allah. Lo! Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.

Pen

1. Nun. By the pen and that which they write (therewith),
2. Thou art not, for thy Lord’s favour unto thee, a madman.
3. And lo! thine verily will be a reward unfailing.
4. And lo! thou art of a tremendous nature.
5. And thou wilt see and they will seee
6. Which of you is the demented.
7. Lo! thy Lord is Best Aware of him who strayeth from His way, and He is Best Aware of those who walk aright.
8. Therefore obey not thou the rejecterss
9. Who would have had thee compromise, that they may compromise.
10. Neither obey thou each feeble oath-monger,
11. Detractor, spreader abroad of slanders?
12. Hinderer of the good, transgressor, malefactorr
13. Greedy, therewithal, intrusive.
14. It is because he is possessed of wealth and childrenn
15. That, when Our revelations are recited unto him, he saith: Mere fables of the men of old.
16. We shall brand him on the nose.
17. Lo! we have tried them as We tried the owners of the garden when they vowed they would pluck its fruit next morning.
18. And made no exception (for the will of Allah);
19. Then a visitation came upon it while they sleptt
20. And in the morning it was as if plucked.
21. And they cried out one unto another in the morning,
22. Saying: Run unto your field if ye would pluck (the fruit).
23. So they went off, saying one unto another in low tones:
24. No needy man shall enter it today against you.
25. They went betimes, strong in (this) purpose.
26. But when they saw it, they said: Lo! we are in error!
27. Nay, but we are desolate!
28. The best among them said: Said I not unto you: Why glorify ye not (Allah)?
29. They said: Glorified be our Lord! Lo! we have been wrong-doers.
30. Then some of them drew near unto others, self-reproaching.
31. They said: Alas for us! In truth we were outrageous.
32. Such was the punishment. And verily the punishment of the Hereafter is greater if they did but know.
33. Lo! for those who keep from evil are gardens of bliss with their Lord.
34. Shall We then treat those who have surrendered as We treat the guilty?
35. What aileth you? How foolishly ye judge!
36. Or have ye a Scripture wherein ye learnn
37. That ye shall indeed have all that ye choose?
38. Or have ye a covenant on oath from Us that reacheth to the Day of Judgement, that yours shall be all that ye ordain?
39. Ask them (O Muhammad) which of them will vouch for that!
40. Or have they other gods? Then let them bring their other gods if they are truthfull
41. On the day when it befalleth in earnest, and they are ordered to prostrate themselves but are not able,
42. With eyes downcast, abasement stupefying them. And they had been summoned to prostrate themselves while they were yet unhurt.
43. Leave Me (to deal) with those who give the lie to this pronouncement. We shall lead them on by steps from whence they know not.
44. Yet I bear with them, for lo! My scheme is firm.
45. Or dost thou (Muhammad) ask a fee from them so that they are heavily taxed?
46. Or is the Unseen theirs that they can write (thereof)?
47. But wait thou for thy Lord’s decree, and be not like him of the fish, who cried out in despair.
48. Had it not been that favour from his Lord had reached him he surely had been cast into the wilderness while he was reprobate.
49. But his Lord chose him and placed him among the righteous.
50. And lo! those who disbelieve would fain disconcert thee with their eyes when they hear the Reminder, and they say: Lo! he is indeed mad;
51. When it is naught else than a Reminder to creation.

Passion

1. Read: In the name of thy Lord who createth,
2. Createth man from the passion.
3. Read: And thy Lord is the Most Bounteous,
4. Who teacheth by the pen,
5. Teacheth man that which he knew not.
6. Nay, but verily man is rebelliouss
7. That he thinketh himself independent!
8. Lo! unto thy Lord is the return.
9. Hast thou seen him who dissuadethh
10. A slave when he prayeth?
11. Hast thou seen if he (relieth) on the guidance
12. Or enjoineth piety?
13. Hast thou seen if he denieth and is froward?
14. Is he then unaware that Allah seeth?
15. Nay, but if he cease not, We will seize him by the forelockk
16. The lying, sinful forelockk
17. Then let him call upon his henchmen!
18. We will call the guards of hell.
19. Nay! Obey not thou him. But prostrate thyself, and draw near (unto Allah)