IZQ

074

Cloaked

By the Name

God

the Fount-of-All-Mercy
the Ever-Merciful

you
who are cloaked

rise up and
warn

glorify
your Liege

purify
your clothes

and keep away
from what is filthy

do not give
only to get back more

and be patient
for your Liege

for when
the Trumpet sounds

that day
will be a hard day

not easy for those
who are ungrateful

leave Me alone
with those I created

giving them
great wealth

and children
standing with them

and made all things
smooth for them

and they are only eager
that I should do more

no

they stubbornly deny
Our Signs

I shall force them to climb
a steep slope

they planned
and they plotted

death seize them
how they plotted

again death seize them
how they plotted

then looked

then frowned
and scowled

then retreated
and grew proud

saying

"This is nothing but
made up sorcery

this is nothing but
the speech of a mortal"

I will surely roast them
in Saqar

and what will teach you
what is Saqar?

it does not spare
nor leave alone

scorching
mortal flesh

over it are
nineteen

We have put only Angels
as guardians of the Fire

and We have set their number
only as a trial
for those who are ungrateful

so those who were
given the Book
may be certain

and those who believe
may have more belief

and those who were
given the Book
and those who believe
might have no doubt

and so those
with sickness in their hearts
and those who are ungrateful
may say

"What did God mean
by this example"

so God leads astray
whoever Hu wills

and Hu guides
whoever Hu wills

and no-one knows
the armies of your Liege
except Hu

and it is nothing but
a Reminder
for mortals

no

by the moon

and the night
when it retreats

and the dawn
when it grows bright

surely it is one of
the greatest things

a warning
to mortals

to whoever of you wants
to go forward or hang back

every soul will be promised
what it has earned

except the
Companions of the Right

in gardens
they will ask

of those who
did wrong

"What pushed you
into Saqar?"

they shall say

"We did not make Sala

and we did not
feed the poor

and we gossiped
with those who gossip

and we said
the Day of Judgement
was lies

until what is certain
came to us"

then the pleas
of those who plead
will be of no use to them

what is their problem

that they run from
the Reminder

as if they were
frightened donkeys

running away
from a lion?

every one of them
wants to be given
an unrolled scroll

but they do not fear
the life to come

no indeed
surely it is a Reminder

so whoever wants to
shall remember it

and they will not remember
unless God wills

Hu has the right to
your being
Mindful of God

and the right to
offer forgiveness

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