The Hidden Secret (Al-Muddath-thir)
In the name of Allah, the Merciful, the Compassionate
O the Cloaked One! (Prophet Mohammed – peace and blessings be upon him) 1 Arise and warn, 2 And your Lord do magnify, 3 thy robes purify 4 shun uncleanness; 5 And bestow not favour that thou mayest receive more. 6 but unto thy Sustainer turn in patience. 7 When the Trumpet is sounded, 8 that day will be a harsh day, 9 For the infidels, not easy. 10 Leave Me and him whom I created alone, 11 whom I have endowed with abundant riches, 12 and children as [love's] witnesses, 13 And for whom I smoothed everything. 14 Yet he desireth that I should give more. 15 By no means! He has been stubbornly hostile to Our revelation: 16 We shall make him suffer the torment of hell without relief. 17 For he thought and he plotted;- 18 So let him be cursed! How he plotted! 19 And once more let him be cursed, how he plotted! 20 Then he looked, 21 and then he frowns and glares, 22 Then he turned away, and was haughty. 23 and said: 'This is no more than traced sorcery; 24 this is nothing but the word of a mere mortal!” 25 I shall make him suffer the torment of hell. 26 And what do you know what Hell is? 27 It neither leaves, nor spares. 28 It scorches people's skin 29 and it has nineteen angelic keepers. 30 We have appointed none but angels as the keepers of the Fire, and We have not made their number but as a trial for the unbelievers so that those who have been endowed with the Book will be convinced and the believers' faith will increase, and neither those who have been endowed with the Book nor the believers will fall into any doubt. As for those in whose hearts there is a sickness as well as the unbelievers, they will say: “What did Allah aim at by this strange parable?” Thus does Allah let whomsoever He pleases to go astray, and directs whomsoever He pleases to the Right Way. And none knows the hosts of your Lord but He. (And Hell has only been mentioned here) that people may take heed. 31