The Hidden Secret (Al-Muddath-thir)
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
O you enveloped in your cloak! 1 arise and give warning! 2 Glorify your Lord, 3 And your clothing purify 4 stay away from sins 5 And do not favour others in order to receive more. 6 but unto thy Sustainer turn in patience. 7 And [warn all men that] when the trumpet-call [of resurrection] is sounded, 8 that Day will be a hard and distressing Day. 9 For the unbelievers, anything but easy. 10 Leave Me alone with he whom I created 11 And gave him vast wealth. 12 And sons abiding in his presence 13 And made several preparations for him. 14 Then he desires that I should add more. 15 Never. He is refractory of Our signs. 16 I shall inflict on him hardship, 17 For he thought and he plotted -- 18 death seized him, how was his determining! 19 And again perish he! How maliciously he devised! 20 He then dared to lift his gaze. 21 Then he frowned and scowled; 22 Then he turned back and was haughty; 23 Then he said: "This is nothing but magic from that of old; 24 "This is nothing but the word of a human being!" 25 I will soon fling him into hell. 26 And what can make you know what is Saqar? 27 It spares not (any sinner), nor does it leave (anything unburnt)! 28 It shrivelleth the man. 29 Over it are nineteen [angels]. 30 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. 31