The Hidden Secret (Al-Muddath-thir)
In the name of Allah, most benevolent, ever-merciful
O thou wrapped up (in the mantle)! 1 arise and give warning! 2 And your Lord glorify 3 Purify your inner self, 4 shun uncleanness; 5 And do not through giving seek thyself to gain, 6 and for the sake of your Lord, be patient. 7 When the Trumpet is sounded, 8 it will be a hard day 9 not of ease, for all who [now] deny the truth! 10 Leave him to Me, the one whom I created single. 11 And gave him vast wealth. 12 and children as [love's] witnesses, 13 and to whose life I gave so wide a scope: 14 and yet, he greedily desires that I give him even more! 15 Nay! For lo! he hath been stubborn to Our revelations. 16 I will make a distressing punishment overtake him. 17 Indeed, he thought and deliberated. 18 So may he be destroyed [for] how he deliberated. 19 Yea, Woe to him; How he plotted!- 20 Then he looked round; 21 Then frowned he and showed displeasure. 22 then he retreated and waxed proud, 23 and said: 'This is no more than traced sorcery; 24 This is naught but the word of a mortal. 25 Anon shall I roast him into the Scorching Fire. 26 And what can make you know what is Saqar? 27 It neither spares, nor releases, 28 Burning the skins! 29 Over it are Nineteen. 30 We have not appointed any one but angels as keepers of Hell, and their number that We have fixed is to make it a means of contention for disbelievers, so that those who were given the Book may be certain, and the faith of the believers may have greater increase, and the people of the Book and believers may not be deceived, and the sceptics and infidels may say: "What does God mean by this parable?" That is how God leads whosoever He will astray, and guides whosoever He will. None knows the armies of your Lord save Him self. This is no more than reminder for mankind. 31