The Hidden Secret (Al-Muddath-thir)
In the name of Allah, most benevolent, ever-merciful
O thou enveloped! 1 arise and warn, 2 and exalt your Lord, 3 cleanse your clothes, 4 And pollution shun. 5 do not bestow a favour in the expectation of receiving more in return; 6 and be patient unto thy Lord. 7 For when the Trump is sounded 8 So that is a tough day. 9 For the unbelievers, anything but easy. 10 Leave Me with him whom I created alone, 11 And gave him vast wealth. 12 and sons that stand in witness. 13 And made (life) smooth for him. 14 Yet he wants that I should give him more. 15 No! Indeed, he has been toward Our verses obstinate. 16 Anon I shall afflict him with a fearful woe. 17 He reflected and then hatched a scheme. 18 May he be accursed, how he planned! 19 Yea, Woe to him; How he plotted!- 20 Then he considered [again]; 21 And frowned and puckered his brow, 22 and in the end he turns his back [on Our message,] and glories in his arrogance, 23 said, "This (the Quran) is nothing but magic, inherited from ancient magicians. 24 Naught is this but the word of Man. 25 I shall surely roast him in Sakar; 26 And what do you know what Hell is? 27 It neither spares, nor releases, 28 Scorching the skin. 29 Over it are nineteen [powers]. 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