The Hidden Secret (Al-Muddath-thir)
In the name of Allah, most benevolent, ever-merciful
O you enveloped in your cloak! 1 Arise and warn! 2 and magnify the glory of your Lord, 3 Purify your inner self, 4 And all abomination shun! 5 do not bestow a favour in the expectation of receiving more in return; 6 And for the good-will of thy Lord be thou patient. 7 For when the trumpet blows 8 It will be a day of distress, 9 For the infidels, not easy. 10 Leave Me with him whom I alone have created, 11 and to whom I have granted resources vast, 12 And gave him sons present before him. 13 And I adjusted affairs for him adjustably; 14 And who yet coveteth that shall increase. 15 By no means! For to Our Signs he has been refractory! 16 I shall soon constrain him to a hard ascent. 17 For he thought and he plotted -- 18 Perish he! How maliciously he devised! 19 Again, death seize him, how he determined! 20 Then he thought; 21 Then frowned he and scowled. 22 then he retreated and waxed proud, 23 And said: "This is nothing but the magic of old, 24 this is nothing but the word of a mere mortal!” 25 I will cast him into the fire of Hell. 26 And what could make thee conceive what hell-fire is? 27 It does not allow anyone to live, and neither does it leave anyone to die; 28 It strips away the hide of man. 29 Above it are nineteen guards. 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