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 exalt your Lord, 3 cleanse your clothes, 4 stay away from sins 5 And bestow not favour that thou mayest receive more. 6 And for the sake of your Lord, be patient. 7 For when the trumpet is sounded, 8 So that is a tough day. 9 For the disbelievers - not easy. 10 Leave Me alone with he whom I created 11 To whom I granted resources in abundance, 12 And children present [with him] 13 And for whom I smoothed everything. 14 After all that he desires that I should give more; 15 Never. He is refractory of Our signs. 16 Anon I shall afflict him with a fearful woe. 17 Indeed he thought, and inwardly decided. 18 Perish he! How maliciously he devised! 19 Let him be destroyed. How he calculated! 20 May he be condemned again for his schemes! He looked around, 21 Then he frowned and he scowled; 22 Then turned he away in pride 23 And said, “This is nothing but magic learnt from earlier men.” 24 “This is nothing but the speech of a man.” 25 Soon will I cast him into Hell-Fire! 26 And what do you know what Hell is? 27 It neither spares, nor releases, 28 Blackening the skins. 29 Over it are appointed 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