The Hidden Secret (Al-Muddath-thir)
In the name of Allah, most benevolent, ever-merciful
O thou shrouded in thy mantle, 1 Rise up and warn! 2 Proclaim the glory of your Lord; 3 And thine inner self purify! 4 shun uncleanness; 5 And do not confer favor to acquire more 6 and for the sake of your Lord, be patient. 7 When the Trumpet shall be sounded, 8 So that is a tough day. 9 not an easy day for the unbelievers. 10 Leave him to Me whom I created alone, 11 To whom I granted resources in abundance, 12 And children to be by his side! 13 And made things easy for them. 14 and yet, he greedily desires that I give him even more! 15 Never. He is refractory of Our signs. 16 I will constrain him to a hard ascent. 17 He reflected, and then determined 18 So may he be destroyed [for] how he deliberated. 19 Again accursed be he, how evilly did he decide! 20 Then he beheld, 21 Then he frowned and scowled, 22 Then he turned back and was big with pride, 23 Then said he: "This is nothing but magic, derived from of old; 24 This is nothing but the word of a mortal!" 25 Soon will I cast him into Hell-Fire! 26 And what have you understood, what hell is! 27 It does not allow anyone to live, and neither does it leave anyone to die; 28 It shrivelleth the man. 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