The Hidden Secret (Al-Muddath-thir)
In the name of Allah, most benevolent, ever-merciful
O the Cloaked One! (Prophet Mohammed – peace and blessings be upon him) 1 Arise and deliver thy warning! 2 and magnify the glory of your Lord, 3 and purify your clothing, 4 And stay away from idols. 5 And do not confer favor to acquire more 6 For the sake of thy Lord, be patient! 7 When the Trumpet shall be sounded, 8 Surely that day will be a day of anguish, 9 and it will not be easy for the unbelievers. 10 Leave Me alone with he whom I created 11 And gave him vast wealth. 12 and children as [love's] witnesses, 13 And for whom I smoothed everything. 14 Yet he desires that I should give more. 15 By no means! surely he offers opposition to Our communications. 16 I will cover him with arduous torment. 17 Behold, [when Our messages are conveyed to one who is bent on denying the truth,] he reflects and meditates [as to how to disprove them] 18 and woe to him; how he plotted! 19 Again, ruin seize him, how did he hatch a scheme? 20 Then he looked, 21 And frowned and puckered his brow, 22 then he retreated, and waxed proud. 23 Then he said: This is naught but enchantment, narrated (from others); 24 It is nothing but the word of a mortal' 25 Soon will I cast him into Hell-Fire! 26 What will let you know what the Scorching is like! 27 It leaveth naught; it spareth naught 28 It scorches people's skin 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