The Hidden Secret (Al-Muddath-thir)
In the name of Allah, most benevolent, ever-merciful
O you (Prophet Muhamad), the cloaked, 1 Arise and warn 2 And your Lord glorify 3 and purify your clothing, 4 And uncleanness do shun, 5 and bestow not favour in order to seek from others a greater return, 6 And for the sake of your Lord, patiently endure. 7 When the Trumpet shall be sounded, 8 That shall be - that Day - a day hard. 9 For the infidels, not easy. 10 Leave him to Me whom I created alone, 11 To whom I granted resources in abundance, 12 And sons present by his side. 13 And I adjusted affairs for him adjustably; 14 then he is eager that I should do more. 15 Nay! He is forward unto Our signs; 16 I shall force him to endure a painful uphill climb! 17 He planned and plotted. 18 May he be accursed, how he planned! 19 Again (self-)destroyed is he, how he planned! - 20 Then he considered [again]; 21 then he frowned and scowled, 22 then he retreated, and waxed proud. 23 He said, 'This is naught but a trumped-up sorcery; 24 This is nothing but the word of mortal man!" 25 Anon shall I roast him into the Scorching Fire. 26 And what do you know what Hell is? 27 It lets nothing remain and leaves nothing [unburned], 28 It glows and burns the skin. 29 Over it are nineteen (angels as guardians and keepers of Hell). 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