The Hidden Secret (Al-Muddath-thir)
In the name of Allah, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful
O you enveloped in your cloak! 1 Arise, and warn, 2 Proclaim the glory of your Lord; 3 And thine inner self purify! 4 and shun uncleanness, 5 And do not through giving seek thyself to gain, 6 but unto thy Sustainer turn in patience. 7 For when the Trump is sounded 8 That shall be - that Day - a day hard. 9 not an easy day for the unbelievers. 10 Leave Me and him whom I created alone, 11 And then granted him resources in abundance. 12 And sons present by his side. 13 I made things smooth and easy for him, 14 and yet, he greedily desires that I give him even more! 15 Never will he receive more. He has been hostile to Our revelations. 16 I shall soon constrain him to a hard ascent. 17 For he thought and he plotted -- 18 So accursed be he, how evilly did he decide! 19 Again, may he be cursed how he plotted; 20 He looked (at others); 21 frowned and scowled; 22 Then he turned back and was haughty; 23 and said: 'This is no more than traced sorcery; 24 This is naught 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 lets nothing remain and leaves nothing [unburned], 28 making [all truth] visible to mortal man. 29 Over it are nineteen (angels as guardians and keepers of Hell). 30 And We have not made the keepers of the Fire except angels. And We have not made their number except as a trial for those who disbelieve - that those who were given the Scripture will be convinced and those who have believed will increase in faith and those who were given the Scripture and the believers will not doubt and that those in whose hearts is hypocrisy and the disbelievers will say, "What does Allah intend by this as an example?" Thus does Allah leave astray whom He wills and guides whom He wills. And none knows the soldiers of your Lord except Him. And mention of the Fire is not but a reminder to humanity. 31