The Hidden Secret (Al-Muddath-thir)
In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
O you who are clothed! 1 Arise and warn! 2 Glorify your Lord, 3 And thy garments keep free from stain! 4 And all abomination shun! 5 Give not, thinking to gain greater 6 And for the good-will of thy Lord be thou patient. 7 For when the Trump is sounded 8 that day will be a harsh day, 9 Not of ease, for disbelievers. 10 Leave Me with him whom I alone have created, 11 And to whom I granted extensive wealth 12 And children to be by his side! 13 And made things easy for them. 14 Yet he desires that I should give more. 15 Nay! Verily, he has been stubborn and opposing Our Ayat (proofs, evidences, verses, lessons, signs, revelations, etc.). 16 Anon I shall afflict him with a fearful woe. 17 For he had thought and calculated. 18 And woe to him! How he plotted!- 19 And once more let him be cursed, how he plotted! 20 He then dared to lift his gaze. 21 then he frowned and scowled, 22 Then turned he away in pride 23 and said: “This (Qur'an) is merely a sorcery of yore; 24 This is naught but the word of a mortal. 25 I will cast him into Hell-fire 26 - Ah, what will convey unto thee what that burning is! - 27 It leaves and spares no one and nothing. 28 it scorches the skin; 29 Over it are nineteen [angels]. 30 We have appointed only angels to be wardens of the Fire. We have specified their number only as a trial for those who are bent on denying the truth, so that those who were given the Book might gain in certainty, and those who believe might increase in faith -- and so that neither those who have been given the Scripture nor the believers might have any doubts, and that those sick at heart and those who deny the truth might ask, "What does God mean by this parable?" In this way, God lets go astray whom He wills, and guides whom He wills. And none knows the forces of your Lord but He. This is but a Reminder for man. 31