The Hidden Secret (Al-Muddath-thir)
In the name of Allah, most benevolent, ever-merciful
O you enveloped in your cloak! 1 Arise and warn! 2 And proclaim the Purity of your Lord. 3 thy robes purify 4 And keep away from Ar-Rujz (the idols)! 5 Do not bestow favours in expectation of return, 6 be patient unto your Lord. 7 When the Trumpet shall be sounded, 8 That Day will be a difficult day 9 Not easy upon the disbelievers. 10 Leave Me with him whom I alone have created, 11 And then granted him resources in abundance. 12 And children present [with him] 13 And for whom I smoothed everything. 14 And who yet coveteth that shall increase. 15 Nay! He is forward unto Our signs; 16 Anon I shall afflict him with a fearful woe. 17 Verily, he thought and plotted; 18 and thus he destroys himself, the way he meditates: 19 What an evil plan he has made! 20 He then dared to lift his gaze. 21 then he frowned, and scowled, 22 then he retreated and grew proud 23 Then said he: "This is nothing but magic, derived from of old; 24 This is nothing but the word of mortal man!" 25 Him shall I fling unto the burning. 26 And what have you understood, what hell is! 27 It shall not spare, nor leave. 28 It shrivelleth the man. 29 Above 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