The Hidden Secret (Al-Muddath-thir)
In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
O thou enveloped! 1 arise and give warning! 2 and exalt your Lord, 3 And keep your clothes clean. 4 and defilement flee! 5 and bestow not favour in order to seek from others a greater return, 6 And for the sake of your Lord, be patient. 7 Then when the horn shall be blown, 8 it will be a hard day 9 Far from easy for the disbelievers. 10 Leave him to Me, the one whom I created single. 11 To whom I granted resources in abundance, 12 And children to be by his side! 13 And made (life) smooth for him. 14 Then he desires that I should add more. 15 By no means! He has been stubbornly hostile to Our revelation: 16 Soon I shall mount him on Saood, the hill of fire. 17 He planned and plotted. 18 Perish he! How maliciously he devised! 19 Let him be destroyed. How he calculated! 20 Then he looked around, 21 frowned and scowled; 22 Then he turned back and was arrogant 23 He said, 'This is naught but a trumped-up sorcery; 24 this is nothing but the word of a mere mortal!” 25 Him shall I soon roast in Hell. 26 And what knoweth thou that which the Scorching Fire? 27 It leaves naught nor does it spare aught. 28 It scorches the mortal. 29 Above it are nineteen guards. 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