The Hidden Secret (Al-Muddath-thir)
In the name of Allah, most benevolent, ever-merciful
O, you, wrapped in your cloak, 1 arise, and warn! 2 And proclaim the Purity of your Lord. 3 And your clothing purify 4 And all abomination shun! 5 Do not give, thinking to gain greater 6 And for the sake of your Lord, be patient. 7 For when the Trump is sounded 8 that very Day shall be a day of anguish, 9 Far from easy for the disbelievers. 10 Leave Me (to deal) with him whom I created lonely, 11 and whom I have granted abundant wealth 12 And sons present by his side. 13 whose life I have made run smoothly 14 Yet he wants that I should give him more. 15 No! Indeed, he has been toward Our verses obstinate. 16 I shall inflict on him hardship, 17 He planned and plotted. 18 death seized him, how was his determining! 19 Yea, Woe to him; How he plotted!- 20 Then he considered [again]; 21 then he frowned and scowled, 22 then he retreated and grew proud 23 He said, 'This is naught but a trumped-up sorcery; 24 'this is nothing but mortal speech.' 25 I shall surely roast him in Sakar; 26 What will let you know what the Scorching is like! 27 It lets nothing remain and leaves nothing [unburned], 28 Blackening the skins. 29 over 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