The Hidden Secret (Al-Muddath-thir)
In the name of Allah, most benevolent, ever-merciful
O thou wrapped up (in the mantle)! 1 Arise and warn, 2 Proclaim the glory of your Lord; 3 And keep your clothes clean. 4 Pollution shun! 5 Do not bestow favours in expectation of return, 6 and be patient unto thy Lord. 7 And when the trumpet is blown, 8 It will be a day of distress, 9 For the unbelievers, anything but easy. 10 Leave Me with him whom I alone have created, 11 To whom I granted resources in abundance, 12 and children living in his presence, 13 and for whom I have smoothed the way (to power and riches), 14 And who yet coveteth that shall increase. 15 Never. He is refractory of Our signs. 16 I shall inflict on him hardship, 17 He planned and plotted. 18 May he be accursed, how he planned! 19 Again, ruin seize him, how did he hatch a scheme? 20 Then he looked round; 21 Then frowned he and scowled. 22 then he retreated and grew proud 23 Then he said: "This is nothing but magic from that of old; 24 this is nothing but the word of a mere mortal!” 25 Him shall I soon roast in Hell. 26 - Ah, what will convey unto thee what that burning is! - 27 It does not allow anyone to live, and neither does it leave anyone to die; 28 it scorches (even) the skin. 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