The Hidden Secret (Al-Muddath-thir)
In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
O you who covers himself [with a garment], 1 Arise, and warn, 2 Thy Lord magnify 3 And your garments do purify, 4 And uncleanness do shun, 5 Do not bestow favours in expectation of return, 6 And for the sake of your Lord, patiently endure. 7 When the Trumpet shall be sounded, 8 that shall be a Harsh Day 9 For the unbelievers, anything but easy. 10 Leave Me and him whom I created alone, 11 and whom I have granted abundant wealth 12 and children as [love's] witnesses, 13 I made things smooth and easy for him, 14 yet he is eager that I increase him. 15 By no means! Verily he hath been unto Our signs a foe. 16 On him I shall impose a fearful doom. 17 Indeed, he thought and deliberated. 18 And woe to him! How he plotted!- 19 Again accursed be he, how evilly did he decide! 20 He looked (at others); 21 Then he frowned and he looked in a bad tempered way; 22 then turned back, and swelling-up with pride, 23 He said, 'This is naught but a trumped-up sorcery; 24 This is naught else than speech of mortal man. 25 Soon will I cast him into Hell-Fire! 26 And what will make you know exactly what Hell-fire is? 27 It leaves nothing, nor does it spare; 28 it scorches (even) the skin. 29 Over it are nineteen [powers]. 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