The Hidden Secret (Al-Muddath-thir)
In the name of Allah, most benevolent, ever-merciful
O you who covers himself [with a garment], 1 Arise, and warn, 2 And your Lord (Allah) magnify! 3 cleanse your clothes, 4 And keep away from Ar-Rujz (the idols)! 5 Do not bestow favours in expectation of return, 6 and be patient unto thy Lord. 7 When the trumpet is sounded,. 8 that will surely be a hard day, 9 Dolorous for the unbelievers. 10 Leave Me alone with he whom I created 11 and to whom I have granted resources vast, 12 and sons ever present with him, 13 and for whom I have smoothed the way (to power and riches), 14 And who yet coveteth that shall increase. 15 By no means! He has been stubbornly hostile to Our revelation: 16 Anon I shall afflict him with a fearful woe. 17 Verily he considered, and devised. 18 So let him be cursed! How he plotted! 19 yea, he destroys himself, the way he meditates! 20 He looked (at others); 21 And frowned and puckered his brow, 22 then he retreated and waxed proud, 23 Then he said: "This is nothing but magic from that of old; 24 This is naught but the word of a mortal. 25 Him shall I fling unto the burning. 26 And what have you understood, what hell is! 27 It neither spares, nor releases, 28 It strips away the hide of man. 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