The Hidden Secret (Al-Muddath-thir)
In the Name of Allah, the Merciful, the Most Merciful
O THOU [in thy solitude] enfolded! 1 Arise and warn, 2 Glorify your Lord, 3 And your garments do purify, 4 and defilement flee! 5 And bestow not favour that thou mayest receive more. 6 But for your Lord be patient. 7 For when the trumpet blows 8 That, at that time, shall be a difficult day, 9 not of ease, for all who [now] deny the truth! 10 Leave Me alone, (to deal) with the (creature) whom I created (bare and) alone!- 11 And for whom I appointed wealth extended. 12 And sons abiding in his presence 13 and made all things smooth for him; 14 and yet, he greedily desires that I give him even more! 15 By no means! surely he offers opposition to Our communications. 16 Soon will I visit him with a mount of calamities! 17 Indeed he thought, and inwardly decided. 18 and thus he destroys himself, the way he meditates: 19 What an evil plan he has made! 20 Then looked he, 21 frowned and scowled, 22 then he retreated and grew proud 23 He said, 'This is naught but a trumped-up sorcery; 24 Nothing more than the speech of a man!" 25 Him shall I fling unto the burning. 26 And what do you know what Hell is? 27 It shall not spare, nor leave. 28 It strips away the hide of man. 29 there are nineteen [angels] in charge of it -- 30 We have appointed none but angels to guard the Fire, and made their number only as a trial for the unbelievers, so that those to whom the Book was given are certain and those who believe increase in belief. And that those who were given the Book, and those who believe will not be in doubt. And that those in whose hearts there is a sickness, together with the unbelievers, may say: 'What did Allah intend by this as an example' As such, Allah leaves in error whom He will and He guides whomsoever He will. None knows the hosts of your Lord except He. This is no more than a Reminder to humans. 31