The Hidden Secret (Al-Muddath-thir)
In the name of Allah, most benevolent, ever-merciful
O thou enveloped! 1 Arise and warn! 2 And thy Lord do thou magnify! 3 And your garments purify! 4 stay away from sins 5 Give not, thinking to gain greater 6 and be patient unto thy Lord. 7 For when the Trump is sounded 8 That will be- that Day - a Day of Distress,- 9 for the unbelievers not easy. 10 Leave Me with him whom I created alone, 11 And gave him vast wealth. 12 And children present [with him] 13 I made things smooth and easy for him, 14 And who yet coveteth that shall increase. 15 Never! For he is an enemy to Our signs! 16 Anon I shall afflict him with a fearful woe. 17 For he had thought and calculated. 18 (Self-)destroyed is he, how he planned! 19 Again, death seize him, how he determined! 20 Then he looked, 21 Then he frowned and he looked in a bad tempered way; 22 Then turned he back, and grew stiff-necked. 23 And said, "This is not but magic imitated [from others]. 24 Naught is this but the word of Man. 25 I will soon fling him into hell. 26 And what will make you know exactly what Hell-fire is? 27 It lets nothing remain and leaves nothing [unburned], 28 Blackening the skins. 29 Over it are nineteen (guards). 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