The Hidden Secret (Al-Muddath-thir)
In the name of Allah, most benevolent, ever-merciful
O THOU [in thy solitude] enfolded! 1 stand up, deliver your warning, 2 Thy Lord magnify, 3 Purify your inner self, 4 And uncleanliness avoid 5 Do not give, thinking to gain greater 6 And for the good-will of thy Lord be thou patient. 7 For when the trumpet shall sound, 8 That, at that time, shall be a difficult day, 9 For the unbelievers, anything but easy. 10 Leave Me alone with he whom I created 11 and appointed for him ample wealth 12 And sons present by his side. 13 And made life smooth and comfortable for him! 14 then he is eager that I should do more. 15 Never will he receive more. He has been hostile to Our revelations. 16 I shall inflict on him hardship, 17 For he thought and he plotted -- 18 So may he be destroyed [for] how he deliberated. 19 What an evil plan he has made! 20 May he be condemned again for his schemes! He looked around, 21 frowned and scowled; 22 then he retreated and grew proud 23 and said, "This is nothing but sorcery from the ancients. 24 These are only words from a mere mortal". 25 [Hence,] I shall cause him to endure hell-fire [in the life to come]! 26 And what will explain to thee what Hell-Fire is? 27 It leaves and spares no one and nothing. 28 and it burns the flesh. 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