The Hidden Secret (Al-Muddath-thir)
In the name of Allah, most benevolent, ever-merciful
O thou enveloped! 1 Arise and deliver thy warning! 2 Thy Lord magnify, 3 thy robes purify 4 And keep away from Ar-Rujz (the idols)! 5 And do not favour others in order to receive more. 6 be patient unto your Lord. 7 And when the trumpet is blown, 8 That shall be - that Day - a day hard. 9 Far from easy for the disbelievers. 10 Leave him to Me, the one whom I created single. 11 And gave him abundant wealth 12 and children living in his presence, 13 To whom I made (life) smooth and comfortable! 14 and yet, he greedily desires that I give him even more! 15 Nay! He is forward unto Our signs; 16 I will constrain him to a hard ascent. 17 He planned and plotted. 18 (Self-)destroyed is he, how he planned! 19 Again, death seize him, how he determined! 20 Then he looked round; 21 then he frowned, and scowled, 22 Then turned his back and waxed proud, 23 Then said he: "This is nothing but magic, derived from of old; 24 'this is nothing but mortal speech.' 25 I will cast him into hell. 26 What do you think Hell-fire is? 27 It shall not spare, nor leave. 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