The Hidden Secret (Al-Muddath-thir)
In the name of Allah, most benevolent, ever-merciful
O, you, wrapped in your cloak, 1 arise and give warning! 2 And thine Lord magnify! 3 And your garments do purify, 4 and flee from the statues! 5 and bestow not favour in order to seek from others a greater return, 6 and be patient unto thy Lord. 7 For when the Trump is sounded 8 that very Day shall be a day of anguish, 9 Not of ease, for disbelievers. 10 Leave Me and him whom I created alone, 11 whom I have endowed with abundant riches, 12 and sons ever present with him, 13 To whom I made (life) smooth and comfortable! 14 Then he desires that I should add more. 15 By no means! For to Our Signs he has been refractory! 16 I shall oblige him to (climb a slippery mountain in the Hell-fire called As-Sa'ud, or to) face a severe torment! 17 Indeed he thought, and inwardly decided. 18 (Self-)destroyed is he, how he planned! 19 Again, may he be cursed how he plotted; 20 Then he looked round; 21 And frowned and puckered his brow, 22 then turned back, and swelling-up with pride, 23 said, "This (the Quran) is nothing but magic, inherited from ancient magicians. 24 It is nothing but the word of a mortal' 25 I will cast him into Hell-fire 26 And what will make you realize what hell is? 27 It neither leaves, nor spares. 28 Blackening the skins. 29 Over it are nineteen [angels]. 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