The Hidden Secret (Al-Muddath-thir)
In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
O THOU [in thy solitude] enfolded! 1 Arise and warn! 2 And thine Lord magnify! 3 And thine raiment purify. 4 And all abomination shun! 5 Give not, thinking to gain greater 6 For the sake of thy Lord, be patient! 7 For when the Trump is sounded 8 that Day will be a hard and distressing Day. 9 Not easy upon the disbelievers. 10 Leave Me alone [to deal] with him whom I have created alone, 11 and whom I have granted abundant wealth 12 And sons abiding in his presence 13 And I adjusted affairs for him adjustably; 14 Then he desires that I should add more. 15 By no means! Verily he hath been unto Our signs a foe. 16 I shall inflict on him hardship, 17 Indeed he thought, and inwardly decided. 18 and thus he destroys himself, the way he meditates: 19 And again perish he! How maliciously he devised! 20 Then he looked, 21 Then frowned he and showed displeasure. 22 and he turned his back and behaved arrogantly 23 And said: "This is nothing but the magic of old, 24 This is nothing but the word of a mortal!" 25 I will cast him into hell. 26 Would that you really knew what hell is! 27 It neither leaves, nor spares. 28 It scorches people's skin 29 over it are nineteen. 30 We have appointed only angels to be wardens of the Fire. We have specified their number only as a trial for those who are bent on denying the truth, so that those who were given the Book might gain in certainty, and those who believe might increase in faith -- and so that neither those who have been given the Scripture nor the believers might have any doubts, and that those sick at heart and those who deny the truth might ask, "What does God mean by this parable?" In this way, God lets go astray whom He wills, and guides whom He wills. And none knows the forces of your Lord but He. This is but a Reminder for man. 31