The Hidden Secret (Al-Muddath-thir)
In the name of Allah, most benevolent, ever-merciful
O thou enveloped in thy cloak, 1 arise and warn, 2 Glorify your Lord, 3 cleanse your clothes, 4 And banish all trepidation. 5 And show not favour, seeking wordly gain! 6 Exercise patience to please your Lord. 7 Then, when the Trumpet is sounded (i.e. its second blowing); 8 that shall be a Harsh Day 9 Not easy upon the disbelievers. 10 Leave Me with him whom I created alone, 11 And gave him vast wealth. 12 And sons abiding in his presence 13 and to whose life I gave so wide a scope: 14 Yet he desires that I should give more. 15 By no means! For to Our Signs he has been refractory! 16 Soon will I visit him with a mount of calamities! 17 Verily he considered, and devised. 18 So let him be cursed! How he plotted! 19 Again, death seized him, how was his determining! 20 Then he looked round; 21 frowned and scowled; 22 Then turned he away in pride 23 and said, "This is nothing but sorcery from the ancients. 24 'this is nothing but mortal speech.' 25 Anon shall I roast him into the Scorching Fire. 26 And what will explain to thee what Hell-Fire is? 27 It lets nothing remain and leaves nothing [unburned], 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