The Hidden Secret (Al-Muddath-thir)
In the Name of Allah, the Merciful, the Most Merciful
O thou enveloped in thy cloak, 1 Arise and warn 2 And thine Lord magnify! 3 and purify your robes, 4 stay away from sins 5 and bestow not favour in order to seek from others a greater return, 6 be patient unto your Lord. 7 Then when the horn shall be blown, 8 That, at that time, shall be a difficult day, 9 Not of ease, for disbelievers. 10 Leave Me alone with he whom I created 11 And then granted him resources in abundance. 12 And sons to be by his side!- 13 And made life smooth and comfortable for him! 14 and who still greedily desires that I should bestow upon him more. 15 Never! For he is an enemy to Our signs! 16 Soon I shall mount him on Saood, the hill of fire. 17 Verily he considered, and devised. 18 and thus he destroys himself, the way he meditates: 19 May be then be accursed, how he plotted! 20 Then he looked around, 21 frowned and scowled; 22 Then turned his back and waxed proud, 23 and says, "All this is mere spellbinding eloquence handed down [from olden times]! 24 This is nothing but the word of a mortal!" 25 Soon I will cast him into hell. 26 Would that you really knew what hell is! 27 Naught doth it permit to endure, and naught doth it leave alone!- 28 it scorches the skin; 29 over it are nineteen. 30 We have appointed none but angels to guard the Fire, and made their number only as a trial for the unbelievers, so that those to whom the Book was given are certain and those who believe increase in belief. And that those who were given the Book, and those who believe will not be in doubt. And that those in whose hearts there is a sickness, together with the unbelievers, may say: 'What did Allah intend by this as an example' As such, Allah leaves in error whom He will and He guides whomsoever He will. None knows the hosts of your Lord except He. This is no more than a Reminder to humans. 31