The Hidden Secret (Al-Muddath-thir)
In the name of Allah, most benevolent, ever-merciful
O you (Prophet Muhamad), the cloaked, 1 Rise up and warn! 2 And your Lord do magnify, 3 and purify your clothing, 4 And all abomination shun! 5 Do not bestow favours in expectation of return, 6 And for the sake of your Lord, be patient. 7 When the Trumpet is sounded, 8 That, at that time, shall be a difficult day, 9 Far from easy for the disbelievers. 10 Let Me alone with him whom I created lonely. 11 and to whom I have granted resources vast, 12 And sons dwelling in his presence, 13 I made things smooth and easy for him, 14 Yet he desireth that I should give more. 15 Nay! For lo! he hath been stubborn to Our revelations. 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 He planned and plotted. 18 and thus he destroys himself, the way he meditates: 19 Again, may he be cursed how he plotted; 20 Then he looked round; 21 Then he frowned and he looked in a bad tempered way; 22 Then he turned back and was big with pride, 23 Then he said: This is naught but enchantment, narrated (from others); 24 This is naught else than speech of mortal man. 25 Anon shall I roast him into the Scorching Fire. 26 Would that you really knew what hell is! 27 It spares nothing; it leaves nothing intact; 28 it scorches (even) the skin. 29 Over it are nineteen (angels guarding). 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