The Hidden Secret (Al-Muddath-thir)
In the name of Allah, the Merciful, the Compassionate
O you enveloped in your cloak! 1 arise and give warning! 2 And thy Sustainer's greatness glorify! 3 And thine raiment purify. 4 and shun uncleanness, 5 Give not, thinking to gain greater 6 but unto thy Sustainer turn in patience. 7 For when the trumpet is sounded, 8 That will be- that Day - a Day of Distress,- 9 Not easy upon the disbelievers. 10 Leave Me (to deal) with him whom I created lonely, 11 And gave him vast wealth. 12 And sons present by his side. 13 To whom I made (life) smooth and comfortable! 14 yet he is eager that I increase him. 15 By no means! For to Our Signs he has been refractory! 16 I will cover him with arduous torment. 17 Surely he reflected and guessed, 18 May he be accursed, how he planned! 19 Again, ruin seize him, how did he hatch a scheme? 20 Then he beheld, 21 frowned and scowled; 22 Then turned he away in pride 23 and said: “This (Qur'an) is merely a sorcery of yore; 24 These are only words from a mere mortal". 25 I will cast him into hell. 26 And what can make you know what is Saqar? 27 It neither spares, nor releases, 28 It shrivelleth the man. 29 Over it are nineteen (guards). 30 We have appointed none but angels as the keepers of the Fire, and We have not made their number but as a trial for the unbelievers so that those who have been endowed with the Book will be convinced and the believers' faith will increase, and neither those who have been endowed with the Book nor the believers will fall into any doubt. As for those in whose hearts there is a sickness as well as the unbelievers, they will say: “What did Allah aim at by this strange parable?” Thus does Allah let whomsoever He pleases to go astray, and directs whomsoever He pleases to the Right Way. And none knows the hosts of your Lord but He. (And Hell has only been mentioned here) that people may take heed. 31