The Hidden Secret (Al-Muddath-thir)
In the name of Allah, most benevolent, ever-merciful
O you who covers himself [with a garment], 1 Arise and deliver thy warning! 2 And thine Lord magnify! 3 and purify your robes, 4 And uncleanness do shun, 5 Do not give, thinking to gain greater 6 For the sake of thy Lord, be patient! 7 And when the trumpet is blown, 8 That Day will be a difficult day 9 not of ease, for all who [now] deny the truth! 10 Leave Me Alone (to deal) with whom I created Alone (without any means, i.e. Al-Walid bin Al-Mughirah Al-Makhzumi)! 11 and to whom I have granted resources in abundance, 12 And sons to be by his side!- 13 and to whose life I gave so wide a scope: 14 After all that he desires that I should give more; 15 Never! For he is an enemy to Our signs! 16 Soon will I visit him with a mount of calamities! 17 For he thought and he plotted;- 18 But may he be cursed how he plotted; 19 Again accursed be he, how evilly did he decide! 20 Then he looked around, 21 frowned and scowled, 22 Then turned his back and waxed proud, 23 said, "This (the Quran) is nothing but magic, inherited from ancient magicians. 24 These are only words from a mere mortal". 25 Him shall I fling unto the burning. 26 And what do you know what Hell is? 27 It spares nothing; it leaves nothing intact; 28 Scorching the skin. 29 Over it are nineteen (guards). 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