The Hidden Secret (Al-Muddath-thir)
In the name of Allah, most benevolent, ever-merciful
O you who are clothed! 1 arise and give warning! 2 And thine Lord magnify! 3 and purify your robes, 4 And banish all trepidation. 5 and do not think that by doing such deeds, you have done a great favor to God. 6 but unto thy Sustainer turn in patience. 7 So when the Trumpet will be blown. 8 it will be a hard day 9 For the disbelievers - not easy. 10 Leave Me alone with he whom I created 11 And then bestowed upon him ample means, 12 And sons present by his side. 13 whose life I have made run smoothly 14 Yet he desires that I should give more. 15 By no means! surely he offers opposition to Our communications. 16 On him I shall impose a fearful doom. 17 Lo! He reflected, and determined -- 18 and thus he destroys himself, the way he meditates: 19 Yea, Woe to him; How he plotted!- 20 Then he beheld, 21 then frowned and scowled; 22 then turned back, and swelling-up with pride, 23 Then he said: This is naught but enchantment, narrated (from others); 24 This is nothing but the word of a mortal!" 25 Soon I will cast him into hell. 26 And what will make you know exactly what Hell-fire is? 27 It leaves nothing, nor does it spare; 28 it scorches the skin; 29 there are nineteen [angels] in charge of it -- 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