The Hidden Secret (Al-Muddath-thir)
In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
Cloaked one, 1 Arise and warn, 2 Thy Lord magnify 3 cleanse your clothes, 4 And stay away from idols. 5 And show not favour, seeking wordly gain! 6 And be patient for the sake of your Lord (i.e. perform your duty to Allah)! 7 So when the Trumpet will be blown. 8 that very Day shall be a day of anguish, 9 Dolorous for the unbelievers. 10 Leave Me (to deal) with him whom I created lonely, 11 and to whom I have granted resources in abundance, 12 and sons that stand in witness. 13 I made things smooth and easy for him, 14 Yet is he greedy-that I should add (yet more);- 15 Never. He is refractory of Our signs. 16 On him I shall impose a fearful doom. 17 He planned and plotted. 18 So may he be destroyed [for] how he deliberated. 19 Yea, Woe to him; How he plotted!- 20 Then he looked around, 21 and then he frowns and glares, 22 Then he turned back and was haughty; 23 And said, “This is nothing but magic learnt from earlier men.” 24 "This is nothing but the word of a mortal!" 25 Soon I will cast him into hell. 26 And what do you know what Hell is? 27 It neither spares, nor releases, 28 it scorches the skin; 29 Over it are nineteen (angels guarding). 30 We have appointed only angels to be wardens of the Fire. We have specified their number only as a trial for those who are bent on denying the truth, so that those who were given the Book might gain in certainty, and those who believe might increase in faith -- and so that neither those who have been given the Scripture nor the believers might have any doubts, and that those sick at heart and those who deny the truth might ask, "What does God mean by this parable?" In this way, God lets go astray whom He wills, and guides whom He wills. And none knows the forces of your Lord but He. This is but a Reminder for man. 31