The Hidden Secret (Al-Muddath-thir)
In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
O the Cloaked One! (Prophet Mohammed – peace and blessings be upon him) 1 arise and warn, 2 And thy Sustainer's greatness glorify! 3 thy robes purify 4 Pollution shun! 5 Do not bestow favours in expectation of return, 6 And for the sake of your Lord, be patient. 7 For when the trumpet is sounded, 8 that will surely be a hard day, 9 For the unbelievers, anything but easy. 10 Leave Me with him whom I alone have created, 11 and to whom I have granted resources in abundance, 12 and children living in his presence, 13 and for whom I have smoothed the way (to power and riches), 14 then he is eager that I should do more. 15 No! Indeed, he has been toward Our verses obstinate. 16 On him I shall impose a fearful doom. 17 Indeed, he thought and deliberated. 18 But may he be cursed how he plotted; 19 Let him be destroyed. How he calculated! 20 Then looked he, 21 then he frowned, and scowled, 22 then turned back, and swelling-up with pride, 23 Then he said: naught is this but magic from of old; 24 this is nothing but the word of a mere mortal!” 25 I will soon fling him into hell. 26 And what will make you realize what hell is? 27 It spares not (any sinner), nor does it leave (anything unburnt)! 28 It scorches the mortal. 29 there are nineteen [angels] in charge of it -- 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