The Hidden Secret (Al-Muddath-thir)
In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
O you who covers himself [with a garment], 1 Arise and warn! 2 Glorify your Lord, 3 Purify your inner self, 4 And all defilement shun! 5 and bestow not favour in order to seek from others a greater return, 6 And for the sake of your Lord, be patient. 7 Finally, when the Trumpet is sounded, 8 Truly, that Day will be a Hard Day. 9 and for the disbelievers, in particular, it will not be at all easy. 10 Leave Me alone with he whom I created 11 and whom I have granted abundant wealth 12 And sons dwelling in his presence, 13 And spread [everything] before him, easing [his life]. 14 And yet he desires that I should add more! 15 By no means! Verily he hath been unto Our signs a foe. 16 and I shall constrain him to a hard ascent. 17 Verily he considered, and devised. 18 May he be condemned! 19 Again (self-)destroyed is he, how he planned! - 20 Then he looked round; 21 Then frowned and grimaced. 22 Then turned his back and waxed proud, 23 And said, "This is not but magic imitated [from others]. 24 It is nothing but the word of a mortal' 25 I shall make him suffer the torment of hell. 26 What will let you know what the Scorching is like! 27 It shall not spare, nor leave. 28 Scorching the skin. 29 and it has nineteen angelic keepers. 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