The Hidden Secret (Al-Muddath-thir)
In the name of Allah, most benevolent, ever-merciful
O thou enveloped! 1 Arise and warn! 2 Thy Lord magnify 3 Purify your inner self, 4 shun uncleanness; 5 and do not think that by doing such deeds, you have done a great favor to God. 6 and be patient unto thy Lord. 7 For when the trumpet shall sound, 8 that will surely be a hard day, 9 and it will not be easy for the unbelievers. 10 Let Me alone with him whom I created lonely. 11 And gave him abundant wealth 12 and sons standing before him, 13 And made (life) smooth for him. 14 and yet, he greedily desires that I give him even more! 15 By no means! For to Our Signs he has been refractory! 16 Soon will I visit him with a mount of calamities! 17 Lo! He reflected, and determined -- 18 Perish he! How maliciously he devised! 19 And once more let him be cursed, how he plotted! 20 Then he looked, 21 And frowned and puckered his brow, 22 and he turned his back and behaved arrogantly 23 And said: "This is nothing but the magic of old, 24 Nothing more than the speech of a man!" 25 [Hence,] I shall cause him to endure hell-fire [in the life to come]! 26 And what will explain to thee what Hell-Fire is? 27 It neither spares, nor releases, 28 It scorches the mortal. 29 Above it are nineteen. 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