The Hidden Secret (Al-Muddath-thir)
In the name of Allah, most benevolent, ever-merciful
O YOU ENFOLDED in your mantle (of reform), 1 Arise and warn, 2 And thine Lord magnify! 3 And your garments purify! 4 And stay away from idols. 5 And bestow not favors that you may receive again with increase, 6 And for the good-will of thy Lord be thou patient. 7 Then when the horn shall be blown, 8 That Day will be a difficult day 9 not of ease, for all who [now] deny the truth! 10 Leave Me and him whom I created alone, 11 and designated for him ample wealth, 12 and children as [love's] witnesses, 13 and made all things smooth for him; 14 And yet he desires that I should add more! 15 Never. He is refractory of Our signs. 16 [and so] I shall constrain him to endure a painful uphill climb! 17 For lo! he did consider; then he planned - 18 But may he be cursed how he plotted; 19 Again accursed be he, how evilly did he decide! 20 Then he looked round; 21 And frowned and puckered his brow, 22 Then he turned back and was proud; 23 And said, “This is nothing but magic learnt from earlier men.” 24 "This is nothing but the word of a human being!" 25 Him shall I fling unto the burning. 26 And what knoweth thou that which the Scorching Fire? 27 It neither spares, nor releases, 28 scorching the flesh; 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