The Hidden Secret (Al-Muddath-thir)
In the Name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful
O thou wrapped up (in the mantle)! 1 Arise and warn, 2 And thy Lord do thou magnify! 3 purify your garments; 4 And stay away from idols. 5 Nor expect, in giving, any increase (for thyself)! 6 And for the good-will of thy Lord be thou patient. 7 So when the Trumpet will be blown. 8 Truly, that Day will be a Hard Day. 9 Not of ease, for disbelievers. 10 Leave Me alone, (to deal) with the (creature) whom I created (bare and) alone!- 11 And gave him vast wealth. 12 And sons dwelling in his presence, 13 and whom I have provided with every resource, 14 yet he is eager that I increase him. 15 Not at all! Surely, he has been disobedient to Our verses. 16 I shall oblige him to (climb a slippery mountain in the Hell-fire called As-Sa'ud, or to) face a severe torment! 17 Surely he reflected and guessed, 18 Perish he! How maliciously he devised! 19 Again, death seized him, how was his determining! 20 Then he beheld, 21 Then frowned he and scowled. 22 Then turned his back and waxed proud, 23 And said, "This is not but magic imitated [from others]. 24 This is naught else than speech of mortal man. 25 Soon I will cast him into hell. 26 And what could make thee conceive what hell-fire is? 27 It leaveth naught; it spareth naught 28 Scorching the skin. 29 Over it are Nineteen. 30 And We have set none but angels as guardians of the Fire, and We have fixed their number (19) only as a trial for the disbelievers, in order that the people of the Scripture (Jews and Christians) may arrive at a certainty [that this Quran is the truth as it agrees with their Books i.e. their number (19) is written in the Taurat (Torah) and the Injeel (Gospel)] and the believers may increase in Faith (as this Quran is the truth) and that no doubts may be left for the people of the Scripture and the believers, and that those in whose hearts is a disease (of hypocrisy) and the disbelievers may say: "What Allah intends by this (curious) example?" Thus Allah leads astray whom He wills and guides whom He wills. And none can know the hosts of your Lord but He. And this (Hell) is nothing else than a (warning) reminder to mankind. 31