The Hidden Secret (Al-Muddath-thir)
In the name of Allah, the Merciful, the Compassionate
O you who are clothed! 1 Arise and warn! 2 And thy Lord do thou magnify! 3 thy robes purify 4 stay away from sins 5 Do not bestow favours in expectation of return, 6 and persevere for your Lord's sake. 7 And when the trumpet is blown, 8 That, at that time, shall be a difficult day, 9 Dolorous for the unbelievers. 10 Leave Me alone with he whom I created 11 whom I have endowed with abundant riches, 12 And sons dwelling in his presence, 13 And made several preparations for him. 14 and yet, he greedily desires that I give him even more! 15 By no means! Verily he hath been unto Our signs a foe. 16 On him I shall impose a fearful doom. 17 For lo! he did consider; then he planned - 18 So accursed be he, how evilly did he decide! 19 May be then be accursed, how he plotted! 20 Then he looked, 21 then he frowned, and scowled, 22 Then turned his back and waxed proud, 23 said, "This (the Quran) is nothing but magic, inherited from ancient magicians. 24 It is nothing but the word of a mortal' 25 Soon I will cast him into hell. 26 Would that you really knew what hell is! 27 It neither spares, nor releases, 28 It strips away the hide of man. 29 Above it are nineteen guards. 30 We have appointed none but angels as the keepers of the Fire, and We have not made their number but as a trial for the unbelievers so that those who have been endowed with the Book will be convinced and the believers' faith will increase, and neither those who have been endowed with the Book nor the believers will fall into any doubt. As for those in whose hearts there is a sickness as well as the unbelievers, they will say: “What did Allah aim at by this strange parable?” Thus does Allah let whomsoever He pleases to go astray, and directs whomsoever He pleases to the Right Way. And none knows the hosts of your Lord but He. (And Hell has only been mentioned here) that people may take heed. 31