The Hidden Secret (Al-Muddath-thir)
In the name of Allah, most benevolent, ever-merciful
O THOU [in thy solitude] enfolded! 1 Arise and deliver thy warning! 2 And your Lord glorify 3 Thy raiment purify, 4 And all abomination shun! 5 and bestow not favour in order to seek from others a greater return, 6 And persevere in the way of your Lord. 7 When the trumpet is sounded,. 8 that day will be a harsh day, 9 for the unbelievers not easy. 10 Leave Me and him whom I created alone, 11 and to whom I have granted resources vast, 12 And sons present by his side. 13 whose life I have made run smoothly 14 Yet is he greedy-that I should add (yet more);- 15 Never will he receive more. He has been hostile to Our revelations. 16 I shall inflict on him hardship, 17 For he thought and he plotted -- 18 and thus he destroys himself, the way he meditates: 19 And again perish he! How maliciously he devised! 20 Then he looked round; 21 Then frowned and grimaced. 22 Then he turned back and was haughty; 23 Then he said: This is naught but enchantment, narrated (from others); 24 It is nothing but the word of a mortal' 25 [Hence,] I shall cause him to endure hell-fire [in the life to come]! 26 Would that you really knew what hell is! 27 It leaves and spares no one and nothing. 28 and it burns the flesh. 29 Over 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