The Hidden Secret (Al-Muddath-thir)
In the name of Allah, most benevolent, ever-merciful
Cloaked one, 1 stand up, deliver your warning, 2 And your Lord (Allah) magnify! 3 Thy raiment purify, 4 And uncleanliness avoid 5 And do not through giving seek thyself to gain, 6 and persevere for your Lord's sake. 7 For when the trumpet blows 8 that day will be a harsh day, 9 For the unbelievers, anything but easy. 10 Leave Me with him whom I created alone, 11 And to whom I granted extensive wealth 12 And sons abiding in his presence 13 and made all things smooth for him; 14 then he is eager that I should do more. 15 No! Indeed, he has been toward Our verses obstinate. 16 I will make a distressing punishment overtake him. 17 He reflected and then hatched a scheme. 18 So let him be cursed! How he plotted! 19 May be then be accursed, how he plotted! 20 Then he considered [again]; 21 Then he frowned and scowled, 22 Then he turned back and was proud; 23 And said: "This is nothing but the magic of old, 24 Naught is this but the word of Man. 25 Him shall I fling unto the burning. 26 Would that you really knew what hell is! 27 It does not allow anyone to live, and neither does it leave anyone to die; 28 scorching 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