The Hidden Secret (Al-Muddath-thir)
In the name of Allah, most benevolent, ever-merciful
O you (Prophet Muhamad), the cloaked, 1 arise and give warning! 2 And thy Lord do thou magnify! 3 purify your garments; 4 stay away from sins 5 And show not favour, seeking wordly gain! 6 be patient unto your Lord. 7 For when the trumpet shall sound, 8 that will surely be a hard day, 9 not an easy day for the unbelievers. 10 Let Me alone with him whom I created lonely. 11 And gave him vast wealth. 12 And sons present by his side. 13 I made things smooth and easy for him, 14 Yet he wants that I should give him more. 15 No! Indeed, he has been toward Our verses obstinate. 16 I will make a distressing punishment overtake him. 17 Indeed he thought, and inwardly decided. 18 Ruin seize him, how did he hatch a scheme? 19 And once more let him be cursed, how he plotted! 20 Then looked he, 21 frowned and scowled, 22 Then he turned back and was haughty; 23 and said, "This is nothing but sorcery from the ancients. 24 "This is nothing but the word of a human being!" 25 I will soon fling him into hell. 26 And what can make you know what is Saqar? 27 It spares nothing; it leaves nothing intact; 28 It glows and burns the skin. 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