The Hidden Secret (Al-Muddath-thir)
In the name of Allah, most benevolent, ever-merciful
O THOU [in thy solitude] enfolded! 1 arise and warn, 2 And thy Sustainer's greatness glorify! 3 And your garments do purify, 4 And all abomination shun! 5 And do not confer favor to acquire more 6 and for the sake of your Lord, be patient. 7 So when the Trumpet will be blown. 8 Truly, that Day will be a Hard Day. 9 For the unbelievers, anything but easy. 10 Leave Me alone with he whom I created 11 And gave him abundant wealth 12 And sons dwelling in his presence, 13 And spread [everything] before him, easing [his life]. 14 and yet, he greedily desires that I give him even more! 15 Never. He is refractory of Our signs. 16 We shall make him suffer the torment of hell without relief. 17 Verily, he thought and plotted; 18 So may he be destroyed [for] how he deliberated. 19 yea, he destroys himself, the way he meditates! 20 Then he considered [again]; 21 then frowned and scowled; 22 then he retreated and grew proud 23 And said: "This is nothing but the magic of old, 24 "This is nothing but the word of a human being!" 25 I will cast him into hell. 26 And what could make thee conceive what hell-fire is? 27 It does not allow anyone to live, and neither does it leave anyone to die; 28 and it burns the flesh. 29 Over it are nineteen [angels]. 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