The Hidden Secret (Al-Muddath-thir)
In the name of Allah, the Merciful, the Compassionate
O thou shrouded in thy mantle, 1 Arise and warn, 2 And thine Lord magnify! 3 And keep your clothes clean. 4 And keep away from Ar-Rujz (the idols)! 5 And bestow not favors that you may receive again with increase, 6 But for your Lord be patient. 7 For when the trumpet blows 8 That Day will be a difficult day 9 Dolorous for the unbelievers. 10 Leave Me (to deal) with him whom I created lonely, 11 and designated for him ample wealth, 12 And gave him sons present before him. 13 And made life smooth and comfortable for him! 14 Yet is he greedy-that I should add (yet more);- 15 By no means! He has been stubbornly hostile to Our revelation: 16 I will cover him with arduous torment. 17 Indeed, he thought and deliberated. 18 and woe to him; how he plotted! 19 Again accursed be he, how evilly did he decide! 20 Then he beheld, 21 Then frowned he and showed displeasure. 22 Then he turned back and was arrogant 23 Then said he: "This is nothing but magic, derived from of old; 24 "This is nothing but the word of a human being!" 25 I will surely roast him in the Scorching. 26 And what can make you know what is Saqar? 27 It spares not (any sinner), nor does it leave (anything unburnt)! 28 Blackening the skins. 29 Above it are nineteen. 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