The Hidden Secret (Al-Muddath-thir)
In the name of Allah, most benevolent, ever-merciful
O, you, wrapped in your cloak, 1 Arise and warn! 2 And thy Lord do thou magnify! 3 Purify your inner self, 4 and defilement flee! 5 and do not think that by doing such deeds, you have done a great favor to God. 6 And persevere in the way of your Lord. 7 For when the Trump is sounded 8 Surely that day will be a day of anguish, 9 Not easy upon the disbelievers. 10 LEAVE Me alone [to deal] with him whom I have created alone, 11 And to whom I granted extensive wealth 12 And children to be by his side! 13 To whom I made (life) smooth and comfortable! 14 and who still desires more. 15 Never. He is refractory of Our signs. 16 I will cover him with arduous torment. 17 Indeed, he thought and deliberated. 18 and thus he destroys himself, the way he meditates: 19 Again, ruin seize him, how did he hatch a scheme? 20 Then he looked, 21 frowned and scowled, 22 Then turned his back and waxed proud, 23 Then he said: "This is nothing but magic from that of old; 24 It is nothing but the word of a mortal' 25 I will drive him into Saqar. 26 and what will teach thee what is Sakar? 27 It leaves nothing, nor does it spare; 28 It scorches the mortal. 29 Over it are nineteen [powers]. 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