The Hidden Secret (Al-Muddath-thir)
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
O THOU [in thy solitude] enfolded! 1 arise and warn, 2 Thy Lord magnify 3 purify your garments; 4 And pollution shun. 5 Do not bestow favours in expectation of return, 6 But for your Lord be patient. 7 For when the trumpet blows 8 That shall be - that Day - a day hard. 9 Dolorous for the unbelievers. 10 Leave Me with him whom I alone have created, 11 And then bestowed upon him ample means, 12 And children to be by his side! 13 and to whose life I gave so wide a scope: 14 And yet he desires that I should add more! 15 No! Indeed, he has been toward Our verses obstinate. 16 I shall force him to endure a painful uphill climb! 17 He reflected, and then determined 18 death seized him, how was his determining! 19 Again, death seize him, how he determined! 20 Then he looked, 21 Then he frowned and scowled; 22 Then he turned away, and was haughty. 23 said, "This (the Quran) is nothing but magic, inherited from ancient magicians. 24 “This is nothing but the speech of a man.” 25 I will soon fling him into hell. 26 What do you think Hell-fire is? 27 It does not allow to live, and neither leaves [to die,] 28 scorching the flesh; 29 and it has nineteen angelic keepers. 30 And We have not made the wardens of the fire others than angels, and We have not made their number but as a trial for those who disbelieve, that those who have been given the book may be certain and those who believe may increase in faith, and those who have been given the book and the believers may not doubt, and that those in whose hearts is a disease and the unbelievers may say: What does Allah mean by this parable? Thus does Allah make err whom He pleases, and He guides whom He pleases, and none knows the hosts of your Lord but He Himself; and this is naught but a reminder to the mortals. 31