The Hidden Secret (Al-Muddath-thir)
In the name of Allah, most benevolent, ever-merciful
O YOU ENFOLDED in your mantle (of reform), 1 arise and warn, 2 and exalt your Lord, 3 Thy raiment purify, 4 shun uncleanness; 5 Do not bestow favours in expectation of return, 6 But for your Lord be patient. 7 When the Horn is blown, 8 Truly, that Day will be a Hard Day. 9 Not of ease, for disbelievers. 10 Leave him to Me, the one whom I created single. 11 And give him vast riches, 12 And sons present by his side. 13 whose life I have made run smoothly 14 Yet is he greedy-that I should add (yet more);- 15 Never! For he is an enemy to Our signs! 16 I shall oblige him to (climb a slippery mountain in the Hell-fire called As-Sa'ud, or to) face a severe torment! 17 For he thought and he plotted;- 18 May he be condemned! 19 And once more let him be cursed, how he plotted! 20 Then he looked round; 21 then he frowned, and scowled, 22 Then turned he away in pride 23 And said: "This is nothing but the magic of old, 24 Naught is this but the word of Man. 25 Soon will I cast him into Hell-Fire! 26 And what have you understood, what hell is! 27 It shall not spare, nor leave. 28 Burning the skins! 29 Over it are nineteen (angels as guardians and keepers of Hell). 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