The Hidden Secret (Al-Muddath-thir)
In the name of Allah, most benevolent, ever-merciful
O thou wrapped up (in the mantle)! 1 Arise and warn, 2 and exalt your Lord, 3 And keep your clothes clean. 4 stay away from sins 5 and bestow not favour in order to seek from others a greater return, 6 but unto thy Sustainer turn in patience. 7 For when the Trump is sounded 8 that Day will be a hard and distressing Day. 9 Not easy upon the disbelievers. 10 Leave Me alone with he whom I created 11 and designated for him ample wealth, 12 And gave him sons present before him. 13 and made all things smooth for him; 14 Then he desires that I should add more. 15 Nay! For lo! he hath been stubborn to Our revelations. 16 I will make a distressing punishment overtake him. 17 For he thought and he plotted;- 18 and woe to him; how he plotted! 19 Again, death seized him, how was his determining! 20 Then he looked around, 21 Then frowned he and scowled. 22 then turned back, and swelling-up with pride, 23 and says, "All this is mere spellbinding eloquence handed down [from olden times]! 24 It is nothing but the word of a mortal' 25 I will surely roast him in the Scorching. 26 And what have you understood, what hell is! 27 It does not allow anyone to live, and neither does it leave anyone to die; 28 It scorches people's skin 29 Above it are nineteen. 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