The Hidden Secret (Al-Muddath-thir)
In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
O YOU ENFOLDED in your mantle (of reform), 1 arise, and warn! 2 And your Lord (Allah) magnify! 3 and purify your robes, 4 And all defilement shun! 5 Give not, thinking to gain greater 6 and persevere for your Lord's sake. 7 Then when the horn shall be blown, 8 that shall be a Harsh Day 9 For the unbelievers, anything but easy. 10 Leave him to Me, the one whom I created single. 11 and to whom I have granted resources vast, 12 and sons that stand in witness. 13 And made (life) smooth for him. 14 After all that he desires that I should give more; 15 Nay! He is forward unto Our signs; 16 I will constrain him to a hard ascent. 17 Verily, he thought and plotted; 18 But may he be cursed how he plotted; 19 Again, death seized him, how was his determining! 20 Then he looked round; 21 Then he frowned and he scowled; 22 Then turned he back, and grew stiff-necked. 23 And said, "This is not but magic imitated [from others]. 24 This is nothing but the word of a mortal!" 25 I will cast him into hell. 26 And what will explain to thee what Hell-Fire is? 27 It leaves and spares no one and nothing. 28 scorching the flesh; 29 Over it are Nineteen. 30 We have appointed only angels to be wardens of the Fire. We have specified their number only as a trial for those who are bent on denying the truth, so that those who were given the Book might gain in certainty, and those who believe might increase in faith -- and so that neither those who have been given the Scripture nor the believers might have any doubts, and that those sick at heart and those who deny the truth might ask, "What does God mean by this parable?" In this way, God lets go astray whom He wills, and guides whom He wills. And none knows the forces of your Lord but He. This is but a Reminder for man. 31