The Hidden Secret (Al-Muddath-thir)
In the name of Allah, the Merciful, the Compassionate
O thou wrapped up (in the mantle)! 1 Arise, and warn. 2 And your Lord (Allah) magnify! 3 and purify your clothing, 4 and flee from the statues! 5 and bestow not favour in order to seek from others a greater return, 6 But, for thy Lord's (Cause), be patient and constant! 7 When the trumpet is sounded,. 8 that will surely be a hard day, 9 and it will not be easy for the unbelievers. 10 Leave Me and him whom I created alone, 11 And gave him abundant wealth 12 And sons present by his side. 13 And for whom I smoothed everything. 14 And who yet coveteth that shall increase. 15 By no means; he is stubbornly opposed to Our Signs. 16 Soon I shall mount him on Saood, the hill of fire. 17 Lo! He reflected, and determined -- 18 May he be accursed, how he planned! 19 And once more let him be cursed, how he plotted! 20 Then looked he, 21 then he frowned, and scowled, 22 then he retreated and waxed proud, 23 and said, "This is nothing but sorcery from the ancients. 24 “This is nothing but the speech of a man.” 25 I will drive him into Saqar. 26 What could make you conceive what hell-fire is? 27 It shall not spare, nor leave. 28 It strips away the hide of man. 29 Over it are nineteen keepers. 30 We have appointed none but angels as the keepers of the Fire, and We have not made their number but as a trial for the unbelievers so that those who have been endowed with the Book will be convinced and the believers' faith will increase, and neither those who have been endowed with the Book nor the believers will fall into any doubt. As for those in whose hearts there is a sickness as well as the unbelievers, they will say: “What did Allah aim at by this strange parable?” Thus does Allah let whomsoever He pleases to go astray, and directs whomsoever He pleases to the Right Way. And none knows the hosts of your Lord but He. (And Hell has only been mentioned here) that people may take heed. 31