The Hidden Secret (Al-Muddath-thir)
In the name of Allah, most benevolent, ever-merciful
O you (Prophet Muhamad), the cloaked, 1 Arise and deliver thy warning! 2 Thy Lord magnify 3 And your garments purify! 4 shun uncleanness; 5 And show not favour, seeking wordly gain! 6 And persevere in the way of your Lord. 7 When the trumpet is sounded,. 8 that Day will be a hard and distressing Day. 9 not of ease, for all who [now] deny the truth! 10 Leave Me alone [to deal] with him whom I have created alone, 11 and appointed for him ample wealth 12 and sons ever present with him, 13 And spread [everything] before him, easing [his life]. 14 And yet he desires that I should add more! 15 Nay! He is forward unto Our signs; 16 I will constrain him to a hard ascent. 17 For lo! he did consider; then he planned - 18 Ruin seize him, how did he hatch a scheme? 19 Let him be destroyed. How he calculated! 20 Then he beheld, 21 Then he frowned and scowled; 22 then he retreated, and waxed proud. 23 And said, "This is not but magic imitated [from others]. 24 'this is nothing but mortal speech.' 25 I will cast him into Hell-fire 26 What will let you know what the Scorching is like! 27 It spares nothing; it leaves nothing intact; 28 It shrivelleth the man. 29 Over it are nineteen (angels guarding). 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