The Hidden Secret (Al-Muddath-thir)
In the name of Allah, most benevolent, ever-merciful
O thou enveloped! 1 Arise and warn! 2 And your Lord glorify 3 And keep your clothes clean. 4 and shun uncleanness, 5 and bestow not favour in order to seek from others a greater return, 6 But for your Lord be patient. 7 When the Trumpet is sounded, 8 That Day will be a difficult day 9 and it will not be easy for the unbelievers. 10 Let Me alone with him whom I created lonely. 11 and designated for him ample wealth, 12 And sons to be by his side!- 13 And spread [everything] before him, easing [his life]. 14 and who still desires more. 15 Nay! He is forward unto Our signs; 16 We shall make him suffer the torment of hell without relief. 17 Verily he considered, and devised. 18 So let him be cursed! How he plotted! 19 Again, death seized him, how was his determining! 20 Then looked he, 21 frowned and scowled, 22 Then he turned away, and was haughty. 23 and said: “This (Qur'an) is merely a sorcery of yore; 24 This is nothing but the word of a mortal!" 25 I will surely roast him in the Scorching. 26 And what knoweth thou that which the Scorching Fire? 27 It shall not spare, nor leave. 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