The Hidden Secret (Al-Muddath-thir)
In the name of Allah, the Merciful, the Compassionate
O THOU [in thy solitude] enfolded! 1 arise and warn, 2 And thy Sustainer's greatness glorify! 3 And thine raiment purify. 4 And banish all trepidation. 5 Do not bestow favours in expectation of return, 6 be patient unto your Lord. 7 For when the trumpet blows 8 it will be a hard day 9 For the infidels, not easy. 10 LEAVE Me alone [to deal] with him whom I have created alone, 11 and whom I have granted abundant wealth 12 And sons to be by his side!- 13 To whom I made (life) smooth and comfortable! 14 and yet, he greedily desires that I give him even more! 15 Nay! Verily, he has been stubborn and opposing Our Ayat (proofs, evidences, verses, lessons, signs, revelations, etc.). 16 Soon will I visit him with a mount of calamities! 17 He reflected and then hatched a scheme. 18 And woe to him! How he plotted!- 19 And again perish he! How maliciously he devised! 20 Then he looked round; 21 Then frowned he and showed displeasure. 22 and he turned his back and behaved arrogantly 23 And said, "This is not but magic imitated [from others]. 24 "This is nothing but the word of a human being!" 25 I shall make him suffer the torment of hell. 26 And what do you know what Hell is? 27 It neither leaves, nor spares. 28 Blackening the skins. 29 Over it are Nineteen. 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