The Hidden Secret (Al-Muddath-thir)
In the name of Allah, most benevolent, ever-merciful
O thou shrouded in thy mantle, 1 Arise and warn, 2 And thy Lord do thou magnify! 3 and purify your robes, 4 And all defilement shun! 5 And do not confer favor to acquire more 6 and persevere for your Lord's sake. 7 For when the Trump is sounded 8 it will be a hard day 9 Dolorous for the unbelievers. 10 Leave him to Me whom I created alone, 11 To whom I granted resources in abundance, 12 And sons dwelling in his presence, 13 And I adjusted affairs for him adjustably; 14 And yet he desires that I should add more! 15 By no means! surely he offers opposition to Our communications. 16 Soon will I visit him with a mount of calamities! 17 Verily, he thought and plotted; 18 And woe to him! How he plotted!- 19 Then may he be destroyed [for] how he deliberated. 20 Then he looked round; 21 Then he frowned and scowled; 22 then he retreated and grew proud 23 And said: "This is nothing but the magic of old, 24 This is naught else than speech of mortal man. 25 I shall surely roast him in Sakar; 26 And what knoweth thou that which the Scorching Fire? 27 It leaves naught nor does it spare aught. 28 It strips away the hide of man. 29 Above it are nineteen guards. 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