The Hidden Secret (Al-Muddath-thir)
In the name of Allah, most benevolent, ever-merciful
O YOU ENFOLDED in your mantle (of reform), 1 Arise and deliver thy warning! 2 Thy Lord magnify, 3 And keep your clothes clean. 4 And pollution shun. 5 Give not, thinking to gain greater 6 And for the sake of your Lord, be patient. 7 When the Trumpet shall be sounded, 8 that Day will be a hard and distressing Day. 9 and for the disbelievers, in particular, it will not be at all easy. 10 Leave him to Me, the one whom I created single. 11 and to whom I have granted resources in abundance, 12 And children present [with him] 13 And spread [everything] before him, easing [his life]. 14 And who yet coveteth that shall increase. 15 By no means! For to Our Signs he has been refractory! 16 I will make a distressing punishment overtake him. 17 He reflected and then hatched a scheme. 18 But may he be cursed how he plotted; 19 And once more let him be cursed, how he plotted! 20 Then he looked, 21 Then frowned he and showed displeasure. 22 Then turned he away in pride 23 And said: "This is nothing but the magic of old, 24 It is nothing but the word of a mortal' 25 Anon shall I roast him into the Scorching Fire. 26 And what can make you know what is Saqar? 27 It leaveth naught; it spareth naught 28 It scorches people's skin 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