The Hidden Secret (Al-Muddath-thir)
In the name of Allah, most benevolent, ever-merciful
O, you, wrapped in your cloak, 1 Arise and deliver thy warning! 2 Glorify your Lord, 3 And your garments do purify, 4 and shun uncleanness, 5 And do not favour others in order to receive more. 6 And persevere in the way of your Lord. 7 For when the trumpet blows 8 that will surely be a hard day, 9 Far from easy for the disbelievers. 10 Leave Me alone [to deal] with him whom I have created alone, 11 To whom I granted resources in abundance, 12 and sons that stand in witness. 13 and for whom I have smoothed the way (to power and riches), 14 After all that he desires that I should give more; 15 Never! For he is an enemy to Our signs! 16 Anon I shall afflict him with a fearful woe. 17 Verily he considered, and devised. 18 death seize him, how he determined! 19 What an evil plan he has made! 20 Then he looked around, 21 then he frowned, and scowled, 22 Then he turned away, and was haughty. 23 Then he said: "This is nothing but magic from that of old; 24 This is not but the word of a human being." 25 I will cast him into Hell-fire 26 and what will teach thee what is Sakar? 27 It shall not spare, nor leave. 28 It shrivelleth the man. 29 Over it are nineteen [angels]. 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