The Hidden Secret (Al-Muddath-thir)
In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful
O thou wrapped up (in the mantle)! 1 arise, and warn! 2 And thine Lord magnify! 3 and purify your clothing, 4 and shun uncleanness, 5 Do not bestow favours in expectation of return, 6 For the sake of thy Lord, be patient! 7 When the Trumpet is sounded, 8 So that is a tough day. 9 It will not be easy for those who deny the truth. 10 Leave to Me the one, whom I have created all by Myself, 11 To whom I granted resources in abundance, 12 and sons that stand in witness. 13 And made life smooth and comfortable for him! 14 and yet, he greedily desires that I give him even more! 15 Nay! He is forward unto Our signs; 16 I will make a distressing punishment overtake him. 17 For lo! he did consider; then he planned - 18 May he be accursed, how he planned! 19 Yea, Woe to him; How he plotted!- 20 Then he looked round; 21 and then he frowns and glares, 22 then he retreated and waxed proud, 23 Then he said: This is naught but enchantment, narrated (from others); 24 This is nothing but the word of mortal man!" 25 I will cast him into Hell-fire 26 And what have you understood, what hell is! 27 It leaves and spares no one and nothing. 28 It scorches the mortal. 29 Over it are nineteen [angels]. 30 And We have set none but angels as Guardians of the Fire; and We have fixed their number only as a trial for Unbelievers,- in order that the People of the Book may arrive at certainty, and the Believers may increase in Faith,- and that no doubts may be left for the People of the Book and the Believers, and that those in whose hearts is a disease and the Unbelievers may say, "What symbol doth Allah intend by this?" Thus doth Allah leave to stray whom He pleaseth, and guide whom He pleaseth: and none can know the forces of thy Lord, except He and this is no other than a warning to mankind. 31