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 warn! 2 And your Lord do magnify, 3 And keep your clothes clean. 4 And keep away from Ar-Rujz (the idols)! 5 And bestow not favour that thou mayest receive more. 6 And be patient for the sake of your Lord (i.e. perform your duty to Allah)! 7 For when the Trump is sounded 8 It will be a day of distress, 9 For the unbelievers, anything but easy. 10 Leave to Me the one, whom I have created all by Myself, 11 And give him vast riches, 12 And children present [with him] 13 And made (life) smooth for him. 14 After all that he desires that I should give more; 15 By no means! Verily he hath been unto Our signs a foe. 16 I will constrain him to a hard ascent. 17 He reflected and then hatched a scheme. 18 and thus he destroys himself, the way he meditates: 19 Yea, Woe to him; How he plotted!- 20 He looked (at others); 21 And frowned and puckered his brow, 22 Then he turned back and was big with pride, 23 And said: This is naught else than magic from of old; 24 This is nothing but the word of a mortal!" 25 I will cast him into hell. 26 - Ah, what will convey unto thee what that burning is! - 27 It neither leaves, nor spares. 28 and it burns the flesh. 29 Over it are Nineteen. 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