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 Thy Lord magnify, 3 And your garments do purify, 4 And banish all trepidation. 5 And do not confer favor to acquire more 6 be patient unto your Lord. 7 Finally, when the Trumpet is sounded, 8 that will surely be a hard day, 9 It will not be easy for those who deny the truth. 10 Leave Me and him whom I created alone, 11 whom I have endowed with abundant riches, 12 and sons to be by his side, 13 and made all things smooth for him; 14 then he is eager that I should do more. 15 Nay! For lo! he hath been stubborn to Our revelations. 16 I shall soon constrain him to a hard ascent. 17 Verily he considered, and devised. 18 Ruin seize him, how did he hatch a scheme? 19 yea, he destroys himself, the way he meditates! 20 Then he looked round; 21 Then frowned he and showed displeasure. 22 then turned back, and swelling-up with pride, 23 Then he said: This is naught but enchantment, narrated (from others); 24 "This is nothing but the word of a mortal!" 25 I will soon fling him into hell. 26 and what will teach thee what is Sakar? 27 It neither spares, nor releases, 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