The Hidden Secret (Al-Muddath-thir)
In the name of Allah, most benevolent, ever-merciful
O you who covers himself [with a garment], 1 Arise and warn, 2 And thy Lord do thou magnify! 3 purify your garments; 4 And stay away from idols. 5 And do not through giving seek thyself to gain, 6 And for the sake of your Lord, be patient. 7 For when the trumpet shall sound, 8 that shall be a Harsh Day 9 Far from easy for those without Faith. 10 Leave him to Me, the one whom I created single. 11 And gave him vast wealth. 12 And sons present by his side. 13 and made all things smooth for him; 14 and yet, he greedily desires that I give yet more! 15 Nay, verily, it is against Our messages that he knowingly, stubbornly sets himself 16 Soon will I visit him with a mount of calamities! 17 Indeed he thought, and inwardly decided. 18 and thus he destroys himself, the way he meditates: 19 Again, death seized him, how was his determining! 20 Then he considered [again]; 21 frowned and scowled, 22 and in the end he turns his back [on Our message,] and glories in his arrogance, 23 He said, 'This is naught but a trumped-up sorcery; 24 This is not but the word of a human being." 25 I shall make him suffer the torment of hell. 26 What will let you know what the Scorching is like! 27 It leaveth naught; it spareth naught 28 scorching the flesh; 29 Over 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