The Hidden Secret (Al-Muddath-thir)
In the name of Allah, most benevolent, ever-merciful
O, you, wrapped in your cloak, 1 Arise, and warn, 2 And thine Lord magnify! 3 And thine raiment purify. 4 And all abomination shun! 5 And do not confer favor to acquire more 6 but unto thy Sustainer turn in patience. 7 Finally, when the Trumpet is sounded, 8 that shall be a Harsh Day 9 For the infidels, not easy. 10 Leave to Me the one, whom I have created all by Myself, 11 and designated for him ample wealth, 12 and sons ever present with him, 13 And made things easy for them. 14 And yet he desires that I should add more! 15 Nay! Verily, he has been stubborn and opposing Our Ayat (proofs, evidences, verses, lessons, signs, revelations, etc.). 16 We shall make him suffer the torment of hell without relief. 17 For he had thought and calculated. 18 and woe to him; how he plotted! 19 May be then be accursed, how he plotted! 20 Then he beheld, 21 Then he frowned and scowled, 22 then he retreated and grew proud 23 Then he said: naught is this but magic from of old; 24 This is nothing but the word of mortal man!" 25 Him shall I soon roast in Hell. 26 And what will make you know exactly what Hell-fire is? 27 It leaveth naught; it spareth naught 28 it scorches the skin; 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