The Hidden Secret (Al-Muddath-thir)
In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
O thou enveloped in thy cloak, 1 arise and give warning! 2 And your Lord (Allah) magnify! 3 and purify your robes, 4 shun uncleanness; 5 Do not bestow favours in expectation of return, 6 And persevere in the way of your Lord. 7 When the Trumpet is sounded, 8 That Day will be a difficult day 9 Not easy upon the disbelievers. 10 Leave Me alone, (to deal) with the (creature) whom I created (bare and) alone!- 11 And then bestowed upon him ample means, 12 And sons abiding in his presence 13 and whom I have provided with every resource, 14 Yet he wants that I should give him more. 15 By no means! Verily he hath been unto Our signs a foe. 16 I will constrain him to a hard ascent. 17 For he thought and he plotted -- 18 and thus he destroys himself, the way he meditates: 19 Let him be destroyed. How he calculated! 20 Then looked he, 21 then he frowned, and scowled, 22 Then turned he away in pride 23 and said: 'This is no more than traced sorcery; 24 'this is nothing but mortal speech.' 25 I will cast him into Hell-fire 26 and what will teach thee what is Sakar? 27 It leaves nothing, nor does it spare; 28 it scorches the skin; 29 Over it are nineteen [powers]. 30 We have appointed only angels to be wardens of the Fire. We have specified their number only as a trial for those who are bent on denying the truth, so that those who were given the Book might gain in certainty, and those who believe might increase in faith -- and so that neither those who have been given the Scripture nor the believers might have any doubts, and that those sick at heart and those who deny the truth might ask, "What does God mean by this parable?" In this way, God lets go astray whom He wills, and guides whom He wills. And none knows the forces of your Lord but He. This is but a Reminder for man. 31