The Hidden Secret (Al-Muddath-thir)
In the name of Allah, most benevolent, ever-merciful
O you who are clothed! 1 Arise and warn 2 Proclaim the glory of your Lord; 3 Purify your inner self, 4 And uncleanliness avoid 5 And show not favour, seeking wordly gain! 6 and persevere for your Lord's sake. 7 For when the trumpet shall sound, 8 it will be a hard day 9 not of ease, for all who [now] deny the truth! 10 Leave him to Me, the one whom I created single. 11 and to whom I have granted resources vast, 12 And sons always present by his side, 13 whose life I have made run smoothly 14 and yet, he greedily desires that I give yet more! 15 By no means! He has been stubbornly hostile to Our revelation: 16 On him I shall impose a fearful doom. 17 For lo! he did consider; then he planned - 18 May he be condemned! 19 What an evil plan he has made! 20 Then he looked, 21 frowned and scowled, 22 Then he turned back and was proud; 23 said, "This (the Quran) is nothing but magic, inherited from ancient magicians. 24 This is naught else than speech of mortal man. 25 Anon shall I roast him into the Scorching Fire. 26 And what will make you realize what hell is? 27 It lets nothing remain and leaves nothing [unburned], 28 Darkening and changing the colour of man! 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