The Hidden Secret (Al-Muddath-thir)
In the name of Allah, the Merciful, the Compassionate
O you who covers himself [with a garment], 1 Arise and warn! 2 And your Lord (Allah) magnify! 3 cleanse your clothes, 4 And keep away from Ar-Rujz (the idols)! 5 And do not favour others in order to receive more. 6 And for the good-will of thy Lord be thou patient. 7 So when the Trumpet will be blown. 8 That, at that time, shall be a difficult day, 9 not of ease, for all who [now] deny the truth! 10 Leave Me with him whom I alone have created, 11 And to whom I granted extensive wealth 12 And sons always present by his side, 13 and made all things smooth for him; 14 And yet he desires that I should add more! 15 By no means! surely he offers opposition to Our communications. 16 Soon I shall mount him on Saood, the hill of fire. 17 Verily, he thought and plotted; 18 So let him be cursed! How he plotted! 19 And once more let him be cursed, how he plotted! 20 Then he looked, 21 And frowned and puckered his brow, 22 Then he turned back and was arrogant 23 and said: 'This is no more than traced sorcery; 24 This is not but the word of a human being." 25 Him shall I soon roast in Hell. 26 What do you think Hell-fire is? 27 It spares not, neither leaves alone 28 Burning the skins! 29 Over it are nineteen (angels guarding). 30 We have appointed none but angels as the keepers of the Fire, and We have not made their number but as a trial for the unbelievers so that those who have been endowed with the Book will be convinced and the believers' faith will increase, and neither those who have been endowed with the Book nor the believers will fall into any doubt. As for those in whose hearts there is a sickness as well as the unbelievers, they will say: “What did Allah aim at by this strange parable?” Thus does Allah let whomsoever He pleases to go astray, and directs whomsoever He pleases to the Right Way. And none knows the hosts of your Lord but He. (And Hell has only been mentioned here) that people may take heed. 31