The Hidden Secret

In the name of GOD, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

bis'mi l-lahi l-raḥmāni l-raḥīm

O you hidden secret.

يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلْمُدَّثِّرُ

yāayyuhā l-mudathir

Come out and warn.

قُمْ فَأَنذِرْ

qum fa-andhi

Extol your Lord.

وَرَبَّكَ فَكَبِّرْ

warabbaka fakabbi

Purify your garment.

وَثِيَابَكَ فَطَهِّرْ

wathiyābaka faṭahhi

Forsake what is wrong.

وَٱلرُّجْزَ فَٱهْجُرْ

wal-ruj'za fa-uh'ju

Be content with your lot.

وَلَا تَمْنُن تَسْتَكْثِرُ

walā tamnun tastakthir

Steadfastly commemorate your Lord.

وَلِرَبِّكَ فَٱصْبِرْ

walirabbika fa-iṣ'bi

Then, when the horn is blown.

فَإِذَا نُقِرَ فِى ٱلنَّاقُورِ

fa-idhā nuqira fī l-nāqūr

That will be a difficult day.

فَذَٰلِكَ يَوْمَئِذٍ يَوْمٌ عَسِيرٌ

fadhālika yawma-idhin yawmun ʿasīru

For the disbelievers, not easy.

عَلَى ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ غَيْرُ يَسِيرٍ

aala alkafireena ghayruyaseerin

Let Me deal with one I created as an individual.

ذَرْنِى وَمَنْ خَلَقْتُ وَحِيدًا

dharnī waman khalaqtu waḥīda

I provided him with lots of money.

وَجَعَلْتُ لَهُۥ مَالًا مَّمْدُودًا

wajaʿaltu lahu mālan mamdūda

And children to behold.

وَبَنِينَ شُهُودًا

wabanīna shuhūda

I made everything easy for him.

وَمَهَّدتُّ لَهُۥ تَمْهِيدًا

wamahhadttu lahu tamhīda

Yet, he is greedy for more.

ثُمَّ يَطْمَعُ أَنْ أَزِيدَ

thumma yaṭmaʿu an azīd

He stubbornly refused to accept these proofs.

كَلَّآ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ لِءَايَٰتِنَا عَنِيدًا

kallā innahu kāna liāyātinā ʿanīda

I will increasingly punish him.

سَأُرْهِقُهُۥ صَعُودًا

sa-ur'hiquhu ṣaʿūda

For he reflected, then decided.

إِنَّهُۥ فَكَّرَ وَقَدَّرَ

innahu fakkara waqaddar

Miserable is what he decided.

فَقُتِلَ كَيْفَ قَدَّرَ

faqutila kayfa qaddar

Miserable indeed is what he decided.

ثُمَّ قُتِلَ كَيْفَ قَدَّرَ

thumma qutila kayfa qaddar

He looked.

ثُمَّ نَظَرَ

thumma naẓar

He frowned and whined.

ثُمَّ عَبَسَ وَبَسَرَ

thumma ʿabasa wabasar

Then he turned away arrogantly.

ثُمَّ أَدْبَرَ وَٱسْتَكْبَرَ

thumma adbara wa-is'takbar

He said, "This is but clever magic!

فَقَالَ إِنْ هَٰذَآ إِلَّا سِحْرٌ يُؤْثَرُ

faqāla in hādhā illā siḥ'run yu'thar

"This is human made."

إِنْ هَٰذَآ إِلَّا قَوْلُ ٱلْبَشَرِ

in hādhā illā qawlu l-bashar

I will commit him to retribution.

سَأُصْلِيهِ سَقَرَ

sa-uṣ'līhi saqar

What retribution!

وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا سَقَرُ

wamā adrāka mā saqar

Thorough and comprehensive.

لَا تُبْقِى وَلَا تَذَرُ

lā tub'qī walā tadhar

Obvious to all the people.

لَوَّاحَةٌ لِّلْبَشَرِ

lawwāḥatun lil'bashar

Over it is nineteen.

عَلَيْهَا تِسْعَةَ عَشَرَ

a'layha tis'a ta'ashar

We appointed angels to be guardians of Hell, and we assigned their number (19) (1) to disturb the disbelievers, (2) to convince the Christians and Jews (that this is a divine scripture), (3) to strengthen the faith of the faithful, (4) to remove all traces of doubt from the hearts of Christians, Jews, as well as the believers, and (5) to expose those who harbor doubt in their hearts, and the disbelievers; they will say, "What did GOD mean by this allegory?" GOD thus sends astray whomever He wills, and guides whomever He wills. None knows the soldiers of your Lord except He. This is a reminder for the people.

وَمَا جَعَلْنَآ أَصْحَٰبَ ٱلنَّارِ إِلَّا مَلَٰٓئِكَةً وَمَا جَعَلْنَا عِدَّتَهُمْ إِلَّا فِتْنَةً لِّلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ لِيَسْتَيْقِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُوا۟ ٱلْكِتَٰبَ وَيَزْدَادَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓا۟ إِيمَٰنًا وَلَا يَرْتَابَ ٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُوا۟ ٱلْكِتَٰبَ وَٱلْمُؤْمِنُونَ وَلِيَقُولَ ٱلَّذِينَ فِى قُلُوبِهِم مَّرَضٌ وَٱلْكَٰفِرُونَ مَاذَآ أَرَادَ ٱللَّهُ بِهَٰذَا مَثَلًا كَذَٰلِكَ يُضِلُّ ٱللَّهُ مَن يَشَآءُ وَيَهْدِى مَن يَشَآءُ وَمَا يَعْلَمُ جُنُودَ رَبِّكَ إِلَّا هُوَ وَمَا هِىَ إِلَّا ذِكْرَىٰ لِلْبَشَرِ

wamā jaʿalnā aṣḥāba l-nāri illā malāikatan wamā jaʿalnā ʿiddatahum illā fit'natan lilladhīna kafarū liyastayqina alladhīna ūtū l-kitāba wayazdāda alladhīna āmanū īmānan walā yartāba alladhīna ūtū l-kitāba wal-mu'minūna waliyaqūla alladhīna fī qulūbihim maraḍun wal-kāfirūna mādhā arāda l-lahu bihādhā mathalan kadhālika yuḍillu l-lahu man yashāu wayahdī man yashāu wamā yaʿlamu junūda rabbika illā huwa wamā hiya illā dhik'rā lil'bashar

Absolutely, (I swear) by the moon.

كَلَّا وَٱلْقَمَرِ

kallā wal-qamar

And the night as it passes.

وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذْ أَدْبَرَ

wa-al-layli idh adbar

And the morning as it shines.

وَٱلصُّبْحِ إِذَآ أَسْفَرَ

wal-ṣub'ḥi idhā asfar

This is one of the great miracles.

إِنَّهَا لَإِحْدَى ٱلْكُبَرِ

innahā la-iḥ'dā l-kubar

A warning to the human race.

نَذِيرًا لِّلْبَشَرِ

nadhīran lil'bashar

For those among you who wish to advance, or regress.

لِمَن شَآءَ مِنكُمْ أَن يَتَقَدَّمَ أَوْ يَتَأَخَّرَ

liman shāa minkum an yataqaddama aw yata-akhar

Every soul is trapped by its sins.

كُلُّ نَفْسٍۭ بِمَا كَسَبَتْ رَهِينَةٌ

kullu nafsin bimā kasabat rahīnatu

Except for those on the right.

إِلَّآ أَصْحَٰبَ ٱلْيَمِينِ

illā aṣḥāba l-yamīn

While in Paradise, they will ask.

فِى جَنَّٰتٍ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ

fī jannātin yatasāalūn

About the guilty.

عَنِ ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ

aani almujrimeena

"What brought you to this retribution?"

مَا سَلَكَكُمْ فِى سَقَرَ

mā salakakum fī saqar

They will say, "We did not observe the contact prayers (Salat).

قَالُوا۟ لَمْ نَكُ مِنَ ٱلْمُصَلِّينَ

qālū lam naku mina l-muṣalīn

"We did not feed the poor.

وَلَمْ نَكُ نُطْعِمُ ٱلْمِسْكِينَ

walam naku nuṭ'ʿimu l-mis'kīn

"We blundered with the blunderers.

وَكُنَّا نَخُوضُ مَعَ ٱلْخَآئِضِينَ

wakunnā nakhūḍu maʿa l-khāiḍīn

"We disbelieved in the Day of Judgment.

وَكُنَّا نُكَذِّبُ بِيَوْمِ ٱلدِّينِ

wakunnā nukadhibu biyawmi l-dīn

"Until certainty came to us now."

حَتَّىٰٓ أَتَىٰنَا ٱلْيَقِينُ

ḥattā atānā l-yaqīn

The intercession of the intercessors will never help them.

فَمَا تَنفَعُهُمْ شَفَٰعَةُ ٱلشَّٰفِعِينَ

famā tanfaʿuhum shafāʿatu l-shāfiʿīn

Why are they so averse to this reminder?

فَمَا لَهُمْ عَنِ ٱلتَّذْكِرَةِ مُعْرِضِينَ

famā lahum ʿani l-tadhkirati muʿ'riḍīn

Running like zebras.

كَأَنَّهُمْ حُمُرٌ مُّسْتَنفِرَةٌ

ka-annahum ḥumurun mus'tanfiratu

Who are fleeing from the lion!

فَرَّتْ مِن قَسْوَرَةٍۭ

farrat min qaswarati

Does each one of them want to receive the scripture personally?

بَلْ يُرِيدُ كُلُّ ٱمْرِئٍ مِّنْهُمْ أَن يُؤْتَىٰ صُحُفًا مُّنَشَّرَةً

bal yurīdu kullu im'ri-in min'hum an yu'tā ṣuḥufan munasharata

Indeed, they do not fear the Hereafter.

كَلَّا بَل لَّا يَخَافُونَ ٱلْءَاخِرَةَ

kallā bal lā yakhāfūna l-ākhirat

Indeed, this is a reminder.

كَلَّآ إِنَّهُۥ تَذْكِرَةٌ

kallā innahu tadhkiratu

For those who wish to take heed.

فَمَن شَآءَ ذَكَرَهُۥ

faman shāa dhakarah

They cannot take heed against GOD's will. He is the source of righteousness; He is the source of forgiveness.

وَمَا يَذْكُرُونَ إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُ هُوَ أَهْلُ ٱلتَّقْوَىٰ وَأَهْلُ ٱلْمَغْفِرَةِ

wamā yadhkurūna illā an yashāa l-lahu huwa ahlu l-taqwā wa-ahlu l-maghfirat