The Hidden Secret (Al-Muddath-thir)
In the name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful
O, you, wrapped in your cloak, 1 Rise up and warn! 2 Thy Lord magnify, 3 And thy garments keep free from stain! 4 and shun uncleanness, 5 Give not, thinking to gain greater 6 And be patient for the sake of your Lord (i.e. perform your duty to Allah)! 7 When the Trumpet is sounded, 8 That shall be - that Day - a day hard. 9 For the unbelievers, anything but easy. 10 Leave Me alone [to deal] with him whom I have created alone, 11 And then bestowed upon him ample means, 12 And sons present by his side. 13 And made several preparations for him. 14 and yet, he greedily desires that I give him even more! 15 Nay! He is forward unto Our signs; 16 Soon will I visit him with a mount of calamities! 17 For lo! he did consider; then he planned - 18 (Self-)destroyed is he, how he planned! 19 Again, death seize him, how he determined! 20 Then he looked round; 21 Then he frowned and he looked in a bad tempered way; 22 then he retreated and grew proud 23 Then he said: naught is this but magic from of old; 24 These are only words from a mere mortal". 25 I shall surely roast him in Sakar; 26 And what can make you know what is Saqar? 27 Naught doth it permit to endure, and naught doth it leave alone!- 28 Burning the skins! 29 Over it are nineteen. 30 And We have appointed none but the angels to be wardens of the Fire. And their number we have made only a trial for those who disbelieve, so that those who are vouchsafed the Book may be convinced, and that those who believe may increase in faith, and that those who are vouchsafed the Book and the believers may not doubt, and that those in whose hearts is a disease and the infidels may say: what meaneth Allah by this description! In this wise Allah sendeth astray whomsoever He will, and guideth whomsoever He will. And none knoweth the hosts of thy Lord but He. And it is naught but an admonition unto man. 31