The Hidden Secret (Al-Muddath-thir)
Allah - beginning with the name of - the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
O you who are clothed! 1 arise, and warn! 2 proclaim the greatness of your Lord, 3 And thy garments keep free from stain! 4 And uncleanliness avoid 5 And do not through giving seek thyself to gain, 6 and be patient unto thy Lord. 7 And [warn all men that] when the trumpet-call [of resurrection] is sounded, 8 So that is a tough day. 9 for the unbelievers not easy. 10 LEAVE Me alone [to deal] with him whom I have created alone, 11 And give him vast riches, 12 And sons dwelling in his presence, 13 and to whose life I gave so wide a scope: 14 Yet he desires that I should give more. 15 Nay, verily, it is against Our messages that he knowingly, stubbornly sets himself 16 On him I shall impose a fearful doom. 17 Indeed, he thought and deliberated. 18 So accursed be he, how evilly did he decide! 19 Again, death seize him, how he determined! 20 and then he looks [around for new arguments,] 21 And frowned and puckered his brow, 22 Then he turned back and was big with pride, 23 Then he said: "This is nothing but magic from that of old; 24 This is not but the word of a human being." 25 Him shall I soon roast in Hell. 26 And what could make thee conceive what hell-fire is? 27 Naught doth it permit to endure, and naught doth it leave alone!- 28 Scorching the skin. 29 Over it are Nineteen. 30 We have not appointed the guards of hell, except angels; and did not keep this number except to test the disbelievers – in order that the People given the Book(s) may be convinced, and to increase the faith of the believers – and so that the People given the Book(s) and the Muslims may not have any doubt – and so that those in whose hearts is a disease and the disbelievers, may say, “What does Allah mean by this amazing example?” This is how Allah sends astray whomever He wills, and guides whomever He wills; and no one knows the armies of Allah except Him; and this is not but an advice to man. 31