The Hidden Secret (Al-Muddath-thir)
Allah - beginning with the name of - the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
O thou enveloped in thy cloak, 1 arise, and warn! 2 And proclaim the Purity of your Lord. 3 And your clothing purify 4 And all defilement shun! 5 Nor expect, in giving, any increase (for thyself)! 6 and for the sake of your Lord, be patient. 7 Then, when the Trumpet is sounded (i.e. its second blowing); 8 it will be a hard day 9 not of ease, for all who [now] deny the truth! 10 Leave Me alone with he whom I created 11 and to whom I have granted resources in abundance, 12 And sons always present by his side, 13 I made things smooth and easy for him, 14 Then he desires that I should add more. 15 By no means; he is stubbornly opposed to Our Signs. 16 I will make a distressing punishment overtake him. 17 Indeed he thought, and inwardly decided. 18 Ruin seize him, how did he hatch a scheme? 19 Then may he be destroyed [for] how he deliberated. 20 and then he looks [around for new arguments,] 21 then he frowned, and scowled, 22 Then turned his back and waxed proud, 23 and said: 'This is no more than traced sorcery; 24 “This is nothing but the speech of a man.” 25 I will cast him into the fire of Hell. 26 And what knoweth thou that which the Scorching Fire? 27 It spares not, neither leaves alone 28 Scorching the skin. 29 Over it are nineteen (guards). 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