The Hidden Secret (Al-Muddath-thir)
Allah - beginning with the name of - the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
O YOU ENFOLDED in your mantle (of reform), 1 arise, and warn! 2 And thine Lord magnify! 3 thy robes purify 4 And keep away from Ar-Rujz (the idols)! 5 And bestow not favour that thou mayest receive more. 6 And for the sake of your Lord, patiently endure. 7 For when the trumpet blows 8 that shall be a Harsh Day 9 For the unbelievers, anything but easy. 10 Leave Me with the one I created alone 11 And for whom I appointed wealth extended. 12 And children to be by his side! 13 and to whose life I gave so wide a scope: 14 After all that he desires that I should give more; 15 Never will he receive more. He has been hostile to Our revelations. 16 I shall inflict on him hardship, 17 For he thought and he plotted;- 18 and woe to him; how he plotted! 19 Then may he be destroyed [for] how he deliberated. 20 Then he beheld, 21 Then he frowned and scowled, 22 Then turned he away in pride 23 Then he said: naught is this but magic from of old; 24 'this is nothing but mortal speech.' 25 Anon shall I roast him into the Scorching Fire. 26 - Ah, what will convey unto thee what that burning is! - 27 It leaveth naught; it spareth naught 28 It scorches the mortal. 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