The Hidden Secret (Al-Muddath-thir)
Allah - beginning with the name of - the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
O thou enveloped! 1 Arise and warn! 2 And proclaim the Purity of your Lord. 3 And your garments do purify, 4 Pollution shun! 5 do not bestow a favour in the expectation of receiving more in return; 6 And persevere in the way of your Lord. 7 And [warn all men that] when the trumpet-call [of resurrection] is sounded, 8 that Day will be a hard and distressing Day. 9 Not easy upon the disbelievers. 10 Leave Me and him whom I created alone, 11 And for whom I appointed wealth extended. 12 And children to be by his side! 13 To whom I made (life) smooth and comfortable! 14 then he is eager that I should do more. 15 By no means! surely he offers opposition to Our communications. 16 I shall inflict on him hardship, 17 Verily, he thought and plotted; 18 So may he be destroyed [for] how he deliberated. 19 Again, death seized him, how was his determining! 20 He looked (at others); 21 frowned and scowled, 22 Then turned his back and waxed proud, 23 Then he said: naught is this but magic from of old; 24 'this is nothing but mortal speech.' 25 I will drive him into Saqar. 26 What could make you conceive what hell-fire is? 27 It leaves nothing, nor does it spare; 28 It strips away the hide of man. 29 Above 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