The Hidden Secret (Al-Muddath-thir)
In the Name of Allah, the Merciful, the Most Merciful
O you who covers himself [with a garment], 1 Arise and warn! 2 and magnify the glory of your Lord, 3 And keep your clothes clean. 4 And all abomination shun! 5 And do not favour others in order to receive more. 6 But for your Lord be patient. 7 For when the Trump is sounded 8 It will be a day of distress, 9 Not easy upon the disbelievers. 10 Leave him to Me, the one whom I created single. 11 and appointed for him ample wealth 12 and children as [love's] witnesses, 13 whose life I have made run smoothly 14 Then he desires that I should add more. 15 Nay! He is forward unto Our signs; 16 I will cover him with arduous torment. 17 Lo! He reflected, and determined -- 18 But may he be cursed how he plotted; 19 Then may he be destroyed [for] how he deliberated. 20 Then he looked, 21 frowned and scowled, 22 Then turned his back and waxed proud, 23 Then he said: "This is nothing but magic from that of old; 24 "This is nothing but the word of a mortal!" 25 Him shall I soon roast in Hell. 26 What could make you conceive what hell-fire is? 27 It does not allow anyone to live, and neither does it leave anyone to die; 28 It strips away the hide of man. 29 Over it are appointed nineteen. 30 We have appointed none but angels to guard the Fire, and made their number only as a trial for the unbelievers, so that those to whom the Book was given are certain and those who believe increase in belief. And that those who were given the Book, and those who believe will not be in doubt. And that those in whose hearts there is a sickness, together with the unbelievers, may say: 'What did Allah intend by this as an example' As such, Allah leaves in error whom He will and He guides whomsoever He will. None knows the hosts of your Lord except He. This is no more than a Reminder to humans. 31