The Hidden Secret (Al-Muddath-thir)
Allah - beginning with the name of - the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
O you who covers himself [with a garment], 1 Arise and warn! 2 And thine Lord magnify! 3 cleanse your clothes, 4 shun uncleanness; 5 And show not favour, seeking wordly gain! 6 For the sake of thy Lord, be patient! 7 When the Trumpet shall be sounded, 8 that day will be a harsh day, 9 Far from easy for the disbelievers. 10 Leave Me alone with he whom I created 11 To whom I granted resources in abundance, 12 and sons that stand in witness. 13 And I adjusted affairs for him adjustably; 14 After all that he desires that I should give more; 15 Not at all! Surely, he has been disobedient to Our verses. 16 I shall soon constrain him to a hard ascent. 17 For he thought and he plotted -- 18 death seize him, how he determined! 19 May be then be accursed, how he plotted! 20 Then he looked, 21 then he frowned, and scowled, 22 Then turned he away in pride 23 and said: 'This is no more than traced sorcery; 24 These are only words from a mere mortal". 25 I shall surely roast him in Sakar; 26 - Ah, what will convey unto thee what that burning is! - 27 It neither leaves, nor spares. 28 It scorches the mortal. 29 Over it are appointed 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