The Hidden Secret (Al-Muddath-thir)
Allah - beginning with the name of - the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
O thou shrouded in thy mantle, 1 Arise and warn, 2 And your Lord (Allah) magnify! 3 And keep your clothes clean. 4 Pollution shun! 5 And do not favour others in order to receive more. 6 And be patient for the sake of your Lord (i.e. perform your duty to Allah)! 7 For when the trumpet blows 8 that shall be a Harsh Day 9 Not easy upon the disbelievers. 10 Leave Me and him whom I created alone, 11 And to whom I granted extensive wealth 12 And children present [with him] 13 whose life I have made run smoothly 14 and yet, he greedily desires that I give yet more! 15 By no means! surely he offers opposition to Our communications. 16 I shall force him to endure a painful uphill climb! 17 For lo! he did consider; then he planned - 18 May he be condemned! 19 Again accursed be he, how evilly did he decide! 20 Then looked he, 21 Then he frowned and scowled; 22 then turned back, and swelling-up with pride, 23 And said, “This is nothing but magic learnt from earlier men.” 24 Nothing more than the speech of a man!" 25 I will cast him into Hell-fire 26 What do you think Hell-fire is? 27 It shall not spare, nor leave. 28 It glows and burns the skin. 29 Over it are nineteen (angels as guardians and keepers of Hell). 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