The Hidden Secret (Al-Muddath-thir)
In the Name of Allah, the Merciful, the Most Merciful
O thou enveloped! 1 Arise, and warn. 2 And thine Lord magnify! 3 and purify your robes, 4 and shun uncleanness, 5 Do not bestow favours in expectation of return, 6 And persevere in the way of your Lord. 7 So when the Trumpet will be blown. 8 It will be a day of distress, 9 For the disbelievers - not easy. 10 Leave Me and him whom I created alone, 11 To whom I granted resources in abundance, 12 And sons always present by his side, 13 And for whom I smoothed everything. 14 and yet, he greedily desires that I give yet more! 15 By no means! He has been stubbornly hostile to Our revelation: 16 [and so] I shall constrain him to endure a painful uphill climb! 17 For lo! he did consider; then he planned - 18 So may he be destroyed [for] how he deliberated. 19 Again, ruin seize him, how did he hatch a scheme? 20 Then he looked, 21 then frowned and scowled; 22 Then turned he away in pride 23 and says, "All this is mere spellbinding eloquence handed down [from olden times]! 24 this is nothing but the word of a mere mortal!” 25 Soon I will cast him into hell. 26 and what will teach thee what is Sakar? 27 It spares not, neither leaves alone 28 Darkening and changing the colour of man! 29 and it has nineteen angelic keepers. 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