The Hidden Secret (Al-Muddath-thir)
In the name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful
O THOU [in thy solitude] enfolded! 1 Arise and warn! 2 and magnify the glory of your Lord, 3 And thy garments keep free from stain! 4 And uncleanliness avoid 5 Do not give, thinking to gain greater 6 And for the sake of your Lord, be patient. 7 Finally, when the Trumpet is sounded, 8 Surely that day will be a day of anguish, 9 It will not be easy for those who deny the truth. 10 Let Me alone with him whom I created lonely. 11 and to whom I have granted resources vast, 12 And children present [with him] 13 To whom I made (life) smooth and comfortable! 14 Yet he desires that I should give more. 15 Never. He is refractory of Our signs. 16 I shall inflict on him hardship, 17 For lo! he did consider; then he planned - 18 So accursed be he, how evilly did he decide! 19 Yea, Woe to him; How he plotted!- 20 Then he looked round; 21 and then he frowns and glares, 22 Then he turned back and was big with pride, 23 And said, "This is not but magic imitated [from others]. 24 "This is nothing but the word of a mortal!" 25 I shall surely roast him in Sakar; 26 and what will teach thee what is Sakar? 27 It spares nothing; it leaves nothing intact; 28 It glows and burns the skin. 29 there are nineteen [angels] in charge of it -- 30 And We have appointed none but the angels to be wardens of the Fire. And their number we have made only a trial for those who disbelieve, so that those who are vouchsafed the Book may be convinced, and that those who believe may increase in faith, and that those who are vouchsafed the Book and the believers may not doubt, and that those in whose hearts is a disease and the infidels may say: what meaneth Allah by this description! In this wise Allah sendeth astray whomsoever He will, and guideth whomsoever He will. And none knoweth the hosts of thy Lord but He. And it is naught but an admonition unto man. 31