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 thy Sustainer's greatness glorify! 3 And keep your clothes clean. 4 stay away from sins 5 Do not give, thinking to gain greater 6 But for your Lord be patient. 7 When the Horn is blown, 8 Truly, that Day will be a Hard Day. 9 For the infidels, not easy. 10 LEAVE Me alone [to deal] with him whom I have created alone, 11 and appointed for him ample wealth 12 and sons ever present with him, 13 And I adjusted affairs for him adjustably; 14 After all that he desires that I should give more; 15 Nay, verily, it is against Our messages that he knowingly, stubbornly sets himself 16 Anon I shall afflict him with a fearful woe. 17 He planned and plotted. 18 and thus he destroys himself, the way he meditates: 19 Let him be destroyed. How he calculated! 20 Then he thought; 21 Then frowned he and scowled. 22 Then he turned back and was proud; 23 Then said he: "This is nothing but magic, derived from of old; 24 This is nothing but the word of mortal man!" 25 I will surely roast him in the Scorching. 26 What do you think Hell-fire is? 27 It neither leaves, nor spares. 28 Blackening the skins. 29 over it are 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