The Hidden Secret (Al-Muddath-thir)
Allah - beginning with the name of - the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
O you who are clothed! 1 Arise and warn! 2 and magnify the glory of your Lord, 3 And thine raiment purify. 4 And keep away from Ar-Rujz (the idols)! 5 And show not favour, seeking wordly gain! 6 but unto thy Sustainer turn in patience. 7 When the Trumpet shall be sounded, 8 it will be a hard day 9 Dolorous for the unbelievers. 10 Leave Me with him whom I alone have created, 11 And then granted him resources in abundance. 12 And sons to be by his side!- 13 And for whom I smoothed everything. 14 And yet he desires that I should add more! 15 Nay, verily, it is against Our messages that he knowingly, stubbornly sets himself 16 I will make a distressing punishment overtake him. 17 For lo! he did consider; then he planned - 18 (Self-)destroyed is he, how he planned! 19 Then may he be destroyed [for] how he deliberated. 20 He looked (at others); 21 Then he frowned and scowled; 22 Then he turned away, and was haughty. 23 And said: This is naught else than magic from of old; 24 It is nothing but the word of a mortal' 25 Him shall I fling unto the burning. 26 - Ah, what will convey unto thee what that burning is! - 27 It leaves and spares no one and nothing. 28 Blackening the skins. 29 there are nineteen [angels] in charge of it -- 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