The Hidden Secret (Al-Muddath-thir)
Allah - beginning with the name of - the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
O, you, wrapped in your cloak, 1 Arise and warn, 2 proclaim the greatness of your Lord, 3 And thine inner self purify! 4 And uncleanness do shun, 5 And bestow not favour that thou mayest receive more. 6 But, for thy Lord's (Cause), be patient and constant! 7 For when the trumpet shall sound, 8 it will be a hard day 9 Far from easy for those without Faith. 10 Leave Me alone with he whom I created 11 And then bestowed upon him ample means, 12 And children present [with him] 13 And made (life) smooth for him. 14 and who still greedily desires that I should bestow upon him more. 15 No! Indeed, he has been toward Our verses obstinate. 16 I shall oblige him to (climb a slippery mountain in the Hell-fire called As-Sa'ud, or to) face a severe torment! 17 Indeed, he thought and deliberated. 18 So accursed be he, how evilly did he decide! 19 What an evil plan he has made! 20 Then he looked round; 21 frowned and scowled, 22 Then turned his back and waxed proud, 23 He said, 'This is naught but a trumped-up sorcery; 24 This is naught else than speech of mortal man. 25 I will cast him into the fire of Hell. 26 And what do you know what Hell is? 27 It lets nothing remain and leaves nothing [unburned], 28 Scorching the skin. 29 and it has nineteen angelic keepers. 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