The Hidden Secret (Al-Muddath-thir)
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
O THOU [in thy solitude] enfolded! 1 Arise, and warn, 2 Thy Lord magnify, 3 And thine raiment purify. 4 and shun uncleanness, 5 And bestow not favors that you may receive again with increase, 6 But, for thy Lord's (Cause), be patient and constant! 7 Then when the horn shall be blown, 8 Truly, that Day will be a Hard Day. 9 Not easy upon the disbelievers. 10 Leave Me with him whom I created alone, 11 And then granted him resources in abundance. 12 and sons that stand in witness. 13 And for whom I smoothed everything. 14 Yet is he greedy-that I should add (yet more);- 15 No! Indeed, he has been toward Our verses obstinate. 16 I will cover him with arduous torment. 17 He reflected, and then determined 18 May he be accursed, how he planned! 19 May be then be accursed, how he plotted! 20 Then he looked, 21 Then he frowned and scowled, 22 Then he turned away, and was haughty. 23 said, "This (the Quran) is nothing but magic, inherited from ancient magicians. 24 This is not but the word of a human being." 25 I shall make him suffer the torment of hell. 26 And what can make you know what is Saqar? 27 It leaves and spares no one and nothing. 28 Darkening and changing the colour of man! 29 there are nineteen [angels] in charge of it -- 30 We have appointed only angels to be wardens of the Fire, and their number have We made to be a stumbling-block for those who disbelieve; that those to whom the Scripture hath been given may have certainty, and that believers may increase in faith; and that those to whom the Scripture hath been given and believers may not doubt; and that those in whose hearts there is disease, and disbelievers, may say: What meaneth Allah by this similitude? Thus Allah sendeth astray whom He will, and whom He will He guideth. None knoweth the hosts of thy Lord save Him. This is naught else than a Reminder unto mortals. 31