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 your Lord (Allah) magnify! 3 and purify your robes, 4 and defilement flee! 5 Nor expect, in giving, any increase (for thyself)! 6 be patient unto your Lord. 7 And when the trumpet is blown, 8 That Day will be a difficult day 9 For the infidels, not easy. 10 Leave Me and him whom I created alone, 11 and whom I have granted abundant wealth 12 and children living in his presence, 13 And made things easy for them. 14 and yet, he greedily desires that I give him even more! 15 By no means! surely he offers opposition to Our communications. 16 Anon I shall afflict him with a fearful woe. 17 For he had thought and calculated. 18 May he be condemned! 19 And again perish he! How maliciously he devised! 20 Then he looked around, 21 And frowned and puckered his brow, 22 Then he turned back and was arrogant 23 and says, "All this is mere spellbinding eloquence handed down [from olden times]! 24 This is nothing but the word of a mortal!" 25 I shall surely roast him in Sakar; 26 And what will explain to thee what Hell-Fire is? 27 It neither spares, nor releases, 28 Burning 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