The Hidden Secret (Al-Muddath-thir)
In the Name of Allah, the Merciful, the Most Merciful
O you enveloped in your cloak! 1 arise, and warn! 2 And thine Lord magnify! 3 And your garments purify! 4 And stay away from idols. 5 And give not a thing in order to have more (or consider not your deeds of Allah's obedience as a favour to Allah). 6 But, for thy Lord's (Cause), be patient and constant! 7 For when the Trump is sounded 8 Surely that day will be a day of anguish, 9 for the unbelievers not easy. 10 Leave Me with him whom I created alone, 11 And then bestowed upon him ample means, 12 And children to be by his side! 13 And I adjusted affairs for him adjustably; 14 Then he desires that I should add more. 15 By no means! For to Our Signs he has been refractory! 16 I will make a distressing punishment overtake him. 17 He planned and plotted. 18 May he be condemned! 19 And once more let him be cursed, how he plotted! 20 May he be condemned again for his schemes! He looked around, 21 Then he frowned and scowled; 22 then he retreated and grew proud 23 And said: This is naught else than magic from of old; 24 These are only words from a mere mortal". 25 Soon I will cast him into hell. 26 What will let you know what the Scorching is like! 27 It leaveth naught; it spareth naught 28 Burning the skins! 29 Over it are Nineteen. 30 We have appointed none but angels to guard the Fire, and made their number only as a trial for the unbelievers, so that those to whom the Book was given are certain and those who believe increase in belief. And that those who were given the Book, and those who believe will not be in doubt. And that those in whose hearts there is a sickness, together with the unbelievers, may say: 'What did Allah intend by this as an example' As such, Allah leaves in error whom He will and He guides whomsoever He will. None knows the hosts of your Lord except He. This is no more than a Reminder to humans. 31