The Hidden Secret (Al-Muddath-thir)
Allah - beginning with the name of - the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
O thou enveloped! 1 Arise, and warn, 2 And your Lord do magnify, 3 and purify your clothing, 4 And all defilement shun! 5 And bestow not favour that thou mayest receive more. 6 and be patient unto thy Lord. 7 For when the trumpet blows 8 that very Day shall be a day of anguish, 9 Not easy upon the disbelievers. 10 LEAVE Me alone [to deal] with him whom I have created alone, 11 To whom I granted resources in abundance, 12 and sons to be by his side, 13 and for whom I have smoothed the way (to power and riches), 14 and who still greedily desires that I should bestow upon him more. 15 Never. He is refractory of Our signs. 16 I shall force him to endure a painful uphill climb! 17 Verily, he thought and plotted; 18 So accursed be he, how evilly did he decide! 19 Again, death seize him, how he determined! 20 He looked (at others); 21 Then he frowned and he looked in a bad tempered way; 22 Then he turned back and was arrogant 23 And said: "This is nothing but the magic of old, 24 This is nothing but the word of mortal man!" 25 I shall make him suffer the torment of hell. 26 And what will make you realize what hell is? 27 It does not allow to live, and neither leaves [to die,] 28 Darkening and changing the colour of man! 29 Over it are Nineteen. 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