The Hidden Secret (Al-Muddath-thir)
In the name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful
O you (Prophet Muhamad), the cloaked, 1 Arise, and warn, 2 And thy Sustainer's greatness glorify! 3 And your garments do purify, 4 And keep away from Ar-Rujz (the idols)! 5 And do not confer favor to acquire more 6 But, for thy Lord's (Cause), be patient and constant! 7 Then when the horn shall be blown, 8 That, at that time, shall be a difficult day, 9 For the disbelievers - not easy. 10 Leave Me with him whom I created alone, 11 and whom I have granted abundant wealth 12 And children present [with him] 13 I made things smooth and easy for him, 14 After all that he desires that I should give more; 15 No! Indeed, he has been toward Our verses obstinate. 16 I will constrain him to a hard ascent. 17 Verily he considered, and devised. 18 and woe to him; how he plotted! 19 Let him be destroyed. How he calculated! 20 Then he looked around, 21 Then frowned he and scowled. 22 and in the end he turns his back [on Our message,] and glories in his arrogance, 23 And said: This is naught else than magic from of old; 24 It is nothing but the word of a mortal' 25 I shall make him suffer the torment of hell. 26 And what could make thee conceive what hell-fire is? 27 Naught doth it permit to endure, and naught doth it leave alone!- 28 It strips away the hide of man. 29 Over it are nineteen [angels]. 30 And We have appointed none but the angels to be wardens of the Fire. And their number we have made only a trial for those who disbelieve, so that those who are vouchsafed the Book may be convinced, and that those who believe may increase in faith, and that those who are vouchsafed the Book and the believers may not doubt, and that those in whose hearts is a disease and the infidels may say: what meaneth Allah by this description! In this wise Allah sendeth astray whomsoever He will, and guideth whomsoever He will. And none knoweth the hosts of thy Lord but He. And it is naught but an admonition unto man. 31