The Hidden Secret (Al-Muddath-thir)
Allah - beginning with the name of - the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
O you who covers himself [with a garment], 1 Arise and warn, 2 And your Lord glorify 3 And keep your clothes clean. 4 And stay away from idols. 5 Nor expect, in giving, any increase (for thyself)! 6 be patient unto your Lord. 7 So when the Trumpet will be blown. 8 that will surely be a hard day, 9 It will not be easy for those who deny the truth. 10 Leave him to Me whom I created alone, 11 To whom I granted resources in abundance, 12 And sons always present by his side, 13 whose life I have made run smoothly 14 Yet is he greedy-that I should add (yet more);- 15 Never! For he is an enemy to Our signs! 16 We shall make him suffer the torment of hell without relief. 17 Verily he considered, and devised. 18 May he be accursed, how he planned! 19 Again accursed be he, how evilly did he decide! 20 and then he looks [around for new arguments,] 21 frowned and scowled; 22 Then turned his back and waxed proud, 23 Then he said: naught is this but magic from of old; 24 This is not but the word of a human being." 25 Anon shall I roast him into the Scorching Fire. 26 And what do you know what Hell is? 27 It leaves naught nor does it spare aught. 28 scorching the flesh; 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