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 thy Lord do thou magnify! 3 Purify your inner self, 4 And stay away from idols. 5 Do not bestow favours in expectation of return, 6 and be patient unto thy Lord. 7 When the trumpet is sounded,. 8 That Day will be a difficult day 9 Not easy upon the disbelievers. 10 Leave Me with him whom I alone have created, 11 And then bestowed upon him ample means, 12 and sons ever present with him, 13 and for whom I have smoothed the way (to power and riches), 14 Yet he desireth that I should give more. 15 No! Indeed, he has been toward Our verses obstinate. 16 On him I shall impose a fearful doom. 17 Indeed he thought, and inwardly decided. 18 (Self-)destroyed is he, how he planned! 19 Again accursed be he, how evilly did he decide! 20 Then he looked around, 21 Then frowned and grimaced. 22 Then he turned back and was big with pride, 23 and says, "All this is mere spellbinding eloquence handed down [from olden times]! 24 These are only words from a mere mortal". 25 I will cast him into the fire of Hell. 26 What do you think Hell-fire is? 27 It shall not spare, nor leave. 28 making [all truth] visible to mortal man. 29 and it has nineteen angelic keepers. 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