The Hidden Secret (Al-Muddath-thir)
Allah - beginning with the name of - the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
O the Cloaked One! (Prophet Mohammed – peace and blessings be upon him) 1 Arise and deliver thy warning! 2 And thine Lord magnify! 3 And thy garments keep free from stain! 4 and flee from the statues! 5 And show not favour, seeking wordly gain! 6 But, for thy Lord's (Cause), be patient and constant! 7 When the Horn is blown, 8 So that is a tough day. 9 not of ease, for all who [now] deny the truth! 10 Leave Me with the one I created alone 11 and designated for him ample wealth, 12 And sons abiding in his presence 13 And made (life) smooth for him. 14 Yet is he greedy-that I should add (yet more);- 15 By no means! For to Our Signs he has been refractory! 16 [and so] I shall constrain him to endure a painful uphill climb! 17 He reflected and then hatched a scheme. 18 So accursed be he, how evilly did he decide! 19 yea, he destroys himself, the way he meditates! 20 He looked (at others); 21 Then he frowned and scowled, 22 and he turned his back and behaved arrogantly 23 And said, "This is not but magic imitated [from others]. 24 These are only words from a mere mortal". 25 I will drive him into Saqar. 26 And what do you know what Hell is? 27 It lets nothing remain and leaves nothing [unburned], 28 it scorches (even) the skin. 29 Above it are nineteen guards. 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