The Hidden Secret (Al-Muddath-thir)
In the name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful
O you who covers himself [with a garment], 1 Arise and deliver thy warning! 2 And proclaim the Purity of your Lord. 3 And your clothing purify 4 And all abomination shun! 5 and do not think that by doing such deeds, you have done a great favor to God. 6 and persevere for your Lord's sake. 7 When the Horn is blown, 8 That will be- that Day - a Day of Distress,- 9 Not easy upon the disbelievers. 10 Leave Me with him whom I created alone, 11 And then granted him resources in abundance. 12 and children living in his presence, 13 whose life I have made run smoothly 14 and yet, he greedily desires that I give yet more! 15 Never! For he is an enemy to Our signs! 16 On him I shall impose a fearful doom. 17 Verily, he thought and plotted; 18 And woe to him! How he plotted!- 19 yea, he destroys himself, the way he meditates! 20 May he be condemned again for his schemes! He looked around, 21 frowned and scowled, 22 Then he turned back and was haughty; 23 and said: “This (Qur'an) is merely a sorcery of yore; 24 this is nothing but the word of a mere mortal!” 25 I will cast him into hell. 26 And what will make you know exactly what Hell-fire is? 27 It shall not spare, nor leave. 28 it scorches (even) the skin. 29 there are nineteen [angels] in charge of it -- 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