The Hidden Secret (Al-Muddath-thir)
Allah - beginning with the name of - the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
O thou enveloped in thy cloak, 1 Arise and deliver thy warning! 2 And your Lord (Allah) magnify! 3 And your clothing purify 4 And uncleanliness avoid 5 And do not through giving seek thyself to gain, 6 For the sake of thy Lord, be patient! 7 When the Horn is blown, 8 that Day will be a hard and distressing Day. 9 Dolorous for the unbelievers. 10 Leave Me alone [to deal] with him whom I have created alone, 11 and to whom I have granted resources in abundance, 12 and children living in his presence, 13 and to whose life I gave so wide a scope: 14 and who still desires more. 15 By no means; he is stubbornly opposed to Our Signs. 16 On him I shall impose a fearful doom. 17 He reflected and then hatched a scheme. 18 and woe to him; how he plotted! 19 Again, death seize him, how he determined! 20 and then he looks [around for new arguments,] 21 and then he frowns and glares, 22 then he retreated and waxed proud, 23 and said: “This (Qur'an) is merely a sorcery of yore; 24 This is nothing but the word of mortal man!" 25 I will drive him into Saqar. 26 What will let you know what the Scorching is like! 27 It leaveth naught; it spareth naught 28 it scorches the skin; 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