The Hidden Secret (Al-Muddath-thir)
Allah - beginning with the name of - the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
O you who are clothed! 1 arise and give warning! 2 and exalt your Lord, 3 cleanse your clothes, 4 and shun uncleanness, 5 do not bestow a favour in the expectation of receiving more in return; 6 but unto thy Sustainer turn in patience. 7 When the Trumpet shall be sounded, 8 that will surely be a hard day, 9 Far from easy for those without Faith. 10 Leave Me with him whom I created alone, 11 and designated for him ample wealth, 12 and sons ever present with him, 13 To whom I made (life) smooth and comfortable! 14 After all that he desires that I should give more; 15 Never! For he is an enemy to Our signs! 16 Anon I shall afflict him with a fearful woe. 17 For he thought and he plotted;- 18 And woe to him! How he plotted!- 19 Again, death seize him, how he determined! 20 Then looked he, 21 frowned and scowled; 22 then he retreated and grew proud 23 said, "This (the Quran) is nothing but magic, inherited from ancient magicians. 24 "This is nothing but the word of a mortal!" 25 [Hence,] I shall cause him to endure hell-fire [in the life to come]! 26 And what will make you realize what hell is? 27 It lets nothing remain and leaves nothing [unburned], 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