The Hidden Secret (Al-Muddath-thir)
Allah - beginning with the name of - the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
Cloaked one, 1 Arise, and warn, 2 Glorify your Lord, 3 Purify your inner self, 4 and flee from the statues! 5 And give not a thing in order to have more (or consider not your deeds of Allah's obedience as a favour to Allah). 6 And for the sake of your Lord, patiently endure. 7 For when the trumpet is sounded, 8 That, at that time, shall be a difficult day, 9 for the unbelievers not easy. 10 Leave Me with the one I created alone 11 And then granted him resources in abundance. 12 and sons standing before him, 13 To whom I made (life) smooth and comfortable! 14 and who still desires more. 15 Nay! He is forward unto Our signs; 16 I shall force him to endure a painful uphill climb! 17 He planned and plotted. 18 (Self-)destroyed is he, how he planned! 19 And again perish he! How maliciously he devised! 20 Then he considered [again]; 21 frowned and scowled; 22 then he retreated, and waxed proud. 23 And said, “This is nothing but magic learnt from earlier men.” 24 "This is nothing but the word of a human being!" 25 I will cast him into Hell-fire 26 And what can make you know what is Saqar? 27 It leaveth naught; it spareth naught 28 Blackening the skins. 29 Over it are nineteen [powers]. 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