The Hidden Secret (Al-Muddath-thir)
Allah - beginning with the name of - the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
O thou shrouded in thy mantle, 1 Arise and deliver thy warning! 2 Proclaim the glory of your Lord; 3 And thine inner self purify! 4 And banish all trepidation. 5 Nor expect, in giving, any increase (for thyself)! 6 be patient unto your Lord. 7 When the Trumpet shall be sounded, 8 That Day will be a difficult day 9 not an easy day for the unbelievers. 10 Leave Me alone [to deal] with him whom I have created alone, 11 And gave him vast wealth. 12 And sons always present by his side, 13 And spread [everything] before him, easing [his life]. 14 After all that he desires that I should give more; 15 No! Indeed, he has been toward Our verses obstinate. 16 Soon will I visit him with a mount of calamities! 17 Surely he reflected and guessed, 18 death seize him, how he determined! 19 What an evil plan he has made! 20 Then he looked, 21 Then he frowned and scowled, 22 and in the end he turns his back [on Our message,] and glories in his arrogance, 23 Then said he: "This is nothing but magic, derived from of old; 24 this is nothing but the word of a mere mortal!” 25 I will cast him into Hell-fire 26 And what can make you know what is Saqar? 27 It does not allow to live, and neither leaves [to die,] 28 It strips away the hide of man. 29 Over it are nineteen [angels]. 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