The Hidden Secret (Al-Muddath-thir)
Allah - beginning with the name of - the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
O you (Muhammad SAW) enveloped (in garments)! 1 arise, and warn! 2 And thy Sustainer's greatness glorify! 3 And keep your clothes clean. 4 And all abomination shun! 5 and bestow not favour in order to seek from others a greater return, 6 And persevere in the way of your Lord. 7 For when the trumpet blows 8 Surely that day will be a day of anguish, 9 For the infidels, not easy. 10 Leave Me (to deal) with him whom I created lonely, 11 and to whom I have granted resources vast, 12 and sons to be by his side, 13 and to whose life I gave so wide a scope: 14 And yet he desires that I should add more! 15 Nay! He is forward unto Our signs; 16 and I shall constrain him to a hard ascent. 17 Verily he considered, and devised. 18 And woe to him! How he plotted!- 19 What an evil plan he has made! 20 May he be condemned again for his schemes! He looked around, 21 frowned and scowled; 22 Then turned his back and waxed proud, 23 and said: 'This is no more than traced sorcery; 24 This is not but the word of a human being." 25 Soon will I cast him into Hell-Fire! 26 and what will teach thee what is Sakar? 27 It leaveth naught; it spareth naught 28 Scorching the skin. 29 Over it are nineteen (angels as guardians and keepers of Hell). 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