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 stand up, deliver your warning, 2 proclaim the greatness of your Lord, 3 And your garments do purify, 4 And uncleanliness avoid 5 and bestow not favour in order to seek from others a greater return, 6 and persevere for your Lord's sake. 7 So when the Trumpet will be blown. 8 It will be a day of distress, 9 for the unbelievers not easy. 10 Leave to Me the one, whom I have created all by Myself, 11 And gave him abundant wealth 12 And gave him sons present before him. 13 And spread [everything] before him, easing [his life]. 14 Yet he desireth that I should give more. 15 By no means! Verily he hath been unto Our signs a foe. 16 [and so] I shall constrain him to endure a painful uphill climb! 17 For he thought and he plotted -- 18 So let him be cursed! How he plotted! 19 What an evil plan he has made! 20 Then he looked round; 21 frowned and scowled; 22 Then he turned back and was big with pride, 23 Then he said: This is naught but enchantment, narrated (from others); 24 'this is nothing but mortal speech.' 25 Him shall I fling unto the burning. 26 What could make you conceive what hell-fire is? 27 It leaves nothing, nor does it spare; 28 It shrivelleth the man. 29 there are nineteen [angels] in charge of it -- 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