The Hidden Secret (Al-Muddath-thir)
Allah - beginning with the name of - the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
O the Cloaked One! (Prophet Mohammed – peace and blessings be upon him) 1 Arise and warn! 2 Thy Lord magnify 3 And your garments do purify, 4 and shun uncleanness, 5 And do not favour others in order to receive more. 6 and for the sake of your Lord, be patient. 7 Then when the horn shall be blown, 8 that very Day shall be a day of anguish, 9 Far from easy for those without Faith. 10 Leave Me and him whom I created alone, 11 And gave him vast wealth. 12 and children as [love's] witnesses, 13 And I adjusted affairs for him adjustably; 14 And yet he desires that I should add more! 15 By no means! Verily he hath been unto Our signs a foe. 16 I shall soon constrain him to a hard ascent. 17 For he thought and he plotted;- 18 death seized him, how was his determining! 19 And again perish he! How maliciously he devised! 20 He then dared to lift his gaze. 21 Then frowned and grimaced. 22 then he retreated and grew proud 23 Then he said: "This is nothing but magic from that of old; 24 It is nothing but the word of a mortal' 25 Him shall I soon roast in Hell. 26 - Ah, what will convey unto thee what that burning is! - 27 It leaveth naught; it spareth naught 28 it scorches (even) the skin. 29 Over it are nineteen (angels guarding). 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