The Hidden Secret (Al-Muddath-thir)
In the name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful
O, you, wrapped in your cloak, 1 Arise and warn, 2 And thy Sustainer's greatness glorify! 3 and purify your clothing, 4 And uncleanliness avoid 5 And do not through giving seek thyself to gain, 6 And for the sake of your Lord, be patient. 7 For when the Trump is sounded 8 That, at that time, shall be a difficult day, 9 Not easy upon the disbelievers. 10 Leave Me (to deal) with him whom I created lonely, 11 And then bestowed upon him ample means, 12 and children living in his presence, 13 And spread [everything] before him, easing [his life]. 14 And who yet coveteth that shall increase. 15 Nay, verily, it is against Our messages that he knowingly, stubbornly sets himself 16 I shall oblige him to (climb a slippery mountain in the Hell-fire called As-Sa'ud, or to) face a severe torment! 17 He planned and plotted. 18 May he be accursed, how he planned! 19 And once more let him be cursed, how he plotted! 20 Then he looked around, 21 and then he frowns and glares, 22 Then he turned away, and was haughty. 23 And said, “This is nothing but magic learnt from earlier men.” 24 This is not but the word of a human being." 25 Anon shall I roast him into the Scorching Fire. 26 What will let you know what the Scorching is like! 27 It leaves and spares no one and nothing. 28 scorching the flesh; 29 there are nineteen [angels] in charge of it -- 30 And We have appointed none but the angels to be wardens of the Fire. And their number we have made only a trial for those who disbelieve, so that those who are vouchsafed the Book may be convinced, and that those who believe may increase in faith, and that those who are vouchsafed the Book and the believers may not doubt, and that those in whose hearts is a disease and the infidels may say: what meaneth Allah by this description! In this wise Allah sendeth astray whomsoever He will, and guideth whomsoever He will. And none knoweth the hosts of thy Lord but He. And it is naught but an admonition unto man. 31