The Hidden Secret (Al-Muddath-thir)
In the name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful
O you who covers himself [with a garment], 1 Arise and warn! 2 Thy Lord magnify, 3 Purify your inner self, 4 and shun uncleanness, 5 And bestow not favour that thou mayest receive more. 6 For the sake of thy Lord, be patient! 7 When the trumpet is sounded,. 8 That, at that time, shall be a difficult day, 9 For the disbelievers - not easy. 10 Leave him to Me whom I created alone, 11 And gave him vast wealth. 12 And sons abiding in his presence 13 To whom I made (life) smooth and comfortable! 14 yet he is eager that I increase him. 15 Never! For he is an enemy to Our signs! 16 Soon will I visit him with a mount of calamities! 17 Indeed, he thought and deliberated. 18 May he be accursed, how he planned! 19 Again accursed be he, how evilly did he decide! 20 Then he looked round; 21 then he frowned and scowled, 22 Then he turned back and was proud; 23 And said: "This is nothing but the magic of old, 24 This is nothing but the word of a mortal!" 25 Him shall I fling unto the burning. 26 And what will explain to thee what Hell-Fire is? 27 It shall not spare, nor leave. 28 Burning the skins! 29 Over it are nineteen keepers. 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