The Hidden Secret (Al-Muddath-thir)
Allah - beginning with the name of - the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
O you who covers himself [with a garment], 1 arise and give warning! 2 And proclaim the Purity of your Lord. 3 And your garments purify! 4 And keep away from Ar-Rujz (the idols)! 5 Do not bestow favours in expectation of return, 6 But, for thy Lord's (Cause), be patient and constant! 7 For when the trumpet blows 8 it will be a hard day 9 not an easy day for the unbelievers. 10 Leave Me Alone (to deal) with whom I created Alone (without any means, i.e. Al-Walid bin Al-Mughirah Al-Makhzumi)! 11 And gave him abundant wealth 12 and sons standing before him, 13 To whom I made (life) smooth and comfortable! 14 Yet he desireth that I should give more. 15 By no means; he is stubbornly opposed to Our Signs. 16 [and so] I shall constrain him to endure a painful uphill climb! 17 For he thought and he plotted;- 18 and thus he destroys himself, the way he meditates: 19 Again, death seize him, how he determined! 20 Then he looked round; 21 and then he frowns and glares, 22 then he retreated and waxed proud, 23 And said, "This is not but magic imitated [from others]. 24 This is naught else than speech of mortal man. 25 I will soon fling him into hell. 26 What do you think Hell-fire is? 27 It neither spares, nor releases, 28 It glows and burns the skin. 29 Above it are nineteen. 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