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 warn. 2 And thy Lord do thou magnify! 3 thy robes purify 4 and shun uncleanness, 5 And bestow not favors that you may receive again with increase, 6 But for your Lord be patient. 7 So when the Trumpet will be blown. 8 that will surely be a hard day, 9 Not of ease, for disbelievers. 10 Leave Me with the one I created alone 11 And to whom I granted extensive wealth 12 and sons to be by his side, 13 I made things smooth and easy for him, 14 and yet, he greedily desires that I give him even more! 15 Nay, verily, it is against Our messages that he knowingly, stubbornly sets himself 16 Soon I shall mount him on Saood, the hill of fire. 17 For he thought and he plotted;- 18 Perish he! How maliciously he devised! 19 And again perish he! How maliciously he devised! 20 Then he beheld, 21 then frowned and scowled; 22 Then he turned back and was big with pride, 23 And said: "This is nothing but the magic of old, 24 this is nothing but the word of a mere mortal!” 25 Him shall I fling unto the burning. 26 And what knoweth thou that which the Scorching Fire? 27 It leaveth naught; it spareth naught 28 Blackening the skins. 29 Over 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