The Hidden Secret (Al-Muddath-thir)
Allah - beginning with the name of - the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
O thou enveloped! 1 Arise, and warn, 2 And your Lord glorify 3 Purify your inner self, 4 And uncleanness do shun, 5 and bestow not favour in order to seek from others a greater return, 6 and for the sake of your Lord, be patient. 7 And when the trumpet is blown, 8 it will be a hard day 9 Not easy upon the disbelievers. 10 Leave Me (to deal) with him whom I created lonely, 11 And gave him abundant wealth 12 And sons abiding in his presence 13 and for whom I have smoothed the way (to power and riches), 14 And who yet coveteth that shall increase. 15 By no means; he is stubbornly opposed to Our Signs. 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 Indeed he thought, and inwardly decided. 18 May he be condemned! 19 May be then be accursed, how he plotted! 20 Then looked he, 21 Then he frowned and scowled, 22 then he retreated and waxed proud, 23 Then said he: "This is nothing but magic, derived from of old; 24 It is nothing but the word of a mortal' 25 Soon I will cast him into hell. 26 What will let you know what the Scorching is like! 27 It spares not (any sinner), nor does it leave (anything unburnt)! 28 Blackening the skins. 29 Over it are nineteen [angels]. 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