The Hidden Secret (Al-Muddath-thir)
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
O thou enveloped in thy cloak, 1 arise, and warn! 2 And thy Sustainer's greatness glorify! 3 And thine inner self purify! 4 And banish all trepidation. 5 And give not a thing in order to have more (or consider not your deeds of Allah's obedience as a favour to Allah). 6 And for the sake of your Lord, patiently endure. 7 And [warn all men that] when the trumpet-call [of resurrection] is sounded, 8 it will be a hard day 9 For the unbelievers, anything but easy. 10 Leave Me alone with he whom I created 11 And gave him abundant wealth 12 and sons to be by his side, 13 And made life smooth and comfortable for him! 14 After all that he desires that I should give more; 15 Never. He is refractory of Our signs. 16 I will cover him with arduous torment. 17 For he thought and he plotted;- 18 So let him be cursed! How he plotted! 19 And again perish he! How maliciously he devised! 20 Then he considered [again]; 21 frowned and scowled, 22 then he retreated, and waxed proud. 23 And said: "This is nothing but the magic of old, 24 Nothing more than the speech of a man!" 25 Anon shall I roast him into the Scorching Fire. 26 and what will teach thee what is Sakar? 27 It lets nothing remain and leaves nothing [unburned], 28 it scorches (even) the skin. 29 Over it are appointed nineteen. 30 We have appointed only angels to be wardens of the Fire, and their number have We made to be a stumbling-block for those who disbelieve; that those to whom the Scripture hath been given may have certainty, and that believers may increase in faith; and that those to whom the Scripture hath been given and believers may not doubt; and that those in whose hearts there is disease, and disbelievers, may say: What meaneth Allah by this similitude? Thus Allah sendeth astray whom He will, and whom He will He guideth. None knoweth the hosts of thy Lord save Him. This is naught else than a Reminder unto mortals. 31