The Hidden Secret (Al-Muddath-thir)
Allah - beginning with the name of - the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
O you (Prophet Muhamad), the cloaked, 1 arise and give warning! 2 And thine Lord magnify! 3 Purify your inner self, 4 And keep away from Ar-Rujz (the idols)! 5 Do not bestow favours in expectation of return, 6 be patient unto your Lord. 7 And when the trumpet is blown, 8 that shall be a Harsh Day 9 not an easy day for the unbelievers. 10 Leave Me with him whom I alone have created, 11 and appointed for him ample wealth 12 And children present [with him] 13 And made (life) smooth for him. 14 And who yet coveteth that shall increase. 15 Nay! Verily, he has been stubborn and opposing Our Ayat (proofs, evidences, verses, lessons, signs, revelations, etc.). 16 [and so] I shall constrain him to endure a painful uphill climb! 17 Surely he reflected and guessed, 18 Perish he! How maliciously he devised! 19 Yea, Woe to him; How he plotted!- 20 He looked (at others); 21 frowned and scowled; 22 Then he turned away, and was haughty. 23 and says, "All this is mere spellbinding eloquence handed down [from olden times]! 24 These are only words from a mere mortal". 25 Him shall I fling unto the burning. 26 And what will explain to thee what Hell-Fire is? 27 It does not allow to live, and neither leaves [to die,] 28 Darkening and changing the colour of man! 29 Over it are appointed 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