١O THOU [in thy solitude] enfolded!
٢Arise and warn!
٣And thy Sustainer's greatness glorify!
٤And thine inner self purify!
٥And all defilement shun!
٦And do not through giving seek thyself to gain,
٧but unto thy Sustainer turn in patience.
٨And [warn all men that] when the trumpet-call [of resurrection] is sounded,
٩that very Day shall be a day of anguish,
١٠not of ease, for all who [now] deny the truth!
١١LEAVE Me alone [to deal] with him whom I have created alone,
١٢and to whom I have granted resources vast,
١٣and children as [love's] witnesses,
١٤and to whose life I gave so wide a scope:
١٥and yet, he greedily desires that I give yet more!
١٦Nay, verily, it is against Our messages that he knowingly, stubbornly sets himself
١٧[and so] I shall constrain him to endure a painful uphill climb!