Al-Muddaththir

O THOU [in thy solitude] enfolded!

Arise and warn!

And thy Sustainer's greatness glorify!

And thine inner self purify!

And all defilement shun!

And do not through giving seek thyself to gain,

but unto thy Sustainer turn in patience.

And [warn all men that] when the trumpet-call [of resurrection] is sounded,

that very Day shall be a day of anguish,

not of ease, for all who [now] deny the truth!

LEAVE Me alone [to deal] with him whom I have created alone,

and to whom I have granted resources vast,

and children as [love's] witnesses,

and to whose life I gave so wide a scope:

and yet, he greedily desires that I give yet more!