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Hilali & Muhsin Khan

1 In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. (The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم) frowned and turned away.

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1 The Prophet frowned and turned away

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2 Because there came to him the blind man (i.e. 'Abdullah bin Umm-Maktum, who came to the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم while he was preaching to one or some of the Quraish chiefs).

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2 Because there came to him the blind man, [interrupting].

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3 And how can you know that he might become pure (from sins)?

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3 But what would make you perceive, [O Muhammad], that perhaps he might be purified

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4 Or he might receive admonition, and the admonition might profit him?

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4 Or be reminded and the remembrance would benefit him?

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5 As for him who thinks himself self-sufficient,

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5 As for he who thinks himself without need,

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6 To him you attend;

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6 To him you give attention.

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7 What does it matter to you if he will not become pure (from disbelief: you are only a Messenger, your duty is to convey the Message of Allah).

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7 And not upon you [is any blame] if he will not be purified.

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8 But as to him who came to you running,

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8 But as for he who came to you striving [for knowledge]

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9 And is afraid (of Allah and His punishment).

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9 While he fears [Allah],

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10 Of him you are neglectful and divert your attention to another,

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10 From him you are distracted.

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11 Nay, (do not do like this); indeed it (this Qur'an) is an admonition.

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11 No! Indeed, these verses are a reminder;

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12 So whoever wills, let him pay attention to it.

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12 So whoever wills may remember it.

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13 (It is) in Records held (greatly) in honour (Al-Lauh Al-Mahfuz),

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13 [It is recorded] in honored sheets,

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14 Exalted (in dignity), purified,

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14 Exalted and purified,

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15 In the hands of scribes (angels).

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15 [Carried] by the hands of messenger - angels,

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16 Honourable and obedient.

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16 Noble and dutiful.

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17 Be cursed (the disbelieving) man! How ungrateful he is!

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17 Cursed is man; how disbelieving is he.

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18 From what thing did He create him?

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18 From what substance did He create him?

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19 From Nutfah (male and female semen drops) He created him and then set him in due proportion.

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19 From a sperm - drop He created him and destined for him;

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20 Then He makes the Path easy for him.

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20 Then He eased the way for him;

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21 Then He causes him to die and puts him in his grave.

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21 Then He causes his death and provides a grave for him.

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22 Then when it is His Will, He will resurrect him (again).

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22 Then when He wills, He will resurrect him.

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23 Nay, but (man) has not done what He commanded him.

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23 No! Man has not yet accomplished what He commanded him.

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24 Then let man look at his food:

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24 Then let mankind look at his food -

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25 We pour forth water in abundance.

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25 How We poured down water in torrents,

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26 And We split the earth in clefts.

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26 Then We broke open the earth, splitting [it with sprouts],

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27 And We cause therein the grain to grow,

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27 And caused to grow within it grain

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28 And grapes and clover plants (i.e. green fodder for the cattle),

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28 And grapes and herbage

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29 And olives and date-palms,

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29 And olive and palm trees

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30 And gardens dense with many trees,

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30 And gardens of dense shrubbery

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31 And fruits and herbage

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31 And fruit and grass -

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32 (To be) a provision and benefit for you and your cattle.

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32 [As] enjoyment for you and your grazing livestock.

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33 Then when there comes As-Sakhkhah (the second blowing of the Trumpet on the Day of Resurrection)

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33 But when there comes the Deafening Blast

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34 That Day shall a man flee from his brother,

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34 On the Day a man will flee from his brother

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35 And from his mother and his father,

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35 And his mother and his father

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36 And from his wife and his children.

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36 And his wife and his children,

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37 Everyman that Day will have enough to make him careless of others.

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37 For every man, that Day, will be a matter adequate for him.

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38 Some faces that Day will be bright (true believers of Islamic Monotheism),

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38 [Some] faces, that Day, will be bright -

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39 Laughing, rejoicing at good news (of Paradise).

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39 Laughing, rejoicing at good news.

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40 And other faces, that Day, will be dust-stained.

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40 And [other] faces, that Day, will have upon them dust.

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41 Darkness will cover them.

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41 Blackness will cover them.

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42 Such will be the Kafarah (disbelievers in Allah, in His Oneness, and in His Messenger Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم, etc.), the Fajarah (wicked evil doers).

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42 Those are the disbelievers, the wicked ones.