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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 In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. He 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 the blind man came unto him.

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

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3 What could inform thee but that he might grow (in grace)

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

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4 Or take heed and so the reminder might avail him ?

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5 As for him who thinks himself self-sufficient,

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5 As for him who thinketh himself independent,

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6 To him you attend;

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6 Unto him thou payest regard.

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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 Yet it is not thy concern if he grow not (in grace).

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8 But as to him who came to you running,

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8 But as for him who cometh unto thee with earnest purpose

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

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9 And hath fear,

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

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10 From him thou art 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 Nay, but verily it is an Admonishment,

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

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12 So let whosoever will pay heed to it,

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

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13 On honoured leaves

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14 Exalted (in dignity), purified,

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14 Exalted, purified,

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15 In the hands of scribes (angels).

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15 (Set down) by scribes

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16 Honourable and obedient.

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16 Noble and righteous.

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

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17 Man is (self - )destroyed: how ungrateful!

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18 From what thing did He create him?

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18 From what thing doth 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 drop of seed. He createth him and proportioneth him,

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20 Then He makes the Path easy for him.

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20 Then maketh the way easy 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 causeth him to die, and burieth 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 will, He bringeth him again to life.

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

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

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24 Then let man look at his food:

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24 Let man consider his food:

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25 We pour forth water in abundance.

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25 How We pour water in showers

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26 And We split the earth in clefts.

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26 Then split the earth in clefts

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27 And We cause therein the grain to grow,

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27 And cause the grain to grow therein

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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 green fodder

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29 And olives and date-palms,

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29 And olive - trees and palm - trees

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30 And gardens dense with many trees,

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30 And garden - closes of thick foliage

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31 And fruits and herbage

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31 And fruits and grasses:

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

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32 Provision for you and your cattle.

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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 the Shout cometh

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34 That Day shall a man flee from his brother,

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34 On the day when a man fleeth 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 Every man that day will have concern enough to make him heedless (of others).

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

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38 On that day faces will be bright as dawn,

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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, on that day, with dust upon them,

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41 Darkness will cover them.

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41 Veiled in darkness,

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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.