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1 The Prophet frowned and turned away

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.

Shakir

1 He frowned and turned (his) back,

Saheeh International

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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).

Shakir

2 Because there came to him the blind man.

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

3 And what would make you know that he would purify himself,

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4 Or be reminded and the remembrance would benefit him?

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

4 Or become reminded so that the reminder should profit him?

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5 As for he who thinks himself without need,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

5 As for him who thinks himself self-sufficient,

Shakir

5 As for him who considers himself free from need (of you),

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6 To him you give attention.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

6 To him you attend;

Shakir

6 To him do you address yourself.

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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).

Shakir

7 And no blame is on you if he would not purify himself

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

8 But as to him who came to you running,

Shakir

8 And as to him who comes to you striving hard,

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9 While he fears [Allah],

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

9 And he fears,

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10 From him you are distracted.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

10 From him will you divert yourself.

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11 No! Indeed, these verses are a reminder;

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

11 Nay! surely it is an admonishment.

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12 So whoever wills may remember it.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

12 So let him who pleases mind it.

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13 [It is recorded] in honored sheets,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

13 In honored books,

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14 Exalted and purified,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

14 Exalted (in dignity), purified,

Shakir

14 Exalted, purified,

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

15 In the hands of scribes (angels).

Shakir

15 In the hands of scribes

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16 Noble and dutiful.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

16 Honourable and obedient.

Shakir

16 Noble, virtuous.

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17 Cursed is man; how disbelieving is he.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

17 Cursed be man! how ungrateful is he!

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18 From what substance did He create him?

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

18 From what thing did He create him?

Shakir

18 Of what thing did He create him?

Saheeh International

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

19 Of a small seed; He created him, then He made him according to a measure,

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20 Then He eased the way for him;

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

20 Then He makes the Path easy for him.

Shakir

20 Then (as for) the way - - He has made it easy (for him)

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

21 Then He causes him to die, then assigns to him a grave,

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22 Then when He wills, He will resurrect him.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

22 Then when He pleases, He will raise him to life again.

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

23 Nay; but he has not done what He bade him.

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24 Then let mankind look at his food -

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

24 Then let man look at his food:

Shakir

24 Then let man look to his food,

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25 How We poured down water in torrents,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

25 We pour forth water in abundance.

Shakir

25 That We pour down the water, pouring (it) down in abundance,

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

26 And We split the earth in clefts.

Shakir

26 Then We cleave the earth, cleaving (it) asunder,

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27 And caused to grow within it grain

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

27 And We cause therein the grain to grow,

Shakir

27 Then We cause to grow therein the grain,

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28 And grapes and herbage

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

28 And grapes and clover,

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29 And olive and palm trees

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

29 And olives and date-palms,

Shakir

29 And the olive and the palm,

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30 And gardens of dense shrubbery

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

30 And gardens dense with many trees,

Shakir

30 And thick gardens,

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31 And fruit and grass -

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

31 And fruits and herbage

Shakir

31 And fruits and herbage

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

32 A provision for you and for your cattle.

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33 But when there comes the Deafening Blast

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

33 But when the deafening cry comes,

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34 On the Day a man will flee from his brother

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

34 That Day shall a man flee from his brother,

Shakir

34 The day on which a man shall fly from his brother,

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35 And his mother and his father

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

35 And from his mother and his father,

Shakir

35 And his mother and his father,

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36 And his wife and his children,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

36 And from his wife and his children.

Shakir

36 And his spouse and his son - -

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

37 Every man of them shall on that day have an affair which will occupy him.

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

38 (Many) faces on that day shall be bright,

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39 Laughing, rejoicing at good news.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

39 Laughing, joyous.

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

40 And (many) faces on that day, on them shall be dust,

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41 Blackness will cover them.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

41 Darkness will cover them.

Shakir

41 Darkness shall cover them.

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42 Those are the disbelievers, the wicked ones.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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).

Shakir

42 These are they who are unbelievers, the wicked.