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1 The Prophet frowned and turned away

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1 In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. He frowned and turned away

Yusuf Ali

1 (The Prophet) frowned and turned away,

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

Pickthall

2 Because the blind man came unto him.

Yusuf Ali

2 Because there came to him the blind man (interrupting).

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

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

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3 But what could tell thee but that perchance he might grow (in spiritual understanding)? -

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4 Or be reminded and the remembrance would benefit him?

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

Yusuf Ali

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

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5 As for he who thinks himself without need,

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5 As for him who thinketh himself independent,

Yusuf Ali

5 As to one who regards Himself as self - sufficient,

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6 To him you give attention.

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6 Unto him thou payest regard.

Yusuf Ali

6 To him dost thou attend;

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

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

Yusuf Ali

7 Though it is no blame to thee if he grow not (in spiritual understanding).

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

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

Yusuf Ali

8 But as to him who came to thee striving earnestly,

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9 While he fears [Allah],

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9 And hath fear,

Yusuf Ali

9 And with fear (in his heart),

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10 From him you are distracted.

Pickthall

10 From him thou art distracted.

Yusuf Ali

10 Of him wast thou unmindful.

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11 No! Indeed, these verses are a reminder;

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11 Nay, but verily it is an Admonishment,

Yusuf Ali

11 By no means (should it be so)! For it is indeed a Message of instruction:

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12 So whoever wills may remember it.

Pickthall

12 So let whosoever will pay heed to it,

Yusuf Ali

12 Therefore let whoso will, keep it in remembrance.

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13 [It is recorded] in honored sheets,

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13 On honoured leaves

Yusuf Ali

13 (It is) in Books held (greatly) in honour,

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14 Exalted and purified,

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14 Exalted, purified,

Yusuf Ali

14 Exalted (in dignity), kept pure and holy,

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

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15 (Set down) by scribes

Yusuf Ali

15 (Written) by the hands of scribes -

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16 Noble and dutiful.

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16 Noble and righteous.

Yusuf Ali

16 Honourable and Pious and Just.

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17 Cursed is man; how disbelieving is he.

Pickthall

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

Yusuf Ali

17 Woe to man! What hath made him reject Allah;

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18 From what substance did He create him?

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18 From what thing doth He create him ?

Yusuf Ali

18 From what stuff hath He created him?

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

Pickthall

19 From a drop of seed. He createth him and proportioneth him,

Yusuf Ali

19 From a sperm - drop: He hath created him, and then mouldeth him in due proportions;

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20 Then He eased the way for him;

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20 Then maketh the way easy for him,

Yusuf Ali

20 Then doth He make His path smooth for him;

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

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21 Then causeth him to die, and burieth him;

Yusuf Ali

21 Then He causeth him to die, and putteth him in his grave;

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22 Then when He wills, He will resurrect him.

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22 Then, when He will, He bringeth him again to life.

Yusuf Ali

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

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

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

Yusuf Ali

23 By no means hath he fulfilled what Allah hath commanded him.

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24 Then let mankind look at his food -

Pickthall

24 Let man consider his food:

Yusuf Ali

24 Then let man look at his food, (and how We provide it):

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25 How We poured down water in torrents,

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25 How We pour water in showers

Yusuf Ali

25 For that We pour forth water in abundance,

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

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26 Then split the earth in clefts

Yusuf Ali

26 And We split the earth in fragments,

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27 And caused to grow within it grain

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27 And cause the grain to grow therein

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27 And produce therein corn,

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28 And grapes and herbage

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28 And grapes and green fodder

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28 And Grapes and nutritious plants,

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29 And olive and palm trees

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29 And olive - trees and palm - trees

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29 And Olives and Dates,

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30 And gardens of dense shrubbery

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30 And garden - closes of thick foliage

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30 And enclosed Gardens, dense with lofty trees,

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31 And fruit and grass -

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31 And fruits and grasses:

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31 And fruits and fodder, -

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

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32 Provision for you and your cattle.

Yusuf Ali

32 For use and convenience to you and your cattle.

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33 But when there comes the Deafening Blast

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33 But when the Shout cometh

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33 At length, when there comes the Deafening Noise, -

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34 On the Day a man will flee from his brother

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34 On the day when a man fleeth from his brother

Yusuf Ali

34 That Day shall a man flee from his own brother,

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35 And his mother and his father

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35 And his mother and his father

Yusuf Ali

35 And from his mother and his father,

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36 And his wife and his children,

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36 And his wife and his children,

Yusuf Ali

36 And from his wife and his children.

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

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37 Every man that day will have concern enough to make him heedless (of others).

Yusuf Ali

37 Each one of them, that Day, will have enough concern (of his own) to make him indifferent to the others.

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

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38 On that day faces will be bright as dawn,

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38 Some faces that Day will be beaming,

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39 Laughing, rejoicing at good news.

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39 Laughing, rejoicing at good news;

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39 Laughing, rejoicing.

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

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40 And other faces, on that day, with dust upon them,

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

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41 Blackness will cover them.

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41 Veiled in darkness,

Yusuf Ali

41 Blackness will cover them:

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42 Those are the disbelievers, the wicked ones.

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42 Those are the disbelievers, the wicked.

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42 Such will be the Rejecters of Allah, the doers of iniquity.