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The Prophet frowned and turned away
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(The Prophet) frowned and turned away,
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Chapter 80, 42 verses
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Because there came to him the blind man, [interrupting].
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Because there came to him the blind man (interrupting).
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But what would make you perceive, [O Muhammad], that perhaps he might be purified
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But what could tell thee but that perchance he might grow (in spiritual understanding)? -
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Or be reminded and the remembrance would benefit him?
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Or that he might receive admonition, and the teaching might profit him?
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As for he who thinks himself without need,
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As to one who regards Himself as self - sufficient,
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To him you give attention.
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To him dost thou attend;
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And not upon you [is any blame] if he will not be purified.
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Though it is no blame to thee if he grow not (in spiritual understanding).
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But as for he who came to you striving [for knowledge]
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But as to him who came to thee striving earnestly,
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While he fears [Allah],
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And with fear (in his heart),
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From him you are distracted.
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Of him wast thou unmindful.
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No! Indeed, these verses are a reminder;
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By no means (should it be so)! For it is indeed a Message of instruction:
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So whoever wills may remember it.
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Therefore let whoso will, keep it in remembrance.
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[It is recorded] in honored sheets,
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(It is) in Books held (greatly) in honour,
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Exalted and purified,
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Exalted (in dignity), kept pure and holy,
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[Carried] by the hands of messenger - angels,
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(Written) by the hands of scribes -
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Noble and dutiful.
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Honourable and Pious and Just.
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Cursed is man; how disbelieving is he.
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Woe to man! What hath made him reject Allah;
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From what substance did He create him?
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From what stuff hath He created him?
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From a sperm - drop He created him and destined for him;
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From a sperm - drop: He hath created him, and then mouldeth him in due proportions;
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Then He eased the way for him;
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Then doth He make His path smooth for him;
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Then He causes his death and provides a grave for him.
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Then He causeth him to die, and putteth him in his grave;
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Then when He wills, He will resurrect him.
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Then, when it is His Will, He will raise him up (again).
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No! Man has not yet accomplished what He commanded him.
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By no means hath he fulfilled what Allah hath commanded him.
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Then let mankind look at his food -
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Then let man look at his food, (and how We provide it):
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How We poured down water in torrents,
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For that We pour forth water in abundance,
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Then We broke open the earth, splitting [it with sprouts],
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And We split the earth in fragments,
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And caused to grow within it grain
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And produce therein corn,
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And grapes and herbage
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And Grapes and nutritious plants,
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And olive and palm trees
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And Olives and Dates,
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And gardens of dense shrubbery
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And enclosed Gardens, dense with lofty trees,
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And fruit and grass -
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And fruits and fodder, -
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[As] enjoyment for you and your grazing livestock.
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For use and convenience to you and your cattle.
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But when there comes the Deafening Blast
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At length, when there comes the Deafening Noise, -
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On the Day a man will flee from his brother
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That Day shall a man flee from his own brother,
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And his mother and his father
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And from his mother and his father,
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And his wife and his children,
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And from his wife and his children.
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For every man, that Day, will be a matter adequate for him.
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Each one of them, that Day, will have enough concern (of his own) to make him indifferent to the others.
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[Some] faces, that Day, will be bright -
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Some faces that Day will be beaming,
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Laughing, rejoicing at good news.
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Laughing, rejoicing.
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And [other] faces, that Day, will have upon them dust.
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And other faces that Day will be dust - stained,
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Blackness will cover them.
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Blackness will cover them:
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Those are the disbelievers, the wicked ones.
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Such will be the Rejecters of Allah, the doers of iniquity.