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The (Prophet) frowned and turned away. |
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Because there came to him the blind man (interrupting). |
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But what could tell thee but that perchance he might Grow (in spiritual understanding)? -- |
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Or that he might receive admonition, and the teaching might profit him? |
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As to one who regards himself as self-sufficient, |
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To him dost thou attend; |
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Though it is no blame to thee if he grow not (in spiritual understanding). |
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But as to him who came to thee striving earnestly, |
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And with fear (in his heart), |
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Of him wast thou unmindful. |
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By no means (should it be so)! For it is indeed a Message of instruction: |
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Therefore let who will, keep it in remembrance. |
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(It is) in Books held (greatly) in honor. |
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Exalted (in dignity), kept pure and holy, |
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(Written) by the hands of scribes -- |
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Honorable and Pious and Just. |
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Woe to man! what hath made him reject Allah? |
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From what stuff Hath He created 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 doth He make His path smooth for him; |
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Then He causeth him to die, and putteth him in his Grave; |
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Then, when it is His will, He will raise him up (again). |
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By no means hath he fulfilled what Allah Hath commanded him. |
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Then let man look at his Food, (and how We provide it): |
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For that We pour forth water in abundance, |
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And We split the earth in fragments, |
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And produce therein Corn, |
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And Grapes and nutritious Plants. |
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And Olives and Dates, |
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And enclosed Gardens, dense with lofty trees, |
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And Fruits and Fodder -- |
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For use and convenience to you and your cattle. |
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At length, when there comes the Deafening Noise -- |
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That Day shall a man flee from his own brother. |
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And from his mother, and his father. |
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And from his wife and his children. |
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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 beaming. |
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Laughing, rejoicing. |
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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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Such will be the Rejecters of Allah, the Doers of Iniquity. ********* |