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¹He [i.e., the Prophet (ﷺ) ] frowned and turned away

²Because there came to him the blind man,[1853] [interrupting].

³But what would make you perceive, [O Muḥammad], that perhaps he might be purified[1854]

⁴Or be reminded and the remembrance would benefit him?

⁵As for he who thinks himself without need,[1855]

⁶To him you give attention.

⁷And not upon you [is any blame] if he will not be purified.[1856]

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

⁹While he fears [Allāh],

¹⁰From him you are distracted.

¹¹No! Indeed, they [i.e., these verses] are a reminder;

¹²So whoever wills may remember it.[1857]

¹³[It is recorded] in honored sheets,

¹⁴Exalted and purified,

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

¹⁶Noble and dutiful.

¹⁷Destroyed [i.e., cursed] is man;[1858] how disbelieving is he.

¹⁸From what thing [i.e., substance] did He create him?

¹⁹From a sperm-drop He created him and destined for him;[1859]

²⁰Then He eased the way for him;[1860]

²¹Then He causes his death and provides a grave for him.[1861]

²²Then when He wills, He will resurrect him.

²³No! He [i.e., man] has not yet accomplished what He commanded him.

²⁴Then let mankind look at his food -

²⁵How We poured down water in torrents,

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

²⁷And caused to grow within it grain

²⁸And grapes and herbage

²⁹And olive and palm trees

³⁰And gardens of dense shrubbery

³¹And fruit and grass -

³²[As] enjoyment [i.e., provision] for you and your grazing livestock.

³³But when there comes the Deafening Blast[1862]

³⁴On the Day a man will flee from his brother

³⁵And his mother and his father

³⁶And his wife and his children,

³⁷For every man, that Day, will be a matter adequate for him.[1863]

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

³⁹Laughing, rejoicing at good news.

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

⁴¹Blackness will cover them.

⁴²Those are the disbelievers, the wicked ones.