:1. (The Prophet) frowned and turned away,
:2. Because there came to him the blind man (interrupting).
:3. But what could tell thee but that perchance he might grow (in spiritual understanding)?-
:4. Or that he might receive admonition, and the teaching might profit him?
:5. As to one who regards Himself as self-sufficient,
:6. To him dost thou attend;
:7. Though it is no blame to thee if he grow not (in spiritual understanding).
:8. But as to him who came to thee striving earnestly,
:9. And with fear (in his heart),
:10. Of him wast thou unmindful.
:11. By no means (should it be so)! For it is indeed a Message of instruction:
:12. Therefore let whoso will, keep it in remembrance.
:13. (It is) in Books held (greatly) in honour,
:14. Exalted (in dignity), kept pure and holy,
:15. (Written) by the hands of scribes-
:16. Honourable and Pious and Just.
:17. Woe to man! What hath made him reject Allah;
:18. From what stuff hath He created him?
:19. From a sperm-drop: He hath created him, and then mouldeth him in due proportions;
:20. Then doth He make His path smooth for him;
:21. Then He causeth him to die, and putteth him in his grave;
:22. Then, when it is His Will, He will raise him up (again).
:23. By no means hath he fulfilled what Allah hath commanded him.
:24. Then let man look at his food, (and how We provide it):
:25. For that We pour forth water in abundance,
:26. And We split the earth in fragments,
:27. And produce therein corn,
:28. And Grapes and nutritious plants,
:29. And Olives and Dates,
:30. And enclosed Gardens, dense with lofty trees,
:31. And fruits and fodder,-
:32. For use and convenience to you and your cattle.
:33. At length, when there comes the Deafening Noise,-
:34. That Day shall a man flee from his own brother,
:35. And from his mother and his father,
:36. And from his wife and his children.
:37. Each one of them, that Day, will have enough concern (of his own) to make him indifferent to the others.
:38. Some faces that Day will be beaming,
:39. Laughing, rejoicing.
:40. And other faces that Day will be dust-stained,
:41. Blackness will cover them:
:42. Such will be the Rejecters of Allah, the doers of iniquity.
