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. |