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1He frowned and turned away

2when the blind man came to him––

3for all you know, he might have grown in spirit

4or taken note of something useful to him

5For the self-satisfied one

6you go out of your way––

7though you are not to be blamed for his lack of spiritual growth––

8but from the one who has come to you full of eagerness

9and awe

10you allow yourself to be distracted

11No indeed! This [Quran] is a lesson

12from which those who wish to be taught should learn

13[written] on honoured

14exalted, pure pages

15by the hands of

16noble and virtuous scribes

17Woe to man! How ungrateful he is

18From what thing does God create him

19He creates him from a droplet, He proportions him

20He makes the way easy for him

21then He causes him to die and be buried

22When He wills, He will raise him up again

23Yet mandoes not fulfil God’s commands

24Let man consider the food he eats

25We pour down abundant water

26and cause the soil to split open

27We make grain grow

28and vines, fresh vegetation

29olive trees, date palms

30luscious gardens

31fruits, and fodder

32all for you and your livestock to enjoy

33When the Deafening Blast comes––

34the Day man will flee from his own brother

35his mother, his father

36his wife, his children

37each of them will be absorbed in concerns of their own on that Day

38on that Day some faces will be beaming

39laughing, and rejoicing

40but some faces will be dust-stained

41and covered in darkness

42those are the disbelievers, the licentious