The Noble Qur'an Encyclopedia

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

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

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

(4) Or be reminded and the remembrance would benefit him?

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

(6) To him you give attention.

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

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

(9) While he fears [Allāh],

(10) From him you are distracted.

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

(12) So whoever wills may remember it.[1857]

(13) [It is recorded] in honored sheets,

(14) Exalted and purified,

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

(16) Noble and dutiful.

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

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

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

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

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

(22) Then when He wills, He will resurrect him.

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

(24) Then let mankind look at his food -

(25) How We poured down water in torrents,

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

(27) And caused to grow within it grain

(28) And grapes and herbage

(29) And olive and palm trees

(30) And gardens of dense shrubbery

(31) And fruit and grass -

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

(33) But when there comes the Deafening Blast[1862]

(34) On the Day a man will flee from his brother

(35) And his mother and his father

(36) And his wife and his children,

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

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

(39) Laughing, rejoicing at good news.

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

(41) Blackness will cover them.

(42) Those are the disbelievers, the wicked ones.