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He frowned

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The Prophet frowned and turned away

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

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

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Or be reminded and the remembrance would benefit him

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As for he who thinks himself without need

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To him you give attention

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

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

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While he fears [Allah]

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From him you are distracted

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No! Indeed, these verses are a reminder

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So whoever wills may remember it

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[It is recorded] in honored sheets

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Exalted and purified

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[Carried] by the hands of messenger-angels

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Noble and dutiful

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Cursed is man; how disbelieving is he

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From what substance did He create him

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From a sperm-drop He created him and destined for him

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Then He eased the way for him

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Then He causes his death and provides a grave for him

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Then when He wills, He will resurrect him

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No! Man has not yet accomplished what He commanded him

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Then let mankind look at his food

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How We poured down water in torrents

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

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And caused to grow within it grain

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And grapes and herbage

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And olive and palm trees

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And gardens of dense shrubbery

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And fruit and grass

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[As] enjoyment for you and your grazing livestock

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But when there comes the Deafening Blast

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On the Day a man will flee from his brother

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And his mother and his father

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And his wife and his children

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For every man, that Day, will be a matter adequate for him

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[Some] faces, that Day, will be bright

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Laughing, rejoicing at good news

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

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Blackness will cover them

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Those are the disbelievers, the wicked ones

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