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He frowned and turned away

when the blind man came to him––

for all you know, he might have grown in spirit

or taken note of something useful to him

For the self-satisfied one

you go out of your way––

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

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

and awe

you allow yourself to be distracted

No indeed! This [Quran] is a lesson

from which those who wish to be taught should learn

[written] on honoured

exalted, pure pages

by the hands of

noble and virtuous scribes

Woe to man! How ungrateful he is

From what thing does God create him

He creates him from a droplet, He proportions him

He makes the way easy for him

then He causes him to die and be buried

When He wills, He will raise him up again

Yet mandoes not fulfil God’s commands

Let man consider the food he eats

We pour down abundant water

and cause the soil to split open

We make grain grow

and vines, fresh vegetation

olive trees, date palms

luscious gardens

fruits, and fodder

all for you and your livestock to enjoy

When the Deafening Blast comes––

the Day man will flee from his own brother

his mother, his father

his wife, his children

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

on that Day some faces will be beaming

laughing, and rejoicing

but some faces will be dust-stained

and covered in darkness

those are the disbelievers, the licentious