He frowned and turned his back
Because there came to him the blind man
And what would make you know that he would grow (spiritually
Or that he might become heedful so that the reminder should profit him
As for him who considers himself independent (or self-sufficient)
To him do you attend
Yet no blame is on you if he grow not (spiritually)
And as to him who comes to you striving earnestly
And with the fear of Allah in his heart
From him were you unmindful (or distracted)
Nay! Verily, it is an admonishment (or a message of instructions)
So let whoever will pay heed to it
It is in honoured books
Exalted, purified
Set down by scribe
Noble and righteous
Cursed (self-destroyed) is man! How ungrateful (to Allah) is he
Of what stuff did He create him
Of a small seed; He created him, then gave him due proportions
Then He made his way easy for him
Then He causes him to die and buries him in his grave
Then when He wills, He will raise him to life again
Nay; but man has not done that which He bade him
Then let man consider his food
That We pour down the water in abundance
Then We cleave the earth
Then We cause to grow therein the grain
And grapes and clover
And the olive and the palm
And dense luxurious gardens
And fruits and herbage
A provision for you and for your cattle
But when the Deafening Noise (cataclysm) comes
The Day on which a man shall fly from his brother
And his mother and his father
And his spouse and his children
Every man of them shall on that Day be occupied with concerns which will make him heedless of others
Many faces on that Day shall be bright as dawn (or beaming with light)
Laughing, rejoicing
And many faces on that Day, shall be covered with dust
Veiled in darkness
These are the disbelievers, the wicked