— 42 verses
He (The prophet) frowned and turned away
That the blind man came to him
And what makes you (The prophet) realize whether he (The blind man (Abdullah ibn Umm Maktum) would possibly (try) to cleanse himself
Or that he would constantly remember, and the Reminding would profit him
(But) as for him who thinks himself self-sufficient
To him then you (are eager) to attend
And in no way is it up to you (if) he should not (try to) cleanse himself
And as for him who has come to you endeavoring (to cleanse himself)
And he is apprehensive (of his Lord)
Then of him you were being unmindful
Not at all! Surely it is a Reminder
So, whoever decides will remember it
(It is) in Scrolls high-honored
Upraised, purified
By the hands of (serene) Scribes
Honorable, benign
Slain be man! How disbelieving he is
Of whichever thing did He create him
Of a sperm drop He created him; so He determined him
Thereafter the way He eased for him
Thereafter He makes him to die, so He entombs him
Thereafter when He (so) decides, He makes him rise again
Not at all! (Man) has not as yet performed what He has commanded him
So, let (man) look into his food
(For) that We poured water in abundance, (Literally: with abundant pouring
Thereafter We clove the earth in fissures, (Literally: in cloven "fissures")
So, therein We caused (the) grain to grow
And vines, and clover, (Or: reeds)
And olives and palm trees
And enclosed orchards with dense trees
And fruits, and grass, (Or: fodder
An enjoyment for you and your cattle (includes cattle, camels, sheep and goats)
Then when the Blast comes
On the Day when a person will flee from his brother
And his mother, and his father
And his female companion, and his seeds, (Or: sons)
Upon that Day every (single) person of them will have an affair that will preoccupy him
(Some) faces upon that Day will be shining
Laughing, (happy) at the glad tidings
And (some) faces upon that Day will be (covered) by resentment
Oppressed by gloom
Those are they (who) are the persistent, impious disbelievers