— 42 verses
(The Prophet) frowned and turned away
Because there came to him the blind man (interrupting)
But what could tell thee but that perchance he might grow (in spiritual understanding)?
Or that he might receive admonition, and the teaching might profit him
As to one who regards Himself as self-sufficient
To him dost thou attend
Though it is no blame to thee if he grow not (in spiritual understanding)
But as to him who came to thee striving earnestly
And with fear (in his heart)
Of him wast thou unmindful
By no means (should it be so)! For it is indeed a Message of instruction
Therefore let whoso will, keep it in remembrance
(It is) in Books held (greatly) in honour
Exalted (in dignity), kept pure and holy
(Written) by the hands of scribes
Honourable and Pious and Just
Woe to man! What hath made him reject Allah
From what stuff hath He created him
From a sperm-drop: He hath created him, and then mouldeth him in due proportions
Then doth He make His path smooth for him
Then He causeth him to die, and putteth him in his grave
Then, when it is His Will, He will raise him up (again)
By no means hath he fulfilled what Allah hath commanded him
Then let man look at his food, (and how We provide it)
For that We pour forth water in abundance
And We split the earth in fragments
And produce therein corn
And Grapes and nutritious plants
And Olives and Dates
And enclosed Gardens, dense with lofty trees
And fruits and fodder,
For use and convenience to you and your cattle
At length, when there comes the Deafening Noise,
That Day shall a man flee from his own brother
And from his mother and his father
And from his wife and his children
Each one of them, that Day, will have enough concern (of his own) to make him indifferent to the others
Some faces that Day will be beaming
Laughing, rejoicing
And other faces that Day will be dust-stained
Blackness will cover them
Such will be the Rejecters of Allah, the doers of iniquity