He (- the Prophet) frowned and turned aside
Because the blind man (- Ibn umme Maktum) came to him (interrupting him unknowingly)
And what could make you (O Prophet!) know that he might purify himself
Or that he might have paid heed to the admonition (that God has revealed to you) and this admonition would have done him good as well
But as to him who considers himself self-sufficient and is indifferent (to the Truth)
To this one you were very attentive
Though you are not to blame if he does not purify himself
Whereas (the blind man) who came to you striving in right earnest (to learn the Qur'an)
And all the while he stands in awe (of God)
But you neglect him and pay him no regard
This should not have been so. Verily, this (Qur'an) is a means to rise to eminence (for you all)
So let him who desires, pay heed to it and rise to eminence
(This Qur'an is preserved) in such written leaves (of the Book) as are greatly honoured
(Which are) ranked high (and) are rid of all impurities
Which are in the hands of scribes
Noble and virtuous
Ruin seize the person (- one too proud to accept the reminder)! How ungrateful he is
(Let him consider) from what (insignificant) material He has created him
From a mere sperm-drop! He (at first) creates him, then endows him with infinite capacity (to make progress)
Then makes (his) passage (through all affair of life) easy for him
Then He calls him to death and He assigns to him (an interim state of) a grave
And He will again raise him to life when He will
It cannot be (that there is no resurrection;) he has not yet carried out what He commanded him to do
Therefore let such a person look at his food
How (at first) We pour down water in abundance
Then We cleave the earth, a proper cleaving
So that We cause grain to grow therein
As well as grapes, vegetables
The olive, the date-palm
Orchards with dense trees
Fruits and herbage
A goodly provision for you and your cattle
Again (you should also consider) when the deafening shout shall come
The day when a person shall flee from his brother
And (from) his mother and his father
And (from) his spouse and his sons
On that day every person among them shall be concerned enough (regarding his own affairs to occupy him and) to make him indifferent (to others)
Some faces, that day, will be beaming
Smiling (and) joyous
Some other faces, on that day, will have dust upon them
Gloom covering them
Those will be (the faces of) the disbelievers and (of) the doers of evil