He Frowned

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.

[80:1]

He frowned and turned away

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Because the blind man came unto him.

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What could inform thee but that he might grow (in grace)

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Or take heed and so the reminder might avail him ?

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As for him who thinketh himself independent,

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Unto him thou payest regard.

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Yet it is not thy concern if he grow not (in grace).

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But as for him who cometh unto thee with earnest purpose

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And hath fear,

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From him thou art distracted.

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Nay, but verily it is an Admonishment,

[80:12]

So let whosoever will pay heed to it,

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On honoured leaves

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Exalted, purified,

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(Set down) by scribes

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Noble and righteous.

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Man is (self-)destroyed: how ungrateful!

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From what thing doth He create him ?

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From a drop of seed. He createth him and proportioneth him,

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Then maketh the way easy for him,

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Then causeth him to die, and burieth him;

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Then, when He will, He bringeth him again to life.

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Nay, but (man) hath not done what He commanded him.

[80:24]

Let man consider his food:

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How We pour water in showers

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Then split the earth in clefts

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And cause the grain to grow therein

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And grapes and green fodder

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And olive-trees and palm-trees

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And garden-closes of thick foliage

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And fruits and grasses:

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Provision for you and your cattle.

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But when the Shout cometh

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On the day when a man fleeth from his brother

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And his mother and his father

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And his wife and his children,

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Every man that day will have concern enough to make him heedless (of others).

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On that day faces will be bright as dawn,

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Laughing, rejoicing at good news;

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And other faces, on that day, with dust upon them,

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Veiled in darkness,

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Those are the disbelievers, the wicked.