Rowwad Translation Center — 585

80:1 He frowned and turned away,

80:2 when the blind man came to him[1].

80:3 How would you know? Perhaps he might be purified[1],

80:4 or he might take heed and benefit from the reminder?

80:5 But he who was indifferent[1],

80:6 you give him your full attention,

80:7 although you are not to be blamed if he does not purify himself[1].

80:8 But as for the one who came to you striving [for purification],

80:9 and he fears Allah,

80:10 you let yourself be distracted from him.

80:11 No indeed; this is a reminder –

80:12 so whoever wills may give heed to it –

80:13 on venerable pages,

80:14 exalted and purified,

80:15 [preserved] in the hands of angel-scribes,

80:16 honorable and obedient.

80:17 Woe to man; how ungrateful he is[1]!

80:18 From what did He create him?

80:19 He created him from a drop of semen and proportioned him[1],

80:20 then He made the way easy for him[1];

80:21 then He caused him to die and be buried;

80:22 then when He wills, He will resurrect him.

80:23 Yet he has not fulfilled what He commanded him.

80:24 Let man consider the food he eats:

80:25 How We pour down rainwater in torrents,

80:26 and cause the soil to split open [for sprouts],

80:27 and cause grains to grow in it,

80:28 as well as grapes and fodder,

80:29 and olive trees and date palms,

80:30 and dense orchards,

80:31 and fruits and grass,

80:32 as provision for you and your livestock.

80:33 But when the Deafening Blast[1] comes,

80:34 on that Day everyone will flee from his brother,

80:35 and from his mother and father,

80:36 and from his wife and children.

80:37 On that day, everyone will have enough concern of his own[1].

80:38 On that Day, some faces will be bright,

80:39 cheerful and rejoicing;

80:40 while other faces will be dust-stained on that Day,