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Yusuf Ali |
Pickthal |
Shakir |
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(The Prophet) frowned and turned away, |
He frowned and turned away |
He frowned and turned (his) back, |
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Because there came to him the blind man (interrupting). |
Because the blind man came unto him. |
Because there came to him the blind man. |
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But what could tell thee but that perchance he might grow (in spiritual understanding)?- |
What could inform thee but that he might grow (in grace) |
And what would make you know that he would purify himself, |
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Or that he might receive admonition, and the teaching might profit him? |
Or take heed and so the reminder might avail him? |
Or become reminded so that the reminder should profit him? |
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As to one who regards Himself as self-sufficient, |
As for him who thinketh himself independent, |
As for him who considers himself free from need (of you), |
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To him dost thou attend; |
Unto him thou payest regard. |
To him do you address yourself. |
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Though it is no blame to thee if he grow not (in spiritual understanding). |
Yet it is not thy concern if he grow not (in grace). |
And no blame is on you if he would not purify himself |
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But as to him who came to thee striving earnestly, |
But as for him who cometh unto thee with earnest purpose |
And as to him who comes to you striving hard, |
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And with fear (in his heart), |
And hath fear, |
And he fears, |
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Of him wast thou unmindful. |
From him thou art distracted. |
From him will you divert yourself. |
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By no means (should it be so)! For it is indeed a Message of instruction: |
Nay, but verily it is an Admonishment, |
Nay! surely it is an admonishment. |
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Therefore let whoso will, keep it in remembrance. |
So let whosoever will pay heed to it, |
So let him who pleases mind it. |
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(It is) in Books held (greatly) in honour, |
On honoured leaves |
In honored books, |
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Exalted (in dignity), kept pure and holy, |
Exalted, purified, |
Exalted, purified, |
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(Written) by the hands of scribes- |
(Set down) by scribes |
In the hands of scribes |
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Honourable and Pious and Just. |
Noble and righteous. |
Noble, virtuous. |
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Woe to man! What hath made him reject Allah; |
Man is (self-)destroyed: how ungrateful! |
Cursed be man! how ungrateful is he! |
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From what stuff hath He created him? |
From what thing doth He create him? |
Of what thing did He create him? |
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From a sperm-drop: He hath created him, and then mouldeth him in due proportions; |
From a drop of seed. He createth him and proportioneth him, |
Of a small seed; He created him, then He made him according to a measure, |
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Then doth He make His path smooth for him; |
Then maketh the way easy for him, |
Then (as for) the way-- He has made it easy (for him) |
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Then He causeth him to die, and putteth him in his grave; |
Then causeth him to die, and burieth him; |
Then He causes him to die, then assigns to him a grave, |
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Then, when it is His Will, He will raise him up (again). |
Then, when He will, He bringeth him again to life. |
Then when He pleases, He will raise him to life again. |
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By no means hath he fulfilled what Allah hath commanded him. |
Nay, but (man) hath not done what He commanded him. |
Nay; but he has not done what He bade him. |
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Then let man look at his food, (and how We provide it): |
Let man consider his food: |
Then let man look to his food, |
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For that We pour forth water in abundance, |
How We pour water in showers |
That We pour down the water, pouring (it) down in abundance, |
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And We split the earth in fragments, |
Then split the earth in clefts |
Then We cleave the earth, cleaving (it) asunder, |
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And produce therein corn, |
And cause the grain to grow therein |
Then We cause to grow therein the grain, |
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And Grapes and nutritious plants, |
And grapes and green fodder |
And grapes and clover, |
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And Olives and Dates, |
And olive-trees and palm-trees |
And the olive and the palm, |
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And enclosed Gardens, dense with lofty trees, |
And garden-closes of thick foliage |
And thick gardens, |
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And fruits and fodder,- |
And fruits and grasses: |
And fruits and herbage |
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For use and convenience to you and your cattle. |
Provision for you and your cattle. |
A provision for you and for your cattle. |
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At length, when there comes the Deafening Noise,- |
But when the Shout cometh |
But when the deafening cry comes, |
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That Day shall a man flee from his own brother, |
On the day when a man fleeth from his brother |
The day on which a man shall fly from his brother, |
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And from his mother and his father, |
And his mother and his father |
And his mother and his father, |
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And from his wife and his children. |
And his wife and his children, |
And his spouse and his son-- |
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Each one of them, that Day, will have enough concern (of his own) to make him indifferent to the others. |
Every man that day will have concern enough to make him heedless (of others). |
Every man of them shall on that day have an affair which will occupy him. |
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Some faces that Day will be beaming, |
On that day faces will be bright as dawn, |
(Many) faces on that day shall be bright, |
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Laughing, rejoicing. |
Laughing, rejoicing at good news; |
Laughing, joyous. |
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And other faces that Day will be dust-stained, |
And other faces, on that day, with dust upon them, |
And (many) faces on that day, on them shall be dust, |
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Blackness will cover them: |
Veiled in darkness, |
Darkness shall cover them. |
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Such will be the Rejecters of Allah, the doers of iniquity. |
Those are the disbelievers, the wicked. |
These are they who are unbelievers, the wicked. |
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