— 42 verses
He frowned and turned aside
Because there came to him the blind man
And what would make thee know that he would purify himself
Or, that he would take heed and the taking of heed would benefit him
How could it be that he who is disdainfully indifferent to the Truth
Unto him thou shouldst pay attention
Though thou art not responsible if he does not become purified
But he who comes to thee hastening
And he fears God
Him shouldst thou neglect
That should not be ! Surely, it is a Reminder
So let him who desires pay heed to it
Contained in honoured Books
Exalted, purified
In the hands of writers
Noble and virtuous
Woe unto man ! How ungrateful he is
Does he not consider, from what thing did God create him
From a sperm-drop ! HE creates him and proportions him
Then HE makes the way easy for him
Then in due course HE causes him to die and assigns a grave to him
Then, when HE pleases, HE will raise him up again
Nay ! he has not yet carried out what God commanded him to do
Now let man look at his food
How WE pour down water in abundance
Then WE cleave the earth a proper cleaving
Then WE cause to grow therein grain
And grapes and vegetables
And the olive and the date-palm
And walled gardens thickly planted
And fruits and herbage
A provision for you and your cattle
But when the deafening shout comes
On the day when a man will flee from his brother
And from his mother and his father
And from his wife and his sons
Every man among them that day will have concern enough of his own to make him indifferent to others
On that day some faces will be bright
Laughing, joyous
And some faces, on that day, will have dust upon them
Darkness covering them
Those will be the disbelievers, the doers of evil