Surah Abasa
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He frowned and turned away [80:1]
because a blind man came to him. [80:2]
But what would have let you know he might strive to be pure, [80:3]
or take heed, so the reminder would be of benefit to him? [80:4]
As for one who’s rich, [80:5]
you occupy yourself with him, [80:6]
though you’re not responsible if he doesn’t strive to be pure. [80:7]
But one who came to you striving [80:8]
in awe, [80:9]
to him you were inattentive. [80:10]
Don’t! This is a message [80:11]
for any who wants to remember, [80:12]
in honored scriptures, [80:13]
elevated and immaculate, [80:14]
by the hands of scribes [80:15]
honorable and upright. [80:16]
Man is ruined—what makes him scoff? [80:17]
Of what did God make him? [80:18]
From a drop. God created him and enabled him, [80:19]
and smoothes the way for him, [80:20]
then causes him to die and entombs him, [80:21]
and then will resurrect him at will. [80:22]
But no, he has not fulfilled what God commanded him. [80:23]
So let man consider his food: [80:24]
We pour forth water [80:25]
and split the ground, [80:26]
producing grain in it, [80:27]
and grapes and herbs [80:28]
and olives and dates [80:29]
and gardens full of trees [80:30]
and fruits and vegetation [80:31]
for your use and for your livestock. [80:32]
Then when the deafening noise comes, [80:33]
that day a man will flee his brother [80:34]
and his mother and his father [80:35]
and his wife and his children. [80:36]
Every one of them that day will have enough to preoccupy him. [80:37]
Some faces will be glowing that day, [80:38]
laughing with delight; [80:39]
while some faces will have dust on them that day, [80:40]
covering them with grime— [80:41]
they were the immoral atheists. [80:42]