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| 1. * | He frowned and turned away |
| 2. * | that the blind man came to him. |
| 3. * | And what should teach thee? Perchance he would cleanse him, |
| 4. * | or yet remember, and the Reminder profit him. |
| 5. * | But the self-sufficient, |
| 6. * | to him thou attendest |
| 7. * | though it is not thy concern, if he does not cleanse himself. |
| 8. * | And he who comes to thee eagerly |
| 9. * | and fearfully, |
| 10. * | to him thou payest no heed. |
| 11. * | No indeed; it is a Reminder |
| 12. * | (and whoso wills, shall remember it) |
| 13. * | upon pages high-honoured, |
| 14. * | uplifted, purified, |
| 15. * | by the hands of scribes |
| 16. * | noble, pious. |
| 17. * | Perish Man! How unthankful he is! |
| 18. * | Of what did He create him? |
| 19. * | Of a sperm-drop He created him, and determined him, |
| 20. * | then the way eased for him, |
| 21. * | then makes him to die, and buries him, |
| 22. * | then, when He wills, He raises him. |
| 23. * | No indeed! Man has not accomplished His bidding. |
| 24. * | Let Man consider his nourishment. |
| 25. * | We poured out the rains abundantly, |
| 26. * | then We split the earth in fissures |
| 27. * | and therein made the grains to grow |
| 28. * | and vines, and reeds, |
| 29. * | and olives, and palms, |
| 30. * | and dense-tree'd gardens, |
| 31. * | and fruits, and pastures, |
| 32. * | an enjoyment for you and your flocks. |
| 33. * | And when the Blast shall sound, |
| 34. * | upon the day when a man shall flee from his brother, |
| 35. * | his mother, his father, |
| 36. * | his consort, his sons, |
| 37. * | every man that day shall have business to suffice him. |
| 38. * | Some faces on that day shall shine |
| 39. * | laughing, joyous; |
| 40. * | some faces on that day shall be dusty |
| 41. * | o'erspread with darkness -- |
| 42. * | those -- they are the unbelievers, the libertines. |