٢Because the blind man came unto him.

An jaa-ahul 'a-maa

٣What could inform thee but that he might grow (in grace)

Wa maa yudreeka la'allahu yaz zakkaa.

٤Or take heed and so the reminder might avail him?

Au yaz zak karu fatanfa 'ahuz zikraa.

٥As for him who thinketh himself independent,

Amma manis taghnaa

٦Unto him thou payest regard.

Fa-anta lahu tasaddaa

٧Yet it is not thy concern if he grow not (in grace).

Wa ma 'alaika allaa yaz zakka.

٨But as for him who cometh unto thee with earnest purpose

Wa amma man jaa-aka yas'a

٩And hath fear,

Wahuwa yakhshaa,

١٠From him thou art distracted.

Fa-anta 'anhu talah haa.

١١Nay, but verily it is an Admonishment,

Kalla innaha tazkirah

١٢So let whosoever will pay heed to it,

Faman shaa a zakarah

١٣On honoured leaves

Fi suhufim mukar rama,

١٤Exalted, purified,

Marfoo'atim mutah hara,

١٥(Set down) by scribes

Bi'aidee safara

١٦Noble and righteous.

Kiraamim bararah.

١٧Man is (self-)destroyed: how ungrateful!

Qutilal-insanu maa akfarah.

١٨From what thing doth He create him?

Min aiyyi shai-in Khalaq

١٩From a drop of seed. He createth him and proportioneth him,

Min nutfah; khalaqahu faqad-darah.

٢٠Then maketh the way easy for him,

Thummas sabeela yas-sarah

٢١Then causeth him to die, and burieth him;

Thumma amatahu fa-aqbarah

٢٢Then, when He will, He bringeth him again to life.

Thumma iza shaa-a ansharah

٢٣Nay, but (man) hath not done what He commanded him.

Kalla lamma yaqdi maa amarah.

٢٤Let man consider his food:

Falyanzuril insanu ilaa ta-amih

٢٥How We pour water in showers

Anna sabab nalmaa-a sabba.

٢٦Then split the earth in clefts

Thumma sha qaqnal-arda shaqqa.

٢٧And cause the grain to grow therein

Fa ambatna feeha habba

٢٨And grapes and green fodder

Wa 'inabaw-wa qadba

٢٩And olive-trees and palm-trees

Wa zaitoonaw wanakh la'

٣٠And garden-closes of thick foliage

Wa hadaa-iqa ghulba

٣١And fruits and grasses:

Wa faki hataw-wa abba.

٣٢Provision for you and your cattle.

Mata'al-lakum wa li-an'amikum.

٣٣But when the Shout cometh

Faiza jaa-atis saakhah.

٣٤On the day when a man fleeth from his brother

Yauma yafir-rul mar-u min akheeh

٣٥And his mother and his father

Wa ummihee wa abeeh

٣٦And his wife and his children,

Wa sahi batihee wa baneeh.

٣٧Every man that day will have concern enough to make him heedless (of others).

Likul limri-im-minuhm yaumaa-izin shaa nuy-yughneeh

٣٨On that day faces will be bright as dawn,

Wujoo huny-yauma-izim-musfira;

٣٩Laughing, rejoicing at good news;

Dahi katum mustab shirah

٤٠And other faces, on that day, with dust upon them,

Wa wujoohuy yauma-izin 'alaiha ghabar a

٤١Veiled in darkness,

Tarhaquha qatarah.

٤٢Those are the disbelievers, the wicked.

Ulaa-ika humul-kafa ratul-fajarah.