Because the blind man had come in his august presence.
80:3
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وَمَا يُدْرِيكَ لَعَلَّهُ يَزَّكَّىٰ
And what do you know, he may be of the pure!
80:4
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أَوْ يَذَّكَّرُ فَتَنْفَعَهُ الذِّكْرَىٰ
Or that he may accept advice, so the advice may benefit him.
80:5
5
أَمَّا مَنِ اسْتَغْنَىٰ
For him who does not care,
80:6
6
فَأَنْتَ لَهُ تَصَدَّىٰ
So you are after him!
80:7
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وَمَا عَلَيْكَ أَلَّا يَزَّكَّىٰ
And you have nothing to lose if he does not become pure.
80:8
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وَأَمَّا مَنْ جَاءَكَ يَسْعَىٰ
And for him who came to you striving,
80:9
9
وَهُوَ يَخْشَىٰ
And whereas he fears,
80:10
10
فَأَنْتَ عَنْهُ تَلَهَّىٰ
So you leave him, and are engrossed elsewhere!
80:11
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كَلَّا إِنَّهَا تَذْكِرَةٌ
Not this way – this is the advice.
80:12
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فَمَنْ شَاءَ ذَكَرَهُ
So whoever wishes may remember it.
80:13
13
فِي صُحُفٍ مُكَرَّمَةٍ
On honourable pages.
80:14
14
مَرْفُوعَةٍ مُطَهَّرَةٍ
Exalted, pure.
80:15
15
بِأَيْدِي سَفَرَةٍ
Written by the hands of emissaries.
80:16
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كِرَامٍ بَرَرَةٍ
Who are noble, virtuous.
80:17
17
قُتِلَ الْإِنْسَانُ مَا أَكْفَرَهُ
May man be slain – how ungrateful he is!
80:18
18
مِنْ أَيِّ شَيْءٍ خَلَقَهُ
From what did He create him?
80:19
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مِنْ نُطْفَةٍ خَلَقَهُ فَقَدَّرَهُ
From a drop of liquid; He created him and then set several measures for him.
80:20
20
ثُمَّ السَّبِيلَ يَسَّرَهُ
Then eased the way for him.
80:21
21
ثُمَّ أَمَاتَهُ فَأَقْبَرَهُ
Then gave him death, so had him put in the grave.
80:22
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ثُمَّ إِذَا شَاءَ أَنْشَرَهُ
Then, when He willed, He brought him out. (As during the night of Holy Prophet’s ascension, when all the Prophets gathered behind him in the Al Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem. Or when Allah will raise everyone on the Day of Resurrection.)
80:23
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كَلَّا لَمَّا يَقْضِ مَا أَمَرَهُ
Not one – he has not yet completed what he was commanded.