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Surah 80. Abasa, Ayah 40

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وَوُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ عَلَيْهَا غَبَرَةٌ
Wawujoohun yawmai th in AAalayh a ghabara tun
And some faces will on that Day with dust be covered,
  - Mohammad Asad
And some faces on that Day shall be dusty
  - Muhammad Farooq-i-Azam Malik
while 'other' faces will be dusty,
  - Mustafa Khattab
And other faces, on that day, with dust upon them,
  - Marmaduke Pickthall
And other faces that Day will be dust-stained; 5968
  - Abdullah Yusuf Ali

The dust on the faces of the sinners will be in contrast to the beaming light on the faces of the righteous; and the blackness in contrast to the "laughing, rejoicing" faces of the righteous. But the dust also suggests that being Rejecters of Allah, their faces and eyes and faculties were choked in dust, and the blackness suggests that being Doers of Iniquity they had no part or lot in Purity or Light. Another contrast may possibly be deduced: the humble and lowly may be "in the dust" in this life, and the arrogant sinners in sunshine, but the roles will be reversed at Judgment.

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