Chapter 80, 42 verses
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم عبس وتولى
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. He frowned and turned away
(The Prophet) frowned and turned away,
The Prophet frowned and turned away
أن جاءه الأعمى
Because the blind man came unto him.
Because there came to him the blind man (interrupting).
Because there came to him the blind man, [interrupting].
وما يدريك لعله يزكى
What could inform thee but that he might grow (in grace)
But what could tell thee but that perchance he might grow (in spiritual understanding)? -
But what would make you perceive, [O Muhammad], that perhaps he might be purified
أو يذكر فتنفعه الذكرى
Or take heed and so the reminder might avail him ?
Or that he might receive admonition, and the teaching might profit him?
Or be reminded and the remembrance would benefit him?
أما من استغنى
As for him who thinketh himself independent,
As to one who regards Himself as self - sufficient,
As for he who thinks himself without need,
فأنت له تصدى
Unto him thou payest regard.
To him dost thou attend;
To him you give attention.
وما عليك ألا يزكى
Yet it is not thy concern if he grow not (in grace).
Though it is no blame to thee if he grow not (in spiritual understanding).
And not upon you [is any blame] if he will not be purified.
وأما من جاءك يسعى
But as for him who cometh unto thee with earnest purpose
But as to him who came to thee striving earnestly,
But as for he who came to you striving [for knowledge]
وهو يخشى
And hath fear,
And with fear (in his heart),
While he fears [Allah],
فأنت عنه تلهى
From him thou art distracted.
Of him wast thou unmindful.
From him you are distracted.
كلا إنها تذكرة
Nay, but verily it is an Admonishment,
By no means (should it be so)! For it is indeed a Message of instruction:
No! Indeed, these verses are a reminder;
فمن شاء ذكره
So let whosoever will pay heed to it,
Therefore let whoso will, keep it in remembrance.
So whoever wills may remember it.
في صحف مكرمة
On honoured leaves
(It is) in Books held (greatly) in honour,
[It is recorded] in honored sheets,
مرفوعة مطهرة
Exalted, purified,
Exalted (in dignity), kept pure and holy,
Exalted and purified,
بأيدي سفرة
(Set down) by scribes
(Written) by the hands of scribes -
[Carried] by the hands of messenger - angels,
كرام بررة
Noble and righteous.
Honourable and Pious and Just.
Noble and dutiful.
قتل الإنسان ما أكفره
Man is (self - )destroyed: how ungrateful!
Woe to man! What hath made him reject Allah;
Cursed is man; how disbelieving is he.
من أي شيء خلقه
From what thing doth He create him ?
From what stuff hath He created him?
From what substance did He create him?
من نطفة خلقه فقدره
From a drop of seed. He createth him and proportioneth him,
From a sperm - drop: He hath created him, and then mouldeth him in due proportions;
From a sperm - drop He created him and destined for him;
ثم السبيل يسره
Then maketh the way easy for him,
Then doth He make His path smooth for him;
Then He eased the way for him;
ثم أماته فأقبره
Then causeth him to die, and burieth him;
Then He causeth him to die, and putteth him in his grave;
Then He causes his death and provides a grave for him.
ثم إذا شاء أنشره
Then, when He will, He bringeth him again to life.
Then, when it is His Will, He will raise him up (again).
Then when He wills, He will resurrect him.
كلا لما يقض ما أمره
Nay, but (man) hath not done what He commanded him.
By no means hath he fulfilled what Allah hath commanded him.
No! Man has not yet accomplished what He commanded him.
فلينظر الإنسان إلى طعامه
Let man consider his food:
Then let man look at his food, (and how We provide it):
Then let mankind look at his food -
أنا صببنا الماء صبا
How We pour water in showers
For that We pour forth water in abundance,
How We poured down water in torrents,
ثم شققنا الأرض شقا
Then split the earth in clefts
And We split the earth in fragments,
Then We broke open the earth, splitting [it with sprouts],
فأنبتنا فيها حبا
And cause the grain to grow therein
And produce therein corn,
And caused to grow within it grain
وعنبا وقضبا
And grapes and green fodder
And Grapes and nutritious plants,
And grapes and herbage
وزيتونا ونخلا
And olive - trees and palm - trees
And Olives and Dates,
And olive and palm trees
وحدائق غلبا
And garden - closes of thick foliage
And enclosed Gardens, dense with lofty trees,
And gardens of dense shrubbery
وفاكهة وأبا
And fruits and grasses:
And fruits and fodder, -
And fruit and grass -
متاعا لكم ولأنعامكم
Provision for you and your cattle.
For use and convenience to you and your cattle.
[As] enjoyment for you and your grazing livestock.
فإذا جاءت الصاخة
But when the Shout cometh
At length, when there comes the Deafening Noise, -
But when there comes the Deafening Blast
يوم يفر المرء من أخيه
On the day when a man fleeth from his brother
That Day shall a man flee from his own brother,
On the Day a man will flee from his brother
وأمه وأبيه
And his mother and his father
And from his mother and his father,
And his mother and his father
وصاحبته وبنيه
And his wife and his children,
And from his wife and his children.
And his wife and his children,
لكل امرئ منهم يومئذ شأن يغنيه
Every man that day will have concern enough to make him heedless (of others).
Each one of them, that Day, will have enough concern (of his own) to make him indifferent to the others.
For every man, that Day, will be a matter adequate for him.
وجوه يومئذ مسفرة
On that day faces will be bright as dawn,
Some faces that Day will be beaming,
[Some] faces, that Day, will be bright -
ضاحكة مستبشرة
Laughing, rejoicing at good news;
Laughing, rejoicing.
Laughing, rejoicing at good news.
ووجوه يومئذ عليها غبرة
And other faces, on that day, with dust upon them,
And other faces that Day will be dust - stained,
And [other] faces, that Day, will have upon them dust.
ترهقها قترة
Veiled in darkness,
Blackness will cover them:
Blackness will cover them.
أولئك هم الكفرة الفجرة
Those are the disbelievers, the wicked.
Such will be the Rejecters of Allah, the doers of iniquity.
Those are the disbelievers, the wicked ones.