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