Chapter 80, 42 verses
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم عبس وتولى
He frowned and turned (his) back,
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].
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
أو يذكر فتنفعه الذكرى
Or become reminded so that the reminder should profit him?
Or be reminded and the remembrance would benefit him?
أما من استغنى
As for him who considers himself free from need (of you),
As for he who thinks himself without need,
فأنت له تصدى
To him do you address yourself.
To him you give attention.
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.
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]
وهو يخشى
And he fears,
While he fears [Allah],
فأنت عنه تلهى
From him will you divert yourself.
From him you are distracted.
كلا إنها تذكرة
Nay! surely it is an admonishment.
No! Indeed, these verses are a reminder;
فمن شاء ذكره
So let him who pleases mind it.
So whoever wills may remember it.
في صحف مكرمة
In honored books,
[It is recorded] in honored sheets,
مرفوعة مطهرة
Exalted, purified,
Exalted and purified,
بأيدي سفرة
In the hands of scribes
[Carried] by the hands of messenger - angels,
كرام بررة
Noble, virtuous.
Noble and dutiful.
قتل الإنسان ما أكفره
Cursed be man! how ungrateful is he!
Cursed is man; how disbelieving is he.
من أي شيء خلقه
Of what thing did He create him?
From what substance did He create 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;
ثم السبيل يسره
Then (as for) the way - - He has made it easy (for him)
Then He eased the way 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.
ثم إذا شاء أنشره
Then when He pleases, He will raise him to life again.
Then when He wills, He will resurrect him.
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.
فلينظر الإنسان إلى طعامه
Then let man look to his food,
Then let mankind look at his food -
أنا صببنا الماء صبا
That We pour down the water, pouring (it) down in abundance,
How We poured down water in torrents,
ثم شققنا الأرض شقا
Then We cleave the earth, cleaving (it) asunder,
Then We broke open the earth, splitting [it with sprouts],
فأنبتنا فيها حبا
Then We cause to grow therein the grain,
And caused to grow within it grain
وعنبا وقضبا
And grapes and clover,
And grapes and herbage
وزيتونا ونخلا
And the olive and the palm,
And olive and palm trees
وحدائق غلبا
And thick gardens,
And gardens of dense shrubbery
وفاكهة وأبا
And fruits and herbage
And fruit and grass -
متاعا لكم ولأنعامكم
A provision for you and for your cattle.
[As] enjoyment for you and your grazing livestock.
فإذا جاءت الصاخة
But when the deafening cry comes,
But when there comes the Deafening Blast
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
وأمه وأبيه
And his mother and his father,
And his mother and his father
وصاحبته وبنيه
And his spouse and his son - -
And 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.
وجوه يومئذ مسفرة
(Many) faces on that day shall be bright,
[Some] faces, that Day, will be bright -
ضاحكة مستبشرة
Laughing, joyous.
Laughing, rejoicing at good news.
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.
ترهقها قترة
Darkness shall 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.