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 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 become reminded so that the reminder should profit 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 considers himself free from need (of you),
As to one who regards Himself as self - sufficient,
As for he who thinks himself without need,
فأنت له تصدى
To him do you address yourself.
To him dost thou attend;
To him you give attention.
وما عليك ألا يزكى
And no blame is on you if he would not purify himself
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
And as to him who comes to you striving hard,
But as to him who came to thee striving earnestly,
But as for he who came to you striving [for knowledge]
وهو يخشى
And he fears,
And with fear (in his heart),
While he fears [Allah],
فأنت عنه تلهى
From him will you divert yourself.
Of him wast thou unmindful.
From him you are distracted.
كلا إنها تذكرة
Nay! surely 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 him who pleases mind it.
Therefore let whoso will, keep it in remembrance.
So whoever wills may remember it.
في صحف مكرمة
In honored books,
(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
In the hands of scribes
(Written) by the hands of scribes -
[Carried] by the hands of messenger - angels,
كرام بررة
Noble, virtuous.
Honourable and Pious and Just.
Noble and dutiful.
قتل الإنسان ما أكفره
Cursed be man! how ungrateful is he!
Woe to man! What hath made him reject Allah;
Cursed is man; how disbelieving is he.
من أي شيء خلقه
Of what thing did He create him?
From what stuff hath He created 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 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 (as for) the way - - He has made it easy (for him)
Then doth He make His path smooth 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 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 pleases, He will raise him to life again.
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 he has not done what He bade 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
Then let man look to 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
That We pour down the water, pouring (it) down in abundance,
For that We pour forth water in abundance,
How We poured down water in torrents,
ثم شققنا الأرض شقا
Then We cleave the earth, cleaving (it) asunder,
And We split the earth in fragments,
Then We broke open the earth, splitting [it with sprouts],
فأنبتنا فيها حبا
Then We cause to grow therein the grain,
And produce therein corn,
And caused to grow within it grain
وعنبا وقضبا
And grapes and clover,
And Grapes and nutritious plants,
And grapes and herbage
وزيتونا ونخلا
And the olive and the palm,
And Olives and Dates,
And olive and palm trees
وحدائق غلبا
And thick gardens,
And enclosed Gardens, dense with lofty trees,
And gardens of dense shrubbery
وفاكهة وأبا
And fruits and herbage
And fruits and fodder, -
And fruit and grass -
متاعا لكم ولأنعامكم
A provision for you and for 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 deafening cry comes,
At length, when there comes the Deafening Noise, -
But when there comes the Deafening Blast
يوم يفر المرء من أخيه
The day on which a man shall fly 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 spouse and his son - -
And from his wife and his children.
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.
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
(Many) faces on that day shall be bright,
Some faces that Day will be beaming,
[Some] faces, that Day, will be bright -
ضاحكة مستبشرة
Laughing, joyous.
Laughing, rejoicing.
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 be dust - stained,
And [other] faces, that Day, will have upon them dust.
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.
Such will be the Rejecters of Allah, the doers of iniquity.
Those are the disbelievers, the wicked ones.