Chapter 80, 42 verses
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم عبس وتولى
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. (The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم) frowned and turned away.
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. He frowned and turned away
أن جاءه الأعمى
Because there came to him the blind man (i.e. 'Abdullah bin Umm-Maktum, who came to the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم while he was preaching to one or some of the Quraish chiefs).
Because the blind man came unto him.
وما يدريك لعله يزكى
And how can you know that he might become pure (from sins)?
What could inform thee but that he might grow (in grace)
أو يذكر فتنفعه الذكرى
Or he might receive admonition, and the admonition might profit him?
Or take heed and so the reminder might avail him ?
أما من استغنى
As for him who thinks himself self-sufficient,
As for him who thinketh himself independent,
فأنت له تصدى
To him you attend;
Unto him thou payest regard.
وما عليك ألا يزكى
What does it matter to you if he will not become pure (from disbelief: you are only a Messenger, your duty is to convey the Message of Allah).
Yet it is not thy concern if he grow not (in grace).
وأما من جاءك يسعى
But as to him who came to you running,
But as for him who cometh unto thee with earnest purpose
وهو يخشى
And is afraid (of Allah and His punishment).
And hath fear,
فأنت عنه تلهى
Of him you are neglectful and divert your attention to another,
From him thou art distracted.
كلا إنها تذكرة
Nay, (do not do like this); indeed it (this Qur'an) is an admonition.
Nay, but verily it is an Admonishment,
فمن شاء ذكره
So whoever wills, let him pay attention to it.
So let whosoever will pay heed to it,
في صحف مكرمة
(It is) in Records held (greatly) in honour (Al-Lauh Al-Mahfuz),
On honoured leaves
مرفوعة مطهرة
Exalted (in dignity), purified,
Exalted, purified,
بأيدي سفرة
In the hands of scribes (angels).
(Set down) by scribes
كرام بررة
Honourable and obedient.
Noble and righteous.
قتل الإنسان ما أكفره
Be cursed (the disbelieving) man! How ungrateful he is!
Man is (self - )destroyed: how ungrateful!
من أي شيء خلقه
From what thing did He create him?
From what thing doth He create him ?
من نطفة خلقه فقدره
From Nutfah (male and female semen drops) He created him and then set him in due proportion.
From a drop of seed. He createth him and proportioneth him,
ثم السبيل يسره
Then He makes the Path easy for him.
Then maketh the way easy for him,
ثم أماته فأقبره
Then He causes him to die and puts him in his grave.
Then causeth him to die, and burieth him;
ثم إذا شاء أنشره
Then when it is His Will, He will resurrect him (again).
Then, when He will, He bringeth him again to life.
كلا لما يقض ما أمره
Nay, but (man) has not done what He commanded him.
Nay, but (man) hath not done what He commanded him.
فلينظر الإنسان إلى طعامه
Then let man look at his food:
Let man consider his food:
أنا صببنا الماء صبا
We pour forth water in abundance.
How We pour water in showers
ثم شققنا الأرض شقا
And We split the earth in clefts.
Then split the earth in clefts
فأنبتنا فيها حبا
And We cause therein the grain to grow,
And cause the grain to grow therein
وعنبا وقضبا
And grapes and clover plants (i.e. green fodder for the cattle),
And grapes and green fodder
وزيتونا ونخلا
And olives and date-palms,
And olive - trees and palm - trees
وحدائق غلبا
And gardens dense with many trees,
And garden - closes of thick foliage
وفاكهة وأبا
And fruits and herbage
And fruits and grasses:
متاعا لكم ولأنعامكم
(To be) a provision and benefit for you and your cattle.
Provision for you and your cattle.
فإذا جاءت الصاخة
Then when there comes As-Sakhkhah (the second blowing of the Trumpet on the Day of Resurrection)
But when the Shout cometh
يوم يفر المرء من أخيه
That Day shall a man flee from his brother,
On the day when a man fleeth from his brother
وأمه وأبيه
And from his mother and his father,
And his mother and his father
وصاحبته وبنيه
And from his wife and his children.
And his wife and his children,
لكل امرئ منهم يومئذ شأن يغنيه
Everyman that Day will have enough to make him careless of others.
Every man that day will have concern enough to make him heedless (of others).
وجوه يومئذ مسفرة
Some faces that Day will be bright (true believers of Islamic Monotheism),
On that day faces will be bright as dawn,
ضاحكة مستبشرة
Laughing, rejoicing at good news (of Paradise).
Laughing, rejoicing at good news;
ووجوه يومئذ عليها غبرة
And other faces, that Day, will be dust-stained.
And other faces, on that day, with dust upon them,
ترهقها قترة
Darkness will cover them.
Veiled in darkness,
أولئك هم الكفرة الفجرة
Such will be the Kafarah (disbelievers in Allah, in His Oneness, and in His Messenger Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم, etc.), the Fajarah (wicked evil doers).
Those are the disbelievers, the wicked.