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.
(The Prophet) 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 there came to him the blind man (interrupting).
وما يدريك لعله يزكى
And how can you know that he might become pure (from sins)?
But what could tell thee but that perchance he might grow (in spiritual understanding)? -
أو يذكر فتنفعه الذكرى
Or he might receive admonition, and the admonition might profit him?
Or that he might receive admonition, and the teaching might profit him?
أما من استغنى
As for him who thinks himself self-sufficient,
As to one who regards Himself as self - sufficient,
فأنت له تصدى
To him you attend;
To him dost thou attend;
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).
Though it is no blame to thee if he grow not (in spiritual understanding).
وأما من جاءك يسعى
But as to him who came to you running,
But as to him who came to thee striving earnestly,
وهو يخشى
And is afraid (of Allah and His punishment).
And with fear (in his heart),
فأنت عنه تلهى
Of him you are neglectful and divert your attention to another,
Of him wast thou unmindful.
كلا إنها تذكرة
Nay, (do not do like this); indeed it (this Qur'an) is an admonition.
By no means (should it be so)! For it is indeed a Message of instruction:
فمن شاء ذكره
So whoever wills, let him pay attention to it.
Therefore let whoso will, keep it in remembrance.
في صحف مكرمة
(It is) in Records held (greatly) in honour (Al-Lauh Al-Mahfuz),
(It is) in Books held (greatly) in honour,
مرفوعة مطهرة
Exalted (in dignity), purified,
Exalted (in dignity), kept pure and holy,
بأيدي سفرة
In the hands of scribes (angels).
(Written) by the hands of scribes -
كرام بررة
Honourable and obedient.
Honourable and Pious and Just.
قتل الإنسان ما أكفره
Be cursed (the disbelieving) man! How ungrateful he is!
Woe to man! What hath made him reject Allah;
من أي شيء خلقه
From what thing did He create him?
From what stuff hath He created him?
من نطفة خلقه فقدره
From Nutfah (male and female semen drops) He created him and then set him in due proportion.
From a sperm - drop: He hath created him, and then mouldeth him in due proportions;
ثم السبيل يسره
Then He makes the Path easy for him.
Then doth He make His path smooth for him;
ثم أماته فأقبره
Then He causes him to die and puts him in his grave.
Then He causeth him to die, and putteth him in his grave;
ثم إذا شاء أنشره
Then when it is His Will, He will resurrect him (again).
Then, when it is His Will, He will raise him up (again).
كلا لما يقض ما أمره
Nay, but (man) has not done what He commanded him.
By no means hath he fulfilled what Allah hath commanded him.
فلينظر الإنسان إلى طعامه
Then let man look at his food:
Then let man look at his food, (and how We provide it):
أنا صببنا الماء صبا
We pour forth water in abundance.
For that We pour forth water in abundance,
ثم شققنا الأرض شقا
And We split the earth in clefts.
And We split the earth in fragments,
فأنبتنا فيها حبا
And We cause therein the grain to grow,
And produce therein corn,
وعنبا وقضبا
And grapes and clover plants (i.e. green fodder for the cattle),
And Grapes and nutritious plants,
وزيتونا ونخلا
And olives and date-palms,
And Olives and Dates,
وحدائق غلبا
And gardens dense with many trees,
And enclosed Gardens, dense with lofty trees,
وفاكهة وأبا
And fruits and herbage
And fruits and fodder, -
متاعا لكم ولأنعامكم
(To be) a provision and benefit for you and your cattle.
For use and convenience to you and your cattle.
فإذا جاءت الصاخة
Then when there comes As-Sakhkhah (the second blowing of the Trumpet on the Day of Resurrection)
At length, when there comes the Deafening Noise, -
يوم يفر المرء من أخيه
That Day shall a man flee from his brother,
That Day shall a man flee from his own brother,
وأمه وأبيه
And from his mother and his father,
And from his mother and his father,
وصاحبته وبنيه
And from his wife and his children.
And from his wife and his children.
لكل امرئ منهم يومئذ شأن يغنيه
Everyman that Day will have enough to make him careless of others.
Each one of them, that Day, will have enough concern (of his own) to make him indifferent to the others.
وجوه يومئذ مسفرة
Some faces that Day will be bright (true believers of Islamic Monotheism),
Some faces that Day will be beaming,
ضاحكة مستبشرة
Laughing, rejoicing at good news (of Paradise).
Laughing, rejoicing.
ووجوه يومئذ عليها غبرة
And other faces, that Day, will be dust-stained.
And other faces that Day will be dust - stained,
ترهقها قترة
Darkness will cover them.
Blackness will cover them:
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).
Such will be the Rejecters of Allah, the doers of iniquity.