عبس

1 The Prophet frowned and turned away

1 (The Prophet) frowned and turned away,

1 In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. (The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم) frowned and turned away.

2 Because there came to him the blind man, [interrupting].

2 Because there came to him the blind man (interrupting).

2 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).

3 But what would make you perceive, [O Muhammad], that perhaps he might be purified

3 But what could tell thee but that perchance he might grow (in spiritual understanding)? -

3 And how can you know that he might become pure (from sins)?

4 Or be reminded and the remembrance would benefit him?

4 Or that he might receive admonition, and the teaching might profit him?

4 Or he might receive admonition, and the admonition might profit him?

5 As for he who thinks himself without need,

5 As to one who regards Himself as self - sufficient,

5 As for him who thinks himself self-sufficient,

6 To him you give attention.

6 To him dost thou attend;

6 To him you attend;

7 And not upon you [is any blame] if he will not be purified.

7 Though it is no blame to thee if he grow not (in spiritual understanding).

7 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).

8 But as for he who came to you striving [for knowledge]

8 But as to him who came to thee striving earnestly,

8 But as to him who came to you running,

9 While he fears [Allah],

9 And with fear (in his heart),

9 And is afraid (of Allah and His punishment).

10 From him you are distracted.

10 Of him wast thou unmindful.

10 Of him you are neglectful and divert your attention to another,

11 No! Indeed, these verses are a reminder;

11 By no means (should it be so)! For it is indeed a Message of instruction:

11 Nay, (do not do like this); indeed it (this Qur'an) is an admonition.

12 So whoever wills may remember it.

12 Therefore let whoso will, keep it in remembrance.

12 So whoever wills, let him pay attention to it.

13 [It is recorded] in honored sheets,

13 (It is) in Books held (greatly) in honour,

13 (It is) in Records held (greatly) in honour (Al-Lauh Al-Mahfuz),

14 Exalted and purified,

14 Exalted (in dignity), kept pure and holy,

14 Exalted (in dignity), purified,

15 [Carried] by the hands of messenger - angels,

15 (Written) by the hands of scribes -

15 In the hands of scribes (angels).

16 Noble and dutiful.

16 Honourable and Pious and Just.

16 Honourable and obedient.

17 Cursed is man; how disbelieving is he.

17 Woe to man! What hath made him reject Allah;

17 Be cursed (the disbelieving) man! How ungrateful he is!

18 From what substance did He create him?

18 From what stuff hath He created him?

18 From what thing did He create him?

19 From a sperm - drop He created him and destined for him;

19 From a sperm - drop: He hath created him, and then mouldeth him in due proportions;

19 From Nutfah (male and female semen drops) He created him and then set him in due proportion.

20 Then He eased the way for him;

20 Then doth He make His path smooth for him;

20 Then He makes the Path easy for him.

21 Then He causes his death and provides a grave for him.

21 Then He causeth him to die, and putteth him in his grave;

21 Then He causes him to die and puts him in his grave.

22 Then when He wills, He will resurrect him.

22 Then, when it is His Will, He will raise him up (again).

22 Then when it is His Will, He will resurrect him (again).

23 No! Man has not yet accomplished what He commanded him.

23 By no means hath he fulfilled what Allah hath commanded him.

23 Nay, but (man) has not done what He commanded him.

24 Then let mankind look at his food -

24 Then let man look at his food, (and how We provide it):

24 Then let man look at his food:

25 How We poured down water in torrents,

25 For that We pour forth water in abundance,

25 We pour forth water in abundance.

26 Then We broke open the earth, splitting [it with sprouts],

26 And We split the earth in fragments,

26 And We split the earth in clefts.

27 And caused to grow within it grain

27 And produce therein corn,

27 And We cause therein the grain to grow,

28 And grapes and herbage

28 And Grapes and nutritious plants,

28 And grapes and clover plants (i.e. green fodder for the cattle),

29 And olive and palm trees

29 And Olives and Dates,

29 And olives and date-palms,

30 And gardens of dense shrubbery

30 And enclosed Gardens, dense with lofty trees,

30 And gardens dense with many trees,

31 And fruit and grass -

31 And fruits and fodder, -

31 And fruits and herbage

32 [As] enjoyment for you and your grazing livestock.

32 For use and convenience to you and your cattle.

32 (To be) a provision and benefit for you and your cattle.

33 But when there comes the Deafening Blast

33 At length, when there comes the Deafening Noise, -

33 Then when there comes As-Sakhkhah (the second blowing of the Trumpet on the Day of Resurrection)

34 On the Day a man will flee from his brother

34 That Day shall a man flee from his own brother,

34 That Day shall a man flee from his brother,

35 And his mother and his father

35 And from his mother and his father,

35 And from his mother and his father,

36 And his wife and his children,

36 And from his wife and his children.

36 And from his wife and his children.

37 For every man, that Day, will be a matter adequate for him.

37 Each one of them, that Day, will have enough concern (of his own) to make him indifferent to the others.

37 Everyman that Day will have enough to make him careless of others.

38 [Some] faces, that Day, will be bright -

38 Some faces that Day will be beaming,

38 Some faces that Day will be bright (true believers of Islamic Monotheism),

39 Laughing, rejoicing at good news.

39 Laughing, rejoicing.

39 Laughing, rejoicing at good news (of Paradise).

40 And [other] faces, that Day, will have upon them dust.

40 And other faces that Day will be dust - stained,

40 And other faces, that Day, will be dust-stained.

41 Blackness will cover them.

41 Blackness will cover them:

41 Darkness will cover them.

42 Those are the disbelievers, the wicked ones.

42 Such will be the Rejecters of Allah, the doers of iniquity.

42 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).