Chapter 80, 42 verses
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. He frowned and turned away
He frowned and turned (his) back,
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم عبس وتولى
The Prophet frowned and turned away
Because the blind man came unto him.
Because there came to him the blind man.
أن جاءه الأعمى
Because there came to him the blind man, [interrupting].
What could inform thee but that he might grow (in grace)
And what would make you know that he would purify himself,
وما يدريك لعله يزكى
But what would make you perceive, [O Muhammad], that perhaps he might be purified
Or take heed and so the reminder might avail him ?
Or become reminded so that the reminder should profit him?
أو يذكر فتنفعه الذكرى
Or be reminded and the remembrance would benefit him?
As for him who thinketh himself independent,
As for him who considers himself free from need (of you),
أما من استغنى
As for he who thinks himself without need,
Unto him thou payest regard.
To him do you address yourself.
فأنت له تصدى
To him you give attention.
Yet it is not thy concern if he grow not (in grace).
And no blame is on you if he would not purify himself
وما عليك ألا يزكى
And not upon you [is any blame] if he will not be purified.
But as for him who cometh unto thee with earnest purpose
And as to him who comes to you striving hard,
وأما من جاءك يسعى
But as for he who came to you striving [for knowledge]
And hath fear,
And he fears,
وهو يخشى
While he fears [Allah],
From him thou art distracted.
From him will you divert yourself.
فأنت عنه تلهى
From him you are distracted.
Nay, but verily it is an Admonishment,
Nay! surely it is an admonishment.
كلا إنها تذكرة
No! Indeed, these verses are a reminder;
So let whosoever will pay heed to it,
So let him who pleases mind it.
فمن شاء ذكره
So whoever wills may remember it.
On honoured leaves
In honored books,
في صحف مكرمة
[It is recorded] in honored sheets,
Exalted, purified,
Exalted, purified,
مرفوعة مطهرة
Exalted and purified,
(Set down) by scribes
In the hands of scribes
بأيدي سفرة
[Carried] by the hands of messenger - angels,
Noble and righteous.
Noble, virtuous.
كرام بررة
Noble and dutiful.
Man is (self - )destroyed: how ungrateful!
Cursed be man! how ungrateful is he!
قتل الإنسان ما أكفره
Cursed is man; how disbelieving is he.
From what thing doth He create him ?
Of what thing did He create him?
من أي شيء خلقه
From what substance did He create him?
From a drop of seed. He createth him and proportioneth him,
Of a small seed; He created him, then He made him according to a measure,
من نطفة خلقه فقدره
From a sperm - drop He created him and destined for him;
Then maketh the way easy for him,
Then (as for) the way - - He has made it easy (for him)
ثم السبيل يسره
Then He eased the way for him;
Then causeth him to die, and burieth him;
Then He causes him to die, then assigns to him a grave,
ثم أماته فأقبره
Then He causes his death and provides a grave for him.
Then, when He will, He bringeth him again to life.
Then when He pleases, He will raise him to life again.
ثم إذا شاء أنشره
Then when He wills, He will resurrect him.
Nay, but (man) hath not done what He commanded him.
Nay; but he has not done what He bade him.
كلا لما يقض ما أمره
No! Man has not yet accomplished what He commanded him.
Let man consider his food:
Then let man look to his food,
فلينظر الإنسان إلى طعامه
Then let mankind look at his food -
How We pour water in showers
That We pour down the water, pouring (it) down in abundance,
أنا صببنا الماء صبا
How We poured down water in torrents,
Then split the earth in clefts
Then We cleave the earth, cleaving (it) asunder,
ثم شققنا الأرض شقا
Then We broke open the earth, splitting [it with sprouts],
And cause the grain to grow therein
Then We cause to grow therein the grain,
فأنبتنا فيها حبا
And caused to grow within it grain
And grapes and green fodder
And grapes and clover,
وعنبا وقضبا
And grapes and herbage
And olive - trees and palm - trees
And the olive and the palm,
وزيتونا ونخلا
And olive and palm trees
And garden - closes of thick foliage
And thick gardens,
وحدائق غلبا
And gardens of dense shrubbery
And fruits and grasses:
And fruits and herbage
وفاكهة وأبا
And fruit and grass -
Provision for you and your cattle.
A provision for you and for your cattle.
متاعا لكم ولأنعامكم
[As] enjoyment for you and your grazing livestock.
But when the Shout cometh
But when the deafening cry comes,
فإذا جاءت الصاخة
But when there comes the Deafening Blast
On the day when a man fleeth from his brother
The day on which a man shall fly from his brother,
يوم يفر المرء من أخيه
On the Day a man will flee from his brother
And his mother and his father
And his mother and his father,
وأمه وأبيه
And his mother and his father
And his wife and his children,
And his spouse and his son - -
وصاحبته وبنيه
And his wife and his children,
Every man that day will have concern enough to make him heedless (of others).
Every man of them shall on that day have an affair which will occupy him.
لكل امرئ منهم يومئذ شأن يغنيه
For every man, that Day, will be a matter adequate for him.
On that day faces will be bright as dawn,
(Many) faces on that day shall be bright,
وجوه يومئذ مسفرة
[Some] faces, that Day, will be bright -
Laughing, rejoicing at good news;
Laughing, joyous.
ضاحكة مستبشرة
Laughing, rejoicing at good news.
And other faces, on that day, with dust upon them,
And (many) faces on that day, on them shall be dust,
ووجوه يومئذ عليها غبرة
And [other] faces, that Day, will have upon them dust.
Veiled in darkness,
Darkness shall cover them.
ترهقها قترة
Blackness will cover them.
Those are the disbelievers, the wicked.
These are they who are unbelievers, the wicked.
أولئك هم الكفرة الفجرة
Those are the disbelievers, the wicked ones.