Chapter 80, 42 verses
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. He frowned and turned away
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. (The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم) frowned and turned away.
He frowned and turned (his) back,
Because the blind man came unto him.
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.
What could inform thee but that he might grow (in grace)
And how can you know that he might become pure (from sins)?
And what would make you know that he would purify himself,
Or take heed and so the reminder might avail him ?
Or he might receive admonition, and the admonition might profit him?
Or become reminded so that the reminder should profit him?
As for him who thinketh himself independent,
As for him who thinks himself self-sufficient,
As for him who considers himself free from need (of you),
Unto him thou payest regard.
To him you attend;
To him do you address yourself.
Yet it is not thy concern if he grow not (in grace).
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).
And no blame is on you if he would not purify himself
But as for him who cometh unto thee with earnest purpose
But as to him who came to you running,
And as to him who comes to you striving hard,
And hath fear,
And is afraid (of Allah and His punishment).
And he fears,
From him thou art distracted.
Of him you are neglectful and divert your attention to another,
From him will you divert yourself.
Nay, but verily it is an Admonishment,
Nay, (do not do like this); indeed it (this Qur'an) is an admonition.
Nay! surely it is an admonishment.
So let whosoever will pay heed to it,
So whoever wills, let him pay attention to it.
So let him who pleases mind it.
On honoured leaves
(It is) in Records held (greatly) in honour (Al-Lauh Al-Mahfuz),
In honored books,
Exalted, purified,
Exalted (in dignity), purified,
Exalted, purified,
(Set down) by scribes
In the hands of scribes (angels).
In the hands of scribes
Noble and righteous.
Honourable and obedient.
Noble, virtuous.
Man is (self - )destroyed: how ungrateful!
Be cursed (the disbelieving) man! How ungrateful he is!
Cursed be man! how ungrateful is he!
From what thing doth He create him ?
From what thing did He create him?
Of what thing did He create him?
From a drop of seed. He createth him and proportioneth him,
From Nutfah (male and female semen drops) He created him and then set him in due proportion.
Of a small seed; He created him, then He made him according to a measure,
Then maketh the way easy for him,
Then He makes the Path easy for him.
Then (as for) the way - - He has made it easy (for him)
Then causeth him to die, and burieth him;
Then He causes him to die and puts him in his grave.
Then He causes him to die, then assigns to him a grave,
Then, when He will, He bringeth him again to life.
Then when it is His Will, He will resurrect him (again).
Then when He pleases, He will raise him to life again.
Nay, but (man) hath not done what He commanded him.
Nay, but (man) has not done what He commanded him.
Nay; but he has not done what He bade him.
Let man consider his food:
Then let man look at his food:
Then let man look to his food,
How We pour water in showers
We pour forth water in abundance.
That We pour down the water, pouring (it) down in abundance,
Then split the earth in clefts
And We split the earth in clefts.
Then We cleave the earth, cleaving (it) asunder,
And cause the grain to grow therein
And We cause therein the grain to grow,
Then We cause to grow therein the grain,
And grapes and green fodder
And grapes and clover plants (i.e. green fodder for the cattle),
And grapes and clover,
And olive - trees and palm - trees
And olives and date-palms,
And the olive and the palm,
And garden - closes of thick foliage
And gardens dense with many trees,
And thick gardens,
And fruits and grasses:
And fruits and herbage
And fruits and herbage
Provision for you and your cattle.
(To be) a provision and benefit for you and your cattle.
A provision for you and for your cattle.
But when the Shout cometh
Then when there comes As-Sakhkhah (the second blowing of the Trumpet on the Day of Resurrection)
But when the deafening cry comes,
On the day when a man fleeth from his brother
That Day shall a man flee from his brother,
The day on which a man shall fly from his brother,
And his mother and his father
And from his mother and his father,
And his mother and his father,
And his wife and his children,
And from his wife and his children.
And his spouse and his son - -
Every man that day will have concern enough to make him heedless (of others).
Everyman that Day will have enough to make him careless of others.
Every man of them shall on that day have an affair which will occupy him.
On that day faces will be bright as dawn,
Some faces that Day will be bright (true believers of Islamic Monotheism),
(Many) faces on that day shall be bright,
Laughing, rejoicing at good news;
Laughing, rejoicing at good news (of Paradise).
Laughing, joyous.
And other faces, on that day, with dust upon them,
And other faces, that Day, will be dust-stained.
And (many) faces on that day, on them shall be dust,
Veiled in darkness,
Darkness will cover them.
Darkness shall cover them.
Those are the disbelievers, the wicked.
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).
These are they who are unbelievers, the wicked.