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.
The Prophet frowned and turned away
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, [interrupting].
What could inform thee but that he might grow (in grace)
And how can you know that he might become pure (from sins)?
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 he might receive admonition, and the admonition might profit him?
Or be reminded and the remembrance would benefit him?
As for him who thinketh himself independent,
As for him who thinks himself self-sufficient,
As for he who thinks himself without need,
Unto him thou payest regard.
To him you attend;
To him you give attention.
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 not upon you [is any blame] if he will not be purified.
But as for him who cometh unto thee with earnest purpose
But as to him who came to you running,
But as for he who came to you striving [for knowledge]
And hath fear,
And is afraid (of Allah and His punishment).
While he fears [Allah],
From him thou art distracted.
Of him you are neglectful and divert your attention to another,
From him you are distracted.
Nay, but verily it is an Admonishment,
Nay, (do not do like this); indeed it (this Qur'an) is an admonition.
No! Indeed, these verses are a reminder;
So let whosoever will pay heed to it,
So whoever wills, let him pay attention to it.
So whoever wills may remember it.
On honoured leaves
(It is) in Records held (greatly) in honour (Al-Lauh Al-Mahfuz),
[It is recorded] in honored sheets,
Exalted, purified,
Exalted (in dignity), purified,
Exalted and purified,
(Set down) by scribes
In the hands of scribes (angels).
[Carried] by the hands of messenger - angels,
Noble and righteous.
Honourable and obedient.
Noble and dutiful.
Man is (self - )destroyed: how ungrateful!
Be cursed (the disbelieving) man! How ungrateful he is!
Cursed is man; how disbelieving is he.
From what thing doth He create him ?
From what thing did He create him?
From what substance 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.
From a sperm - drop He created him and destined for him;
Then maketh the way easy for him,
Then He makes the Path easy for him.
Then He eased the way 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 his death and provides a grave for him.
Then, when He will, He bringeth him again to life.
Then when it is His Will, He will resurrect him (again).
Then when He wills, He will resurrect him.
Nay, but (man) hath not done what He commanded him.
Nay, but (man) has not done what He commanded him.
No! Man has not yet accomplished what He commanded him.
Let man consider his food:
Then let man look at his food:
Then let mankind look at his food -
How We pour water in showers
We pour forth water in abundance.
How We poured down water in torrents,
Then split the earth in clefts
And We split the earth in clefts.
Then We broke open the earth, splitting [it with sprouts],
And cause the grain to grow therein
And We cause therein the grain to grow,
And caused to grow within it grain
And grapes and green fodder
And grapes and clover plants (i.e. green fodder for the cattle),
And grapes and herbage
And olive - trees and palm - trees
And olives and date-palms,
And olive and palm trees
And garden - closes of thick foliage
And gardens dense with many trees,
And gardens of dense shrubbery
And fruits and grasses:
And fruits and herbage
And fruit and grass -
Provision for you and your cattle.
(To be) a provision and benefit for you and your cattle.
[As] enjoyment for you and your grazing livestock.
But when the Shout cometh
Then when there comes As-Sakhkhah (the second blowing of the Trumpet on the Day of Resurrection)
But when there comes the Deafening Blast
On the day when a man fleeth from his brother
That Day shall a man flee from his brother,
On the Day a man will flee 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 wife and his children,
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.
For every man, that Day, will be a matter adequate for him.
On that day faces will be bright as dawn,
Some faces that Day will be bright (true believers of Islamic Monotheism),
[Some] faces, that Day, will be bright -
Laughing, rejoicing at good news;
Laughing, rejoicing at good news (of Paradise).
Laughing, rejoicing at good news.
And other faces, on that day, with dust upon them,
And other faces, that Day, will be dust-stained.
And [other] faces, that Day, will have upon them dust.
Veiled in darkness,
Darkness will cover them.
Blackness will 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).
Those are the disbelievers, the wicked ones.