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 could tell thee but that perchance he might grow (in spiritual understanding)? -
Or take heed and so the reminder might avail him ?
Or he might receive admonition, and the admonition might profit him?
Or that he might receive admonition, and the teaching might profit him?
As for him who thinketh himself independent,
As for him who thinks himself self-sufficient,
As to one who regards Himself as self - sufficient,
Unto him thou payest regard.
To him you attend;
To him dost thou attend;
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).
Though it is no blame to thee if he grow not (in spiritual understanding).
But as for him who cometh unto thee with earnest purpose
But as to him who came to you running,
But as to him who came to thee striving earnestly,
And hath fear,
And is afraid (of Allah and His punishment).
And with fear (in his heart),
From him thou art distracted.
Of him you are neglectful and divert your attention to another,
Of him wast thou unmindful.
Nay, but verily it is an Admonishment,
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:
So let whosoever will pay heed to it,
So whoever wills, let him pay attention to it.
Therefore let whoso will, keep it in remembrance.
On honoured leaves
(It is) in Records held (greatly) in honour (Al-Lauh Al-Mahfuz),
(It is) in Books held (greatly) in honour,
Exalted, purified,
Exalted (in dignity), purified,
Exalted (in dignity), kept pure and holy,
(Set down) by scribes
In the hands of scribes (angels).
(Written) by the hands of scribes -
Noble and righteous.
Honourable and obedient.
Honourable and Pious and Just.
Man is (self - )destroyed: how ungrateful!
Be cursed (the disbelieving) man! How ungrateful he is!
Woe to man! What hath made him reject Allah;
From what thing doth He create him ?
From what thing did He create him?
From what stuff hath He created 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 hath created him, and then mouldeth him in due proportions;
Then maketh the way easy for him,
Then He makes the Path easy for him.
Then doth He make His path smooth for him;
Then causeth him to die, and burieth him;
Then He causes him to die and puts him in his grave.
Then He causeth him to die, and putteth him in his grave;
Then, when He will, He bringeth him again to life.
Then when it is His Will, He will resurrect him (again).
Then, when it is His Will, He will raise him up (again).
Nay, but (man) hath not done what He commanded him.
Nay, but (man) has not done what He commanded him.
By no means hath he fulfilled what Allah hath commanded him.
Let man consider his food:
Then let man look at his food:
Then let man look at his food, (and how We provide it):
How We pour water in showers
We pour forth water in abundance.
For that We pour forth water in abundance,
Then split the earth in clefts
And We split the earth in clefts.
And We split the earth in fragments,
And cause the grain to grow therein
And We cause therein the grain to grow,
And produce therein corn,
And grapes and green fodder
And grapes and clover plants (i.e. green fodder for the cattle),
And Grapes and nutritious plants,
And olive - trees and palm - trees
And olives and date-palms,
And Olives and Dates,
And garden - closes of thick foliage
And gardens dense with many trees,
And enclosed Gardens, dense with lofty trees,
And fruits and grasses:
And fruits and herbage
And fruits and fodder, -
Provision for you and your cattle.
(To be) a provision and benefit for you and your cattle.
For use and convenience to you and your cattle.
But when the Shout cometh
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, -
On the day when a man fleeth from his brother
That Day shall a man flee from his brother,
That Day shall a man flee from his own brother,
And his mother and his father
And from his mother and his father,
And from his mother and his father,
And his wife and his children,
And from his wife and his children.
And from 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.
Each one of them, that Day, will have enough concern (of his own) to make him indifferent to the others.
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 beaming,
Laughing, rejoicing at good news;
Laughing, rejoicing at good news (of Paradise).
Laughing, rejoicing.
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 be dust - stained,
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).
Such will be the Rejecters of Allah, the doers of iniquity.