Chapter 80, 42 verses
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. He frowned and turned away
The Prophet frowned and turned away
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, [interrupting].
أن جاءه الأعمى
Because there came to him the blind man (interrupting).
What could inform thee but that he might grow (in grace)
But what would make you perceive, [O Muhammad], that perhaps he might be purified
وما يدريك لعله يزكى
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 be reminded and the remembrance would benefit him?
أو يذكر فتنفعه الذكرى
Or that he might receive admonition, and the teaching might profit him?
As for him who thinketh himself independent,
As for he who thinks himself without need,
أما من استغنى
As to one who regards Himself as self - sufficient,
Unto him thou payest regard.
To him you give attention.
فأنت له تصدى
To him dost thou attend;
Yet it is not thy concern if he grow not (in grace).
And not upon you [is any blame] if he will not be purified.
وما عليك ألا يزكى
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 for he who came to you striving [for knowledge]
وأما من جاءك يسعى
But as to him who came to thee striving earnestly,
And hath fear,
While he fears [Allah],
وهو يخشى
And with fear (in his heart),
From him thou art distracted.
From him you are distracted.
فأنت عنه تلهى
Of him wast thou unmindful.
Nay, but verily it is an Admonishment,
No! Indeed, these verses are a reminder;
كلا إنها تذكرة
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 may remember it.
فمن شاء ذكره
Therefore let whoso will, keep it in remembrance.
On honoured leaves
[It is recorded] in honored sheets,
في صحف مكرمة
(It is) in Books held (greatly) in honour,
Exalted, purified,
Exalted and purified,
مرفوعة مطهرة
Exalted (in dignity), kept pure and holy,
(Set down) by scribes
[Carried] by the hands of messenger - angels,
بأيدي سفرة
(Written) by the hands of scribes -
Noble and righteous.
Noble and dutiful.
كرام بررة
Honourable and Pious and Just.
Man is (self - )destroyed: how ungrateful!
Cursed is man; how disbelieving is he.
قتل الإنسان ما أكفره
Woe to man! What hath made him reject Allah;
From what thing doth He create him ?
From what substance did He create him?
من أي شيء خلقه
From what stuff hath He created him?
From a drop of seed. He createth him and proportioneth him,
From a sperm - drop He created him and destined for him;
من نطفة خلقه فقدره
From a sperm - drop: He hath created him, and then mouldeth him in due proportions;
Then maketh the way easy for him,
Then He eased the way for him;
ثم السبيل يسره
Then doth He make His path smooth for him;
Then causeth him to die, and burieth him;
Then He causes his death and provides a grave for him.
ثم أماته فأقبره
Then He causeth him to die, and putteth him in his grave;
Then, when He will, He bringeth him again to life.
Then when He wills, He will resurrect him.
ثم إذا شاء أنشره
Then, when it is His Will, He will raise him up (again).
Nay, but (man) hath not done what He commanded him.
No! Man has not yet accomplished what He commanded him.
كلا لما يقض ما أمره
By no means hath he fulfilled what Allah hath commanded him.
Let man consider his food:
Then let mankind look at his food -
فلينظر الإنسان إلى طعامه
Then let man look at his food, (and how We provide it):
How We pour water in showers
How We poured down water in torrents,
أنا صببنا الماء صبا
For that We pour forth water in abundance,
Then split the earth in clefts
Then We broke open the earth, splitting [it with sprouts],
ثم شققنا الأرض شقا
And We split the earth in fragments,
And cause the grain to grow therein
And caused to grow within it grain
فأنبتنا فيها حبا
And produce therein corn,
And grapes and green fodder
And grapes and herbage
وعنبا وقضبا
And Grapes and nutritious plants,
And olive - trees and palm - trees
And olive and palm trees
وزيتونا ونخلا
And Olives and Dates,
And garden - closes of thick foliage
And gardens of dense shrubbery
وحدائق غلبا
And enclosed Gardens, dense with lofty trees,
And fruits and grasses:
And fruit and grass -
وفاكهة وأبا
And fruits and fodder, -
Provision for you and your cattle.
[As] enjoyment for you and your grazing livestock.
متاعا لكم ولأنعامكم
For use and convenience to you and your cattle.
But when the Shout cometh
But when there comes the Deafening Blast
فإذا جاءت الصاخة
At length, when there comes the Deafening Noise, -
On the day when a man fleeth from his brother
On the Day a man will flee from his brother
يوم يفر المرء من أخيه
That Day shall a man flee from his own brother,
And his mother and his father
And his mother and his father
وأمه وأبيه
And from his mother and his father,
And his wife and his children,
And his wife and his children,
وصاحبته وبنيه
And from his wife and his children.
Every man that day will have concern enough to make him heedless (of others).
For every man, that Day, will be a matter adequate for him.
لكل امرئ منهم يومئذ شأن يغنيه
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 -
وجوه يومئذ مسفرة
Some faces that Day will be beaming,
Laughing, rejoicing at good news;
Laughing, rejoicing at good news.
ضاحكة مستبشرة
Laughing, rejoicing.
And other faces, on that day, with dust upon them,
And [other] faces, that Day, will have upon them dust.
ووجوه يومئذ عليها غبرة
And other faces that Day will be dust - stained,
Veiled in darkness,
Blackness will cover them.
ترهقها قترة
Blackness will cover them:
Those are the disbelievers, the wicked.
Those are the disbelievers, the wicked ones.
أولئك هم الكفرة الفجرة
Such will be the Rejecters of Allah, the doers of iniquity.