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
Because the blind man came unto him.
Because there came to him the blind man, [interrupting].
أن جاءه الأعمى
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
Or take heed and so the reminder might avail him ?
Or be reminded and the remembrance would benefit him?
أو يذكر فتنفعه الذكرى
As for him who thinketh himself independent,
As for he who thinks himself without need,
أما من استغنى
Unto him thou payest regard.
To him you give attention.
فأنت له تصدى
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
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
And hath fear,
While he fears [Allah],
وهو يخشى
From him thou art distracted.
From him you are distracted.
فأنت عنه تلهى
Nay, but verily it is an Admonishment,
No! Indeed, these verses are a reminder;
كلا إنها تذكرة
So let whosoever will pay heed to it,
So whoever wills may remember it.
فمن شاء ذكره
On honoured leaves
[It is recorded] in honored sheets,
في صحف مكرمة
Exalted, purified,
Exalted and purified,
مرفوعة مطهرة
(Set down) by scribes
[Carried] by the hands of messenger - angels,
بأيدي سفرة
Noble and righteous.
Noble and dutiful.
كرام بررة
Man is (self - )destroyed: how ungrateful!
Cursed is man; how disbelieving is he.
قتل الإنسان ما أكفره
From what thing doth He create him ?
From what substance did He create him?
من أي شيء خلقه
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
Then maketh the way easy for him,
Then He eased the way for him;
ثم السبيل يسره
Then causeth him to die, and burieth him;
Then He causes his death and provides a grave for him.
ثم أماته فأقبره
Then, when He will, He bringeth him again to life.
Then when He wills, He will resurrect him.
ثم إذا شاء أنشره
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
Let man consider his food:
Then let mankind look at his food -
فلينظر الإنسان إلى طعامه
How We pour water in showers
How We poured down water in torrents,
أنا صببنا الماء صبا
Then split the earth in clefts
Then We broke open the earth, splitting [it with sprouts],
ثم شققنا الأرض شقا
And cause the grain to grow therein
And caused to grow within it grain
فأنبتنا فيها حبا
And grapes and green fodder
And grapes and herbage
وعنبا وقضبا
And olive - trees and palm - trees
And olive and palm trees
وزيتونا ونخلا
And garden - closes of thick foliage
And gardens of dense shrubbery
وحدائق غلبا
And fruits and grasses:
And fruit and grass -
وفاكهة وأبا
Provision for you and your cattle.
[As] enjoyment for you and your grazing livestock.
متاعا لكم ولأنعامكم
But when the Shout cometh
But when there comes the Deafening Blast
فإذا جاءت الصاخة
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
And his mother and his father
And his mother and his father
وأمه وأبيه
And his wife and his children,
And his wife and his children,
وصاحبته وبنيه
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
On that day faces will be bright as dawn,
[Some] faces, that Day, will be bright -
وجوه يومئذ مسفرة
Laughing, rejoicing at good news;
Laughing, rejoicing at good news.
ضاحكة مستبشرة
And other faces, on that day, with dust upon them,
And [other] faces, that Day, will have upon them dust.
ووجوه يومئذ عليها غبرة
Veiled in darkness,
Blackness will cover them.
ترهقها قترة
Those are the disbelievers, the wicked.
Those are the disbelievers, the wicked ones.
أولئك هم الكفرة الفجرة