Chapter 80, 42 verses
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. He frowned and turned away
The Prophet frowned and turned away
He frowned and turned (his) back,
(The Prophet) frowned and turned away,
Because the blind man came unto him.
Because there came to him the blind man, [interrupting].
Because there came to him the blind man.
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
And what would make you know that he would purify himself,
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?
Or become reminded so that the reminder should profit him?
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,
As for him who considers himself free from need (of you),
As to one who regards Himself as self - sufficient,
Unto him thou payest regard.
To him you give attention.
To him do you address yourself.
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.
And no blame is on you if he would not purify himself
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]
And as to him who comes to you striving hard,
But as to him who came to thee striving earnestly,
And hath fear,
While he fears [Allah],
And he fears,
And with fear (in his heart),
From him thou art distracted.
From him you are distracted.
From him will you divert yourself.
Of him wast thou unmindful.
Nay, but verily it is an Admonishment,
No! Indeed, these verses are a reminder;
Nay! surely it is an admonishment.
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.
So let him who pleases mind it.
Therefore let whoso will, keep it in remembrance.
On honoured leaves
[It is recorded] in honored sheets,
In honored books,
(It is) in Books held (greatly) in honour,
Exalted, purified,
Exalted and purified,
Exalted, purified,
Exalted (in dignity), kept pure and holy,
(Set down) by scribes
[Carried] by the hands of messenger - angels,
In the hands of scribes
(Written) by the hands of scribes -
Noble and righteous.
Noble and dutiful.
Noble, virtuous.
Honourable and Pious and Just.
Man is (self - )destroyed: how ungrateful!
Cursed is man; how disbelieving is he.
Cursed be man! how ungrateful is he!
Woe to man! What hath made him reject Allah;
From what thing doth He create him ?
From what substance did He create him?
Of 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 a sperm - drop He created him and destined for him;
Of a small seed; He created him, then He made him according to a measure,
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;
Then (as for) the way - - He has made it easy (for him)
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.
Then He causes him to die, then assigns to him a 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 He wills, He will resurrect him.
Then when He pleases, He will raise him to life again.
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.
Nay; but he has not done what He bade him.
By no means hath he fulfilled what Allah hath commanded him.
Let man consider his food:
Then let mankind look at his food -
Then let man look to his food,
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,
That We pour down the water, pouring (it) down in abundance,
For that We pour forth water in abundance,
Then split the earth in clefts
Then We broke open the earth, splitting [it with sprouts],
Then We cleave the earth, cleaving (it) asunder,
And We split the earth in fragments,
And cause the grain to grow therein
And caused to grow within it grain
Then We cause to grow therein the grain,
And produce therein corn,
And grapes and green fodder
And grapes and herbage
And grapes and clover,
And Grapes and nutritious plants,
And olive - trees and palm - trees
And olive and palm trees
And the olive and the palm,
And Olives and Dates,
And garden - closes of thick foliage
And gardens of dense shrubbery
And thick gardens,
And enclosed Gardens, dense with lofty trees,
And fruits and grasses:
And fruit and grass -
And fruits and herbage
And fruits and fodder, -
Provision for you and your cattle.
[As] enjoyment for you and your grazing livestock.
A provision for you and for your cattle.
For use and convenience to you and your cattle.
But when the Shout cometh
But when there comes the Deafening Blast
But when the deafening cry comes,
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
The day on which a man shall fly from his brother,
That Day shall a man flee from his own brother,
And his mother and his father
And his mother and his father
And his mother and his father,
And from his mother and his father,
And his wife and his children,
And his wife and his children,
And his spouse and his son - -
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.
Every man of them shall on that day have an affair which will occupy him.
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 -
(Many) faces on that day shall be bright,
Some faces that Day will be beaming,
Laughing, rejoicing at good news;
Laughing, rejoicing at good news.
Laughing, joyous.
Laughing, rejoicing.
And other faces, on that day, with dust upon them,
And [other] faces, that Day, will have upon them dust.
And (many) faces on that day, on them shall be dust,
And other faces that Day will be dust - stained,
Veiled in darkness,
Blackness will cover them.
Darkness shall cover them.
Blackness will cover them:
Those are the disbelievers, the wicked.
Those are the disbelievers, the wicked ones.
These are they who are unbelievers, the wicked.
Such will be the Rejecters of Allah, the doers of iniquity.