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
He frowned and turned (his) back,
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.
What could inform thee but that he might grow (in grace)
But what could tell thee but that perchance he might grow (in spiritual understanding)? -
وما يدريك لعله يزكى
And what would make you know that he would purify himself,
Or take heed and so the reminder might avail him ?
Or that he might receive admonition, and the teaching might profit him?
أو يذكر فتنفعه الذكرى
Or become reminded so that the reminder should profit him?
As for him who thinketh himself independent,
As to one who regards Himself as self - sufficient,
أما من استغنى
As for him who considers himself free from need (of you),
Unto him thou payest regard.
To him dost thou attend;
فأنت له تصدى
To him do you address yourself.
Yet it is not thy concern if he grow not (in grace).
Though it is no blame to thee if he grow not (in spiritual understanding).
وما عليك ألا يزكى
And no blame is on you if he would not purify himself
But as for him who cometh unto thee with earnest purpose
But as to him who came to thee striving earnestly,
وأما من جاءك يسعى
And as to him who comes to you striving hard,
And hath fear,
And with fear (in his heart),
وهو يخشى
And he fears,
From him thou art distracted.
Of him wast thou unmindful.
فأنت عنه تلهى
From him will you divert yourself.
Nay, but verily it is an Admonishment,
By no means (should it be so)! For it is indeed a Message of instruction:
كلا إنها تذكرة
Nay! surely it is an admonishment.
So let whosoever will pay heed to it,
Therefore let whoso will, keep it in remembrance.
فمن شاء ذكره
So let him who pleases mind it.
On honoured leaves
(It is) in Books held (greatly) in honour,
في صحف مكرمة
In honored books,
Exalted, purified,
Exalted (in dignity), kept pure and holy,
مرفوعة مطهرة
Exalted, purified,
(Set down) by scribes
(Written) by the hands of scribes -
بأيدي سفرة
In the hands of scribes
Noble and righteous.
Honourable and Pious and Just.
كرام بررة
Noble, virtuous.
Man is (self - )destroyed: how ungrateful!
Woe to man! What hath made him reject Allah;
قتل الإنسان ما أكفره
Cursed be man! how ungrateful is he!
From what thing doth He create him ?
From what stuff hath He created him?
من أي شيء خلقه
Of what thing did He create him?
From a drop of seed. He createth him and proportioneth him,
From a sperm - drop: He hath created him, and then mouldeth him in due proportions;
من نطفة خلقه فقدره
Of a small seed; He created him, then He made him according to a measure,
Then maketh the way easy for him,
Then doth He make His path smooth for him;
ثم السبيل يسره
Then (as for) the way - - He has made it easy (for him)
Then causeth him to die, and burieth him;
Then He causeth him to die, and putteth him in his grave;
ثم أماته فأقبره
Then He causes him to die, then assigns to him a grave,
Then, when He will, He bringeth him again to life.
Then, when it is His Will, He will raise him up (again).
ثم إذا شاء أنشره
Then when He pleases, He will raise him to life again.
Nay, but (man) hath not done what He commanded him.
By no means hath he fulfilled what Allah hath commanded him.
كلا لما يقض ما أمره
Nay; but he has not done what He bade him.
Let man consider his food:
Then let man look at his food, (and how We provide it):
فلينظر الإنسان إلى طعامه
Then let man look to his food,
How We pour water in showers
For that We pour forth water in abundance,
أنا صببنا الماء صبا
That We pour down the water, pouring (it) down in abundance,
Then split the earth in clefts
And We split the earth in fragments,
ثم شققنا الأرض شقا
Then We cleave the earth, cleaving (it) asunder,
And cause the grain to grow therein
And produce therein corn,
فأنبتنا فيها حبا
Then We cause to grow therein the grain,
And grapes and green fodder
And Grapes and nutritious plants,
وعنبا وقضبا
And grapes and clover,
And olive - trees and palm - trees
And Olives and Dates,
وزيتونا ونخلا
And the olive and the palm,
And garden - closes of thick foliage
And enclosed Gardens, dense with lofty trees,
وحدائق غلبا
And thick gardens,
And fruits and grasses:
And fruits and fodder, -
وفاكهة وأبا
And fruits and herbage
Provision for you and your cattle.
For use and convenience to you and your cattle.
متاعا لكم ولأنعامكم
A provision for you and for your cattle.
But when the Shout cometh
At length, when there comes the Deafening Noise, -
فإذا جاءت الصاخة
But when the deafening cry comes,
On the day when a man fleeth from his brother
That Day shall a man flee from his own brother,
يوم يفر المرء من أخيه
The day on which a man shall fly from his brother,
And his mother and his father
And from his mother and his father,
وأمه وأبيه
And his mother and his father,
And his wife and his children,
And from his wife and his children.
وصاحبته وبنيه
And his spouse and his son - -
Every man that day will have concern enough to make him heedless (of others).
Each one of them, that Day, will have enough concern (of his own) to make him indifferent to the others.
لكل امرئ منهم يومئذ شأن يغنيه
Every man of them shall on that day have an affair which will occupy him.
On that day faces will be bright as dawn,
Some faces that Day will be beaming,
وجوه يومئذ مسفرة
(Many) faces on that day shall be bright,
Laughing, rejoicing at good news;
Laughing, rejoicing.
ضاحكة مستبشرة
Laughing, joyous.
And other faces, on that day, with dust upon them,
And other faces that Day will be dust - stained,
ووجوه يومئذ عليها غبرة
And (many) faces on that day, on them shall be dust,
Veiled in darkness,
Blackness will cover them:
ترهقها قترة
Darkness shall cover them.
Those are the disbelievers, the wicked.
Such will be the Rejecters of Allah, the doers of iniquity.
أولئك هم الكفرة الفجرة
These are they who are unbelievers, the wicked.