Chapter 80, 42 verses
He frowned and turned (his) back,
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم عبس وتولى
(The Prophet) frowned and turned away,
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. He frowned and turned away
Because there came to him the blind man.
أن جاءه الأعمى
Because there came to him the blind man (interrupting).
Because the blind man came unto him.
And what would make you know that he would purify himself,
وما يدريك لعله يزكى
But what could tell thee but that perchance he might grow (in spiritual understanding)? -
What could inform thee but that he might grow (in grace)
Or become reminded so that the reminder should profit him?
أو يذكر فتنفعه الذكرى
Or that he might receive admonition, and the teaching might profit him?
Or take heed and so the reminder might avail him ?
As for him who considers himself free from need (of you),
أما من استغنى
As to one who regards Himself as self - sufficient,
As for him who thinketh himself independent,
To him do you address yourself.
فأنت له تصدى
To him dost thou attend;
Unto him thou payest regard.
And no blame is on you if he would not purify himself
وما عليك ألا يزكى
Though it is no blame to thee if he grow not (in spiritual understanding).
Yet it is not thy concern if he grow not (in grace).
And as to him who comes to you striving hard,
وأما من جاءك يسعى
But as to him who came to thee striving earnestly,
But as for him who cometh unto thee with earnest purpose
And he fears,
وهو يخشى
And with fear (in his heart),
And hath fear,
From him will you divert yourself.
فأنت عنه تلهى
Of him wast thou unmindful.
From him thou art distracted.
Nay! surely it is an admonishment.
كلا إنها تذكرة
By no means (should it be so)! For it is indeed a Message of instruction:
Nay, but verily it is an Admonishment,
So let him who pleases mind it.
فمن شاء ذكره
Therefore let whoso will, keep it in remembrance.
So let whosoever will pay heed to it,
In honored books,
في صحف مكرمة
(It is) in Books held (greatly) in honour,
On honoured leaves
Exalted, purified,
مرفوعة مطهرة
Exalted (in dignity), kept pure and holy,
Exalted, purified,
In the hands of scribes
بأيدي سفرة
(Written) by the hands of scribes -
(Set down) by scribes
Noble, virtuous.
كرام بررة
Honourable and Pious and Just.
Noble and righteous.
Cursed be man! how ungrateful is he!
قتل الإنسان ما أكفره
Woe to man! What hath made him reject Allah;
Man is (self - )destroyed: how ungrateful!
Of what thing did He create him?
من أي شيء خلقه
From what stuff hath He created him?
From what thing doth He create him ?
Of a small seed; He created him, then He made him according to a measure,
من نطفة خلقه فقدره
From a sperm - drop: He hath created him, and then mouldeth him in due proportions;
From a drop of seed. He createth him and proportioneth him,
Then (as for) the way - - He has made it easy (for him)
ثم السبيل يسره
Then doth He make His path smooth for him;
Then maketh the way easy for him,
Then He causes him to die, then assigns to him a grave,
ثم أماته فأقبره
Then He causeth him to die, and putteth him in his grave;
Then causeth him to die, and burieth him;
Then when He pleases, He will raise him to life again.
ثم إذا شاء أنشره
Then, when it is His Will, He will raise him up (again).
Then, when He will, He bringeth him again to life.
Nay; but he has not done what He bade him.
كلا لما يقض ما أمره
By no means hath he fulfilled what Allah hath commanded him.
Nay, but (man) hath not done what He commanded him.
Then let man look to his food,
فلينظر الإنسان إلى طعامه
Then let man look at his food, (and how We provide it):
Let man consider his food:
That We pour down the water, pouring (it) down in abundance,
أنا صببنا الماء صبا
For that We pour forth water in abundance,
How We pour water in showers
Then We cleave the earth, cleaving (it) asunder,
ثم شققنا الأرض شقا
And We split the earth in fragments,
Then split the earth in clefts
Then We cause to grow therein the grain,
فأنبتنا فيها حبا
And produce therein corn,
And cause the grain to grow therein
And grapes and clover,
وعنبا وقضبا
And Grapes and nutritious plants,
And grapes and green fodder
And the olive and the palm,
وزيتونا ونخلا
And Olives and Dates,
And olive - trees and palm - trees
And thick gardens,
وحدائق غلبا
And enclosed Gardens, dense with lofty trees,
And garden - closes of thick foliage
And fruits and herbage
وفاكهة وأبا
And fruits and fodder, -
And fruits and grasses:
A provision for you and for your cattle.
متاعا لكم ولأنعامكم
For use and convenience to you and your cattle.
Provision for you and your cattle.
But when the deafening cry comes,
فإذا جاءت الصاخة
At length, when there comes the Deafening Noise, -
But when the Shout cometh
The day on which a man shall fly from his brother,
يوم يفر المرء من أخيه
That Day shall a man flee from his own brother,
On the day when a man fleeth from his brother
And his mother and his father,
وأمه وأبيه
And from his mother and his father,
And his mother and his father
And his spouse and his son - -
وصاحبته وبنيه
And from his wife and his children.
And his wife and his children,
Every man of them shall on that day have an affair which will occupy 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.
Every man that day will have concern enough to make him heedless (of others).
(Many) faces on that day shall be bright,
وجوه يومئذ مسفرة
Some faces that Day will be beaming,
On that day faces will be bright as dawn,
Laughing, joyous.
ضاحكة مستبشرة
Laughing, rejoicing.
Laughing, rejoicing at good news;
And (many) faces on that day, on them shall be dust,
ووجوه يومئذ عليها غبرة
And other faces that Day will be dust - stained,
And other faces, on that day, with dust upon them,
Darkness shall cover them.
ترهقها قترة
Blackness will cover them:
Veiled in darkness,
These are they who are unbelievers, the wicked.
أولئك هم الكفرة الفجرة
Such will be the Rejecters of Allah, the doers of iniquity.
Those are the disbelievers, the wicked.