Chapter 80, 42 verses
He frowned and turned (his) back,
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم عبس وتولى
(The Prophet) frowned and turned away,
The Prophet 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 there came to him the blind man, [interrupting].
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)? -
But what would make you perceive, [O Muhammad], that perhaps he might be purified
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 be reminded and the remembrance would benefit 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 he who thinks himself without need,
To him do you address yourself.
فأنت له تصدى
To him dost thou attend;
To him you give attention.
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).
And not upon you [is any blame] if he will not be purified.
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 he who came to you striving [for knowledge]
And he fears,
وهو يخشى
And with fear (in his heart),
While he fears [Allah],
From him will you divert yourself.
فأنت عنه تلهى
Of him wast thou unmindful.
From him you are 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:
No! Indeed, these verses are a reminder;
So let him who pleases mind it.
فمن شاء ذكره
Therefore let whoso will, keep it in remembrance.
So whoever wills may remember it.
In honored books,
في صحف مكرمة
(It is) in Books held (greatly) in honour,
[It is recorded] in honored sheets,
Exalted, purified,
مرفوعة مطهرة
Exalted (in dignity), kept pure and holy,
Exalted and purified,
In the hands of scribes
بأيدي سفرة
(Written) by the hands of scribes -
[Carried] by the hands of messenger - angels,
Noble, virtuous.
كرام بررة
Honourable and Pious and Just.
Noble and dutiful.
Cursed be man! how ungrateful is he!
قتل الإنسان ما أكفره
Woe to man! What hath made him reject Allah;
Cursed is man; how disbelieving is he.
Of what thing did He create him?
من أي شيء خلقه
From what stuff hath He created him?
From what substance did 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 sperm - drop He created him and destined for 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 He eased the way 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 He causes his death and provides a grave for 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 wills, He will resurrect him.
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.
No! Man has not yet accomplished 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):
Then let mankind look at 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 poured down water in torrents,
Then We cleave the earth, cleaving (it) asunder,
ثم شققنا الأرض شقا
And We split the earth in fragments,
Then We broke open the earth, splitting [it with sprouts],
Then We cause to grow therein the grain,
فأنبتنا فيها حبا
And produce therein corn,
And caused to grow within it grain
And grapes and clover,
وعنبا وقضبا
And Grapes and nutritious plants,
And grapes and herbage
And the olive and the palm,
وزيتونا ونخلا
And Olives and Dates,
And olive and palm trees
And thick gardens,
وحدائق غلبا
And enclosed Gardens, dense with lofty trees,
And gardens of dense shrubbery
And fruits and herbage
وفاكهة وأبا
And fruits and fodder, -
And fruit and grass -
A provision for you and for your cattle.
متاعا لكم ولأنعامكم
For use and convenience to you and your cattle.
[As] enjoyment for you and your grazing livestock.
But when the deafening cry comes,
فإذا جاءت الصاخة
At length, when there comes the Deafening Noise, -
But when there comes the Deafening Blast
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 a man will flee 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.
For every man, that Day, will be a matter adequate for him.
(Many) faces on that day shall be bright,
وجوه يومئذ مسفرة
Some faces that Day will be beaming,
[Some] faces, that Day, will be bright -
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, that Day, will have upon them dust.
Darkness shall cover them.
ترهقها قترة
Blackness will cover them:
Blackness will cover them.
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 ones.