Chapter 80, 42 verses
He frowned and turned (his) back,
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. He frowned and turned away
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم عبس وتولى
The Prophet frowned and turned away
Because there came to him the blind man.
Because the blind man came unto him.
أن جاءه الأعمى
Because there came to him the blind man, [interrupting].
And what would make you know that he would purify himself,
What could inform thee but that he might grow (in grace)
وما يدريك لعله يزكى
But what would make you perceive, [O Muhammad], that perhaps he might be purified
Or become reminded so that the reminder should profit him?
Or take heed and so the reminder might avail him ?
أو يذكر فتنفعه الذكرى
Or be reminded and the remembrance would benefit him?
As for him who considers himself free from need (of you),
As for him who thinketh himself independent,
أما من استغنى
As for he who thinks himself without need,
To him do you address yourself.
Unto him thou payest regard.
فأنت له تصدى
To him you give attention.
And no blame is on you if he would not purify himself
Yet it is not thy concern if he grow not (in grace).
وما عليك ألا يزكى
And not upon you [is any blame] if he will not be purified.
And as to him who comes to you striving hard,
But as for him who cometh unto thee with earnest purpose
وأما من جاءك يسعى
But as for he who came to you striving [for knowledge]
And he fears,
And hath fear,
وهو يخشى
While he fears [Allah],
From him will you divert yourself.
From him thou art distracted.
فأنت عنه تلهى
From him you are distracted.
Nay! surely it is an admonishment.
Nay, but verily it is an Admonishment,
كلا إنها تذكرة
No! Indeed, these verses are a reminder;
So let him who pleases mind it.
So let whosoever will pay heed to it,
فمن شاء ذكره
So whoever wills may remember it.
In honored books,
On honoured leaves
في صحف مكرمة
[It is recorded] in honored sheets,
Exalted, purified,
Exalted, purified,
مرفوعة مطهرة
Exalted and purified,
In the hands of scribes
(Set down) by scribes
بأيدي سفرة
[Carried] by the hands of messenger - angels,
Noble, virtuous.
Noble and righteous.
كرام بررة
Noble and dutiful.
Cursed be man! how ungrateful is he!
Man is (self - )destroyed: how ungrateful!
قتل الإنسان ما أكفره
Cursed is man; how disbelieving is he.
Of what thing did He create him?
From what thing doth He create him ?
من أي شيء خلقه
From what substance did He create him?
Of a small seed; He created him, then He made him according to a measure,
From a drop of seed. He createth him and proportioneth him,
من نطفة خلقه فقدره
From a sperm - drop He created him and destined for him;
Then (as for) the way - - He has made it easy (for him)
Then maketh the way easy for him,
ثم السبيل يسره
Then He eased the way for him;
Then He causes him to die, then assigns to him a grave,
Then causeth him to die, and burieth him;
ثم أماته فأقبره
Then He causes his death and provides a grave for him.
Then when He pleases, He will raise him to life again.
Then, when He will, He bringeth him again to life.
ثم إذا شاء أنشره
Then when He wills, He will resurrect him.
Nay; but he has not done what He bade him.
Nay, but (man) hath not done what He commanded him.
كلا لما يقض ما أمره
No! Man has not yet accomplished what He commanded him.
Then let man look to his food,
Let man consider his food:
فلينظر الإنسان إلى طعامه
Then let mankind look at his food -
That We pour down the water, pouring (it) down in abundance,
How We pour water in showers
أنا صببنا الماء صبا
How We poured down water in torrents,
Then We cleave the earth, cleaving (it) asunder,
Then split the earth in clefts
ثم شققنا الأرض شقا
Then We broke open the earth, splitting [it with sprouts],
Then We cause to grow therein the grain,
And cause the grain to grow therein
فأنبتنا فيها حبا
And caused to grow within it grain
And grapes and clover,
And grapes and green fodder
وعنبا وقضبا
And grapes and herbage
And the olive and the palm,
And olive - trees and palm - trees
وزيتونا ونخلا
And olive and palm trees
And thick gardens,
And garden - closes of thick foliage
وحدائق غلبا
And gardens of dense shrubbery
And fruits and herbage
And fruits and grasses:
وفاكهة وأبا
And fruit and grass -
A provision for you and for your cattle.
Provision for you and your cattle.
متاعا لكم ولأنعامكم
[As] enjoyment for you and your grazing livestock.
But when the deafening cry comes,
But when the Shout cometh
فإذا جاءت الصاخة
But when there comes the Deafening Blast
The day on which a man shall fly from his brother,
On the day when a man fleeth from his brother
يوم يفر المرء من أخيه
On the Day a man will flee from his brother
And his mother and his father,
And his mother and his father
وأمه وأبيه
And his mother and his father
And his spouse and his son - -
And his wife and his children,
وصاحبته وبنيه
And his wife and his children,
Every man of them shall on that day have an affair which will occupy him.
Every man that day will have concern enough to make him heedless (of others).
لكل امرئ منهم يومئذ شأن يغنيه
For every man, that Day, will be a matter adequate for him.
(Many) faces on that day shall be bright,
On that day faces will be bright as dawn,
وجوه يومئذ مسفرة
[Some] faces, that Day, will be bright -
Laughing, joyous.
Laughing, rejoicing at good news;
ضاحكة مستبشرة
Laughing, rejoicing at good news.
And (many) faces on that day, on them shall be dust,
And other faces, on that day, with dust upon them,
ووجوه يومئذ عليها غبرة
And [other] faces, that Day, will have upon them dust.
Darkness shall cover them.
Veiled in darkness,
ترهقها قترة
Blackness will cover them.
These are they who are unbelievers, the wicked.
Those are the disbelievers, the wicked.
أولئك هم الكفرة الفجرة
Those are the disbelievers, the wicked ones.