Chapter 80, 42 verses
He frowned and turned (his) back,
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. He frowned and turned away
(The Prophet) frowned and turned away,
عَبَسَ وَتَوَلَّىٰٓ
Because there came to him the blind man.
Because the blind man came unto him.
Because there came to him the blind man (interrupting).
أَن جَآءَهُ ٱلْأَعْمَىٰ
And what would make you know that he would purify himself,
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)? -
وَمَا يُدْرِيكَ لَعَلَّهُۥ يَزَّكَّىٰٓ
Or become reminded so that the reminder should profit him?
Or take heed and so the reminder might avail him ?
Or that he might receive admonition, and the teaching might profit him?
أَوْ يَذَّكَّرُ فَتَنفَعَهُ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰٓ
As for him who considers himself free from need (of you),
As for him who thinketh himself independent,
As to one who regards Himself as self - sufficient,
أَمَّا مَنِ ٱسْتَغْنَىٰ
To him do you address yourself.
Unto him thou payest regard.
To him dost thou attend;
فَأَنتَ لَهُۥ تَصَدَّىٰ
And no blame is on you if he would not purify himself
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).
وَمَا عَلَيْكَ أَلَّا يَزَّكَّىٰ
And as to him who comes to you striving hard,
But as for him who cometh unto thee with earnest purpose
But as to him who came to thee striving earnestly,
وَأَمَّا مَن جَآءَكَ يَسْعَىٰ
And he fears,
And hath fear,
And with fear (in his heart),
وَهُوَ يَخْشَىٰ
From him will you divert yourself.
From him thou art distracted.
Of him wast thou unmindful.
فَأَنتَ عَنْهُ تَلَهَّىٰ
Nay! surely it is an admonishment.
Nay, but verily it is an Admonishment,
By no means (should it be so)! For it is indeed a Message of instruction:
كَلَّآ إِنَّهَا تَذْكِرَةٌ
So let him who pleases mind it.
So let whosoever will pay heed to it,
Therefore let whoso will, keep it in remembrance.
فَمَن شَآءَ ذَكَرَهُۥ
In honored books,
On honoured leaves
(It is) in Books held (greatly) in honour,
فِى صُحُفٍ مُّكَرَّمَةٍ
Exalted, purified,
Exalted, purified,
Exalted (in dignity), kept pure and holy,
مَّرْفُوعَةٍ مُّطَهَّرَةٍۭ
In the hands of scribes
(Set down) by scribes
(Written) by the hands of scribes -
بِأَيْدِى سَفَرَةٍ
Noble, virtuous.
Noble and righteous.
Honourable and Pious and Just.
كِرَامٍۭ بَرَرَةٍ
Cursed be man! how ungrateful is he!
Man is (self - )destroyed: how ungrateful!
Woe to man! What hath made him reject Allah;
قُتِلَ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ مَآ أَكْفَرَهُۥ
Of what thing did He create him?
From what thing doth He create him ?
From what stuff hath He created him?
مِنْ أَىِّ شَىْءٍ خَلَقَهُۥ
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,
From a sperm - drop: He hath created him, and then mouldeth him in due proportions;
مِن نُّطْفَةٍ خَلَقَهُۥ فَقَدَّرَهُۥ
Then (as for) the way - - He has made it easy (for him)
Then maketh the way easy for him,
Then doth He make His path smooth for him;
ثُمَّ ٱلسَّبِيلَ يَسَّرَهُۥ
Then He causes him to die, then assigns to him a grave,
Then causeth him to die, and burieth him;
Then He causeth him to die, and putteth him in his grave;
ثُمَّ أَمَاتَهُۥ فَأَقْبَرَهُۥ
Then when He pleases, He will raise him to life again.
Then, when He will, He bringeth him again to life.
Then, when it is His Will, He will raise him up (again).
ثُمَّ إِذَا شَآءَ أَنشَرَهُۥ
Nay; but he has not done what He bade him.
Nay, but (man) hath not done what He commanded him.
By no means hath he fulfilled what Allah hath commanded him.
كَلَّا لَمَّا يَقْضِ مَآ أَمَرَهُۥ
Then let man look to his food,
Let man consider his food:
Then let man look at his food, (and how We provide it):
فَلْيَنظُرِ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ إِلَىٰ طَعَامِهِۦٓ
That We pour down the water, pouring (it) down in abundance,
How We pour water in showers
For that We pour forth water in abundance,
أَنَّا صَبَبْنَا ٱلْمَآءَ صَبًّا
Then We cleave the earth, cleaving (it) asunder,
Then split the earth in clefts
And We split the earth in fragments,
ثُمَّ شَقَقْنَا ٱلْأَرْضَ شَقًّا
Then We cause to grow therein the grain,
And cause the grain to grow therein
And produce therein corn,
فَأَنۢبَتْنَا فِيهَا حَبًّا
And grapes and clover,
And grapes and green fodder
And Grapes and nutritious plants,
وَعِنَبًا وَقَضْبًا
And the olive and the palm,
And olive - trees and palm - trees
And Olives and Dates,
وَزَيْتُونًا وَنَخْلًا
And thick gardens,
And garden - closes of thick foliage
And enclosed Gardens, dense with lofty trees,
وَحَدَآئِقَ غُلْبًا
And fruits and herbage
And fruits and grasses:
And fruits and fodder, -
وَفَٰكِهَةً وَأَبًّا
A provision for you and for your cattle.
Provision for you and your cattle.
For use and convenience to you and your cattle.
مَّتَٰعًا لَّكُمْ وَلِأَنْعَٰمِكُمْ
But when the deafening cry comes,
But when the Shout cometh
At length, when there comes the Deafening Noise, -
فَإِذَا جَآءَتِ ٱلصَّآخَّةُ
The day on which a man shall fly from his brother,
On the day when a man fleeth from his brother
That Day shall a man flee from his own brother,
يَوْمَ يَفِرُّ ٱلْمَرْءُ مِنْ أَخِيهِ
And his mother and his father,
And his mother and his father
And from his mother and his father,
وَأُمِّهِۦ وَأَبِيهِ
And his spouse and his son - -
And his wife and his children,
And from his wife and his children.
وَصَٰحِبَتِهِۦ وَبَنِيهِ
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).
Each one of them, that Day, will have enough concern (of his own) to make him indifferent to the others.
لِكُلِّ ٱمْرِئٍ مِّنْهُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ شَأْنٌ يُغْنِيهِ
(Many) faces on that day shall be bright,
On that day faces will be bright as dawn,
Some faces that Day will be beaming,
وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ مُّسْفِرَةٌ
Laughing, joyous.
Laughing, rejoicing at good news;
Laughing, rejoicing.
ضَاحِكَةٌ مُّسْتَبْشِرَةٌ
And (many) faces on that day, on them shall be dust,
And other faces, on that day, with dust upon them,
And other faces that Day will be dust - stained,
وَوُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ عَلَيْهَا غَبَرَةٌ
Darkness shall cover them.
Veiled in darkness,
Blackness will cover them:
تَرْهَقُهَا قَتَرَةٌ
These are they who are unbelievers, the wicked.
Those are the disbelievers, the wicked.
Such will be the Rejecters of Allah, the doers of iniquity.
أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْكَفَرَةُ ٱلْفَجَرَةُ