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