Chapter 80, 42 verses
He frowned and turned (his) back,
The Prophet frowned and turned away
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم عبس وتولى
Because there came to him the blind man.
Because there came to him the blind man, [interrupting].
أن جاءه الأعمى
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
Or become reminded so that the reminder should profit him?
Or be reminded and the remembrance would benefit him?
أو يذكر فتنفعه الذكرى
As for him who considers himself free from need (of you),
As for he who thinks himself without need,
أما من استغنى
To him do you address yourself.
To him you give attention.
فأنت له تصدى
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
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
And he fears,
While he fears [Allah],
وهو يخشى
From him will you divert yourself.
From him you are distracted.
فأنت عنه تلهى
Nay! surely it is an admonishment.
No! Indeed, these verses are a reminder;
كلا إنها تذكرة
So let him who pleases mind it.
So whoever wills may remember it.
فمن شاء ذكره
In honored books,
[It is recorded] in honored sheets,
في صحف مكرمة
Exalted, purified,
Exalted and purified,
مرفوعة مطهرة
In the hands of scribes
[Carried] by the hands of messenger - angels,
بأيدي سفرة
Noble, virtuous.
Noble and dutiful.
كرام بررة
Cursed be man! how ungrateful is he!
Cursed is man; how disbelieving is he.
قتل الإنسان ما أكفره
Of what thing did He create him?
From what substance did He create him?
من أي شيء خلقه
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
Then (as for) the way - - He has made it easy (for him)
Then He eased the way for him;
ثم السبيل يسره
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 when He pleases, He will raise him to life again.
Then when He wills, He will resurrect him.
ثم إذا شاء أنشره
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
Then let man look to his food,
Then let mankind look at his food -
فلينظر الإنسان إلى طعامه
That We pour down the water, pouring (it) down in abundance,
How We poured down water in torrents,
أنا صببنا الماء صبا
Then We cleave the earth, cleaving (it) asunder,
Then We broke open the earth, splitting [it with sprouts],
ثم شققنا الأرض شقا
Then We cause to grow therein the grain,
And caused to grow within it grain
فأنبتنا فيها حبا
And grapes and clover,
And grapes and herbage
وعنبا وقضبا
And the olive and the palm,
And olive and palm trees
وزيتونا ونخلا
And thick gardens,
And gardens of dense shrubbery
وحدائق غلبا
And fruits and herbage
And fruit and grass -
وفاكهة وأبا
A provision for you and for your cattle.
[As] enjoyment for you and your grazing livestock.
متاعا لكم ولأنعامكم
But when the deafening cry comes,
But when there comes the Deafening Blast
فإذا جاءت الصاخة
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
And his mother and his father,
And his mother and his father
وأمه وأبيه
And his spouse and his son - -
And his wife and his children,
وصاحبته وبنيه
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
(Many) faces on that day shall be bright,
[Some] faces, that Day, will be bright -
وجوه يومئذ مسفرة
Laughing, joyous.
Laughing, rejoicing at good news.
ضاحكة مستبشرة
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
Darkness shall cover them.
Blackness will cover them.
ترهقها قترة
These are they who are unbelievers, the wicked.
Those are the disbelievers, the wicked ones.
أولئك هم الكفرة الفجرة