Chapter 80, 42 verses
He frowned and turned (his) back,
(The Prophet) frowned and turned away,
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. He 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).
Because the blind man came unto him.
أن جاءه الأعمى
And what would make you know that he would purify himself,
But what could tell thee but that perchance he might grow (in spiritual understanding)? -
What could inform thee but that he might grow (in grace)
وما يدريك لعله يزكى
Or become reminded so that the reminder should profit him?
Or that he might receive admonition, and the teaching might profit him?
Or take heed and so the reminder might avail him ?
أو يذكر فتنفعه الذكرى
As for him who considers himself free from need (of you),
As to one who regards Himself as self - sufficient,
As for him who thinketh himself independent,
أما من استغنى
To him do you address yourself.
To him dost thou attend;
Unto him thou payest regard.
فأنت له تصدى
And no blame is on you if he would not purify himself
Though it is no blame to thee if he grow not (in spiritual understanding).
Yet it is not thy concern if he grow not (in grace).
وما عليك ألا يزكى
And as to him who comes to you striving hard,
But as to him who came to thee striving earnestly,
But as for him who cometh unto thee with earnest purpose
وأما من جاءك يسعى
And he fears,
And with fear (in his heart),
And hath fear,
وهو يخشى
From him will you divert yourself.
Of him wast thou unmindful.
From him thou art distracted.
فأنت عنه تلهى
Nay! surely it is an admonishment.
By no means (should it be so)! For it is indeed a Message of instruction:
Nay, but verily it is an Admonishment,
كلا إنها تذكرة
So let him who pleases mind it.
Therefore let whoso will, keep it in remembrance.
So let whosoever will pay heed to it,
فمن شاء ذكره
In honored books,
(It is) in Books held (greatly) in honour,
On honoured leaves
في صحف مكرمة
Exalted, purified,
Exalted (in dignity), kept pure and holy,
Exalted, purified,
مرفوعة مطهرة
In the hands of scribes
(Written) by the hands of scribes -
(Set down) by scribes
بأيدي سفرة
Noble, virtuous.
Honourable and Pious and Just.
Noble and righteous.
كرام بررة
Cursed be man! how ungrateful is he!
Woe to man! What hath made him reject Allah;
Man is (self - )destroyed: how ungrateful!
قتل الإنسان ما أكفره
Of what thing did He create him?
From what stuff hath He created him?
From what thing doth 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 hath created him, and then mouldeth him in due proportions;
From a drop of seed. He createth him and proportioneth him,
من نطفة خلقه فقدره
Then (as for) the way - - He has made it easy (for him)
Then doth He make His path smooth for him;
Then maketh the way easy for him,
ثم السبيل يسره
Then He causes him to die, then assigns to him a grave,
Then He causeth him to die, and putteth him in his grave;
Then causeth him to die, and burieth him;
ثم أماته فأقبره
Then when He pleases, He will raise him to life again.
Then, when it is His Will, He will raise him up (again).
Then, when He will, He bringeth him again to life.
ثم إذا شاء أنشره
Nay; but he has not done what He bade him.
By no means hath he fulfilled what Allah hath commanded him.
Nay, but (man) hath not done what He commanded him.
كلا لما يقض ما أمره
Then let man look to his food,
Then let man look at his food, (and how We provide it):
Let man consider his food:
فلينظر الإنسان إلى طعامه
That We pour down the water, pouring (it) down in abundance,
For that We pour forth water in abundance,
How We pour water in showers
أنا صببنا الماء صبا
Then We cleave the earth, cleaving (it) asunder,
And We split the earth in fragments,
Then split the earth in clefts
ثم شققنا الأرض شقا
Then We cause to grow therein the grain,
And produce therein corn,
And cause the grain to grow therein
فأنبتنا فيها حبا
And grapes and clover,
And Grapes and nutritious plants,
And grapes and green fodder
وعنبا وقضبا
And the olive and the palm,
And Olives and Dates,
And olive - trees and palm - trees
وزيتونا ونخلا
And thick gardens,
And enclosed Gardens, dense with lofty trees,
And garden - closes of thick foliage
وحدائق غلبا
And fruits and herbage
And fruits and fodder, -
And fruits and grasses:
وفاكهة وأبا
A provision for you and for your cattle.
For use and convenience to you and your cattle.
Provision for you and your cattle.
متاعا لكم ولأنعامكم
But when the deafening cry comes,
At length, when there comes the Deafening Noise, -
But when the Shout cometh
فإذا جاءت الصاخة
The day on which a man shall fly from his brother,
That Day shall a man flee from his own brother,
On the day when a man fleeth from his brother
يوم يفر المرء من أخيه
And his mother and his father,
And from his mother and his father,
And his mother and his father
وأمه وأبيه
And his spouse and his son - -
And from his wife and his children.
And his wife and his children,
وصاحبته وبنيه
Every man of them shall on that day have an affair which will occupy him.
Each one of them, that Day, will have enough concern (of his own) to make him indifferent to the others.
Every man that day will have concern enough to make him heedless (of others).
لكل امرئ منهم يومئذ شأن يغنيه
(Many) faces on that day shall be bright,
Some faces that Day will be beaming,
On that day faces will be bright as dawn,
وجوه يومئذ مسفرة
Laughing, joyous.
Laughing, rejoicing.
Laughing, rejoicing at good news;
ضاحكة مستبشرة
And (many) faces on that day, on them shall be dust,
And other faces that Day will be dust - stained,
And other faces, on that day, with dust upon them,
ووجوه يومئذ عليها غبرة
Darkness shall cover them.
Blackness will cover them:
Veiled in darkness,
ترهقها قترة
These are they who are unbelievers, the wicked.
Such will be the Rejecters of Allah, the doers of iniquity.
Those are the disbelievers, the wicked.
أولئك هم الكفرة الفجرة