Chapter 80, 42 verses
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. (The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم) frowned and turned away.
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم عبس وتولى
The Prophet frowned and turned away
Because there came to him the blind man (i.e. 'Abdullah bin Umm-Maktum, who came to the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم while he was preaching to one or some of the Quraish chiefs).
أن جاءه الأعمى
Because there came to him the blind man, [interrupting].
And how can you know that he might become pure (from sins)?
وما يدريك لعله يزكى
But what would make you perceive, [O Muhammad], that perhaps he might be purified
Or he might receive admonition, and the admonition might profit him?
أو يذكر فتنفعه الذكرى
Or be reminded and the remembrance would benefit him?
As for him who thinks himself self-sufficient,
أما من استغنى
As for he who thinks himself without need,
To him you attend;
فأنت له تصدى
To him you give attention.
What does it matter to you if he will not become pure (from disbelief: you are only a Messenger, your duty is to convey the Message of Allah).
وما عليك ألا يزكى
And not upon you [is any blame] if he will not be purified.
But as to him who came to you running,
وأما من جاءك يسعى
But as for he who came to you striving [for knowledge]
And is afraid (of Allah and His punishment).
وهو يخشى
While he fears [Allah],
Of him you are neglectful and divert your attention to another,
فأنت عنه تلهى
From him you are distracted.
Nay, (do not do like this); indeed it (this Qur'an) is an admonition.
كلا إنها تذكرة
No! Indeed, these verses are a reminder;
So whoever wills, let him pay attention to it.
فمن شاء ذكره
So whoever wills may remember it.
(It is) in Records held (greatly) in honour (Al-Lauh Al-Mahfuz),
في صحف مكرمة
[It is recorded] in honored sheets,
Exalted (in dignity), purified,
مرفوعة مطهرة
Exalted and purified,
In the hands of scribes (angels).
بأيدي سفرة
[Carried] by the hands of messenger - angels,
Honourable and obedient.
كرام بررة
Noble and dutiful.
Be cursed (the disbelieving) man! How ungrateful he is!
قتل الإنسان ما أكفره
Cursed is man; how disbelieving is he.
From what thing did He create him?
من أي شيء خلقه
From what substance did He create him?
From Nutfah (male and female semen drops) He created him and then set him in due proportion.
من نطفة خلقه فقدره
From a sperm - drop He created him and destined for him;
Then He makes the Path easy for him.
ثم السبيل يسره
Then He eased the way for him;
Then He causes him to die and puts him in his grave.
ثم أماته فأقبره
Then He causes his death and provides a grave for him.
Then when it is His Will, He will resurrect him (again).
ثم إذا شاء أنشره
Then when He wills, He will resurrect him.
Nay, but (man) has 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 at his food:
فلينظر الإنسان إلى طعامه
Then let mankind look at his food -
We pour forth water in abundance.
أنا صببنا الماء صبا
How We poured down water in torrents,
And We split the earth in clefts.
ثم شققنا الأرض شقا
Then We broke open the earth, splitting [it with sprouts],
And We cause therein the grain to grow,
فأنبتنا فيها حبا
And caused to grow within it grain
And grapes and clover plants (i.e. green fodder for the cattle),
وعنبا وقضبا
And grapes and herbage
And olives and date-palms,
وزيتونا ونخلا
And olive and palm trees
And gardens dense with many trees,
وحدائق غلبا
And gardens of dense shrubbery
And fruits and herbage
وفاكهة وأبا
And fruit and grass -
(To be) a provision and benefit for you and your cattle.
متاعا لكم ولأنعامكم
[As] enjoyment for you and your grazing livestock.
Then when there comes As-Sakhkhah (the second blowing of the Trumpet on the Day of Resurrection)
فإذا جاءت الصاخة
But when there comes the Deafening Blast
That Day shall a man flee from his brother,
يوم يفر المرء من أخيه
On the Day a man will flee from his brother
And from his mother and his father,
وأمه وأبيه
And his mother and his father
And from his wife and his children.
وصاحبته وبنيه
And his wife and his children,
Everyman that Day will have enough to make him careless of others.
لكل امرئ منهم يومئذ شأن يغنيه
For every man, that Day, will be a matter adequate for him.
Some faces that Day will be bright (true believers of Islamic Monotheism),
وجوه يومئذ مسفرة
[Some] faces, that Day, will be bright -
Laughing, rejoicing at good news (of Paradise).
ضاحكة مستبشرة
Laughing, rejoicing at good news.
And other faces, that Day, will be dust-stained.
ووجوه يومئذ عليها غبرة
And [other] faces, that Day, will have upon them dust.
Darkness will cover them.
ترهقها قترة
Blackness will cover them.
Such will be the Kafarah (disbelievers in Allah, in His Oneness, and in His Messenger Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم, etc.), the Fajarah (wicked evil doers).
أولئك هم الكفرة الفجرة
Those are the disbelievers, the wicked ones.