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.
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. He frowned and turned away
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).
Because the blind man came unto him.
Because there came to him the blind man, [interrupting].
And how can you know that he might become pure (from sins)?
What could inform thee but that he might grow (in grace)
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?
Or take heed and so the reminder might avail him ?
Or be reminded and the remembrance would benefit him?
As for him who thinks himself self-sufficient,
As for him who thinketh himself independent,
As for he who thinks himself without need,
To him you attend;
Unto him thou payest regard.
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).
Yet it is not thy concern if he grow not (in grace).
And not upon you [is any blame] if he will not be purified.
But as to him who came to you running,
But as for him who cometh unto thee with earnest purpose
But as for he who came to you striving [for knowledge]
And is afraid (of Allah and His punishment).
And hath fear,
While he fears [Allah],
Of him you are neglectful and divert your attention to another,
From him thou art distracted.
From him you are distracted.
Nay, (do not do like this); indeed it (this Qur'an) is an admonition.
Nay, but verily it is an Admonishment,
No! Indeed, these verses are a reminder;
So whoever wills, let him pay attention to it.
So let whosoever will pay heed to it,
So whoever wills may remember it.
(It is) in Records held (greatly) in honour (Al-Lauh Al-Mahfuz),
On honoured leaves
[It is recorded] in honored sheets,
Exalted (in dignity), purified,
Exalted, purified,
Exalted and purified,
In the hands of scribes (angels).
(Set down) by scribes
[Carried] by the hands of messenger - angels,
Honourable and obedient.
Noble and righteous.
Noble and dutiful.
Be cursed (the disbelieving) man! How ungrateful he is!
Man is (self - )destroyed: how ungrateful!
Cursed is man; how disbelieving is he.
From what thing did He create him?
From what thing doth He create him ?
From what substance did He create him?
From Nutfah (male and female semen drops) He created him and then set him in due proportion.
From a drop of seed. He createth him and proportioneth him,
From a sperm - drop He created him and destined for him;
Then He makes the Path easy for him.
Then maketh the way easy for him,
Then He eased the way for him;
Then He causes him to die and puts him in his grave.
Then causeth him to die, and burieth him;
Then He causes his death and provides a grave for him.
Then when it is His Will, He will resurrect him (again).
Then, when He will, He bringeth him again to life.
Then when He wills, He will resurrect him.
Nay, but (man) has not done what He commanded him.
Nay, but (man) hath not done what He commanded him.
No! Man has not yet accomplished what He commanded him.
Then let man look at his food:
Let man consider his food:
Then let mankind look at his food -
We pour forth water in abundance.
How We pour water in showers
How We poured down water in torrents,
And We split the earth in clefts.
Then split the earth in clefts
Then We broke open the earth, splitting [it with sprouts],
And We cause therein the grain to grow,
And cause the grain to grow therein
And caused to grow within it grain
And grapes and clover plants (i.e. green fodder for the cattle),
And grapes and green fodder
And grapes and herbage
And olives and date-palms,
And olive - trees and palm - trees
And olive and palm trees
And gardens dense with many trees,
And garden - closes of thick foliage
And gardens of dense shrubbery
And fruits and herbage
And fruits and grasses:
And fruit and grass -
(To be) a provision and benefit for you and your cattle.
Provision for you and your cattle.
[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)
But when the Shout cometh
But when there comes the Deafening Blast
That Day shall a man flee from his brother,
On the day when a man fleeth from his brother
On the Day a man will flee from his brother
And from his mother and his father,
And his mother and his father
And his mother and his father
And from his wife and his children.
And his wife and his children,
And his wife and his children,
Everyman that Day will have enough to make him careless of others.
Every man that day will have concern enough to make him heedless (of others).
For every man, that Day, will be a matter adequate for him.
Some faces that Day will be bright (true believers of Islamic Monotheism),
On that day faces will be bright as dawn,
[Some] faces, that Day, will be bright -
Laughing, rejoicing at good news (of Paradise).
Laughing, rejoicing at good news;
Laughing, rejoicing at good news.
And other faces, that Day, will be dust-stained.
And other faces, on that day, with dust upon them,
And [other] faces, that Day, will have upon them dust.
Darkness will cover them.
Veiled in darkness,
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).
Those are the disbelievers, the wicked.
Those are the disbelievers, the wicked ones.