In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. (The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم) frowned and turned away.
The Prophet frowned and turned away
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم عبس وتولى
(The Prophet) frowned and turned away,
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.
The Prophet 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).
Because there came to him the blind man, [interrupting].
أن جاءه الأعمى
Because there came to him the blind man (interrupting).
And how can you know that he might become pure (from sins)?
But what would make you perceive, [O Muhammad], that perhaps he might be purified
وما يدريك لعله يزكى
But what could tell thee but that perchance he might grow (in spiritual understanding)? -
Or he might receive admonition, and the admonition might profit him?
Or be reminded and the remembrance would benefit him?
أو يذكر فتنفعه الذكرى
Or that he might receive admonition, and the teaching might profit him?
As for him who thinks himself self-sufficient,
As for he who thinks himself without need,
أما من استغنى
As to one who regards Himself as self - sufficient,
To him you attend;
To him you give attention.
فأنت له تصدى
To him dost thou attend;
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).
And not upon you [is any blame] if he will not be purified.
وما عليك ألا يزكى
Though it is no blame to thee if he grow not (in spiritual understanding).
But as to him who came to you running,
But as for he who came to you striving [for knowledge]
وأما من جاءك يسعى
But as to him who came to thee striving earnestly,
And is afraid (of Allah and His punishment).
While he fears [Allah],
وهو يخشى
And with fear (in his heart),
Of him you are neglectful and divert your attention to another,
From him you are distracted.
فأنت عنه تلهى
Of him wast thou unmindful.
Nay, (do not do like this); indeed it (this Qur'an) is an admonition.
No! Indeed, these verses are a reminder;
كلا إنها تذكرة
By no means (should it be so)! For it is indeed a Message of instruction:
So whoever wills, let him pay attention to it.
So whoever wills may remember it.
فمن شاء ذكره
Therefore let whoso will, keep it in remembrance.
(It is) in Records held (greatly) in honour (Al-Lauh Al-Mahfuz),
[It is recorded] in honored sheets,
في صحف مكرمة
(It is) in Books held (greatly) in honour,
Exalted (in dignity), purified,
Exalted and purified,
مرفوعة مطهرة
Exalted (in dignity), kept pure and holy,
In the hands of scribes (angels).
[Carried] by the hands of messenger - angels,
بأيدي سفرة
(Written) by the hands of scribes -
Honourable and obedient.
Noble and dutiful.
كرام بررة
Honourable and Pious and Just.
Be cursed (the disbelieving) man! How ungrateful he is!
Cursed is man; how disbelieving is he.
قتل الإنسان ما أكفره
Woe to man! What hath made him reject Allah;
From what thing did He create him?
From what substance did He create him?
من أي شيء خلقه
From what stuff hath He created him?
From Nutfah (male and female semen drops) He created him and then set him in due proportion.
From a sperm - drop He created him and destined for him;
من نطفة خلقه فقدره
From a sperm - drop: He hath created him, and then mouldeth him in due proportions;
Then He makes the Path easy for him.
Then He eased the way for him;
ثم السبيل يسره
Then doth He make His path smooth for him;
Then He causes him to die and puts him in his grave.
Then He causes his death and provides a grave for him.
ثم أماته فأقبره
Then He causeth him to die, and putteth him in his grave;
Then when it is His Will, He will resurrect him (again).
Then when He wills, He will resurrect him.
ثم إذا شاء أنشره
Then, when it is His Will, He will raise him up (again).
Nay, but (man) has not done what He commanded him.
No! Man has not yet accomplished what He commanded him.
كلا لما يقض ما أمره
By no means hath he fulfilled what Allah hath commanded him.
Then let man look at his food:
Then let mankind look at his food -
فلينظر الإنسان إلى طعامه
Then let man look at his food, (and how We provide it):
We pour forth water in abundance.
How We poured down water in torrents,
أنا صببنا الماء صبا
For that We pour forth water in abundance,
And We split the earth in clefts.
Then We broke open the earth, splitting [it with sprouts],
ثم شققنا الأرض شقا
And We split the earth in fragments,
And We cause therein the grain to grow,
And caused to grow within it grain
فأنبتنا فيها حبا
And produce therein corn,
And grapes and clover plants (i.e. green fodder for the cattle),
And grapes and herbage
وعنبا وقضبا
And Grapes and nutritious plants,
And olives and date-palms,
And olive and palm trees
وزيتونا ونخلا
And Olives and Dates,
And gardens dense with many trees,
And gardens of dense shrubbery
وحدائق غلبا
And enclosed Gardens, dense with lofty trees,
And fruits and herbage
And fruit and grass -
وفاكهة وأبا
And fruits and fodder, -
(To be) a provision and benefit for you and your cattle.
[As] enjoyment for you and your grazing livestock.
متاعا لكم ولأنعامكم
For use and convenience to you and your cattle.
Then when there comes As-Sakhkhah (the second blowing of the Trumpet on the Day of Resurrection)
But when there comes the Deafening Blast
فإذا جاءت الصاخة
At length, when there comes the Deafening Noise, -
That Day shall a man flee from his brother,
On the Day a man will flee from his brother
يوم يفر المرء من أخيه
That Day shall a man flee from his own brother,
And from his mother and his father,
And his mother and his father
وأمه وأبيه
And from his mother and his father,
And from his wife and his children.
And his wife and his children,
وصاحبته وبنيه
And from his wife and his children.
Everyman that Day will have enough to make him careless of others.
For every man, that Day, will be a matter adequate for him.
لكل امرئ منهم يومئذ شأن يغنيه
Each one of them, that Day, will have enough concern (of his own) to make him indifferent to the others.
Some faces that Day will be bright (true believers of Islamic Monotheism),
[Some] faces, that Day, will be bright -
وجوه يومئذ مسفرة
Some faces that Day will be beaming,
Laughing, rejoicing at good news (of Paradise).
Laughing, rejoicing at good news.
ضاحكة مستبشرة
Laughing, rejoicing.
And other faces, that Day, will be dust-stained.
And [other] faces, that Day, will have upon them dust.
ووجوه يومئذ عليها غبرة
And other faces that Day will be dust - stained,
Darkness will cover them.
Blackness 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).
Those are the disbelievers, the wicked ones.
أولئك هم الكفرة الفجرة
Such will be the Rejecters of Allah, the doers of iniquity.