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
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
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
Or he might receive admonition, and the admonition might profit him?
Or be reminded and the remembrance would benefit him?
أو يذكر فتنفعه الذكرى
As for him who thinks himself self-sufficient,
As for he who thinks himself without need,
أما من استغنى
To him you attend;
To him you give attention.
فأنت له تصدى
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
But as to him who came to you running,
But as for he who came to you striving [for knowledge]
وأما من جاءك يسعى
And is afraid (of Allah and His punishment).
While he fears [Allah],
وهو يخشى
Of him you are neglectful and divert your attention to another,
From him you are distracted.
فأنت عنه تلهى
Nay, (do not do like this); indeed it (this Qur'an) is an admonition.
No! Indeed, these verses are a reminder;
كلا إنها تذكرة
So whoever wills, let him pay attention to it.
So whoever wills may remember it.
فمن شاء ذكره
(It is) in Records held (greatly) in honour (Al-Lauh Al-Mahfuz),
[It is recorded] in honored sheets,
في صحف مكرمة
Exalted (in dignity), purified,
Exalted and purified,
مرفوعة مطهرة
In the hands of scribes (angels).
[Carried] by the hands of messenger - angels,
بأيدي سفرة
Honourable and obedient.
Noble and dutiful.
كرام بررة
Be cursed (the disbelieving) man! How ungrateful he is!
Cursed is man; how disbelieving is he.
قتل الإنسان ما أكفره
From what thing did He create him?
From what substance did He create him?
من أي شيء خلقه
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
Then He makes the Path easy for him.
Then He eased the way for him;
ثم السبيل يسره
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 when it is His Will, He will resurrect him (again).
Then when He wills, He will resurrect him.
ثم إذا شاء أنشره
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
Then let man look at his food:
Then let mankind look at his food -
فلينظر الإنسان إلى طعامه
We pour forth water in abundance.
How We poured down water in torrents,
أنا صببنا الماء صبا
And We split the earth in clefts.
Then We broke open the earth, splitting [it with sprouts],
ثم شققنا الأرض شقا
And We cause therein the grain to grow,
And caused to grow within it grain
فأنبتنا فيها حبا
And grapes and clover plants (i.e. green fodder for the cattle),
And grapes and herbage
وعنبا وقضبا
And olives and date-palms,
And olive and palm trees
وزيتونا ونخلا
And gardens dense with many trees,
And gardens of dense shrubbery
وحدائق غلبا
And fruits and herbage
And fruit and grass -
وفاكهة وأبا
(To be) a provision and benefit for you and your cattle.
[As] enjoyment for you and your grazing livestock.
متاعا لكم ولأنعامكم
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
That Day shall a man flee from his brother,
On the Day a man will flee from his brother
يوم يفر المرء من أخيه
And from his mother and his father,
And his mother and his father
وأمه وأبيه
And from his wife and his children.
And his wife and his children,
وصاحبته وبنيه
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
Some faces that Day will be bright (true believers of Islamic Monotheism),
[Some] faces, that Day, will be bright -
وجوه يومئذ مسفرة
Laughing, rejoicing at good news (of Paradise).
Laughing, rejoicing at good news.
ضاحكة مستبشرة
And other faces, that Day, will be dust-stained.
And [other] faces, that Day, will have upon them dust.
ووجوه يومئذ عليها غبرة
Darkness will cover them.
Blackness will cover them.
ترهقها قترة
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