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 could tell thee but that perchance he might grow (in spiritual understanding)? -
وما يدريك لعله يزكى
Or he might receive admonition, and the admonition might profit him?
Or that he might receive admonition, and the teaching might profit him?
أو يذكر فتنفعه الذكرى
As for him who thinks himself self-sufficient,
As to one who regards Himself as self - sufficient,
أما من استغنى
To him you attend;
To him dost thou attend;
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).
Though it is no blame to thee if he grow not (in spiritual understanding).
وما عليك ألا يزكى
But as to him who came to you running,
But as to him who came to thee striving earnestly,
وأما من جاءك يسعى
And is afraid (of Allah and His punishment).
And with fear (in his heart),
وهو يخشى
Of him you are neglectful and divert your attention to another,
Of him wast thou unmindful.
فأنت عنه تلهى
Nay, (do not do like this); indeed it (this Qur'an) is an admonition.
By no means (should it be so)! For it is indeed a Message of instruction:
كلا إنها تذكرة
So whoever wills, let him pay attention to it.
Therefore let whoso will, keep it in remembrance.
فمن شاء ذكره
(It is) in Records held (greatly) in honour (Al-Lauh Al-Mahfuz),
(It is) in Books held (greatly) in honour,
في صحف مكرمة
Exalted (in dignity), purified,
Exalted (in dignity), kept pure and holy,
مرفوعة مطهرة
In the hands of scribes (angels).
(Written) by the hands of scribes -
بأيدي سفرة
Honourable and obedient.
Honourable and Pious and Just.
كرام بررة
Be cursed (the disbelieving) man! How ungrateful he is!
Woe to man! What hath made him reject Allah;
قتل الإنسان ما أكفره
From what thing did He create him?
From what stuff hath He created 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 hath created him, and then mouldeth him in due proportions;
من نطفة خلقه فقدره
Then He makes the Path easy for him.
Then doth He make His path smooth for him;
ثم السبيل يسره
Then He causes him to die and puts him in his grave.
Then He causeth him to die, and putteth him in his grave;
ثم أماته فأقبره
Then when it is His Will, He will resurrect him (again).
Then, when it is His Will, He will raise him up (again).
ثم إذا شاء أنشره
Nay, but (man) has not done what He commanded him.
By no means hath he fulfilled what Allah hath commanded him.
كلا لما يقض ما أمره
Then let man look at his food:
Then let man look at his food, (and how We provide it):
فلينظر الإنسان إلى طعامه
We pour forth water in abundance.
For that We pour forth water in abundance,
أنا صببنا الماء صبا
And We split the earth in clefts.
And We split the earth in fragments,
ثم شققنا الأرض شقا
And We cause therein the grain to grow,
And produce therein corn,
فأنبتنا فيها حبا
And grapes and clover plants (i.e. green fodder for the cattle),
And Grapes and nutritious plants,
وعنبا وقضبا
And olives and date-palms,
And Olives and Dates,
وزيتونا ونخلا
And gardens dense with many trees,
And enclosed Gardens, dense with lofty trees,
وحدائق غلبا
And fruits and herbage
And fruits and fodder, -
وفاكهة وأبا
(To be) a provision and benefit for you and your cattle.
For use and convenience to you and your cattle.
متاعا لكم ولأنعامكم
Then when there comes As-Sakhkhah (the second blowing of the Trumpet on the Day of Resurrection)
At length, when there comes the Deafening Noise, -
فإذا جاءت الصاخة
That Day shall a man flee from his brother,
That Day shall a man flee from his own brother,
يوم يفر المرء من أخيه
And from his mother and his father,
And from his mother and his father,
وأمه وأبيه
And from his wife and his children.
And from his wife and his children.
وصاحبته وبنيه
Everyman that Day will have enough to make him careless of others.
Each one of them, that Day, will have enough concern (of his own) to make him indifferent to the others.
لكل امرئ منهم يومئذ شأن يغنيه
Some faces that Day will be bright (true believers of Islamic Monotheism),
Some faces that Day will be beaming,
وجوه يومئذ مسفرة
Laughing, rejoicing at good news (of Paradise).
Laughing, rejoicing.
ضاحكة مستبشرة
And other faces, that Day, will be dust-stained.
And other faces that Day will be dust - stained,
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).
Such will be the Rejecters of Allah, the doers of iniquity.
أولئك هم الكفرة الفجرة