عبس

1 In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. He frowned and turned away

1 The Prophet frowned and turned away

1 In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. (The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم) frowned and turned away.

2 Because the blind man came unto him.

2 Because there came to him the blind man, [interrupting].

2 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).

3 What could inform thee but that he might grow (in grace)

3 But what would make you perceive, [O Muhammad], that perhaps he might be purified

3 And how can you know that he might become pure (from sins)?

4 Or take heed and so the reminder might avail him ?

4 Or be reminded and the remembrance would benefit him?

4 Or he might receive admonition, and the admonition might profit him?

5 As for him who thinketh himself independent,

5 As for he who thinks himself without need,

5 As for him who thinks himself self-sufficient,

6 Unto him thou payest regard.

6 To him you give attention.

6 To him you attend;

7 Yet it is not thy concern if he grow not (in grace).

7 And not upon you [is any blame] if he will not be purified.

7 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).

8 But as for him who cometh unto thee with earnest purpose

8 But as for he who came to you striving [for knowledge]

8 But as to him who came to you running,

9 And hath fear,

9 While he fears [Allah],

9 And is afraid (of Allah and His punishment).

10 From him thou art distracted.

10 From him you are distracted.

10 Of him you are neglectful and divert your attention to another,

11 Nay, but verily it is an Admonishment,

11 No! Indeed, these verses are a reminder;

11 Nay, (do not do like this); indeed it (this Qur'an) is an admonition.

12 So let whosoever will pay heed to it,

12 So whoever wills may remember it.

12 So whoever wills, let him pay attention to it.

13 On honoured leaves

13 [It is recorded] in honored sheets,

13 (It is) in Records held (greatly) in honour (Al-Lauh Al-Mahfuz),

14 Exalted, purified,

14 Exalted and purified,

14 Exalted (in dignity), purified,

15 (Set down) by scribes

15 [Carried] by the hands of messenger - angels,

15 In the hands of scribes (angels).

16 Noble and righteous.

16 Noble and dutiful.

16 Honourable and obedient.

17 Man is (self - )destroyed: how ungrateful!

17 Cursed is man; how disbelieving is he.

17 Be cursed (the disbelieving) man! How ungrateful he is!

18 From what thing doth He create him ?

18 From what substance did He create him?

18 From what thing did He create him?

19 From a drop of seed. He createth him and proportioneth him,

19 From a sperm - drop He created him and destined for him;

19 From Nutfah (male and female semen drops) He created him and then set him in due proportion.

20 Then maketh the way easy for him,

20 Then He eased the way for him;

20 Then He makes the Path easy for him.

21 Then causeth him to die, and burieth him;

21 Then He causes his death and provides a grave for him.

21 Then He causes him to die and puts him in his grave.

22 Then, when He will, He bringeth him again to life.

22 Then when He wills, He will resurrect him.

22 Then when it is His Will, He will resurrect him (again).

23 Nay, but (man) hath not done what He commanded him.

23 No! Man has not yet accomplished what He commanded him.

23 Nay, but (man) has not done what He commanded him.

24 Let man consider his food:

24 Then let mankind look at his food -

24 Then let man look at his food:

25 How We pour water in showers

25 How We poured down water in torrents,

25 We pour forth water in abundance.

26 Then split the earth in clefts

26 Then We broke open the earth, splitting [it with sprouts],

26 And We split the earth in clefts.

27 And cause the grain to grow therein

27 And caused to grow within it grain

27 And We cause therein the grain to grow,

28 And grapes and green fodder

28 And grapes and herbage

28 And grapes and clover plants (i.e. green fodder for the cattle),

29 And olive - trees and palm - trees

29 And olive and palm trees

29 And olives and date-palms,

30 And garden - closes of thick foliage

30 And gardens of dense shrubbery

30 And gardens dense with many trees,

31 And fruits and grasses:

31 And fruit and grass -

31 And fruits and herbage

32 Provision for you and your cattle.

32 [As] enjoyment for you and your grazing livestock.

32 (To be) a provision and benefit for you and your cattle.

33 But when the Shout cometh

33 But when there comes the Deafening Blast

33 Then when there comes As-Sakhkhah (the second blowing of the Trumpet on the Day of Resurrection)

34 On the day when a man fleeth from his brother

34 On the Day a man will flee from his brother

34 That Day shall a man flee from his brother,

35 And his mother and his father

35 And his mother and his father

35 And from his mother and his father,

36 And his wife and his children,

36 And his wife and his children,

36 And from his wife and his children.

37 Every man that day will have concern enough to make him heedless (of others).

37 For every man, that Day, will be a matter adequate for him.

37 Everyman that Day will have enough to make him careless of others.

38 On that day faces will be bright as dawn,

38 [Some] faces, that Day, will be bright -

38 Some faces that Day will be bright (true believers of Islamic Monotheism),

39 Laughing, rejoicing at good news;

39 Laughing, rejoicing at good news.

39 Laughing, rejoicing at good news (of Paradise).

40 And other faces, on that day, with dust upon them,

40 And [other] faces, that Day, will have upon them dust.

40 And other faces, that Day, will be dust-stained.

41 Veiled in darkness,

41 Blackness will cover them.

41 Darkness will cover them.

42 Those are the disbelievers, the wicked.

42 Those are the disbelievers, the wicked ones.

42 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).