Chapter 80, 42 verses
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ عَبَسَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ
The Prophet frowned and turned away
He frowned and turned (his) back,
(The Prophet) frowned and turned away,
أَن جَاءَهُ الْأَعْمَىٰ
Because there came to him the blind man, [interrupting].
Because there came to him the blind man.
Because there came to him the blind man (interrupting).
وَمَا يُدْرِيكَ لَعَلَّهُ يَزَّكَّىٰ
But what would make you perceive, [O Muhammad], that perhaps he might be purified
And what would make you know that he would purify himself,
But what could tell thee but that perchance he might grow (in spiritual understanding)? -
أَوْ يَذَّكَّرُ فَتَنفَعَهُ الذِّكْرَىٰ
Or be reminded and the remembrance would benefit him?
Or become reminded so that the reminder should profit him?
Or that he might receive admonition, and the teaching might profit him?
أَمَّا مَنِ اسْتَغْنَىٰ
As for he who thinks himself without need,
As for him who considers himself free from need (of you),
As to one who regards Himself as self - sufficient,
فَأَنتَ لَهُ تَصَدَّىٰ
To him you give attention.
To him do you address yourself.
To him dost thou attend;
وَمَا عَلَيْكَ أَلَّا يَزَّكَّىٰ
And not upon you [is any blame] if he will not be purified.
And no blame is on you if he would not purify himself
Though it is no blame to thee if he grow not (in spiritual understanding).
وَأَمَّا مَن جَاءَكَ يَسْعَىٰ
But as for he who came to you striving [for knowledge]
And as to him who comes to you striving hard,
But as to him who came to thee striving earnestly,
وَهُوَ يَخْشَىٰ
While he fears [Allah],
And he fears,
And with fear (in his heart),
فَأَنتَ عَنْهُ تَلَهَّىٰ
From him you are distracted.
From him will you divert yourself.
Of him wast thou unmindful.
كَلَّا إِنَّهَا تَذْكِرَةٌ
No! Indeed, these verses are a reminder;
Nay! surely it is an admonishment.
By no means (should it be so)! For it is indeed a Message of instruction:
فَمَن شَاءَ ذَكَرَهُ
So whoever wills may remember it.
So let him who pleases mind it.
Therefore let whoso will, keep it in remembrance.
فِي صُحُفٍ مُّكَرَّمَةٍ
[It is recorded] in honored sheets,
In honored books,
(It is) in Books held (greatly) in honour,
مَّرْفُوعَةٍ مُّطَهَّرَةٍ
Exalted and purified,
Exalted, purified,
Exalted (in dignity), kept pure and holy,
بِأَيْدِي سَفَرَةٍ
[Carried] by the hands of messenger - angels,
In the hands of scribes
(Written) by the hands of scribes -
كِرَامٍ بَرَرَةٍ
Noble and dutiful.
Noble, virtuous.
Honourable and Pious and Just.
قُتِلَ الْإِنسَانُ مَا أَكْفَرَهُ
Cursed is man; how disbelieving is he.
Cursed be man! how ungrateful is he!
Woe to man! What hath made him reject Allah;
مِنْ أَيِّ شَيْءٍ خَلَقَهُ
From what substance did He create him?
Of what thing did He create him?
From what stuff hath He created him?
مِن نُّطْفَةٍ خَلَقَهُ فَقَدَّرَهُ
From a sperm - drop He created him and destined for him;
Of a small seed; He created him, then He made him according to a measure,
From a sperm - drop: He hath created him, and then mouldeth him in due proportions;
ثُمَّ السَّبِيلَ يَسَّرَهُ
Then He eased the way for him;
Then (as for) the way - - He has made it easy (for him)
Then doth He make His path smooth for him;
ثُمَّ أَمَاتَهُ فَأَقْبَرَهُ
Then He causes his death and provides a grave for him.
Then He causes him to die, then assigns to him a grave,
Then He causeth him to die, and putteth him in his grave;
ثُمَّ إِذَا شَاءَ أَنشَرَهُ
Then when He wills, He will resurrect him.
Then when He pleases, He will raise him to life again.
Then, when it is His Will, He will raise him up (again).
كَلَّا لَمَّا يَقْضِ مَا أَمَرَهُ
No! Man has not yet accomplished what He commanded him.
Nay; but he has not done what He bade him.
By no means hath he fulfilled what Allah hath commanded him.
فَلْيَنظُرِ الْإِنسَانُ إِلَىٰ طَعَامِهِ
Then let mankind look at his food -
Then let man look to his food,
Then let man look at his food, (and how We provide it):
أَنَّا صَبَبْنَا الْمَاءَ صَبًّا
How We poured down water in torrents,
That We pour down the water, pouring (it) down in abundance,
For that We pour forth water in abundance,
ثُمَّ شَقَقْنَا الْأَرْضَ شَقًّا
Then We broke open the earth, splitting [it with sprouts],
Then We cleave the earth, cleaving (it) asunder,
And We split the earth in fragments,
فَأَنبَتْنَا فِيهَا حَبًّا
And caused to grow within it grain
Then We cause to grow therein the grain,
And produce therein corn,
وَعِنَبًا وَقَضْبًا
And grapes and herbage
And grapes and clover,
And Grapes and nutritious plants,
وَزَيْتُونًا وَنَخْلًا
And olive and palm trees
And the olive and the palm,
And Olives and Dates,
وَحَدَائِقَ غُلْبًا
And gardens of dense shrubbery
And thick gardens,
And enclosed Gardens, dense with lofty trees,
وَفَاكِهَةً وَأَبًّا
And fruit and grass -
And fruits and herbage
And fruits and fodder, -
مَّتَاعًا لَّكُمْ وَلِأَنْعَامِكُمْ
[As] enjoyment for you and your grazing livestock.
A provision for you and for your cattle.
For use and convenience to you and your cattle.
فَإِذَا جَاءَتِ الصَّاخَّةُ
But when there comes the Deafening Blast
But when the deafening cry comes,
At length, when there comes the Deafening Noise, -
يَوْمَ يَفِرُّ الْمَرْءُ مِنْ أَخِيهِ
On the Day a man will flee from his brother
The day on which a man shall fly from his brother,
That Day shall a man flee from his own brother,
وَأُمِّهِ وَأَبِيهِ
And his mother and his father
And his mother and his father,
And from his mother and his father,
وَصَاحِبَتِهِ وَبَنِيهِ
And his wife and his children,
And his spouse and his son - -
And from his wife and his children.
لِكُلِّ امْرِئٍ مِّنْهُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ شَأْنٌ يُغْنِيهِ
For every man, that Day, will be a matter adequate for him.
Every man of them shall on that day have an affair which will occupy him.
Each one of them, that Day, will have enough concern (of his own) to make him indifferent to the others.
وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ مُّسْفِرَةٌ
[Some] faces, that Day, will be bright -
(Many) faces on that day shall be bright,
Some faces that Day will be beaming,
ضَاحِكَةٌ مُّسْتَبْشِرَةٌ
Laughing, rejoicing at good news.
Laughing, joyous.
Laughing, rejoicing.
وَوُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ عَلَيْهَا غَبَرَةٌ
And [other] faces, that Day, will have upon them dust.
And (many) faces on that day, on them shall be dust,
And other faces that Day will be dust - stained,
تَرْهَقُهَا قَتَرَةٌ
Blackness will cover them.
Darkness shall cover them.
Blackness will cover them:
أُولَٰئِكَ هُمُ الْكَفَرَةُ الْفَجَرَةُ
Those are the disbelievers, the wicked ones.
These are they who are unbelievers, the wicked.
Such will be the Rejecters of Allah, the doers of iniquity.