عبس

1 The Prophet frowned and turned away

1 He frowned and turned (his) back,

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

2 Because there came to him the blind man.

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

3 And what would make you know that he would purify himself,

4 Or be reminded and the remembrance would benefit him?

4 Or become reminded so that the reminder should profit him?

5 As for he who thinks himself without need,

5 As for him who considers himself free from need (of you),

6 To him you give attention.

6 To him do you address yourself.

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

7 And no blame is on you if he would not purify himself

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

8 And as to him who comes to you striving hard,

9 While he fears [Allah],

9 And he fears,

10 From him you are distracted.

10 From him will you divert yourself.

11 No! Indeed, these verses are a reminder;

11 Nay! surely it is an admonishment.

12 So whoever wills may remember it.

12 So let him who pleases mind it.

13 [It is recorded] in honored sheets,

13 In honored books,

14 Exalted and purified,

14 Exalted, purified,

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

15 In the hands of scribes

16 Noble and dutiful.

16 Noble, virtuous.

17 Cursed is man; how disbelieving is he.

17 Cursed be man! how ungrateful is he!

18 From what substance did He create him?

18 Of what thing did He create him?

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

19 Of a small seed; He created him, then He made him according to a measure,

20 Then He eased the way for him;

20 Then (as for) the way - - He has made it easy (for him)

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

21 Then He causes him to die, then assigns to him a grave,

22 Then when He wills, He will resurrect him.

22 Then when He pleases, He will raise him to life again.

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

23 Nay; but he has not done what He bade him.

24 Then let mankind look at his food -

24 Then let man look to his food,

25 How We poured down water in torrents,

25 That We pour down the water, pouring (it) down in abundance,

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

26 Then We cleave the earth, cleaving (it) asunder,

27 And caused to grow within it grain

27 Then We cause to grow therein the grain,

28 And grapes and herbage

28 And grapes and clover,

29 And olive and palm trees

29 And the olive and the palm,

30 And gardens of dense shrubbery

30 And thick gardens,

31 And fruit and grass -

31 And fruits and herbage

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

32 A provision for you and for your cattle.

33 But when there comes the Deafening Blast

33 But when the deafening cry comes,

34 On the Day a man will flee from his brother

34 The day on which a man shall fly from his brother,

35 And his mother and his father

35 And his mother and his father,

36 And his wife and his children,

36 And his spouse and his son - -

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

37 Every man of them shall on that day have an affair which will occupy him.

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

38 (Many) faces on that day shall be bright,

39 Laughing, rejoicing at good news.

39 Laughing, joyous.

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

40 And (many) faces on that day, on them shall be dust,

41 Blackness will cover them.

41 Darkness shall cover them.

42 Those are the disbelievers, the wicked ones.

42 These are they who are unbelievers, the wicked.