Chapter 80, 42 verses
The Prophet frowned and turned away
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم عبس وتولى
He frowned and turned (his) back,
Because there came to him the blind man, [interrupting].
أن جاءه الأعمى
Because there came to him the blind man.
But what would make you perceive, [O Muhammad], that perhaps he might be purified
وما يدريك لعله يزكى
And what would make you know that he would purify himself,
Or be reminded and the remembrance would benefit him?
أو يذكر فتنفعه الذكرى
Or become reminded so that the reminder should profit him?
As for he who thinks himself without need,
أما من استغنى
As for him who considers himself free from need (of you),
To him you give attention.
فأنت له تصدى
To him do you address yourself.
And not upon you [is any blame] if he will not be purified.
وما عليك ألا يزكى
And no blame is on you if he would not purify himself
But as for he who came to you striving [for knowledge]
وأما من جاءك يسعى
And as to him who comes to you striving hard,
While he fears [Allah],
وهو يخشى
And he fears,
From him you are distracted.
فأنت عنه تلهى
From him will you divert yourself.
No! Indeed, these verses are a reminder;
كلا إنها تذكرة
Nay! surely it is an admonishment.
So whoever wills may remember it.
فمن شاء ذكره
So let him who pleases mind it.
[It is recorded] in honored sheets,
في صحف مكرمة
In honored books,
Exalted and purified,
مرفوعة مطهرة
Exalted, purified,
[Carried] by the hands of messenger - angels,
بأيدي سفرة
In the hands of scribes
Noble and dutiful.
كرام بررة
Noble, virtuous.
Cursed is man; how disbelieving is he.
قتل الإنسان ما أكفره
Cursed be man! how ungrateful is he!
From what substance did He create him?
من أي شيء خلقه
Of what thing did He create him?
From a sperm - drop He created him and destined for him;
من نطفة خلقه فقدره
Of a small seed; He created him, then He made him according to a measure,
Then He eased the way for him;
ثم السبيل يسره
Then (as for) the way - - He has made it easy (for him)
Then He causes his death and provides a grave for him.
ثم أماته فأقبره
Then He causes him to die, then assigns to him a grave,
Then when He wills, He will resurrect him.
ثم إذا شاء أنشره
Then when He pleases, He will raise him to life again.
No! Man has not yet accomplished what He commanded him.
كلا لما يقض ما أمره
Nay; but he has not done what He bade him.
Then let mankind look at his food -
فلينظر الإنسان إلى طعامه
Then let man look to his food,
How We poured down water in torrents,
أنا صببنا الماء صبا
That We pour down the water, pouring (it) down in abundance,
Then We broke open the earth, splitting [it with sprouts],
ثم شققنا الأرض شقا
Then We cleave the earth, cleaving (it) asunder,
And caused to grow within it grain
فأنبتنا فيها حبا
Then We cause to grow therein the grain,
And grapes and herbage
وعنبا وقضبا
And grapes and clover,
And olive and palm trees
وزيتونا ونخلا
And the olive and the palm,
And gardens of dense shrubbery
وحدائق غلبا
And thick gardens,
And fruit and grass -
وفاكهة وأبا
And fruits and herbage
[As] enjoyment for you and your grazing livestock.
متاعا لكم ولأنعامكم
A provision for you and for your cattle.
But when there comes the Deafening Blast
فإذا جاءت الصاخة
But when the deafening cry comes,
On the Day a man will flee from his brother
يوم يفر المرء من أخيه
The day on which a man shall fly from his brother,
And his mother and his father
وأمه وأبيه
And his mother and his father,
And his wife and his children,
وصاحبته وبنيه
And his spouse and his son - -
For every man, that Day, will be a matter adequate for him.
لكل امرئ منهم يومئذ شأن يغنيه
Every man of them shall on that day have an affair which will occupy him.
[Some] faces, that Day, will be bright -
وجوه يومئذ مسفرة
(Many) faces on that day shall be bright,
Laughing, rejoicing at good news.
ضاحكة مستبشرة
Laughing, joyous.
And [other] faces, that Day, will have upon them dust.
ووجوه يومئذ عليها غبرة
And (many) faces on that day, on them shall be dust,
Blackness will cover them.
ترهقها قترة
Darkness shall cover them.
Those are the disbelievers, the wicked ones.
أولئك هم الكفرة الفجرة
These are they who are unbelievers, the wicked.