Chapter 80, 42 verses
The Prophet frowned and turned away
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. He 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].
Because the blind man came unto him.
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
What could inform thee but that he might grow (in grace)
وما يدريك لعله يزكى
And what would make you know that he would purify himself,
Or be reminded and the remembrance would benefit him?
Or take heed and so the reminder might avail him ?
أو يذكر فتنفعه الذكرى
Or become reminded so that the reminder should profit him?
As for he who thinks himself without need,
As for him who thinketh himself independent,
أما من استغنى
As for him who considers himself free from need (of you),
To him you give attention.
Unto him thou payest regard.
فأنت له تصدى
To him do you address yourself.
And not upon you [is any blame] if he will not be purified.
Yet it is not thy concern if he grow not (in grace).
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]
But as for him who cometh unto thee with earnest purpose
وأما من جاءك يسعى
And as to him who comes to you striving hard,
While he fears [Allah],
And hath fear,
وهو يخشى
And he fears,
From him you are distracted.
From him thou art distracted.
فأنت عنه تلهى
From him will you divert yourself.
No! Indeed, these verses are a reminder;
Nay, but verily it is an Admonishment,
كلا إنها تذكرة
Nay! surely it is an admonishment.
So whoever wills may remember it.
So let whosoever will pay heed to it,
فمن شاء ذكره
So let him who pleases mind it.
[It is recorded] in honored sheets,
On honoured leaves
في صحف مكرمة
In honored books,
Exalted and purified,
Exalted, purified,
مرفوعة مطهرة
Exalted, purified,
[Carried] by the hands of messenger - angels,
(Set down) by scribes
بأيدي سفرة
In the hands of scribes
Noble and dutiful.
Noble and righteous.
كرام بررة
Noble, virtuous.
Cursed is man; how disbelieving is he.
Man is (self - )destroyed: how ungrateful!
قتل الإنسان ما أكفره
Cursed be man! how ungrateful is he!
From what substance did He create him?
From what thing doth 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;
From a drop of seed. He createth him and proportioneth 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;
Then maketh the way easy 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.
Then causeth him to die, and burieth him;
ثم أماته فأقبره
Then He causes him to die, then assigns to him a grave,
Then when He wills, He will resurrect him.
Then, when He will, He bringeth him again to life.
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.
Nay, but (man) hath not done 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 -
Let man consider his food:
فلينظر الإنسان إلى طعامه
Then let man look to his food,
How We poured down water in torrents,
How We pour water in showers
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],
Then split the earth in clefts
ثم شققنا الأرض شقا
Then We cleave the earth, cleaving (it) asunder,
And caused to grow within it grain
And cause the grain to grow therein
فأنبتنا فيها حبا
Then We cause to grow therein the grain,
And grapes and herbage
And grapes and green fodder
وعنبا وقضبا
And grapes and clover,
And olive and palm trees
And olive - trees and palm - trees
وزيتونا ونخلا
And the olive and the palm,
And gardens of dense shrubbery
And garden - closes of thick foliage
وحدائق غلبا
And thick gardens,
And fruit and grass -
And fruits and grasses:
وفاكهة وأبا
And fruits and herbage
[As] enjoyment for you and your grazing livestock.
Provision for you and your cattle.
متاعا لكم ولأنعامكم
A provision for you and for your cattle.
But when there comes the Deafening Blast
But when the Shout cometh
فإذا جاءت الصاخة
But when the deafening cry comes,
On the Day a man will flee from his brother
On the day when a man fleeth 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
And his mother and his father
وأمه وأبيه
And his mother and his father,
And his wife and his children,
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.
Every man that day will have concern enough to make him heedless (of others).
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 -
On that day faces will be bright as dawn,
وجوه يومئذ مسفرة
(Many) faces on that day shall be bright,
Laughing, rejoicing at good news.
Laughing, rejoicing at good news;
ضاحكة مستبشرة
Laughing, joyous.
And [other] faces, that Day, will have upon them dust.
And other faces, on that day, with dust upon them,
ووجوه يومئذ عليها غبرة
And (many) faces on that day, on them shall be dust,
Blackness will cover them.
Veiled in darkness,
ترهقها قترة
Darkness shall cover them.
Those are the disbelievers, the wicked ones.
Those are the disbelievers, the wicked.
أولئك هم الكفرة الفجرة
These are they who are unbelievers, the wicked.