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
(The Prophet) frowned and turned away,
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 (interrupting).
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
But what could tell thee but that perchance he might grow (in spiritual understanding)? -
Or be reminded and the remembrance would benefit him?
Or take heed and so the reminder might avail him ?
أو يذكر فتنفعه الذكرى
Or that he might receive admonition, and the teaching might profit him?
As for he who thinks himself without need,
As for him who thinketh himself independent,
أما من استغنى
As to one who regards Himself as self - sufficient,
To him you give attention.
Unto him thou payest regard.
فأنت له تصدى
To him dost thou attend;
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
Though it is no blame to thee if he grow not (in spiritual understanding).
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
But as to him who came to thee striving earnestly,
While he fears [Allah],
And hath fear,
وهو يخشى
And with fear (in his heart),
From him you are distracted.
From him thou art distracted.
فأنت عنه تلهى
Of him wast thou unmindful.
No! Indeed, these verses are a reminder;
Nay, but verily it is an Admonishment,
كلا إنها تذكرة
By no means (should it be so)! For it is indeed a Message of instruction:
So whoever wills may remember it.
So let whosoever will pay heed to it,
فمن شاء ذكره
Therefore let whoso will, keep it in remembrance.
[It is recorded] in honored sheets,
On honoured leaves
في صحف مكرمة
(It is) in Books held (greatly) in honour,
Exalted and purified,
Exalted, purified,
مرفوعة مطهرة
Exalted (in dignity), kept pure and holy,
[Carried] by the hands of messenger - angels,
(Set down) by scribes
بأيدي سفرة
(Written) by the hands of scribes -
Noble and dutiful.
Noble and righteous.
كرام بررة
Honourable and Pious and Just.
Cursed is man; how disbelieving is he.
Man is (self - )destroyed: how ungrateful!
قتل الإنسان ما أكفره
Woe to man! What hath made him reject Allah;
From what substance did He create him?
From what thing doth He create him ?
من أي شيء خلقه
From what stuff hath He created 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
From a sperm - drop: He hath created him, and then mouldeth him in due proportions;
Then He eased the way for him;
Then maketh the way easy for him,
ثم السبيل يسره
Then doth He make His path smooth 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 causeth him to die, and putteth him in his 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 it is His Will, He will raise him up (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
By no means hath he fulfilled what Allah hath commanded him.
Then let mankind look at his food -
Let man consider his food:
فلينظر الإنسان إلى طعامه
Then let man look at his food, (and how We provide it):
How We poured down water in torrents,
How We pour water in showers
أنا صببنا الماء صبا
For that We pour forth water in abundance,
Then We broke open the earth, splitting [it with sprouts],
Then split the earth in clefts
ثم شققنا الأرض شقا
And We split the earth in fragments,
And caused to grow within it grain
And cause the grain to grow therein
فأنبتنا فيها حبا
And produce therein corn,
And grapes and herbage
And grapes and green fodder
وعنبا وقضبا
And Grapes and nutritious plants,
And olive and palm trees
And olive - trees and palm - trees
وزيتونا ونخلا
And Olives and Dates,
And gardens of dense shrubbery
And garden - closes of thick foliage
وحدائق غلبا
And enclosed Gardens, dense with lofty trees,
And fruit and grass -
And fruits and grasses:
وفاكهة وأبا
And fruits and fodder, -
[As] enjoyment for you and your grazing livestock.
Provision for you and your cattle.
متاعا لكم ولأنعامكم
For use and convenience to you and your cattle.
But when there comes the Deafening Blast
But when the Shout cometh
فإذا جاءت الصاخة
At length, when there comes the Deafening Noise, -
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
That Day shall a man flee from his own brother,
And his mother and his father
And his mother and his father
وأمه وأبيه
And from his mother and his father,
And his wife and his children,
And his wife and his children,
وصاحبته وبنيه
And from his wife and his children.
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
Each one of them, that Day, will have enough concern (of his own) to make him indifferent to the others.
[Some] faces, that Day, will be bright -
On that day faces will be bright as dawn,
وجوه يومئذ مسفرة
Some faces that Day will be beaming,
Laughing, rejoicing at good news.
Laughing, rejoicing at good news;
ضاحكة مستبشرة
Laughing, rejoicing.
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 other faces that Day will be dust - stained,
Blackness will cover them.
Veiled in darkness,
ترهقها قترة
Blackness will cover them:
Those are the disbelievers, the wicked ones.
Those are the disbelievers, the wicked.
أولئك هم الكفرة الفجرة
Such will be the Rejecters of Allah, the doers of iniquity.