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
Because there came to him the blind man, [interrupting].
Because the blind man came unto him.
أن جاءه الأعمى
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
Or be reminded and the remembrance would benefit him?
Or take heed and so the reminder might avail him ?
أو يذكر فتنفعه الذكرى
As for he who thinks himself without need,
As for him who thinketh himself independent,
أما من استغنى
To him you give attention.
Unto him thou payest regard.
فأنت له تصدى
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
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
While he fears [Allah],
And hath fear,
وهو يخشى
From him you are distracted.
From him thou art distracted.
فأنت عنه تلهى
No! Indeed, these verses are a reminder;
Nay, but verily it is an Admonishment,
كلا إنها تذكرة
So whoever wills may remember it.
So let whosoever will pay heed to it,
فمن شاء ذكره
[It is recorded] in honored sheets,
On honoured leaves
في صحف مكرمة
Exalted and purified,
Exalted, purified,
مرفوعة مطهرة
[Carried] by the hands of messenger - angels,
(Set down) by scribes
بأيدي سفرة
Noble and dutiful.
Noble and righteous.
كرام بررة
Cursed is man; how disbelieving is he.
Man is (self - )destroyed: how ungrateful!
قتل الإنسان ما أكفره
From what substance did He create him?
From what thing doth He create him ?
من أي شيء خلقه
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
Then He eased the way for him;
Then maketh the way easy for him,
ثم السبيل يسره
Then He causes his death and provides a grave for him.
Then causeth him to die, and burieth him;
ثم أماته فأقبره
Then when He wills, He will resurrect him.
Then, when He will, He bringeth him again to life.
ثم إذا شاء أنشره
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
Then let mankind look at his food -
Let man consider his food:
فلينظر الإنسان إلى طعامه
How We poured down water in torrents,
How We pour water in showers
أنا صببنا الماء صبا
Then We broke open the earth, splitting [it with sprouts],
Then split the earth in clefts
ثم شققنا الأرض شقا
And caused to grow within it grain
And cause the grain to grow therein
فأنبتنا فيها حبا
And grapes and herbage
And grapes and green fodder
وعنبا وقضبا
And olive and palm trees
And olive - trees and palm - trees
وزيتونا ونخلا
And gardens of dense shrubbery
And garden - closes of thick foliage
وحدائق غلبا
And fruit and grass -
And fruits and grasses:
وفاكهة وأبا
[As] enjoyment for you and your grazing livestock.
Provision for you and your cattle.
متاعا لكم ولأنعامكم
But when there comes the Deafening Blast
But when the Shout cometh
فإذا جاءت الصاخة
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
And his mother and his father
And his mother and his father
وأمه وأبيه
And his wife and his children,
And his wife and his children,
وصاحبته وبنيه
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
[Some] faces, that Day, will be bright -
On that day faces will be bright as dawn,
وجوه يومئذ مسفرة
Laughing, rejoicing at good news.
Laughing, rejoicing at good news;
ضاحكة مستبشرة
And [other] faces, that Day, will have upon them dust.
And other faces, on that day, with dust upon them,
ووجوه يومئذ عليها غبرة
Blackness will cover them.
Veiled in darkness,
ترهقها قترة
Those are the disbelievers, the wicked ones.
Those are the disbelievers, the wicked.
أولئك هم الكفرة الفجرة