Chapter 80, 42 verses
The Prophet frowned and turned away
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. He frowned and turned away
He frowned and turned (his) back,
(The Prophet) frowned and turned away,
Because there came to him the blind man, [interrupting].
Because the blind man came unto him.
Because there came to him the blind man.
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)
And what would make you know that he would purify himself,
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 ?
Or become reminded so that the reminder should profit him?
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,
As for him who considers himself free from need (of you),
As to one who regards Himself as self - sufficient,
To him you give attention.
Unto him thou payest regard.
To him do you address yourself.
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).
And no blame is on you if he would not purify himself
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
And as to him who comes to you striving hard,
But as to him who came to thee striving earnestly,
While he fears [Allah],
And hath fear,
And he fears,
And with fear (in his heart),
From him you are distracted.
From him thou art distracted.
From him will you divert yourself.
Of him wast thou unmindful.
No! Indeed, these verses are a reminder;
Nay, but verily it is an Admonishment,
Nay! surely it is an admonishment.
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,
So let him who pleases mind it.
Therefore let whoso will, keep it in remembrance.
[It is recorded] in honored sheets,
On honoured leaves
In honored books,
(It is) in Books held (greatly) in honour,
Exalted and purified,
Exalted, purified,
Exalted, purified,
Exalted (in dignity), kept pure and holy,
[Carried] by the hands of messenger - angels,
(Set down) by scribes
In the hands of scribes
(Written) by the hands of scribes -
Noble and dutiful.
Noble and righteous.
Noble, virtuous.
Honourable and Pious and Just.
Cursed is man; how disbelieving is he.
Man is (self - )destroyed: how ungrateful!
Cursed be man! how ungrateful is he!
Woe to man! What hath made him reject Allah;
From what substance did He create him?
From what thing doth He create him ?
Of what thing did He create him?
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,
Of a small seed; He created him, then He made him according to a measure,
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,
Then (as for) the way - - He has made it easy (for him)
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;
Then He causes him to die, then assigns to him a grave,
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.
Then when He pleases, He will raise him to life again.
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.
Nay; but he has not done what He bade him.
By no means hath he fulfilled what Allah hath commanded him.
Then let mankind look at his food -
Let man consider his food:
Then let man look to his food,
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
That We pour down the water, pouring (it) down in abundance,
For that We pour forth water in abundance,
Then We broke open the earth, splitting [it with sprouts],
Then split the earth in clefts
Then We cleave the earth, cleaving (it) asunder,
And We split the earth in fragments,
And caused to grow within it grain
And cause the grain to grow therein
Then We cause to grow therein the grain,
And produce therein corn,
And grapes and herbage
And grapes and green fodder
And grapes and clover,
And Grapes and nutritious plants,
And olive and palm trees
And olive - trees and palm - trees
And the olive and the palm,
And Olives and Dates,
And gardens of dense shrubbery
And garden - closes of thick foliage
And thick gardens,
And enclosed Gardens, dense with lofty trees,
And fruit and grass -
And fruits and grasses:
And fruits and herbage
And fruits and fodder, -
[As] enjoyment for you and your grazing livestock.
Provision for you and your cattle.
A provision for you and for your cattle.
For use and convenience to you and your cattle.
But when there comes the Deafening Blast
But when the Shout cometh
But when the deafening cry comes,
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
The day on which a man shall fly from his brother,
That Day shall a man flee from his own brother,
And his mother and his father
And his mother and his father
And his mother and his father,
And from his mother and his father,
And his wife and his children,
And his wife and his children,
And his spouse and his son - -
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).
Every man of them shall on that day have an affair which will occupy him.
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,
(Many) faces on that day shall be bright,
Some faces that Day will be beaming,
Laughing, rejoicing at good news.
Laughing, rejoicing at good news;
Laughing, joyous.
Laughing, rejoicing.
And [other] faces, that Day, will have upon them dust.
And other faces, on that day, with dust upon them,
And (many) faces on that day, on them shall be dust,
And other faces that Day will be dust - stained,
Blackness will cover them.
Veiled in darkness,
Darkness shall cover them.
Blackness will cover them:
Those are the disbelievers, the wicked ones.
Those are the disbelievers, the wicked.
These are they who are unbelievers, the wicked.
Such will be the Rejecters of Allah, the doers of iniquity.