Chapter 80, 42 verses
The Prophet frowned and turned away
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. He frowned and turned away
(The Prophet) frowned and turned away,
عَبَسَ وَتَوَلَّىٰٓ
Because there came to him the blind man, [interrupting].
Because the blind man came unto him.
Because there came to him the blind man (interrupting).
أَن جَآءَهُ ٱلْأَعْمَىٰ
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)
But what could tell thee but that perchance he might grow (in spiritual understanding)? -
وَمَا يُدْرِيكَ لَعَلَّهُۥ يَزَّكَّىٰٓ
Or be reminded and the remembrance would benefit him?
Or take heed and so the reminder might avail him ?
Or that he might receive admonition, and the teaching might profit him?
أَوْ يَذَّكَّرُ فَتَنفَعَهُ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰٓ
As for he who thinks himself without need,
As for him who thinketh himself independent,
As to one who regards Himself as self - sufficient,
أَمَّا مَنِ ٱسْتَغْنَىٰ
To him you give attention.
Unto him thou payest regard.
To him dost thou attend;
فَأَنتَ لَهُۥ تَصَدَّىٰ
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).
Though it is no blame to thee if he grow not (in spiritual understanding).
وَمَا عَلَيْكَ أَلَّا يَزَّكَّىٰ
But as for he who came to you striving [for knowledge]
But as for him who cometh unto thee with earnest purpose
But as to him who came to thee striving earnestly,
وَأَمَّا مَن جَآءَكَ يَسْعَىٰ
While he fears [Allah],
And hath fear,
And with fear (in his heart),
وَهُوَ يَخْشَىٰ
From him you are distracted.
From him thou art distracted.
Of him wast thou unmindful.
فَأَنتَ عَنْهُ تَلَهَّىٰ
No! Indeed, these verses are a reminder;
Nay, but verily it is an Admonishment,
By no means (should it be so)! For it is indeed a Message of instruction:
كَلَّآ إِنَّهَا تَذْكِرَةٌ
So whoever wills may remember it.
So let whosoever will pay heed to it,
Therefore let whoso will, keep it in remembrance.
فَمَن شَآءَ ذَكَرَهُۥ
[It is recorded] in honored sheets,
On honoured leaves
(It is) in Books held (greatly) in honour,
فِى صُحُفٍ مُّكَرَّمَةٍ
Exalted and purified,
Exalted, purified,
Exalted (in dignity), kept pure and holy,
مَّرْفُوعَةٍ مُّطَهَّرَةٍۭ
[Carried] by the hands of messenger - angels,
(Set down) by scribes
(Written) by the hands of scribes -
بِأَيْدِى سَفَرَةٍ
Noble and dutiful.
Noble and righteous.
Honourable and Pious and Just.
كِرَامٍۭ بَرَرَةٍ
Cursed is man; how disbelieving is he.
Man is (self - )destroyed: how ungrateful!
Woe to man! What hath made him reject Allah;
قُتِلَ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ مَآ أَكْفَرَهُۥ
From what substance did He create him?
From what thing doth He create him ?
From what stuff hath He created him?
مِنْ أَىِّ شَىْءٍ خَلَقَهُۥ
From a sperm - drop He created him and destined for him;
From a drop of seed. He createth him and proportioneth him,
From a sperm - drop: He hath created him, and then mouldeth him in due proportions;
مِن نُّطْفَةٍ خَلَقَهُۥ فَقَدَّرَهُۥ
Then He eased the way for him;
Then maketh the way easy for him,
Then doth He make His path smooth for him;
ثُمَّ ٱلسَّبِيلَ يَسَّرَهُۥ
Then He causes his death and provides a grave for him.
Then causeth him to die, and burieth him;
Then He causeth him to die, and putteth him in his grave;
ثُمَّ أَمَاتَهُۥ فَأَقْبَرَهُۥ
Then when He wills, He will resurrect him.
Then, when He will, He bringeth him again to life.
Then, when it is His Will, He will raise him up (again).
ثُمَّ إِذَا شَآءَ أَنشَرَهُۥ
No! Man has not yet accomplished what He commanded him.
Nay, but (man) hath not done what He commanded him.
By no means hath he fulfilled what Allah hath commanded him.
كَلَّا لَمَّا يَقْضِ مَآ أَمَرَهُۥ
Then let mankind look at his food -
Let man consider his food:
Then let man look at his food, (and how We provide it):
فَلْيَنظُرِ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ إِلَىٰ طَعَامِهِۦٓ
How We poured down water in torrents,
How We pour water in showers
For that We pour forth water in abundance,
أَنَّا صَبَبْنَا ٱلْمَآءَ صَبًّا
Then We broke open the earth, splitting [it with sprouts],
Then split the earth in clefts
And We split the earth in fragments,
ثُمَّ شَقَقْنَا ٱلْأَرْضَ شَقًّا
And caused to grow within it grain
And cause the grain to grow therein
And produce therein corn,
فَأَنۢبَتْنَا فِيهَا حَبًّا
And grapes and herbage
And grapes and green fodder
And Grapes and nutritious plants,
وَعِنَبًا وَقَضْبًا
And olive and palm trees
And olive - trees and palm - trees
And Olives and Dates,
وَزَيْتُونًا وَنَخْلًا
And gardens of dense shrubbery
And garden - closes of thick foliage
And enclosed Gardens, dense with lofty trees,
وَحَدَآئِقَ غُلْبًا
And fruit and grass -
And fruits and grasses:
And fruits and fodder, -
وَفَٰكِهَةً وَأَبًّا
[As] enjoyment for you and your grazing livestock.
Provision for you and your cattle.
For use and convenience to you and your cattle.
مَّتَٰعًا لَّكُمْ وَلِأَنْعَٰمِكُمْ
But when there comes the Deafening Blast
But when the Shout cometh
At length, when there comes the Deafening Noise, -
فَإِذَا جَآءَتِ ٱلصَّآخَّةُ
On the Day a man will flee from his brother
On the day when a man fleeth from his brother
That Day shall a man flee from his own brother,
يَوْمَ يَفِرُّ ٱلْمَرْءُ مِنْ أَخِيهِ
And his mother and his father
And his mother and his father
And from his mother and his father,
وَأُمِّهِۦ وَأَبِيهِ
And his wife and his children,
And his wife and his children,
And from his wife and his children.
وَصَٰحِبَتِهِۦ وَبَنِيهِ
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).
Each one of them, that Day, will have enough concern (of his own) to make him indifferent to the others.
لِكُلِّ ٱمْرِئٍ مِّنْهُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ شَأْنٌ يُغْنِيهِ
[Some] faces, that Day, will be bright -
On that day faces will be bright as dawn,
Some faces that Day will be beaming,
وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ مُّسْفِرَةٌ
Laughing, rejoicing at good news.
Laughing, rejoicing at good news;
Laughing, rejoicing.
ضَاحِكَةٌ مُّسْتَبْشِرَةٌ
And [other] faces, that Day, will have upon them dust.
And other faces, on that day, with dust upon them,
And other faces that Day will be dust - stained,
وَوُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ عَلَيْهَا غَبَرَةٌ
Blackness will cover them.
Veiled in darkness,
Blackness will cover them:
تَرْهَقُهَا قَتَرَةٌ
Those are the disbelievers, the wicked ones.
Those are the disbelievers, the wicked.
Such will be the Rejecters of Allah, the doers of iniquity.
أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْكَفَرَةُ ٱلْفَجَرَةُ