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