Chapter 80, 42 verses
The Prophet frowned and turned away
He frowned and turned (his) back,
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم عبس وتولى
Because there came to him the blind man, [interrupting].
Because there came to him the blind man.
أن جاءه الأعمى
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
Or be reminded and the remembrance would benefit him?
Or become reminded so that the reminder should profit him?
أو يذكر فتنفعه الذكرى
As for he who thinks himself without need,
As for him who considers himself free from need (of you),
أما من استغنى
To him you give attention.
To him do you address yourself.
فأنت له تصدى
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
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
While he fears [Allah],
And he fears,
وهو يخشى
From him you are distracted.
From him will you divert yourself.
فأنت عنه تلهى
No! Indeed, these verses are a reminder;
Nay! surely it is an admonishment.
كلا إنها تذكرة
So whoever wills may remember it.
So let him who pleases mind it.
فمن شاء ذكره
[It is recorded] in honored sheets,
In honored books,
في صحف مكرمة
Exalted and purified,
Exalted, purified,
مرفوعة مطهرة
[Carried] by the hands of messenger - angels,
In the hands of scribes
بأيدي سفرة
Noble and dutiful.
Noble, virtuous.
كرام بررة
Cursed is man; how disbelieving is he.
Cursed be man! how ungrateful is he!
قتل الإنسان ما أكفره
From what substance did He create him?
Of what thing did He create him?
من أي شيء خلقه
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
Then He eased the way for him;
Then (as for) the way - - He has made it easy (for him)
ثم السبيل يسره
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 when He wills, He will resurrect him.
Then when He pleases, He will raise him to life again.
ثم إذا شاء أنشره
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
Then let mankind look at his food -
Then let man look to his food,
فلينظر الإنسان إلى طعامه
How We poured down water in torrents,
That We pour down the water, pouring (it) down in abundance,
أنا صببنا الماء صبا
Then We broke open the earth, splitting [it with sprouts],
Then We cleave the earth, cleaving (it) asunder,
ثم شققنا الأرض شقا
And caused to grow within it grain
Then We cause to grow therein the grain,
فأنبتنا فيها حبا
And grapes and herbage
And grapes and clover,
وعنبا وقضبا
And olive and palm trees
And the olive and the palm,
وزيتونا ونخلا
And gardens of dense shrubbery
And thick gardens,
وحدائق غلبا
And fruit and grass -
And fruits and herbage
وفاكهة وأبا
[As] enjoyment for you and your grazing livestock.
A provision for you and for your cattle.
متاعا لكم ولأنعامكم
But when there comes the Deafening Blast
But when the deafening cry comes,
فإذا جاءت الصاخة
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
And his mother and his father
And his mother and his father,
وأمه وأبيه
And his wife and his children,
And his spouse and his son - -
وصاحبته وبنيه
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
[Some] faces, that Day, will be bright -
(Many) faces on that day shall be bright,
وجوه يومئذ مسفرة
Laughing, rejoicing at good news.
Laughing, joyous.
ضاحكة مستبشرة
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
Blackness will cover them.
Darkness shall cover them.
ترهقها قترة
Those are the disbelievers, the wicked ones.
These are they who are unbelievers, the wicked.
أولئك هم الكفرة الفجرة