The Prophet frowned and turned away
(The Prophet) frowned and turned away,
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم عبس وتولى
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. (The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم) frowned and turned away.
Chapter 80, 42 verses
The Prophet frowned and turned away
(The Prophet) frowned and turned away,
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم عبس وتولى
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. (The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم) frowned and turned away.
Because there came to him the blind man, [interrupting].
Because there came to him the blind man (interrupting).
أن جاءه الأعمى
Because there came to him the blind man (i.e. 'Abdullah bin Umm-Maktum, who came to the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم while he was preaching to one or some of the Quraish chiefs).
But what would make you perceive, [O Muhammad], that perhaps he might be purified
But what could tell thee but that perchance he might grow (in spiritual understanding)? -
وما يدريك لعله يزكى
And how can you know that he might become pure (from sins)?
Or be reminded and the remembrance would benefit him?
Or that he might receive admonition, and the teaching might profit him?
أو يذكر فتنفعه الذكرى
Or he might receive admonition, and the admonition might profit him?
As for he who thinks himself without need,
As to one who regards Himself as self - sufficient,
أما من استغنى
As for him who thinks himself self-sufficient,
To him you give attention.
To him dost thou attend;
فأنت له تصدى
To him you attend;
And not upon you [is any blame] if he will not be purified.
Though it is no blame to thee if he grow not (in spiritual understanding).
وما عليك ألا يزكى
What does it matter to you if he will not become pure (from disbelief: you are only a Messenger, your duty is to convey the Message of Allah).
But as for he who came to you striving [for knowledge]
But as to him who came to thee striving earnestly,
وأما من جاءك يسعى
But as to him who came to you running,
While he fears [Allah],
And with fear (in his heart),
وهو يخشى
And is afraid (of Allah and His punishment).
From him you are distracted.
Of him wast thou unmindful.
فأنت عنه تلهى
Of him you are neglectful and divert your attention to another,
No! Indeed, these verses are a reminder;
By no means (should it be so)! For it is indeed a Message of instruction:
كلا إنها تذكرة
Nay, (do not do like this); indeed it (this Qur'an) is an admonition.
So whoever wills may remember it.
Therefore let whoso will, keep it in remembrance.
فمن شاء ذكره
So whoever wills, let him pay attention to it.
[It is recorded] in honored sheets,
(It is) in Books held (greatly) in honour,
في صحف مكرمة
(It is) in Records held (greatly) in honour (Al-Lauh Al-Mahfuz),
Exalted and purified,
Exalted (in dignity), kept pure and holy,
مرفوعة مطهرة
Exalted (in dignity), purified,
[Carried] by the hands of messenger - angels,
(Written) by the hands of scribes -
بأيدي سفرة
In the hands of scribes (angels).
Noble and dutiful.
Honourable and Pious and Just.
كرام بررة
Honourable and obedient.
Cursed is man; how disbelieving is he.
Woe to man! What hath made him reject Allah;
قتل الإنسان ما أكفره
Be cursed (the disbelieving) man! How ungrateful he is!
From what substance did He create him?
From what stuff hath He created him?
من أي شيء خلقه
From what thing did He create him?
From a sperm - drop He created him and destined for him;
From a sperm - drop: He hath created him, and then mouldeth him in due proportions;
من نطفة خلقه فقدره
From Nutfah (male and female semen drops) He created him and then set him in due proportion.
Then He eased the way for him;
Then doth He make His path smooth for him;
ثم السبيل يسره
Then He makes the Path easy for him.
Then He causes his death and provides a grave for him.
Then He causeth him to die, and putteth him in his grave;
ثم أماته فأقبره
Then He causes him to die and puts him in his grave.
Then when He wills, He will resurrect him.
Then, when it is His Will, He will raise him up (again).
ثم إذا شاء أنشره
Then when it is His Will, He will resurrect him (again).
No! Man has not yet accomplished what He commanded him.
By no means hath he fulfilled what Allah hath commanded him.
كلا لما يقض ما أمره
Nay, but (man) has not done what He commanded him.
Then let mankind look at his food -
Then let man look at his food, (and how We provide it):
فلينظر الإنسان إلى طعامه
Then let man look at his food:
How We poured down water in torrents,
For that We pour forth water in abundance,
أنا صببنا الماء صبا
We pour forth water in abundance.
Then We broke open the earth, splitting [it with sprouts],
And We split the earth in fragments,
ثم شققنا الأرض شقا
And We split the earth in clefts.
And caused to grow within it grain
And produce therein corn,
فأنبتنا فيها حبا
And We cause therein the grain to grow,
And grapes and herbage
And Grapes and nutritious plants,
وعنبا وقضبا
And grapes and clover plants (i.e. green fodder for the cattle),
And olive and palm trees
And Olives and Dates,
وزيتونا ونخلا
And olives and date-palms,
And gardens of dense shrubbery
And enclosed Gardens, dense with lofty trees,
وحدائق غلبا
And gardens dense with many trees,
And fruit and grass -
And fruits and fodder, -
وفاكهة وأبا
And fruits and herbage
[As] enjoyment for you and your grazing livestock.
For use and convenience to you and your cattle.
متاعا لكم ولأنعامكم
(To be) a provision and benefit for you and your cattle.
But when there comes the Deafening Blast
At length, when there comes the Deafening Noise, -
فإذا جاءت الصاخة
Then when there comes As-Sakhkhah (the second blowing of the Trumpet on the Day of Resurrection)
On the Day a man will flee from his brother
That Day shall a man flee from his own brother,
يوم يفر المرء من أخيه
That Day shall a man flee from his brother,
And his mother and his father
And from his mother and his father,
وأمه وأبيه
And from his mother and his father,
And his wife and his children,
And from his wife and his children.
وصاحبته وبنيه
And from his wife and his children.
For every man, that Day, will be a matter adequate for him.
Each one of them, that Day, will have enough concern (of his own) to make him indifferent to the others.
لكل امرئ منهم يومئذ شأن يغنيه
Everyman that Day will have enough to make him careless of others.
[Some] faces, that Day, will be bright -
Some faces that Day will be beaming,
وجوه يومئذ مسفرة
Some faces that Day will be bright (true believers of Islamic Monotheism),
Laughing, rejoicing at good news.
Laughing, rejoicing.
ضاحكة مستبشرة
Laughing, rejoicing at good news (of Paradise).
And [other] faces, that Day, will have upon them dust.
And other faces that Day will be dust - stained,
ووجوه يومئذ عليها غبرة
And other faces, that Day, will be dust-stained.
Blackness will cover them.
Blackness will cover them:
ترهقها قترة
Darkness will cover them.
Those are the disbelievers, the wicked ones.
Such will be the Rejecters of Allah, the doers of iniquity.
أولئك هم الكفرة الفجرة
Such will be the Kafarah (disbelievers in Allah, in His Oneness, and in His Messenger Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم, etc.), the Fajarah (wicked evil doers).