Chapter 80, 42 verses
The Prophet frowned and turned away
(The Prophet) frowned and turned away,
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. He frowned and turned away
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم عبس وتولى
Because there came to him the blind man, [interrupting].
Because there came to him the blind man (interrupting).
Because the blind man came unto him.
أن جاءه الأعمى
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)? -
What could inform thee but that he might grow (in grace)
وما يدريك لعله يزكى
Or be reminded and the remembrance would benefit him?
Or that he might receive admonition, and the teaching might profit him?
Or take heed and so the reminder might avail him ?
أو يذكر فتنفعه الذكرى
As for he who thinks himself without need,
As to one who regards Himself as self - sufficient,
As for him who thinketh himself independent,
أما من استغنى
To him you give attention.
To him dost thou attend;
Unto him thou payest regard.
فأنت له تصدى
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).
Yet it is not thy concern if he grow not (in grace).
وما عليك ألا يزكى
But as for he who came to you striving [for knowledge]
But as to him who came to thee striving earnestly,
But as for him who cometh unto thee with earnest purpose
وأما من جاءك يسعى
While he fears [Allah],
And with fear (in his heart),
And hath fear,
وهو يخشى
From him you are distracted.
Of him wast thou unmindful.
From him thou art distracted.
فأنت عنه تلهى
No! Indeed, these verses are a reminder;
By no means (should it be so)! For it is indeed a Message of instruction:
Nay, but verily it is an Admonishment,
كلا إنها تذكرة
So whoever wills may remember it.
Therefore let whoso will, keep it in remembrance.
So let whosoever will pay heed to it,
فمن شاء ذكره
[It is recorded] in honored sheets,
(It is) in Books held (greatly) in honour,
On honoured leaves
في صحف مكرمة
Exalted and purified,
Exalted (in dignity), kept pure and holy,
Exalted, purified,
مرفوعة مطهرة
[Carried] by the hands of messenger - angels,
(Written) by the hands of scribes -
(Set down) by scribes
بأيدي سفرة
Noble and dutiful.
Honourable and Pious and Just.
Noble and righteous.
كرام بررة
Cursed is man; how disbelieving is he.
Woe to man! What hath made him reject Allah;
Man is (self - )destroyed: how ungrateful!
قتل الإنسان ما أكفره
From what substance did He create him?
From what stuff hath He created him?
From what thing doth He create him ?
من أي شيء خلقه
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;
From a drop of seed. He createth him and proportioneth him,
من نطفة خلقه فقدره
Then He eased the way for him;
Then doth He make His path smooth for him;
Then maketh the way easy for him,
ثم السبيل يسره
Then He causes his death and provides a grave for him.
Then He causeth him to die, and putteth him in his grave;
Then causeth him to die, and burieth him;
ثم أماته فأقبره
Then when He wills, He will resurrect him.
Then, when it is His Will, He will raise him up (again).
Then, when He will, He bringeth him again to life.
ثم إذا شاء أنشره
No! Man has not yet accomplished what He commanded him.
By no means hath he fulfilled what Allah hath commanded him.
Nay, but (man) hath not done what He commanded him.
كلا لما يقض ما أمره
Then let mankind look at his food -
Then let man look at his food, (and how We provide it):
Let man consider his food:
فلينظر الإنسان إلى طعامه
How We poured down water in torrents,
For that We pour forth water in abundance,
How We pour water in showers
أنا صببنا الماء صبا
Then We broke open the earth, splitting [it with sprouts],
And We split the earth in fragments,
Then split the earth in clefts
ثم شققنا الأرض شقا
And caused to grow within it grain
And produce therein corn,
And cause the grain to grow therein
فأنبتنا فيها حبا
And grapes and herbage
And Grapes and nutritious plants,
And grapes and green fodder
وعنبا وقضبا
And olive and palm trees
And Olives and Dates,
And olive - trees and palm - trees
وزيتونا ونخلا
And gardens of dense shrubbery
And enclosed Gardens, dense with lofty trees,
And garden - closes of thick foliage
وحدائق غلبا
And fruit and grass -
And fruits and fodder, -
And fruits and grasses:
وفاكهة وأبا
[As] enjoyment for you and your grazing livestock.
For use and convenience to you and your cattle.
Provision for you and your cattle.
متاعا لكم ولأنعامكم
But when there comes the Deafening Blast
At length, when there comes the Deafening Noise, -
But when the Shout cometh
فإذا جاءت الصاخة
On the Day a man will flee from his brother
That Day shall a man flee from his own brother,
On the day when a man fleeth from his brother
يوم يفر المرء من أخيه
And his mother and his father
And from his mother and his father,
And his mother and his father
وأمه وأبيه
And his wife and his children,
And from his wife and his children.
And his wife and his children,
وصاحبته وبنيه
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.
Every man that day will have concern enough to make him heedless (of others).
لكل امرئ منهم يومئذ شأن يغنيه
[Some] faces, that Day, will be bright -
Some faces that Day will be beaming,
On that day faces will be bright as dawn,
وجوه يومئذ مسفرة
Laughing, rejoicing at good news.
Laughing, rejoicing.
Laughing, rejoicing at good news;
ضاحكة مستبشرة
And [other] faces, that Day, will have upon them dust.
And other faces that Day will be dust - stained,
And other faces, on that day, with dust upon them,
ووجوه يومئذ عليها غبرة
Blackness will cover them.
Blackness will cover them:
Veiled in darkness,
ترهقها قترة
Those are the disbelievers, the wicked ones.
Such will be the Rejecters of Allah, the doers of iniquity.
Those are the disbelievers, the wicked.
أولئك هم الكفرة الفجرة