Chapter 80, 42 verses
(The Prophet) frowned and turned away,
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).
أن جاءه الأعمى
Because the blind man came unto him.
But what could tell thee but that perchance he might grow (in spiritual understanding)? -
وما يدريك لعله يزكى
What could inform thee but that he might grow (in grace)
Or that he might receive admonition, and the teaching might profit him?
أو يذكر فتنفعه الذكرى
Or take heed and so the reminder might avail him ?
As to one who regards Himself as self - sufficient,
أما من استغنى
As for him who thinketh himself independent,
To him dost thou attend;
فأنت له تصدى
Unto him thou payest regard.
Though it is no blame to thee if he grow not (in spiritual understanding).
وما عليك ألا يزكى
Yet it is not thy concern if he grow not (in grace).
But as to him who came to thee striving earnestly,
وأما من جاءك يسعى
But as for him who cometh unto thee with earnest purpose
And with fear (in his heart),
وهو يخشى
And hath fear,
Of him wast thou unmindful.
فأنت عنه تلهى
From him thou art distracted.
By no means (should it be so)! For it is indeed a Message of instruction:
كلا إنها تذكرة
Nay, but verily it is an Admonishment,
Therefore let whoso will, keep it in remembrance.
فمن شاء ذكره
So let whosoever will pay heed to it,
(It is) in Books held (greatly) in honour,
في صحف مكرمة
On honoured leaves
Exalted (in dignity), kept pure and holy,
مرفوعة مطهرة
Exalted, purified,
(Written) by the hands of scribes -
بأيدي سفرة
(Set down) by scribes
Honourable and Pious and Just.
كرام بررة
Noble and righteous.
Woe to man! What hath made him reject Allah;
قتل الإنسان ما أكفره
Man is (self - )destroyed: how ungrateful!
From what stuff hath He created him?
من أي شيء خلقه
From what thing doth He create him ?
From a sperm - drop: He hath created him, and then mouldeth him in due proportions;
من نطفة خلقه فقدره
From a drop of seed. He createth him and proportioneth him,
Then doth He make His path smooth for him;
ثم السبيل يسره
Then maketh the way easy for him,
Then He causeth him to die, and putteth him in his grave;
ثم أماته فأقبره
Then causeth him to die, and burieth him;
Then, when it is His Will, He will raise him up (again).
ثم إذا شاء أنشره
Then, when He will, He bringeth him again to life.
By no means hath he fulfilled what Allah hath commanded him.
كلا لما يقض ما أمره
Nay, but (man) hath not done what He commanded him.
Then let man look at his food, (and how We provide it):
فلينظر الإنسان إلى طعامه
Let man consider his food:
For that We pour forth water in abundance,
أنا صببنا الماء صبا
How We pour water in showers
And We split the earth in fragments,
ثم شققنا الأرض شقا
Then split the earth in clefts
And produce therein corn,
فأنبتنا فيها حبا
And cause the grain to grow therein
And Grapes and nutritious plants,
وعنبا وقضبا
And grapes and green fodder
And Olives and Dates,
وزيتونا ونخلا
And olive - trees and palm - trees
And enclosed Gardens, dense with lofty trees,
وحدائق غلبا
And garden - closes of thick foliage
And fruits and fodder, -
وفاكهة وأبا
And fruits and grasses:
For use and convenience to you and your cattle.
متاعا لكم ولأنعامكم
Provision for you and your cattle.
At length, when there comes the Deafening Noise, -
فإذا جاءت الصاخة
But when the Shout cometh
That Day shall a man flee from his own brother,
يوم يفر المرء من أخيه
On the day when a man fleeth from his brother
And from his mother and his father,
وأمه وأبيه
And his mother and his father
And from his wife and his children.
وصاحبته وبنيه
And his wife and his children,
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
Every man that day will have concern enough to make him heedless (of others).
Some faces that Day will be beaming,
وجوه يومئذ مسفرة
On that day faces will be bright as dawn,
Laughing, rejoicing.
ضاحكة مستبشرة
Laughing, rejoicing at good news;
And other faces that Day will be dust - stained,
ووجوه يومئذ عليها غبرة
And other faces, on that day, with dust upon them,
Blackness will cover them:
ترهقها قترة
Veiled in darkness,
Such will be the Rejecters of Allah, the doers of iniquity.
أولئك هم الكفرة الفجرة
Those are the disbelievers, the wicked.