Chapter 80, 42 verses
(The Prophet) frowned and turned away,
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم عبس وتولى
He frowned and turned (his) back,
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 there came to him the blind man.
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
And what would make you know that he would purify himself,
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 become reminded so that the reminder should profit him?
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 considers himself free from need (of you),
As for him who thinketh himself independent,
To him dost thou attend;
فأنت له تصدى
To him do you address yourself.
Unto him thou payest regard.
Though it is no blame to thee if he grow not (in spiritual understanding).
وما عليك ألا يزكى
And no blame is on you if he would not purify himself
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
And as to him who comes to you striving hard,
But as for him who cometh unto thee with earnest purpose
And with fear (in his heart),
وهو يخشى
And he fears,
And hath fear,
Of him wast thou unmindful.
فأنت عنه تلهى
From him will you divert yourself.
From him thou art distracted.
By no means (should it be so)! For it is indeed a Message of instruction:
كلا إنها تذكرة
Nay! surely it is an admonishment.
Nay, but verily it is an Admonishment,
Therefore let whoso will, keep it in remembrance.
فمن شاء ذكره
So let him who pleases mind it.
So let whosoever will pay heed to it,
(It is) in Books held (greatly) in honour,
في صحف مكرمة
In honored books,
On honoured leaves
Exalted (in dignity), kept pure and holy,
مرفوعة مطهرة
Exalted, purified,
Exalted, purified,
(Written) by the hands of scribes -
بأيدي سفرة
In the hands of scribes
(Set down) by scribes
Honourable and Pious and Just.
كرام بررة
Noble, virtuous.
Noble and righteous.
Woe to man! What hath made him reject Allah;
قتل الإنسان ما أكفره
Cursed be man! how ungrateful is he!
Man is (self - )destroyed: how ungrateful!
From what stuff hath He created him?
من أي شيء خلقه
Of what thing did He create him?
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
Of a small seed; He created him, then He made him according to a measure,
From a drop of seed. He createth him and proportioneth him,
Then doth He make His path smooth for him;
ثم السبيل يسره
Then (as for) the way - - He has made it easy (for him)
Then maketh the way easy for him,
Then He causeth him to die, and putteth him in his grave;
ثم أماته فأقبره
Then He causes him to die, then assigns to him a grave,
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 pleases, He will raise him to life again.
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 he has not done what He bade him.
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
Then let man look to his food,
Let man consider his food:
For that We pour forth water in abundance,
أنا صببنا الماء صبا
That We pour down the water, pouring (it) down in abundance,
How We pour water in showers
And We split the earth in fragments,
ثم شققنا الأرض شقا
Then We cleave the earth, cleaving (it) asunder,
Then split the earth in clefts
And produce therein corn,
فأنبتنا فيها حبا
Then We cause to grow therein the grain,
And cause the grain to grow therein
And Grapes and nutritious plants,
وعنبا وقضبا
And grapes and clover,
And grapes and green fodder
And Olives and Dates,
وزيتونا ونخلا
And the olive and the palm,
And olive - trees and palm - trees
And enclosed Gardens, dense with lofty trees,
وحدائق غلبا
And thick gardens,
And garden - closes of thick foliage
And fruits and fodder, -
وفاكهة وأبا
And fruits and herbage
And fruits and grasses:
For use and convenience to you and your cattle.
متاعا لكم ولأنعامكم
A provision for you and for your cattle.
Provision for you and your cattle.
At length, when there comes the Deafening Noise, -
فإذا جاءت الصاخة
But when the deafening cry comes,
But when the Shout cometh
That Day shall a man flee from his own brother,
يوم يفر المرء من أخيه
The day on which a man shall fly from his brother,
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 his mother and his father
And from his wife and his children.
وصاحبته وبنيه
And his spouse and his son - -
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 of them shall on that day have an affair which will occupy him.
Every man that day will have concern enough to make him heedless (of others).
Some faces that Day will be beaming,
وجوه يومئذ مسفرة
(Many) faces on that day shall be bright,
On that day faces will be bright as dawn,
Laughing, rejoicing.
ضاحكة مستبشرة
Laughing, joyous.
Laughing, rejoicing at good news;
And other faces that Day will be dust - stained,
ووجوه يومئذ عليها غبرة
And (many) faces on that day, on them shall be dust,
And other faces, on that day, with dust upon them,
Blackness will cover them:
ترهقها قترة
Darkness shall cover them.
Veiled in darkness,
Such will be the Rejecters of Allah, the doers of iniquity.
أولئك هم الكفرة الفجرة
These are they who are unbelievers, the wicked.
Those are the disbelievers, the wicked.