Chapter 80, 42 verses
(The Prophet) frowned and turned away,
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم عبس وتولى
He frowned and turned (his) back,
Because there came to him the blind man (interrupting).
أن جاءه الأعمى
Because there came to him the blind man.
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,
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?
As to one who regards Himself as self - sufficient,
أما من استغنى
As for him who considers himself free from need (of you),
To him dost thou attend;
فأنت له تصدى
To him do you address yourself.
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
But as to him who came to thee striving earnestly,
وأما من جاءك يسعى
And as to him who comes to you striving hard,
And with fear (in his heart),
وهو يخشى
And he fears,
Of him wast thou unmindful.
فأنت عنه تلهى
From him will you divert yourself.
By no means (should it be so)! For it is indeed a Message of instruction:
كلا إنها تذكرة
Nay! surely it is an admonishment.
Therefore let whoso will, keep it in remembrance.
فمن شاء ذكره
So let him who pleases mind it.
(It is) in Books held (greatly) in honour,
في صحف مكرمة
In honored books,
Exalted (in dignity), kept pure and holy,
مرفوعة مطهرة
Exalted, purified,
(Written) by the hands of scribes -
بأيدي سفرة
In the hands of scribes
Honourable and Pious and Just.
كرام بررة
Noble, virtuous.
Woe to man! What hath made him reject Allah;
قتل الإنسان ما أكفره
Cursed be man! how ungrateful is he!
From what stuff hath He created him?
من أي شيء خلقه
Of what thing did 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,
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 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, 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.
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.
Then let man look at his food, (and how We provide it):
فلينظر الإنسان إلى طعامه
Then let man look to 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,
And We split the earth in fragments,
ثم شققنا الأرض شقا
Then We cleave the earth, cleaving (it) asunder,
And produce therein corn,
فأنبتنا فيها حبا
Then We cause to grow therein the grain,
And Grapes and nutritious plants,
وعنبا وقضبا
And grapes and clover,
And Olives and Dates,
وزيتونا ونخلا
And the olive and the palm,
And enclosed Gardens, dense with lofty trees,
وحدائق غلبا
And thick gardens,
And fruits and fodder, -
وفاكهة وأبا
And fruits and herbage
For use and convenience to you and your cattle.
متاعا لكم ولأنعامكم
A provision for you and for your cattle.
At length, when there comes the Deafening Noise, -
فإذا جاءت الصاخة
But when the deafening cry comes,
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,
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 spouse and his son - -
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.
Some faces that Day will be beaming,
وجوه يومئذ مسفرة
(Many) faces on that day shall be bright,
Laughing, rejoicing.
ضاحكة مستبشرة
Laughing, joyous.
And other faces that Day will be dust - stained,
ووجوه يومئذ عليها غبرة
And (many) faces on that day, on them shall be dust,
Blackness will cover them:
ترهقها قترة
Darkness shall cover them.
Such will be the Rejecters of Allah, the doers of iniquity.
أولئك هم الكفرة الفجرة
These are they who are unbelievers, the wicked.