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