80:1
عَبَسَ وَتَوَلَّىٰٓ 1
He [i.e., the Prophet (ﷺ) ] frowned and turned away
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80:2
أَن جَآءَهُ ٱلۡأَعۡمَىٰ 2
Because there came to him the blind man,[1853] [interrupting].
Translation notes
[1853] ʿAbdullāh, the son of Umm Maktūm.
80:3
وَمَا يُدۡرِيكَ لَعَلَّهُۥ يَزَّكَّىٰٓ 3
But what would make you perceive, [O Muḥammad], that perhaps he might be purified[1854]
Translation notes
[1854] As a result of what he learns from you.
80:4
أَوۡ يَذَّكَّرُ فَتَنفَعَهُ ٱلذِّكۡرَىٰٓ 4
Or be reminded and the remembrance would benefit him?
80:5
أَمَّا مَنِ ٱسۡتَغۡنَىٰ 5
As for he who thinks himself without need,[1855]
Translation notes
[1855] i.e., without need of faith or need of Allāh (subḥānahu wa taʿālā) . Here it is in reference to a certain influential member of the Quraysh whom the Prophet (ﷺ) had hoped to bring to Islām.
80:6
فَأَنتَ لَهُۥ تَصَدَّىٰ 6
To him you give attention.
80:7
وَمَا عَلَيۡكَ أَلَّا يَزَّكَّىٰ 7
And not upon you [is any blame] if he will not be purified.[1856]
Translation notes
[1856] The Prophet (ﷺ) was responsible only for conveying the message, not for ultimate guidance.
80:8
وَأَمَّا مَن جَآءَكَ يَسۡعَىٰ 8
But as for he who came to you striving [for knowledge]
80:9
وَهُوَ يَخۡشَىٰ 9
While he fears [Allāh],
80:10
فَأَنتَ عَنۡهُ تَلَهَّىٰ 10
From him you are distracted.
80:11
كَلَّآ إِنَّهَا تَذۡكِرَةٞ 11
No! Indeed, they [i.e., these verses] are a reminder;
80:12
فَمَن شَآءَ ذَكَرَهُۥ 12
So whoever wills may remember it.[1857]
Translation notes
[1857] The revelation. Or "Him," i.e., Allāh (subḥānahu wa taʿālā) .
80:13
فِي صُحُفٖ مُّكَرَّمَةٖ 13
[It is recorded] in honored sheets,
80:14
مَّرۡفُوعَةٖ مُّطَهَّرَةِۭ 14
Exalted and purified,
80:15
بِأَيۡدِي سَفَرَةٖ 15
[Carried] by the hands of messenger-angels,
80:16
كِرَامِۭ بَرَرَةٖ 16
Noble and dutiful.
80:17
قُتِلَ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ مَآ أَكۡفَرَهُۥ 17
Destroyed [i.e., cursed] is man;[1858] how disbelieving is he.
Translation notes
[1858] i.e., those who deny Allāh's message.
80:18
مِنۡ أَيِّ شَيۡءٍ خَلَقَهُۥ 18
From what thing [i.e., substance] did He create him?
80:19
مِن نُّطۡفَةٍ خَلَقَهُۥ فَقَدَّرَهُۥ 19
From a sperm-drop He created him and destined for him;[1859]
Translation notes
[1859] His proportions, provisions, life span, etc.
80:20
ثُمَّ ٱلسَّبِيلَ يَسَّرَهُۥ 20
Then He eased the way for him;[1860]
Translation notes
[1860] Into this world (i.e., his birth) . It may also refer to life itself, which has been made easier by Allāh's guidance.
80:21
ثُمَّ أَمَاتَهُۥ فَأَقۡبَرَهُۥ 21
Then He causes his death and provides a grave for him.[1861]
Translation notes
[1861] To conceal his decaying body.
80:22
ثُمَّ إِذَا شَآءَ أَنشَرَهُۥ 22
Then when He wills, He will resurrect him.
80:23
كَلَّا لَمَّا يَقۡضِ مَآ أَمَرَهُۥ 23
No! He [i.e., man] has not yet accomplished what He commanded him.
80:24
فَلۡيَنظُرِ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ إِلَىٰ طَعَامِهِۦٓ 24
Then let mankind look at his food -
80:25
أَنَّا صَبَبۡنَا ٱلۡمَآءَ صَبّٗا 25
How We poured down water in torrents,
80:26
ثُمَّ شَقَقۡنَا ٱلۡأَرۡضَ شَقّٗا 26
Then We broke open the earth, splitting [it with sprouts],
80:27
فَأَنۢبَتۡنَا فِيهَا حَبّٗا 27
And caused to grow within it grain
80:28
وَعِنَبٗا وَقَضۡبٗا 28
And grapes and herbage
80:29
وَزَيۡتُونٗا وَنَخۡلٗا 29
And olive and palm trees
80:30
وَحَدَآئِقَ غُلۡبٗا 30
And gardens of dense shrubbery
80:31
وَفَٰكِهَةٗ وَأَبّٗا 31
And fruit and grass -
80:32
مَّتَٰعٗا لَّكُمۡ وَلِأَنۡعَٰمِكُمۡ 32
[As] enjoyment [i.e., provision] for you and your grazing livestock.
80:33
فَإِذَا جَآءَتِ ٱلصَّآخَّةُ 33
But when there comes the Deafening Blast[1862]
Translation notes
[1862] The piercing blast of the Horn which signals resurrection. Aṣ-Ṣākhkhah is also a name for the Day of Resurrection.
80:34
يَوۡمَ يَفِرُّ ٱلۡمَرۡءُ مِنۡ أَخِيهِ 34
On the Day a man will flee from his brother
80:35
وَأُمِّهِۦ وَأَبِيهِ 35
And his mother and his father
80:36
وَصَٰحِبَتِهِۦ وَبَنِيهِ 36
And his wife and his children,
80:37
لِكُلِّ ٱمۡرِيٕٖ مِّنۡهُمۡ يَوۡمَئِذٖ شَأۡنٞ يُغۡنِيهِ 37
For every man, that Day, will be a matter adequate for him.[1863]
Translation notes
[1863] i.e., to occupy him. He will be concerned only with himself, thus forgetting all others.
80:38
وُجُوهٞ يَوۡمَئِذٖ مُّسۡفِرَةٞ 38
[Some] faces, that Day, will be bright -
80:39
ضَاحِكَةٞ مُّسۡتَبۡشِرَةٞ 39
Laughing, rejoicing at good news.
80:40
وَوُجُوهٞ يَوۡمَئِذٍ عَلَيۡهَا غَبَرَةٞ 40
And [other] faces, that Day, will have upon them dust.
80:41
تَرۡهَقُهَا قَتَرَةٌ 41
Blackness will cover them.
80:42
أُوْلَـٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلۡكَفَرَةُ ٱلۡفَجَرَةُ 42
Those are the disbelievers, the wicked ones.