Translations of the Qur - Yusufali - 80. Sayfa

Translations of the Qur'an, Chapter 80:

 

ABASA (HE FROWNED)

 

Total Verses: 42

Revealed At: MAKKA

Maududi's introduction

 

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In the name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful.

 

080.001

YUSUFALI: (The Prophet) frowned and turned away,

PICKTHAL: He frowned and turned away

SHAKIR: He frowned and turned (his) back,

 

080.002

YUSUFALI: Because there came to him the blind man (interrupting).

PICKTHAL: Because the blind man came unto him.

SHAKIR: Because there came to him the blind man.

 

080.003

YUSUFALI: But what could tell thee but that perchance he might grow (in spiritual understanding)?-

PICKTHAL: What could inform thee but that he might grow (in grace)

SHAKIR: And what would make you know that he would purify himself,

 

080.004

YUSUFALI: Or that he might receive admonition, and the teaching might profit him?

PICKTHAL: Or take heed and so the reminder might avail him?

SHAKIR: Or become reminded so that the reminder should profit him?

 

080.005

YUSUFALI: As to one who regards Himself as self-sufficient,

PICKTHAL: As for him who thinketh himself independent,

SHAKIR: As for him who considers himself free from need (of you),

 

080.006

YUSUFALI: To him dost thou attend;

PICKTHAL: Unto him thou payest regard.

SHAKIR: To him do you address yourself.

 

080.007

YUSUFALI: Though it is no blame to thee if he grow not (in spiritual understanding).

PICKTHAL: Yet it is not thy concern if he grow not (in grace).

SHAKIR: And no blame is on you if he would not purify himself

 

080.008

YUSUFALI: But as to him who came to thee striving earnestly,

PICKTHAL: But as for him who cometh unto thee with earnest purpose

SHAKIR: And as to him who comes to you striving hard,

 

080.009

YUSUFALI: And with fear (in his heart),

PICKTHAL: And hath fear,

SHAKIR: And he fears,

 

080.010

YUSUFALI: Of him wast thou unmindful.

PICKTHAL: From him thou art distracted.

SHAKIR: From him will you divert yourself.

 

080.011

YUSUFALI: By no means (should it be so)! For it is indeed a Message of instruction:

PICKTHAL: Nay, but verily it is an Admonishment,

SHAKIR: Nay! surely it is an admonishment.

 

080.012

YUSUFALI: Therefore let whoso will, keep it in remembrance.

PICKTHAL: So let whosoever will pay heed to it,

SHAKIR: So let him who pleases mind it.

 

080.013

YUSUFALI: (It is) in Books held (greatly) in honour,

PICKTHAL: On honoured leaves

SHAKIR: In honored books,

 

080.014

YUSUFALI: Exalted (in dignity), kept pure and holy,

PICKTHAL: Exalted, purified,

SHAKIR: Exalted, purified,

 

080.015

YUSUFALI: (Written) by the hands of scribes-

PICKTHAL: (Set down) by scribes

SHAKIR: In the hands of scribes

 

080.016

YUSUFALI: Honourable and Pious and Just.

PICKTHAL: Noble and righteous.

SHAKIR: Noble, virtuous.

 

080.017

YUSUFALI: Woe to man! What hath made him reject Allah;

PICKTHAL: Man is (self-)destroyed: how ungrateful!

SHAKIR: Cursed be man! how ungrateful is he!

 

080.018

YUSUFALI: From what stuff hath He created him?

PICKTHAL: From what thing doth He create him?

SHAKIR: Of what thing did He create him?

 

080.019

YUSUFALI: From a sperm-drop: He hath created him, and then mouldeth him in due proportions;

PICKTHAL: From a drop of seed. He createth him and proportioneth him,

SHAKIR: Of a small seed; He created him, then He made him according to a measure,

 

080.020

YUSUFALI: Then doth He make His path smooth for him;

PICKTHAL: Then maketh the way easy for him,

SHAKIR: Then (as for) the way-- He has made it easy (for him)

 

080.021

YUSUFALI: Then He causeth him to die, and putteth him in his grave;

PICKTHAL: Then causeth him to die, and burieth him;

SHAKIR: Then He causes him to die, then assigns to him a grave,

 

080.022

YUSUFALI: Then, when it is His Will, He will raise him up (again).

PICKTHAL: Then, when He will, He bringeth him again to life.

SHAKIR: Then when He pleases, He will raise him to life again.

 

080.023

YUSUFALI: By no means hath he fulfilled what Allah hath commanded him.

PICKTHAL: Nay, but (man) hath not done what He commanded him.

SHAKIR: Nay; but he has not done what He bade him.

 

080.024

YUSUFALI: Then let man look at his food, (and how We provide it):

PICKTHAL: Let man consider his food:

SHAKIR: Then let man look to his food,

 

080.025

YUSUFALI: For that We pour forth water in abundance,

PICKTHAL: How We pour water in showers

SHAKIR: That We pour down the water, pouring (it) down in abundance,

 

080.026

YUSUFALI: And We split the earth in fragments,

PICKTHAL: Then split the earth in clefts

SHAKIR: Then We cleave the earth, cleaving (it) asunder,

 

080.027

YUSUFALI: And produce therein corn,

PICKTHAL: And cause the grain to grow therein

SHAKIR: Then We cause to grow therein the grain,

 

080.028

YUSUFALI: And Grapes and nutritious plants,

PICKTHAL: And grapes and green fodder

SHAKIR: And grapes and clover,

 

080.029

YUSUFALI: And Olives and Dates,

PICKTHAL: And olive-trees and palm-trees

SHAKIR: And the olive and the palm,

 

080.030

YUSUFALI: And enclosed Gardens, dense with lofty trees,

PICKTHAL: And garden-closes of thick foliage

SHAKIR: And thick gardens,

 

080.031

YUSUFALI: And fruits and fodder,-

PICKTHAL: And fruits and grasses:

SHAKIR: And fruits and herbage

 

080.032

YUSUFALI: For use and convenience to you and your cattle.

PICKTHAL: Provision for you and your cattle.

SHAKIR: A provision for you and for your cattle.

 

080.033

YUSUFALI: At length, when there comes the Deafening Noise,-

PICKTHAL: But when the Shout cometh

SHAKIR: But when the deafening cry comes,

 

080.034

YUSUFALI: That Day shall a man flee from his own brother,

PICKTHAL: On the day when a man fleeth from his brother

SHAKIR: The day on which a man shall fly from his brother,

 

080.035

YUSUFALI: And from his mother and his father,

PICKTHAL: And his mother and his father

SHAKIR: And his mother and his father,

 

080.036

YUSUFALI: And from his wife and his children.

PICKTHAL: And his wife and his children,

SHAKIR: And his spouse and his son--

 

080.037

YUSUFALI: Each one of them, that Day, will have enough concern (of his own) to make him indifferent to the others.

PICKTHAL: Every man that day will have concern enough to make him heedless (of others).

SHAKIR: Every man of them shall on that day have an affair which will occupy him.

 

080.038

YUSUFALI: Some faces that Day will be beaming,

PICKTHAL: On that day faces will be bright as dawn,

SHAKIR: (Many) faces on that day shall be bright,

 

080.039

YUSUFALI: Laughing, rejoicing.

PICKTHAL: Laughing, rejoicing at good news;

SHAKIR: Laughing, joyous.

 

080.040

YUSUFALI: And other faces that Day will be dust-stained,

PICKTHAL: And other faces, on that day, with dust upon them,

SHAKIR: And (many) faces on that day, on them shall be dust,

 

080.041

YUSUFALI: Blackness will cover them:

PICKTHAL: Veiled in darkness,

SHAKIR: Darkness shall cover them.

 

080.042

YUSUFALI: Such will be the Rejecters of Allah, the doers of iniquity.

PICKTHAL: Those are the disbelievers, the wicked.

SHAKIR: These are they who are unbelievers, the wicked.

 

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