عَبَسَ وَتَوَلّٰۤی ۟ۙعَبَسَ وَتَوَلّٰٓى
He frowned and turned away
— Tazkirul Quran (En)
اَنْ جَآءَهُ الْاَعْمٰى ۟ؕاَنۡ جَآءَهُ الۡاَعۡمٰىؕ
when the blind man approached him,
— Tazkirul Quran (En)
وَمَا یُدْرِیْكَ لَعَلَّهٗ يَزَّكَّىٰٓ ۟ۙوَمَا يُدۡرِيۡكَ لَعَلَّهٗ يَزَّكّٰٓى
for how can you know that he might seek to purify himself,
— Tazkirul Quran (En)
اَوْ یَذَّكَّرُ فَتَنْفَعَهُ الذِّكْرٰى ۟ؕاَوۡ يَذَّكَّرُ فَتَنۡفَعَهُ الذِّكۡرٰىؕ
or take heed and derive benefit from [Our] warning?
— Tazkirul Quran (En)
اَمَّا مَنِ اسْتَغْنٰى ۟ۙاَمَّا مَنِ اسۡتَغۡنٰى
As for him who was indifferent,
— Tazkirul Quran (En)
فَاَنْتَ لَهٗ تَصَدّٰى ۟ؕفَاَنۡتَ لَهٗ تَصَدّٰىؕ
you eagerly attended to him—
— Tazkirul Quran (En)
وَمَا عَلَیْكَ اَلَّا یَزَّكّٰى ۟ؕوَمَا عَلَيۡكَ اَلَّا يَزَّكّٰٓى
though you are not to be blamed if he would not purify himself—
— Tazkirul Quran (En)
وَاَمَّا مَنْ جَآءَكَ یَسْعٰى ۟ۙوَاَمَّا مَنۡ جَآءَكَ يَسۡعٰى
but as for one who comes to you, eagerly
— Tazkirul Quran (En)
وَهُوَ یَخْشٰى ۟ۙوَهُوَ يَخۡشٰى
and in awe of God
— Tazkirul Quran (En)
فَاَنْتَ عَنْهُ تَلَهّٰى ۟ۚفَاَنۡتَ عَنۡهُ تَلَهّٰى
you pay him no heed.
— Tazkirul Quran (En)
كَلَّاۤ اِنَّهَا تَذْكِرَةٌ ۟ۚكَلَّاۤ اِنَّهَا تَذۡكِرَةٌ
Indeed, this [Quran] is an admonition.
— Tazkirul Quran (En)
فَمَنْ شَآءَ ذَكَرَهٗ ۟ۘفَمَنۡ شَآءَ ذَكَرَهٗۘ
Let him who will, pay heed to it.
— Tazkirul Quran (En)
فِیْ صُحُفٍ مُّكَرَّمَةٍ ۟ۙفِىۡ صُحُفٍ مُّكَرَّمَةٍ
It is set down on honoured pages,
— Tazkirul Quran (En)
مَّرْفُوْعَةٍ مُّطَهَّرَةٍۭ ۟ۙمَّرۡفُوۡعَةٍ مُّطَهَّرَةٍ
exalted and purified,
— Tazkirul Quran (En)
بِاَیْدِیْ سَفَرَةٍ ۟ۙبِاَيۡدِىۡ سَفَرَةٍ
by the hands of
— Tazkirul Quran (En)
كِرَامٍ بَرَرَةٍ ۟ؕكِرَامٍۢ بَرَرَةٍؕ
scribes, exalted and purified.
— Tazkirul Quran (En)
قُتِلَ الْاِنْسَانُ مَاۤ اَكْفَرَهٗ ۟ؕقُتِلَ الۡاِنۡسَانُ مَاۤ اَكۡفَرَهٗؕ
Woe to man! How ungrateful he is!
— Tazkirul Quran (En)
مِنْ اَیِّ شَیْءٍ خَلَقَهٗ ۟ؕمِنۡ اَىِّ شَىۡءٍ خَلَقَهٗؕ
Of what [stuff] has He created him?
— Tazkirul Quran (En)
مِنْ نُّطْفَةٍ ؕ— خَلَقَهٗ فَقَدَّرَهٗ ۟ۙمِنۡ نُّطۡفَةٍؕ خَلَقَهٗ فَقَدَّرَهٗ ۙ
Out of a drop of sperm! He creates and proportions him,
— Tazkirul Quran (En)
ثُمَّ السَّبِیْلَ یَسَّرَهٗ ۟ۙثُمَّ السَّبِيۡلَ يَسَّرَهٗ
He makes his path easy for him.
— Tazkirul Quran (En)
Tafseer of 80:1–20
The Prophet Muhammad was once preaching to the chiefs of the Quraysh in Makkah, when a blind man, ‘Abdullah ibn Umm al-Maktum, arrived at the gathering and said, ‘O, Prophet of God ! Please teach me something of what God has taught you.’ The arrival of a blind person at this juncture displeased the Prophet. These verses were revealed on that occasion. In these verses the apparent addressee is the Prophet Muhammad, but actually it has been clarified with reference to this incident that, in the eyes of God, those prominent people who have turned away from religion have no value. Before God, the valued person is the one who is imbued with the God-fearing spirit, though apparently he may be a ‘blind’ person.