Verses 21–42

ثُمَّ أَمَاتَهُۥ فَأَقْبَرَهُۥ﴿٢١﴾

80:21then He made him die and buried him;¹

ثُمَّ إِذَا شَآءَ أَنشَرَهُۥ﴿٢٢﴾

80:22and then, when He wished, resurrected him.²

كَلَّا لَمَّا يَقْضِ مَآ أَمَرَهُۥ﴿٢٣﴾

80:23No indeed! He has not yet carried out what He has commanded him.

فَلْيَنظُرِ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ إِلَىٰ طَعَامِهِۦٓ﴿٢٤﴾

80:24Let man consider his food:^*

أَنَّا صَبَبْنَا ٱلْمَآءَ صَبًّۭا﴿٢٥﴾

80:25We pour down plenteous water [from the sky],³

ثُمَّ شَقَقْنَا ٱلْأَرْضَ شَقًّۭا﴿٢٦﴾

80:26then We split the earth making fissures in it

فَأَنۢبَتْنَا فِيهَا حَبًّۭا﴿٢٧﴾

80:27and make the grain grow in it,

وَعِنَبًۭا وَقَضْبًۭا﴿٢٨﴾

80:28as well as vines and vegetables,⁴

وَزَيْتُونًۭا وَنَخْلًۭا﴿٢٩﴾

80:29olives and date palms,

وَحَدَآئِقَ غُلْبًۭا﴿٣٠﴾

80:30and densely-planted gardens,⁵

وَفَٰكِهَةًۭ وَأَبًّۭا﴿٣١﴾

80:31fruits and pastures,⁶

مَّتَٰعًۭا لَّكُمْ وَلِأَنْعَٰمِكُمْ﴿٣٢﴾

80:32as a sustenance for you and your livestock.

فَإِذَا جَآءَتِ ٱلصَّآخَّةُ﴿٣٣﴾

80:33So when the deafening Cry comes—⁷

يَوْمَ يَفِرُّ ٱلْمَرْءُ مِنْ أَخِيهِ﴿٣٤﴾

80:34the day when a man will evade his brother,

وَأُمِّهِۦ وَأَبِيهِ﴿٣٥﴾

80:35his mother and his father,

وَصَٰحِبَتِهِۦ وَبَنِيهِ﴿٣٦﴾

80:36his spouse and his sons—

لِكُلِّ ٱمْرِئٍۢ مِّنْهُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ شَأْنٌۭ يُغْنِيهِ﴿٣٧﴾

80:37each of them will have a task to keep him preoccupied on that day.

وُجُوهٌۭ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ مُّسْفِرَةٌۭ﴿٣٨﴾

80:38Some faces will be bright on that day,⁸

ضَاحِكَةٌۭ مُّسْتَبْشِرَةٌۭ﴿٣٩﴾

80:39laughing and joyous,

وَوُجُوهٌۭ يَوْمَئِذٍ عَلَيْهَا غَبَرَةٌۭ﴿٤٠﴾

80:40and some faces on that day will be covered with dust,

تَرْهَقُهَا قَتَرَةٌ﴿٤١﴾

80:41overcast with gloom.

أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْكَفَرَةُ ٱلْفَجَرَةُ﴿٤٢﴾

80:42It is they who are the faithless, the vicious.