بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم عبس وتولى
AAabasa watawalla
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. He frowned and turned away
(The Prophet) frowned and turned away,
Chapter 80, 42 verses
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم عبس وتولى
AAabasa watawalla
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. He frowned and turned away
(The Prophet) frowned and turned away,
أن جاءه الأعمى
An jaahu alaAAma
Because the blind man came unto him.
Because there came to him the blind man (interrupting).
وما يدريك لعله يزكى
Wama yudreeka laAAallahu yazzakka
What could inform thee but that he might grow (in grace)
But what could tell thee but that perchance he might grow (in spiritual understanding)? -
أو يذكر فتنفعه الذكرى
Aw yaththakkaru fatanfaAAahu alththikra
Or take heed and so the reminder might avail him ?
Or that he might receive admonition, and the teaching might profit him?
أما من استغنى
Amma mani istaghna
As for him who thinketh himself independent,
As to one who regards Himself as self - sufficient,
فأنت له تصدى
Faanta lahu tasadda
Unto him thou payest regard.
To him dost thou attend;
وما عليك ألا يزكى
Wama AAalayka alla yazzakka
Yet it is not thy concern if he grow not (in grace).
Though it is no blame to thee if he grow not (in spiritual understanding).
وأما من جاءك يسعى
Waamma man jaaka yasAAa
But as for him who cometh unto thee with earnest purpose
But as to him who came to thee striving earnestly,
وهو يخشى
Wahuwa yakhsha
And hath fear,
And with fear (in his heart),
فأنت عنه تلهى
Faanta AAanhu talahha
From him thou art distracted.
Of him wast thou unmindful.
كلا إنها تذكرة
Kalla innaha tathkiratun
Nay, but verily it is an Admonishment,
By no means (should it be so)! For it is indeed a Message of instruction:
فمن شاء ذكره
Faman shaa thakarahu
So let whosoever will pay heed to it,
Therefore let whoso will, keep it in remembrance.
في صحف مكرمة
Fee suhufin mukarramatin
On honoured leaves
(It is) in Books held (greatly) in honour,
مرفوعة مطهرة
MarfooAAatin mutahharatin
Exalted, purified,
Exalted (in dignity), kept pure and holy,
بأيدي سفرة
Biaydee safaratin
(Set down) by scribes
(Written) by the hands of scribes -
كرام بررة
Kiramin bararatin
Noble and righteous.
Honourable and Pious and Just.
قتل الإنسان ما أكفره
Qutila alinsanu ma akfarahu
Man is (self - )destroyed: how ungrateful!
Woe to man! What hath made him reject Allah;
من أي شيء خلقه
Min ayyi shayin khalaqahu
From what thing doth He create him ?
From what stuff hath He created him?
من نطفة خلقه فقدره
Min nutfatin khalaqahu faqaddarahu
From a drop of seed. He createth him and proportioneth him,
From a sperm - drop: He hath created him, and then mouldeth him in due proportions;
ثم السبيل يسره
Thumma alssabeela yassarahu
Then maketh the way easy for him,
Then doth He make His path smooth for him;
ثم أماته فأقبره
Thumma amatahu faaqbarahu
Then causeth him to die, and burieth him;
Then He causeth him to die, and putteth him in his grave;
ثم إذا شاء أنشره
Thumma itha shaa ansharahu
Then, when He will, He bringeth him again to life.
Then, when it is His Will, He will raise him up (again).
كلا لما يقض ما أمره
Kalla lamma yaqdi ma amarahu
Nay, but (man) hath not done what He commanded him.
By no means hath he fulfilled what Allah hath commanded him.
فلينظر الإنسان إلى طعامه
Falyanthuri alinsanu ila taAAamihi
Let man consider his food:
Then let man look at his food, (and how We provide it):
أنا صببنا الماء صبا
Anna sababna almaa sabban
How We pour water in showers
For that We pour forth water in abundance,
ثم شققنا الأرض شقا
Thumma shaqaqna alarda shaqqan
Then split the earth in clefts
And We split the earth in fragments,
فأنبتنا فيها حبا
Faanbatna feeha habban
And cause the grain to grow therein
And produce therein corn,
وعنبا وقضبا
WaAAinaban waqadban
And grapes and green fodder
And Grapes and nutritious plants,
وزيتونا ونخلا
Wazaytoonan wanakhlan
And olive - trees and palm - trees
And Olives and Dates,
وحدائق غلبا
Wahadaiqa ghulban
And garden - closes of thick foliage
And enclosed Gardens, dense with lofty trees,
وفاكهة وأبا
Wafakihatan waabban
And fruits and grasses:
And fruits and fodder, -
متاعا لكم ولأنعامكم
MataAAan lakum walianAAamikum
Provision for you and your cattle.
For use and convenience to you and your cattle.
فإذا جاءت الصاخة
Faitha jaati alssakhkhatu
But when the Shout cometh
At length, when there comes the Deafening Noise, -
يوم يفر المرء من أخيه
Yawma yafirru almaro min akheehi
On the day when a man fleeth from his brother
That Day shall a man flee from his own brother,
وأمه وأبيه
Waommihi waabeehi
And his mother and his father
And from his mother and his father,
وصاحبته وبنيه
Wasahibatihi wabaneehi
And his wife and his children,
And from his wife and his children.
لكل امرئ منهم يومئذ شأن يغنيه
Likulli imriin minhum yawmaithin shanun yughneehi
Every man that day will have concern enough to make him heedless (of others).
Each one of them, that Day, will have enough concern (of his own) to make him indifferent to the others.
وجوه يومئذ مسفرة
Wujoohun yawmaithin musfiratun
On that day faces will be bright as dawn,
Some faces that Day will be beaming,
ضاحكة مستبشرة
Dahikatun mustabshiratun
Laughing, rejoicing at good news;
Laughing, rejoicing.
ووجوه يومئذ عليها غبرة
Wawujoohun yawmaithin AAalayha ghabaratun
And other faces, on that day, with dust upon them,
And other faces that Day will be dust - stained,
ترهقها قترة
Tarhaquha qataratun
Veiled in darkness,
Blackness will cover them:
أولئك هم الكفرة الفجرة
Olaika humu alkafaratu alfajaratu
Those are the disbelievers, the wicked.
Such will be the Rejecters of Allah, the doers of iniquity.