Chapter 80, 42 verses
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. He frowned and turned away
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم عبس وتولى
He frowned and turned (his) back,
Because the blind man came unto him.
أن جاءه الأعمى
Because there came to him the blind man.
What could inform thee but that he might grow (in grace)
وما يدريك لعله يزكى
And what would make you know that he would purify himself,
Or take heed and so the reminder might avail him ?
أو يذكر فتنفعه الذكرى
Or become reminded so that the reminder should profit him?
As for him who thinketh himself independent,
أما من استغنى
As for him who considers himself free from need (of you),
Unto him thou payest regard.
فأنت له تصدى
To him do you address yourself.
Yet it is not thy concern if he grow not (in grace).
وما عليك ألا يزكى
And no blame is on you if he would not purify himself
But as for him who cometh unto thee with earnest purpose
وأما من جاءك يسعى
And as to him who comes to you striving hard,
And hath fear,
وهو يخشى
And he fears,
From him thou art distracted.
فأنت عنه تلهى
From him will you divert yourself.
Nay, but verily it is an Admonishment,
كلا إنها تذكرة
Nay! surely it is an admonishment.
So let whosoever will pay heed to it,
فمن شاء ذكره
So let him who pleases mind it.
On honoured leaves
في صحف مكرمة
In honored books,
Exalted, purified,
مرفوعة مطهرة
Exalted, purified,
(Set down) by scribes
بأيدي سفرة
In the hands of scribes
Noble and righteous.
كرام بررة
Noble, virtuous.
Man is (self - )destroyed: how ungrateful!
قتل الإنسان ما أكفره
Cursed be man! how ungrateful is he!
From what thing doth He create him ?
من أي شيء خلقه
Of what thing did He create him?
From a drop of seed. He createth him and proportioneth him,
من نطفة خلقه فقدره
Of a small seed; He created him, then He made him according to a measure,
Then maketh the way easy for him,
ثم السبيل يسره
Then (as for) the way - - He has made it easy (for him)
Then causeth him to die, and burieth him;
ثم أماته فأقبره
Then He causes him to die, then assigns to him a grave,
Then, when He will, He bringeth him again to life.
ثم إذا شاء أنشره
Then when He pleases, He will raise him to life again.
Nay, but (man) hath not done what He commanded him.
كلا لما يقض ما أمره
Nay; but he has not done what He bade him.
Let man consider his food:
فلينظر الإنسان إلى طعامه
Then let man look to his food,
How We pour water in showers
أنا صببنا الماء صبا
That We pour down the water, pouring (it) down in abundance,
Then split the earth in clefts
ثم شققنا الأرض شقا
Then We cleave the earth, cleaving (it) asunder,
And cause the grain to grow therein
فأنبتنا فيها حبا
Then We cause to grow therein the grain,
And grapes and green fodder
وعنبا وقضبا
And grapes and clover,
And olive - trees and palm - trees
وزيتونا ونخلا
And the olive and the palm,
And garden - closes of thick foliage
وحدائق غلبا
And thick gardens,
And fruits and grasses:
وفاكهة وأبا
And fruits and herbage
Provision for you and your cattle.
متاعا لكم ولأنعامكم
A provision for you and for your cattle.
But when the Shout cometh
فإذا جاءت الصاخة
But when the deafening cry comes,
On the day when a man fleeth from his brother
يوم يفر المرء من أخيه
The day on which a man shall fly from his brother,
And his mother and his father
وأمه وأبيه
And his mother and his father,
And his wife and his children,
وصاحبته وبنيه
And his spouse and his son - -
Every man that day will have concern enough to make him heedless (of others).
لكل امرئ منهم يومئذ شأن يغنيه
Every man of them shall on that day have an affair which will occupy him.
On that day faces will be bright as dawn,
وجوه يومئذ مسفرة
(Many) faces on that day shall be bright,
Laughing, rejoicing at good news;
ضاحكة مستبشرة
Laughing, joyous.
And other faces, on that day, with dust upon them,
ووجوه يومئذ عليها غبرة
And (many) faces on that day, on them shall be dust,
Veiled in darkness,
ترهقها قترة
Darkness shall cover them.
Those are the disbelievers, the wicked.
أولئك هم الكفرة الفجرة
These are they who are unbelievers, the wicked.