Chapter 80, 42 verses
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. He frowned and turned away
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم عبس وتولى
AAabasa watawalla
He frowned and turned (his) back,
Because the blind man came unto him.
أن جاءه الأعمى
An jaahu alaAAma
Because there came to him the blind man.
What could inform thee but that he might grow (in grace)
وما يدريك لعله يزكى
Wama yudreeka laAAallahu yazzakka
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
Aw yaththakkaru fatanfaAAahu alththikra
Or become reminded so that the reminder should profit him?
As for him who thinketh himself independent,
أما من استغنى
Amma mani istaghna
As for him who considers himself free from need (of you),
Unto him thou payest regard.
فأنت له تصدى
Faanta lahu tasadda
To him do you address yourself.
Yet it is not thy concern if he grow not (in grace).
وما عليك ألا يزكى
Wama AAalayka alla yazzakka
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
Waamma man jaaka yasAAa
And as to him who comes to you striving hard,
And hath fear,
وهو يخشى
Wahuwa yakhsha
And he fears,
From him thou art distracted.
فأنت عنه تلهى
Faanta AAanhu talahha
From him will you divert yourself.
Nay, but verily it is an Admonishment,
كلا إنها تذكرة
Kalla innaha tathkiratun
Nay! surely it is an admonishment.
So let whosoever will pay heed to it,
فمن شاء ذكره
Faman shaa thakarahu
So let him who pleases mind it.
On honoured leaves
في صحف مكرمة
Fee suhufin mukarramatin
In honored books,
Exalted, purified,
مرفوعة مطهرة
MarfooAAatin mutahharatin
Exalted, purified,
(Set down) by scribes
بأيدي سفرة
Biaydee safaratin
In the hands of scribes
Noble and righteous.
كرام بررة
Kiramin bararatin
Noble, virtuous.
Man is (self - )destroyed: how ungrateful!
قتل الإنسان ما أكفره
Qutila alinsanu ma akfarahu
Cursed be man! how ungrateful is he!
From what thing doth He create him ?
من أي شيء خلقه
Min ayyi shayin khalaqahu
Of what thing did He create him?
From a drop of seed. He createth him and proportioneth him,
من نطفة خلقه فقدره
Min nutfatin khalaqahu faqaddarahu
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
Thumma alssabeela yassarahu
Then (as for) the way - - He has made it easy (for him)
Then causeth him to die, and burieth him;
ثم أماته فأقبره
Thumma amatahu faaqbarahu
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
Thumma itha shaa ansharahu
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
Kalla lamma yaqdi ma amarahu
Nay; but he has not done what He bade him.
Let man consider his food:
فلينظر الإنسان إلى طعامه
Falyanthuri alinsanu ila taAAamihi
Then let man look to his food,
How We pour water in showers
أنا صببنا الماء صبا
Anna sababna almaa sabban
That We pour down the water, pouring (it) down in abundance,
Then split the earth in clefts
ثم شققنا الأرض شقا
Thumma shaqaqna alarda shaqqan
Then We cleave the earth, cleaving (it) asunder,
And cause the grain to grow therein
فأنبتنا فيها حبا
Faanbatna feeha habban
Then We cause to grow therein the grain,
And grapes and green fodder
وعنبا وقضبا
WaAAinaban waqadban
And grapes and clover,
And olive - trees and palm - trees
وزيتونا ونخلا
Wazaytoonan wanakhlan
And the olive and the palm,
And garden - closes of thick foliage
وحدائق غلبا
Wahadaiqa ghulban
And thick gardens,
And fruits and grasses:
وفاكهة وأبا
Wafakihatan waabban
And fruits and herbage
Provision for you and your cattle.
متاعا لكم ولأنعامكم
MataAAan lakum walianAAamikum
A provision for you and for your cattle.
But when the Shout cometh
فإذا جاءت الصاخة
Faitha jaati alssakhkhatu
But when the deafening cry comes,
On the day when a man fleeth from his brother
يوم يفر المرء من أخيه
Yawma yafirru almaro min akheehi
The day on which a man shall fly from his brother,
And his mother and his father
وأمه وأبيه
Waommihi waabeehi
And his mother and his father,
And his wife and his children,
وصاحبته وبنيه
Wasahibatihi wabaneehi
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
Likulli imriin minhum yawmaithin shanun yughneehi
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
Wujoohun yawmaithin musfiratun
(Many) faces on that day shall be bright,
Laughing, rejoicing at good news;
ضاحكة مستبشرة
Dahikatun mustabshiratun
Laughing, joyous.
And other faces, on that day, with dust upon them,
ووجوه يومئذ عليها غبرة
Wawujoohun yawmaithin AAalayha ghabaratun
And (many) faces on that day, on them shall be dust,
Veiled in darkness,
ترهقها قترة
Tarhaquha qataratun
Darkness shall cover them.
Those are the disbelievers, the wicked.
أولئك هم الكفرة الفجرة
Olaika humu alkafaratu alfajaratu
These are they who are unbelievers, the wicked.