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
Because the blind man came unto him.
أن جاءه الأعمى
An jaahu alaAAma
What could inform thee but that he might grow (in grace)
وما يدريك لعله يزكى
Wama yudreeka laAAallahu yazzakka
Or take heed and so the reminder might avail him ?
أو يذكر فتنفعه الذكرى
Aw yaththakkaru fatanfaAAahu alththikra
As for him who thinketh himself independent,
أما من استغنى
Amma mani istaghna
Unto him thou payest regard.
فأنت له تصدى
Faanta lahu tasadda
Yet it is not thy concern if he grow not (in grace).
وما عليك ألا يزكى
Wama AAalayka alla yazzakka
But as for him who cometh unto thee with earnest purpose
وأما من جاءك يسعى
Waamma man jaaka yasAAa
And hath fear,
وهو يخشى
Wahuwa yakhsha
From him thou art distracted.
فأنت عنه تلهى
Faanta AAanhu talahha
Nay, but verily it is an Admonishment,
كلا إنها تذكرة
Kalla innaha tathkiratun
So let whosoever will pay heed to it,
فمن شاء ذكره
Faman shaa thakarahu
On honoured leaves
في صحف مكرمة
Fee suhufin mukarramatin
Exalted, purified,
مرفوعة مطهرة
MarfooAAatin mutahharatin
(Set down) by scribes
بأيدي سفرة
Biaydee safaratin
Noble and righteous.
كرام بررة
Kiramin bararatin
Man is (self - )destroyed: how ungrateful!
قتل الإنسان ما أكفره
Qutila alinsanu ma akfarahu
From what thing doth He create him ?
من أي شيء خلقه
Min ayyi shayin khalaqahu
From a drop of seed. He createth him and proportioneth him,
من نطفة خلقه فقدره
Min nutfatin khalaqahu faqaddarahu
Then maketh the way easy for him,
ثم السبيل يسره
Thumma alssabeela yassarahu
Then causeth him to die, and burieth him;
ثم أماته فأقبره
Thumma amatahu faaqbarahu
Then, when He will, He bringeth him again to life.
ثم إذا شاء أنشره
Thumma itha shaa ansharahu
Nay, but (man) hath not done what He commanded him.
كلا لما يقض ما أمره
Kalla lamma yaqdi ma amarahu
Let man consider his food:
فلينظر الإنسان إلى طعامه
Falyanthuri alinsanu ila taAAamihi
How We pour water in showers
أنا صببنا الماء صبا
Anna sababna almaa sabban
Then split the earth in clefts
ثم شققنا الأرض شقا
Thumma shaqaqna alarda shaqqan
And cause the grain to grow therein
فأنبتنا فيها حبا
Faanbatna feeha habban
And grapes and green fodder
وعنبا وقضبا
WaAAinaban waqadban
And olive - trees and palm - trees
وزيتونا ونخلا
Wazaytoonan wanakhlan
And garden - closes of thick foliage
وحدائق غلبا
Wahadaiqa ghulban
And fruits and grasses:
وفاكهة وأبا
Wafakihatan waabban
Provision for you and your cattle.
متاعا لكم ولأنعامكم
MataAAan lakum walianAAamikum
But when the Shout cometh
فإذا جاءت الصاخة
Faitha jaati alssakhkhatu
On the day when a man fleeth from his brother
يوم يفر المرء من أخيه
Yawma yafirru almaro min akheehi
And his mother and his father
وأمه وأبيه
Waommihi waabeehi
And his wife and his children,
وصاحبته وبنيه
Wasahibatihi wabaneehi
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
On that day faces will be bright as dawn,
وجوه يومئذ مسفرة
Wujoohun yawmaithin musfiratun
Laughing, rejoicing at good news;
ضاحكة مستبشرة
Dahikatun mustabshiratun
And other faces, on that day, with dust upon them,
ووجوه يومئذ عليها غبرة
Wawujoohun yawmaithin AAalayha ghabaratun
Veiled in darkness,
ترهقها قترة
Tarhaquha qataratun
Those are the disbelievers, the wicked.
أولئك هم الكفرة الفجرة
Olaika humu alkafaratu alfajaratu