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