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