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
The Prophet frowned and turned away
Because the blind man came unto him.
An jaahu alaAAma
أن جاءه الأعمى
Because there came to him the blind man, [interrupting].
What could inform thee but that he might grow (in grace)
Wama yudreeka laAAallahu yazzakka
وما يدريك لعله يزكى
But what would make you perceive, [O Muhammad], that perhaps he might be purified
Or take heed and so the reminder might avail him ?
Aw yaththakkaru fatanfaAAahu alththikra
أو يذكر فتنفعه الذكرى
Or be reminded and the remembrance would benefit him?
As for him who thinketh himself independent,
Amma mani istaghna
أما من استغنى
As for he who thinks himself without need,
Unto him thou payest regard.
Faanta lahu tasadda
فأنت له تصدى
To him you give attention.
Yet it is not thy concern if he grow not (in grace).
Wama AAalayka alla yazzakka
وما عليك ألا يزكى
And not upon you [is any blame] if he will not be purified.
But as for him who cometh unto thee with earnest purpose
Waamma man jaaka yasAAa
وأما من جاءك يسعى
But as for he who came to you striving [for knowledge]
And hath fear,
Wahuwa yakhsha
وهو يخشى
While he fears [Allah],
From him thou art distracted.
Faanta AAanhu talahha
فأنت عنه تلهى
From him you are distracted.
Nay, but verily it is an Admonishment,
Kalla innaha tathkiratun
كلا إنها تذكرة
No! Indeed, these verses are a reminder;
So let whosoever will pay heed to it,
Faman shaa thakarahu
فمن شاء ذكره
So whoever wills may remember it.
On honoured leaves
Fee suhufin mukarramatin
في صحف مكرمة
[It is recorded] in honored sheets,
Exalted, purified,
MarfooAAatin mutahharatin
مرفوعة مطهرة
Exalted and purified,
(Set down) by scribes
Biaydee safaratin
بأيدي سفرة
[Carried] by the hands of messenger - angels,
Noble and righteous.
Kiramin bararatin
كرام بررة
Noble and dutiful.
Man is (self - )destroyed: how ungrateful!
Qutila alinsanu ma akfarahu
قتل الإنسان ما أكفره
Cursed is man; how disbelieving is he.
From what thing doth He create him ?
Min ayyi shayin khalaqahu
من أي شيء خلقه
From what substance did He create him?
From a drop of seed. He createth him and proportioneth him,
Min nutfatin khalaqahu faqaddarahu
من نطفة خلقه فقدره
From a sperm - drop He created him and destined for him;
Then maketh the way easy for him,
Thumma alssabeela yassarahu
ثم السبيل يسره
Then He eased the way for him;
Then causeth him to die, and burieth him;
Thumma amatahu faaqbarahu
ثم أماته فأقبره
Then He causes his death and provides a grave for him.
Then, when He will, He bringeth him again to life.
Thumma itha shaa ansharahu
ثم إذا شاء أنشره
Then when He wills, He will resurrect him.
Nay, but (man) hath not done what He commanded him.
Kalla lamma yaqdi ma amarahu
كلا لما يقض ما أمره
No! Man has not yet accomplished what He commanded him.
Let man consider his food:
Falyanthuri alinsanu ila taAAamihi
فلينظر الإنسان إلى طعامه
Then let mankind look at his food -
How We pour water in showers
Anna sababna almaa sabban
أنا صببنا الماء صبا
How We poured down water in torrents,
Then split the earth in clefts
Thumma shaqaqna alarda shaqqan
ثم شققنا الأرض شقا
Then We broke open the earth, splitting [it with sprouts],
And cause the grain to grow therein
Faanbatna feeha habban
فأنبتنا فيها حبا
And caused to grow within it grain
And grapes and green fodder
WaAAinaban waqadban
وعنبا وقضبا
And grapes and herbage
And olive - trees and palm - trees
Wazaytoonan wanakhlan
وزيتونا ونخلا
And olive and palm trees
And garden - closes of thick foliage
Wahadaiqa ghulban
وحدائق غلبا
And gardens of dense shrubbery
And fruits and grasses:
Wafakihatan waabban
وفاكهة وأبا
And fruit and grass -
Provision for you and your cattle.
MataAAan lakum walianAAamikum
متاعا لكم ولأنعامكم
[As] enjoyment for you and your grazing livestock.
But when the Shout cometh
Faitha jaati alssakhkhatu
فإذا جاءت الصاخة
But when there comes the Deafening Blast
On the day when a man fleeth from his brother
Yawma yafirru almaro min akheehi
يوم يفر المرء من أخيه
On the Day a man will flee 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 wife and his children,
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
For every man, that Day, will be a matter adequate for him.
On that day faces will be bright as dawn,
Wujoohun yawmaithin musfiratun
وجوه يومئذ مسفرة
[Some] faces, that Day, will be bright -
Laughing, rejoicing at good news;
Dahikatun mustabshiratun
ضاحكة مستبشرة
Laughing, rejoicing at good news.
And other faces, on that day, with dust upon them,
Wawujoohun yawmaithin AAalayha ghabaratun
ووجوه يومئذ عليها غبرة
And [other] faces, that Day, will have upon them dust.
Veiled in darkness,
Tarhaquha qataratun
ترهقها قترة
Blackness will cover them.
Those are the disbelievers, the wicked.
Olaika humu alkafaratu alfajaratu
أولئك هم الكفرة الفجرة
Those are the disbelievers, the wicked ones.