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