Chapter 80, 42 verses
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. He frowned and turned away
AAabasa watawalla
The Prophet frowned and turned away
عَبَسَ وَتَوَلَّىٰٓ
Because the blind man came unto him.
An jaahu alaAAma
Because there came to him the blind man, [interrupting].
أَن جَآءَهُ ٱلْأَعْمَىٰ
What could inform thee but that he might grow (in grace)
Wama yudreeka laAAallahu yazzakka
But what would make you perceive, [O Muhammad], that perhaps he might be purified
وَمَا يُدْرِيكَ لَعَلَّهُۥ يَزَّكَّىٰٓ
Or take heed and so the reminder might avail him ?
Aw yaththakkaru fatanfaAAahu alththikra
Or be reminded and the remembrance would benefit him?
أَوْ يَذَّكَّرُ فَتَنفَعَهُ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰٓ
As for him who thinketh himself independent,
Amma mani istaghna
As for he who thinks himself without need,
أَمَّا مَنِ ٱسْتَغْنَىٰ
Unto him thou payest regard.
Faanta lahu tasadda
To him you give attention.
فَأَنتَ لَهُۥ تَصَدَّىٰ
Yet it is not thy concern if he grow not (in grace).
Wama AAalayka alla yazzakka
And not upon you [is any blame] if he will not be purified.
وَمَا عَلَيْكَ أَلَّا يَزَّكَّىٰ
But as for him who cometh unto thee with earnest purpose
Waamma man jaaka yasAAa
But as for he who came to you striving [for knowledge]
وَأَمَّا مَن جَآءَكَ يَسْعَىٰ
And hath fear,
Wahuwa yakhsha
While he fears [Allah],
وَهُوَ يَخْشَىٰ
From him thou art distracted.
Faanta AAanhu talahha
From him you are distracted.
فَأَنتَ عَنْهُ تَلَهَّىٰ
Nay, but verily it is an Admonishment,
Kalla innaha tathkiratun
No! Indeed, these verses are a reminder;
كَلَّآ إِنَّهَا تَذْكِرَةٌ
So let whosoever will pay heed to it,
Faman shaa thakarahu
So whoever wills may remember it.
فَمَن شَآءَ ذَكَرَهُۥ
On honoured leaves
Fee suhufin mukarramatin
[It is recorded] in honored sheets,
فِى صُحُفٍ مُّكَرَّمَةٍ
Exalted, purified,
MarfooAAatin mutahharatin
Exalted and purified,
مَّرْفُوعَةٍ مُّطَهَّرَةٍۭ
(Set down) by scribes
Biaydee safaratin
[Carried] by the hands of messenger - angels,
بِأَيْدِى سَفَرَةٍ
Noble and righteous.
Kiramin bararatin
Noble and dutiful.
كِرَامٍۭ بَرَرَةٍ
Man is (self - )destroyed: how ungrateful!
Qutila alinsanu ma akfarahu
Cursed is man; how disbelieving is he.
قُتِلَ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ مَآ أَكْفَرَهُۥ
From what thing doth He create him ?
Min ayyi shayin khalaqahu
From what substance did He create him?
مِنْ أَىِّ شَىْءٍ خَلَقَهُۥ
From a drop of seed. He createth him and proportioneth him,
Min nutfatin khalaqahu faqaddarahu
From a sperm - drop He created him and destined for him;
مِن نُّطْفَةٍ خَلَقَهُۥ فَقَدَّرَهُۥ
Then maketh the way easy for him,
Thumma alssabeela yassarahu
Then He eased the way for him;
ثُمَّ ٱلسَّبِيلَ يَسَّرَهُۥ
Then causeth him to die, and burieth him;
Thumma amatahu faaqbarahu
Then He causes his death and provides a grave for him.
ثُمَّ أَمَاتَهُۥ فَأَقْبَرَهُۥ
Then, when He will, He bringeth him again to life.
Thumma itha shaa ansharahu
Then when He wills, He will resurrect him.
ثُمَّ إِذَا شَآءَ أَنشَرَهُۥ
Nay, but (man) hath not done what He commanded him.
Kalla lamma yaqdi ma amarahu
No! Man has not yet accomplished what He commanded him.
كَلَّا لَمَّا يَقْضِ مَآ أَمَرَهُۥ
Let man consider his food:
Falyanthuri alinsanu ila taAAamihi
Then let mankind look at his food -
فَلْيَنظُرِ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ إِلَىٰ طَعَامِهِۦٓ
How We pour water in showers
Anna sababna almaa sabban
How We poured down water in torrents,
أَنَّا صَبَبْنَا ٱلْمَآءَ صَبًّا
Then split the earth in clefts
Thumma shaqaqna alarda shaqqan
Then We broke open the earth, splitting [it with sprouts],
ثُمَّ شَقَقْنَا ٱلْأَرْضَ شَقًّا
And cause the grain to grow therein
Faanbatna feeha habban
And caused to grow within it grain
فَأَنۢبَتْنَا فِيهَا حَبًّا
And grapes and green fodder
WaAAinaban waqadban
And grapes and herbage
وَعِنَبًا وَقَضْبًا
And olive - trees and palm - trees
Wazaytoonan wanakhlan
And olive and palm trees
وَزَيْتُونًا وَنَخْلًا
And garden - closes of thick foliage
Wahadaiqa ghulban
And gardens of dense shrubbery
وَحَدَآئِقَ غُلْبًا
And fruits and grasses:
Wafakihatan waabban
And fruit and grass -
وَفَٰكِهَةً وَأَبًّا
Provision for you and your cattle.
MataAAan lakum walianAAamikum
[As] enjoyment for you and your grazing livestock.
مَّتَٰعًا لَّكُمْ وَلِأَنْعَٰمِكُمْ
But when the Shout cometh
Faitha jaati alssakhkhatu
But when there comes the Deafening Blast
فَإِذَا جَآءَتِ ٱلصَّآخَّةُ
On the day when a man fleeth from his brother
Yawma yafirru almaro min akheehi
On the Day a man will flee from his brother
يَوْمَ يَفِرُّ ٱلْمَرْءُ مِنْ أَخِيهِ
And his mother and his father
Waommihi waabeehi
And his mother and his father
وَأُمِّهِۦ وَأَبِيهِ
And his wife and his children,
Wasahibatihi wabaneehi
And his wife and his children,
وَصَٰحِبَتِهِۦ وَبَنِيهِ
Every man that day will have concern enough to make him heedless (of others).
Likulli imriin minhum yawmaithin shanun yughneehi
For every man, that Day, will be a matter adequate for him.
لِكُلِّ ٱمْرِئٍ مِّنْهُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ شَأْنٌ يُغْنِيهِ
On that day faces will be bright as dawn,
Wujoohun yawmaithin musfiratun
[Some] faces, that Day, will be bright -
وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ مُّسْفِرَةٌ
Laughing, rejoicing at good news;
Dahikatun mustabshiratun
Laughing, rejoicing at good news.
ضَاحِكَةٌ مُّسْتَبْشِرَةٌ
And other faces, on that day, with dust upon them,
Wawujoohun yawmaithin AAalayha ghabaratun
And [other] faces, that Day, will have upon them dust.
وَوُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ عَلَيْهَا غَبَرَةٌ
Veiled in darkness,
Tarhaquha qataratun
Blackness will cover them.
تَرْهَقُهَا قَتَرَةٌ
Those are the disbelievers, the wicked.
Olaika humu alkafaratu alfajaratu
Those are the disbelievers, the wicked ones.
أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْكَفَرَةُ ٱلْفَجَرَةُ