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 could tell thee but that perchance he might grow (in spiritual understanding)? -
وَمَا يُدْرِيكَ لَعَلَّهُۥ يَزَّكَّىٰٓ
Or take heed and so the reminder might avail him ?
Aw yaththakkaru fatanfaAAahu alththikra
Or that he might receive admonition, and the teaching might profit him?
أَوْ يَذَّكَّرُ فَتَنفَعَهُ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰٓ
As for him who thinketh himself independent,
Amma mani istaghna
As to one who regards Himself as self - sufficient,
أَمَّا مَنِ ٱسْتَغْنَىٰ
Unto him thou payest regard.
Faanta lahu tasadda
To him dost thou attend;
فَأَنتَ لَهُۥ تَصَدَّىٰ
Yet it is not thy concern if he grow not (in grace).
Wama AAalayka alla yazzakka
Though it is no blame to thee if he grow not (in spiritual understanding).
وَمَا عَلَيْكَ أَلَّا يَزَّكَّىٰ
But as for him who cometh unto thee with earnest purpose
Waamma man jaaka yasAAa
But as to him who came to thee striving earnestly,
وَأَمَّا مَن جَآءَكَ يَسْعَىٰ
And hath fear,
Wahuwa yakhsha
And with fear (in his heart),
وَهُوَ يَخْشَىٰ
From him thou art distracted.
Faanta AAanhu talahha
Of him wast thou unmindful.
فَأَنتَ عَنْهُ تَلَهَّىٰ
Nay, but verily it is an Admonishment,
Kalla innaha tathkiratun
By no means (should it be so)! For it is indeed a Message of instruction:
كَلَّآ إِنَّهَا تَذْكِرَةٌ
So let whosoever will pay heed to it,
Faman shaa thakarahu
Therefore let whoso will, keep it in remembrance.
فَمَن شَآءَ ذَكَرَهُۥ
On honoured leaves
Fee suhufin mukarramatin
(It is) in Books held (greatly) in honour,
فِى صُحُفٍ مُّكَرَّمَةٍ
Exalted, purified,
MarfooAAatin mutahharatin
Exalted (in dignity), kept pure and holy,
مَّرْفُوعَةٍ مُّطَهَّرَةٍۭ
(Set down) by scribes
Biaydee safaratin
(Written) by the hands of scribes -
بِأَيْدِى سَفَرَةٍ
Noble and righteous.
Kiramin bararatin
Honourable and Pious and Just.
كِرَامٍۭ بَرَرَةٍ
Man is (self - )destroyed: how ungrateful!
Qutila alinsanu ma akfarahu
Woe to man! What hath made him reject Allah;
قُتِلَ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ مَآ أَكْفَرَهُۥ
From what thing doth He create him ?
Min ayyi shayin khalaqahu
From what stuff hath He created 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 hath created him, and then mouldeth him in due proportions;
مِن نُّطْفَةٍ خَلَقَهُۥ فَقَدَّرَهُۥ
Then maketh the way easy for him,
Thumma alssabeela yassarahu
Then doth He make His path smooth for him;
ثُمَّ ٱلسَّبِيلَ يَسَّرَهُۥ
Then causeth him to die, and burieth him;
Thumma amatahu faaqbarahu
Then He causeth him to die, and putteth him in his grave;
ثُمَّ أَمَاتَهُۥ فَأَقْبَرَهُۥ
Then, when He will, He bringeth him again to life.
Thumma itha shaa ansharahu
Then, when it is His Will, He will raise him up (again).
ثُمَّ إِذَا شَآءَ أَنشَرَهُۥ
Nay, but (man) hath not done what He commanded him.
Kalla lamma yaqdi ma amarahu
By no means hath he fulfilled what Allah hath commanded him.
كَلَّا لَمَّا يَقْضِ مَآ أَمَرَهُۥ
Let man consider his food:
Falyanthuri alinsanu ila taAAamihi
Then let man look at his food, (and how We provide it):
فَلْيَنظُرِ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ إِلَىٰ طَعَامِهِۦٓ
How We pour water in showers
Anna sababna almaa sabban
For that We pour forth water in abundance,
أَنَّا صَبَبْنَا ٱلْمَآءَ صَبًّا
Then split the earth in clefts
Thumma shaqaqna alarda shaqqan
And We split the earth in fragments,
ثُمَّ شَقَقْنَا ٱلْأَرْضَ شَقًّا
And cause the grain to grow therein
Faanbatna feeha habban
And produce therein corn,
فَأَنۢبَتْنَا فِيهَا حَبًّا
And grapes and green fodder
WaAAinaban waqadban
And Grapes and nutritious plants,
وَعِنَبًا وَقَضْبًا
And olive - trees and palm - trees
Wazaytoonan wanakhlan
And Olives and Dates,
وَزَيْتُونًا وَنَخْلًا
And garden - closes of thick foliage
Wahadaiqa ghulban
And enclosed Gardens, dense with lofty trees,
وَحَدَآئِقَ غُلْبًا
And fruits and grasses:
Wafakihatan waabban
And fruits and fodder, -
وَفَٰكِهَةً وَأَبًّا
Provision for you and your cattle.
MataAAan lakum walianAAamikum
For use and convenience to you and your cattle.
مَّتَٰعًا لَّكُمْ وَلِأَنْعَٰمِكُمْ
But when the Shout cometh
Faitha jaati alssakhkhatu
At length, when there comes the Deafening Noise, -
فَإِذَا جَآءَتِ ٱلصَّآخَّةُ
On the day when a man fleeth from his brother
Yawma yafirru almaro min akheehi
That Day shall a man flee from his own brother,
يَوْمَ يَفِرُّ ٱلْمَرْءُ مِنْ أَخِيهِ
And his mother and his father
Waommihi waabeehi
And from his mother and his father,
وَأُمِّهِۦ وَأَبِيهِ
And his wife and his children,
Wasahibatihi wabaneehi
And from 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
Each one of them, that Day, will have enough concern (of his own) to make him indifferent to the others.
لِكُلِّ ٱمْرِئٍ مِّنْهُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ شَأْنٌ يُغْنِيهِ
On that day faces will be bright as dawn,
Wujoohun yawmaithin musfiratun
Some faces that Day will be beaming,
وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ مُّسْفِرَةٌ
Laughing, rejoicing at good news;
Dahikatun mustabshiratun
Laughing, rejoicing.
ضَاحِكَةٌ مُّسْتَبْشِرَةٌ
And other faces, on that day, with dust upon them,
Wawujoohun yawmaithin AAalayha ghabaratun
And other faces that Day will be dust - stained,
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
Such will be the Rejecters of Allah, the doers of iniquity.
أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْكَفَرَةُ ٱلْفَجَرَةُ