Chapter 80, 42 verses
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. He frowned and turned away
The Prophet frowned and turned away
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم عبس وتولى
AAabasa watawalla
Because the blind man came unto him.
Because there came to him the blind man, [interrupting].
أن جاءه الأعمى
An jaahu alaAAma
What could inform thee but that he might grow (in grace)
But what would make you perceive, [O Muhammad], that perhaps he might be purified
وما يدريك لعله يزكى
Wama yudreeka laAAallahu yazzakka
Or take heed and so the reminder might avail him ?
Or be reminded and the remembrance would benefit him?
أو يذكر فتنفعه الذكرى
Aw yaththakkaru fatanfaAAahu alththikra
As for him who thinketh himself independent,
As for he who thinks himself without need,
أما من استغنى
Amma mani istaghna
Unto him thou payest regard.
To him you give attention.
فأنت له تصدى
Faanta lahu tasadda
Yet it is not thy concern if he grow not (in grace).
And not upon you [is any blame] if he will not be purified.
وما عليك ألا يزكى
Wama AAalayka alla yazzakka
But as for him who cometh unto thee with earnest purpose
But as for he who came to you striving [for knowledge]
وأما من جاءك يسعى
Waamma man jaaka yasAAa
And hath fear,
While he fears [Allah],
وهو يخشى
Wahuwa yakhsha
From him thou art distracted.
From him you are distracted.
فأنت عنه تلهى
Faanta AAanhu talahha
Nay, but verily it is an Admonishment,
No! Indeed, these verses are a reminder;
كلا إنها تذكرة
Kalla innaha tathkiratun
So let whosoever will pay heed to it,
So whoever wills may remember it.
فمن شاء ذكره
Faman shaa thakarahu
On honoured leaves
[It is recorded] in honored sheets,
في صحف مكرمة
Fee suhufin mukarramatin
Exalted, purified,
Exalted and purified,
مرفوعة مطهرة
MarfooAAatin mutahharatin
(Set down) by scribes
[Carried] by the hands of messenger - angels,
بأيدي سفرة
Biaydee safaratin
Noble and righteous.
Noble and dutiful.
كرام بررة
Kiramin bararatin
Man is (self - )destroyed: how ungrateful!
Cursed is man; how disbelieving is he.
قتل الإنسان ما أكفره
Qutila alinsanu ma akfarahu
From what thing doth He create him ?
From what substance did He create him?
من أي شيء خلقه
Min ayyi shayin khalaqahu
From a drop of seed. He createth him and proportioneth him,
From a sperm - drop He created him and destined for him;
من نطفة خلقه فقدره
Min nutfatin khalaqahu faqaddarahu
Then maketh the way easy for him,
Then He eased the way for him;
ثم السبيل يسره
Thumma alssabeela yassarahu
Then causeth him to die, and burieth him;
Then He causes his death and provides a grave for him.
ثم أماته فأقبره
Thumma amatahu faaqbarahu
Then, when He will, He bringeth him again to life.
Then when He wills, He will resurrect him.
ثم إذا شاء أنشره
Thumma itha shaa ansharahu
Nay, but (man) hath not done what He commanded him.
No! Man has not yet accomplished what He commanded him.
كلا لما يقض ما أمره
Kalla lamma yaqdi ma amarahu
Let man consider his food:
Then let mankind look at his food -
فلينظر الإنسان إلى طعامه
Falyanthuri alinsanu ila taAAamihi
How We pour water in showers
How We poured down water in torrents,
أنا صببنا الماء صبا
Anna sababna almaa sabban
Then split the earth in clefts
Then We broke open the earth, splitting [it with sprouts],
ثم شققنا الأرض شقا
Thumma shaqaqna alarda shaqqan
And cause the grain to grow therein
And caused to grow within it grain
فأنبتنا فيها حبا
Faanbatna feeha habban
And grapes and green fodder
And grapes and herbage
وعنبا وقضبا
WaAAinaban waqadban
And olive - trees and palm - trees
And olive and palm trees
وزيتونا ونخلا
Wazaytoonan wanakhlan
And garden - closes of thick foliage
And gardens of dense shrubbery
وحدائق غلبا
Wahadaiqa ghulban
And fruits and grasses:
And fruit and grass -
وفاكهة وأبا
Wafakihatan waabban
Provision for you and your cattle.
[As] enjoyment for you and your grazing livestock.
متاعا لكم ولأنعامكم
MataAAan lakum walianAAamikum
But when the Shout cometh
But when there comes the Deafening Blast
فإذا جاءت الصاخة
Faitha jaati alssakhkhatu
On the day when a man fleeth from his brother
On the Day a man will flee from his brother
يوم يفر المرء من أخيه
Yawma yafirru almaro min akheehi
And his mother and his father
And his mother and his father
وأمه وأبيه
Waommihi waabeehi
And his wife and his children,
And his wife and his children,
وصاحبته وبنيه
Wasahibatihi wabaneehi
Every man that day will have concern enough to make him heedless (of others).
For every man, that Day, will be a matter adequate for him.
لكل امرئ منهم يومئذ شأن يغنيه
Likulli imriin minhum yawmaithin shanun yughneehi
On that day faces will be bright as dawn,
[Some] faces, that Day, will be bright -
وجوه يومئذ مسفرة
Wujoohun yawmaithin musfiratun
Laughing, rejoicing at good news;
Laughing, rejoicing at good news.
ضاحكة مستبشرة
Dahikatun mustabshiratun
And other faces, on that day, with dust upon them,
And [other] faces, that Day, will have upon them dust.
ووجوه يومئذ عليها غبرة
Wawujoohun yawmaithin AAalayha ghabaratun
Veiled in darkness,
Blackness will cover them.
ترهقها قترة
Tarhaquha qataratun
Those are the disbelievers, the wicked.
Those are the disbelievers, the wicked ones.
أولئك هم الكفرة الفجرة
Olaika humu alkafaratu alfajaratu