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