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
عَبَسَ وَتَوَلَّىٰٓ
Because the blind man came unto him.
Because there came to him the blind man (interrupting).
أن جاءه الأعمى
أَن جَآءَهُ ٱلْأَعْمَىٰ
What could inform thee but that he might grow (in grace)
But what could tell thee but that perchance he might grow (in spiritual understanding)? -
وما يدريك لعله يزكى
وَمَا يُدْرِيكَ لَعَلَّهُۥ يَزَّكَّىٰٓ
Or take heed and so the reminder might avail him ?
Or that he might receive admonition, and the teaching might profit him?
أو يذكر فتنفعه الذكرى
أَوْ يَذَّكَّرُ فَتَنفَعَهُ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰٓ
As for him who thinketh himself independent,
As to one who regards Himself as self - sufficient,
أما من استغنى
أَمَّا مَنِ ٱسْتَغْنَىٰ
Unto him thou payest regard.
To him dost thou attend;
فأنت له تصدى
فَأَنتَ لَهُۥ تَصَدَّىٰ
Yet it is not thy concern if he grow not (in grace).
Though it is no blame to thee if he grow not (in spiritual understanding).
وما عليك ألا يزكى
وَمَا عَلَيْكَ أَلَّا يَزَّكَّىٰ
But as for him who cometh unto thee with earnest purpose
But as to him who came to thee striving earnestly,
وأما من جاءك يسعى
وَأَمَّا مَن جَآءَكَ يَسْعَىٰ
And hath fear,
And with fear (in his heart),
وهو يخشى
وَهُوَ يَخْشَىٰ
From him thou art distracted.
Of him wast thou unmindful.
فأنت عنه تلهى
فَأَنتَ عَنْهُ تَلَهَّىٰ
Nay, but verily it is an Admonishment,
By no means (should it be so)! For it is indeed a Message of instruction:
كلا إنها تذكرة
كَلَّآ إِنَّهَا تَذْكِرَةٌ
So let whosoever will pay heed to it,
Therefore let whoso will, keep it in remembrance.
فمن شاء ذكره
فَمَن شَآءَ ذَكَرَهُۥ
On honoured leaves
(It is) in Books held (greatly) in honour,
في صحف مكرمة
فِى صُحُفٍ مُّكَرَّمَةٍ
Exalted, purified,
Exalted (in dignity), kept pure and holy,
مرفوعة مطهرة
مَّرْفُوعَةٍ مُّطَهَّرَةٍۭ
(Set down) by scribes
(Written) by the hands of scribes -
بأيدي سفرة
بِأَيْدِى سَفَرَةٍ
Noble and righteous.
Honourable and Pious and Just.
كرام بررة
كِرَامٍۭ بَرَرَةٍ
Man is (self - )destroyed: how ungrateful!
Woe to man! What hath made him reject Allah;
قتل الإنسان ما أكفره
قُتِلَ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ مَآ أَكْفَرَهُۥ
From what thing doth He create him ?
From what stuff hath He created him?
من أي شيء خلقه
مِنْ أَىِّ شَىْءٍ خَلَقَهُۥ
From a drop of seed. He createth him and proportioneth him,
From a sperm - drop: He hath created him, and then mouldeth him in due proportions;
من نطفة خلقه فقدره
مِن نُّطْفَةٍ خَلَقَهُۥ فَقَدَّرَهُۥ
Then maketh the way easy for him,
Then doth He make His path smooth for him;
ثم السبيل يسره
ثُمَّ ٱلسَّبِيلَ يَسَّرَهُۥ
Then causeth him to die, and burieth him;
Then He causeth him to die, and putteth him in his grave;
ثم أماته فأقبره
ثُمَّ أَمَاتَهُۥ فَأَقْبَرَهُۥ
Then, when He will, He bringeth him again to life.
Then, when it is His Will, He will raise him up (again).
ثم إذا شاء أنشره
ثُمَّ إِذَا شَآءَ أَنشَرَهُۥ
Nay, but (man) hath not done what He commanded him.
By no means hath he fulfilled what Allah hath commanded him.
كلا لما يقض ما أمره
كَلَّا لَمَّا يَقْضِ مَآ أَمَرَهُۥ
Let man consider his food:
Then let man look at his food, (and how We provide it):
فلينظر الإنسان إلى طعامه
فَلْيَنظُرِ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ إِلَىٰ طَعَامِهِۦٓ
How We pour water in showers
For that We pour forth water in abundance,
أنا صببنا الماء صبا
أَنَّا صَبَبْنَا ٱلْمَآءَ صَبًّا
Then split the earth in clefts
And We split the earth in fragments,
ثم شققنا الأرض شقا
ثُمَّ شَقَقْنَا ٱلْأَرْضَ شَقًّا
And cause the grain to grow therein
And produce therein corn,
فأنبتنا فيها حبا
فَأَنۢبَتْنَا فِيهَا حَبًّا
And grapes and green fodder
And Grapes and nutritious plants,
وعنبا وقضبا
وَعِنَبًا وَقَضْبًا
And olive - trees and palm - trees
And Olives and Dates,
وزيتونا ونخلا
وَزَيْتُونًا وَنَخْلًا
And garden - closes of thick foliage
And enclosed Gardens, dense with lofty trees,
وحدائق غلبا
وَحَدَآئِقَ غُلْبًا
And fruits and grasses:
And fruits and fodder, -
وفاكهة وأبا
وَفَٰكِهَةً وَأَبًّا
Provision for you and your cattle.
For use and convenience to you and your cattle.
متاعا لكم ولأنعامكم
مَّتَٰعًا لَّكُمْ وَلِأَنْعَٰمِكُمْ
But when the Shout cometh
At length, when there comes the Deafening Noise, -
فإذا جاءت الصاخة
فَإِذَا جَآءَتِ ٱلصَّآخَّةُ
On the day when a man fleeth from his brother
That Day shall a man flee from his own brother,
يوم يفر المرء من أخيه
يَوْمَ يَفِرُّ ٱلْمَرْءُ مِنْ أَخِيهِ
And his mother and his father
And from his mother and his father,
وأمه وأبيه
وَأُمِّهِۦ وَأَبِيهِ
And his wife and his children,
And from his wife and his children.
وصاحبته وبنيه
وَصَٰحِبَتِهِۦ وَبَنِيهِ
Every man that day will have concern enough to make him heedless (of others).
Each one of them, that Day, will have enough concern (of his own) to make him indifferent to the others.
لكل امرئ منهم يومئذ شأن يغنيه
لِكُلِّ ٱمْرِئٍ مِّنْهُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ شَأْنٌ يُغْنِيهِ
On that day faces will be bright as dawn,
Some faces that Day will be beaming,
وجوه يومئذ مسفرة
وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ مُّسْفِرَةٌ
Laughing, rejoicing at good news;
Laughing, rejoicing.
ضاحكة مستبشرة
ضَاحِكَةٌ مُّسْتَبْشِرَةٌ
And other faces, on that day, with dust upon them,
And other faces that Day will be dust - stained,
ووجوه يومئذ عليها غبرة
وَوُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ عَلَيْهَا غَبَرَةٌ
Veiled in darkness,
Blackness will cover them:
ترهقها قترة
تَرْهَقُهَا قَتَرَةٌ
Those are the disbelievers, the wicked.
Such will be the Rejecters of Allah, the doers of iniquity.
أولئك هم الكفرة الفجرة
أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْكَفَرَةُ ٱلْفَجَرَةُ