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 could tell thee but that perchance he might grow (in spiritual understanding)? -
Wama yudreeka laAAallahu yazzakka
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?
Aw yaththakkaru fatanfaAAahu alththikra
أَوْ يَذَّكَّرُ فَتَنفَعَهُ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰٓ
As for him who thinketh himself independent,
As to one who regards Himself as self - sufficient,
Amma mani istaghna
أَمَّا مَنِ ٱسْتَغْنَىٰ
Unto him thou payest regard.
To him dost thou attend;
Faanta lahu tasadda
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).
Wama AAalayka alla yazzakka
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,
Waamma man jaaka yasAAa
وَأَمَّا مَن جَآءَكَ يَسْعَىٰ
And hath fear,
And with fear (in his heart),
Wahuwa yakhsha
وَهُوَ يَخْشَىٰ
From him thou art distracted.
Of him wast thou unmindful.
Faanta AAanhu talahha
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:
Kalla innaha tathkiratun
كَلَّآ إِنَّهَا تَذْكِرَةٌ
So let whosoever will pay heed to it,
Therefore let whoso will, keep it in remembrance.
Faman shaa thakarahu
فَمَن شَآءَ ذَكَرَهُۥ
On honoured leaves
(It is) in Books held (greatly) in honour,
Fee suhufin mukarramatin
فِى صُحُفٍ مُّكَرَّمَةٍ
Exalted, purified,
Exalted (in dignity), kept pure and holy,
MarfooAAatin mutahharatin
مَّرْفُوعَةٍ مُّطَهَّرَةٍۭ
(Set down) by scribes
(Written) by the hands of scribes -
Biaydee safaratin
بِأَيْدِى سَفَرَةٍ
Noble and righteous.
Honourable and Pious and Just.
Kiramin bararatin
كِرَامٍۭ بَرَرَةٍ
Man is (self - )destroyed: how ungrateful!
Woe to man! What hath made him reject Allah;
Qutila alinsanu ma akfarahu
قُتِلَ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ مَآ أَكْفَرَهُۥ
From what thing doth He create him ?
From what stuff hath He created 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 hath created him, and then mouldeth him in due proportions;
Min nutfatin khalaqahu faqaddarahu
مِن نُّطْفَةٍ خَلَقَهُۥ فَقَدَّرَهُۥ
Then maketh the way easy for him,
Then doth He make His path smooth for him;
Thumma alssabeela yassarahu
ثُمَّ ٱلسَّبِيلَ يَسَّرَهُۥ
Then causeth him to die, and burieth him;
Then He causeth him to die, and putteth him in his grave;
Thumma amatahu faaqbarahu
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).
Thumma itha shaa ansharahu
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.
Kalla lamma yaqdi ma amarahu
كَلَّا لَمَّا يَقْضِ مَآ أَمَرَهُۥ
Let man consider his food:
Then let man look at his food, (and how We provide it):
Falyanthuri alinsanu ila taAAamihi
فَلْيَنظُرِ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ إِلَىٰ طَعَامِهِۦٓ
How We pour water in showers
For that We pour forth water in abundance,
Anna sababna almaa sabban
أَنَّا صَبَبْنَا ٱلْمَآءَ صَبًّا
Then split the earth in clefts
And We split the earth in fragments,
Thumma shaqaqna alarda shaqqan
ثُمَّ شَقَقْنَا ٱلْأَرْضَ شَقًّا
And cause the grain to grow therein
And produce therein corn,
Faanbatna feeha habban
فَأَنۢبَتْنَا فِيهَا حَبًّا
And grapes and green fodder
And Grapes and nutritious plants,
WaAAinaban waqadban
وَعِنَبًا وَقَضْبًا
And olive - trees and palm - trees
And Olives and Dates,
Wazaytoonan wanakhlan
وَزَيْتُونًا وَنَخْلًا
And garden - closes of thick foliage
And enclosed Gardens, dense with lofty trees,
Wahadaiqa ghulban
وَحَدَآئِقَ غُلْبًا
And fruits and grasses:
And fruits and fodder, -
Wafakihatan waabban
وَفَٰكِهَةً وَأَبًّا
Provision for you and your cattle.
For use and convenience to you and your cattle.
MataAAan lakum walianAAamikum
مَّتَٰعًا لَّكُمْ وَلِأَنْعَٰمِكُمْ
But when the Shout cometh
At length, when there comes the Deafening Noise, -
Faitha jaati alssakhkhatu
فَإِذَا جَآءَتِ ٱلصَّآخَّةُ
On the day when a man fleeth from his brother
That Day shall a man flee from his own brother,
Yawma yafirru almaro min akheehi
يَوْمَ يَفِرُّ ٱلْمَرْءُ مِنْ أَخِيهِ
And his mother and his father
And from his mother and his father,
Waommihi waabeehi
وَأُمِّهِۦ وَأَبِيهِ
And his wife and his children,
And from his wife and his children.
Wasahibatihi wabaneehi
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.
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 beaming,
Wujoohun yawmaithin musfiratun
وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ مُّسْفِرَةٌ
Laughing, rejoicing at good news;
Laughing, rejoicing.
Dahikatun mustabshiratun
ضَاحِكَةٌ مُّسْتَبْشِرَةٌ
And other faces, on that day, with dust upon them,
And other faces that Day will be dust - stained,
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.
Such will be the Rejecters of Allah, the doers of iniquity.
Olaika humu alkafaratu alfajaratu
أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْكَفَرَةُ ٱلْفَجَرَةُ