Chapter 80, 42 verses
He frowned and turned (his) back,
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم عبس وتولى
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. He frowned and turned away
Because there came to him the blind man.
أن جاءه الأعمى
Because the blind man came unto him.
And what would make you know that he would purify himself,
وما يدريك لعله يزكى
What could inform thee but that he might grow (in grace)
Or become reminded so that the reminder should profit him?
أو يذكر فتنفعه الذكرى
Or take heed and so the reminder might avail him ?
As for him who considers himself free from need (of you),
أما من استغنى
As for him who thinketh himself independent,
To him do you address yourself.
فأنت له تصدى
Unto him thou payest regard.
And no blame is on you if he would not purify himself
وما عليك ألا يزكى
Yet it is not thy concern if he grow not (in grace).
And as to him who comes to you striving hard,
وأما من جاءك يسعى
But as for him who cometh unto thee with earnest purpose
And he fears,
وهو يخشى
And hath fear,
From him will you divert yourself.
فأنت عنه تلهى
From him thou art distracted.
Nay! surely it is an admonishment.
كلا إنها تذكرة
Nay, but verily it is an Admonishment,
So let him who pleases mind it.
فمن شاء ذكره
So let whosoever will pay heed to it,
In honored books,
في صحف مكرمة
On honoured leaves
Exalted, purified,
مرفوعة مطهرة
Exalted, purified,
In the hands of scribes
بأيدي سفرة
(Set down) by scribes
Noble, virtuous.
كرام بررة
Noble and righteous.
Cursed be man! how ungrateful is he!
قتل الإنسان ما أكفره
Man is (self - )destroyed: how ungrateful!
Of what thing did He create him?
من أي شيء خلقه
From what thing doth He create him ?
Of a small seed; He created him, then He made him according to a measure,
من نطفة خلقه فقدره
From a drop of seed. He createth him and proportioneth him,
Then (as for) the way - - He has made it easy (for him)
ثم السبيل يسره
Then maketh the way easy for him,
Then He causes him to die, then assigns to him a grave,
ثم أماته فأقبره
Then causeth him to die, and burieth him;
Then when He pleases, He will raise him to life again.
ثم إذا شاء أنشره
Then, when He will, He bringeth him again to life.
Nay; but he has not done what He bade him.
كلا لما يقض ما أمره
Nay, but (man) hath not done what He commanded him.
Then let man look to his food,
فلينظر الإنسان إلى طعامه
Let man consider his food:
That We pour down the water, pouring (it) down in abundance,
أنا صببنا الماء صبا
How We pour water in showers
Then We cleave the earth, cleaving (it) asunder,
ثم شققنا الأرض شقا
Then split the earth in clefts
Then We cause to grow therein the grain,
فأنبتنا فيها حبا
And cause the grain to grow therein
And grapes and clover,
وعنبا وقضبا
And grapes and green fodder
And the olive and the palm,
وزيتونا ونخلا
And olive - trees and palm - trees
And thick gardens,
وحدائق غلبا
And garden - closes of thick foliage
And fruits and herbage
وفاكهة وأبا
And fruits and grasses:
A provision for you and for your cattle.
متاعا لكم ولأنعامكم
Provision for you and your cattle.
But when the deafening cry comes,
فإذا جاءت الصاخة
But when the Shout cometh
The day on which a man shall fly from his brother,
يوم يفر المرء من أخيه
On the day when a man fleeth from his brother
And his mother and his father,
وأمه وأبيه
And his mother and his father
And his spouse and his son - -
وصاحبته وبنيه
And his wife and his children,
Every man of them shall on that day have an affair which will occupy him.
لكل امرئ منهم يومئذ شأن يغنيه
Every man that day will have concern enough to make him heedless (of others).
(Many) faces on that day shall be bright,
وجوه يومئذ مسفرة
On that day faces will be bright as dawn,
Laughing, joyous.
ضاحكة مستبشرة
Laughing, rejoicing at good news;
And (many) faces on that day, on them shall be dust,
ووجوه يومئذ عليها غبرة
And other faces, on that day, with dust upon them,
Darkness shall cover them.
ترهقها قترة
Veiled in darkness,
These are they who are unbelievers, the wicked.
أولئك هم الكفرة الفجرة
Those are the disbelievers, the wicked.