Chapter 80, 42 verses
He frowned and turned (his) back,
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم عبس وتولى
AAabasa watawalla
Because there came to him the blind man.
أن جاءه الأعمى
An jaahu alaAAma
And what would make you know that he would purify himself,
وما يدريك لعله يزكى
Wama yudreeka laAAallahu yazzakka
Or become reminded so that the reminder should profit him?
أو يذكر فتنفعه الذكرى
Aw yaththakkaru fatanfaAAahu alththikra
As for him who considers himself free from need (of you),
أما من استغنى
Amma mani istaghna
To him do you address yourself.
فأنت له تصدى
Faanta lahu tasadda
And no blame is on you if he would not purify himself
وما عليك ألا يزكى
Wama AAalayka alla yazzakka
And as to him who comes to you striving hard,
وأما من جاءك يسعى
Waamma man jaaka yasAAa
And he fears,
وهو يخشى
Wahuwa yakhsha
From him will you divert yourself.
فأنت عنه تلهى
Faanta AAanhu talahha
Nay! surely it is an admonishment.
كلا إنها تذكرة
Kalla innaha tathkiratun
So let him who pleases mind it.
فمن شاء ذكره
Faman shaa thakarahu
In honored books,
في صحف مكرمة
Fee suhufin mukarramatin
Exalted, purified,
مرفوعة مطهرة
MarfooAAatin mutahharatin
In the hands of scribes
بأيدي سفرة
Biaydee safaratin
Noble, virtuous.
كرام بررة
Kiramin bararatin
Cursed be man! how ungrateful is he!
قتل الإنسان ما أكفره
Qutila alinsanu ma akfarahu
Of what thing did He create him?
من أي شيء خلقه
Min ayyi shayin khalaqahu
Of a small seed; He created him, then He made him according to a measure,
من نطفة خلقه فقدره
Min nutfatin khalaqahu faqaddarahu
Then (as for) the way - - He has made it easy (for him)
ثم السبيل يسره
Thumma alssabeela yassarahu
Then He causes him to die, then assigns to him a grave,
ثم أماته فأقبره
Thumma amatahu faaqbarahu
Then when He pleases, He will raise him to life again.
ثم إذا شاء أنشره
Thumma itha shaa ansharahu
Nay; but he has not done what He bade him.
كلا لما يقض ما أمره
Kalla lamma yaqdi ma amarahu
Then let man look to his food,
فلينظر الإنسان إلى طعامه
Falyanthuri alinsanu ila taAAamihi
That We pour down the water, pouring (it) down in abundance,
أنا صببنا الماء صبا
Anna sababna almaa sabban
Then We cleave the earth, cleaving (it) asunder,
ثم شققنا الأرض شقا
Thumma shaqaqna alarda shaqqan
Then We cause to grow therein the grain,
فأنبتنا فيها حبا
Faanbatna feeha habban
And grapes and clover,
وعنبا وقضبا
WaAAinaban waqadban
And the olive and the palm,
وزيتونا ونخلا
Wazaytoonan wanakhlan
And thick gardens,
وحدائق غلبا
Wahadaiqa ghulban
And fruits and herbage
وفاكهة وأبا
Wafakihatan waabban
A provision for you and for your cattle.
متاعا لكم ولأنعامكم
MataAAan lakum walianAAamikum
But when the deafening cry comes,
فإذا جاءت الصاخة
Faitha jaati alssakhkhatu
The day on which a man shall fly from his brother,
يوم يفر المرء من أخيه
Yawma yafirru almaro min akheehi
And his mother and his father,
وأمه وأبيه
Waommihi waabeehi
And his spouse and his son - -
وصاحبته وبنيه
Wasahibatihi wabaneehi
Every man of them shall on that day have an affair which will occupy him.
لكل امرئ منهم يومئذ شأن يغنيه
Likulli imriin minhum yawmaithin shanun yughneehi
(Many) faces on that day shall be bright,
وجوه يومئذ مسفرة
Wujoohun yawmaithin musfiratun
Laughing, joyous.
ضاحكة مستبشرة
Dahikatun mustabshiratun
And (many) faces on that day, on them shall be dust,
ووجوه يومئذ عليها غبرة
Wawujoohun yawmaithin AAalayha ghabaratun
Darkness shall cover them.
ترهقها قترة
Tarhaquha qataratun
These are they who are unbelievers, the wicked.
أولئك هم الكفرة الفجرة
Olaika humu alkafaratu alfajaratu