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