Chapter 80, 42 verses
He frowned and turned (his) back,
(The Prophet) frowned and turned away,
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم عبس وتولى
AAabasa watawalla
Because there came to him the blind man.
Because there came to him the blind man (interrupting).
أن جاءه الأعمى
An jaahu alaAAma
And what would make you know that he would purify himself,
But what could tell thee but that perchance he might grow (in spiritual understanding)? -
وما يدريك لعله يزكى
Wama yudreeka laAAallahu yazzakka
Or become reminded so that the reminder should profit him?
Or that he might receive admonition, and the teaching might profit him?
أو يذكر فتنفعه الذكرى
Aw yaththakkaru fatanfaAAahu alththikra
As for him who considers himself free from need (of you),
As to one who regards Himself as self - sufficient,
أما من استغنى
Amma mani istaghna
To him do you address yourself.
To him dost thou attend;
فأنت له تصدى
Faanta lahu tasadda
And no blame is on you if he would not purify himself
Though it is no blame to thee if he grow not (in spiritual understanding).
وما عليك ألا يزكى
Wama AAalayka alla yazzakka
And as to him who comes to you striving hard,
But as to him who came to thee striving earnestly,
وأما من جاءك يسعى
Waamma man jaaka yasAAa
And he fears,
And with fear (in his heart),
وهو يخشى
Wahuwa yakhsha
From him will you divert yourself.
Of him wast thou unmindful.
فأنت عنه تلهى
Faanta AAanhu talahha
Nay! surely it is an admonishment.
By no means (should it be so)! For it is indeed a Message of instruction:
كلا إنها تذكرة
Kalla innaha tathkiratun
So let him who pleases mind it.
Therefore let whoso will, keep it in remembrance.
فمن شاء ذكره
Faman shaa thakarahu
In honored books,
(It is) in Books held (greatly) in honour,
في صحف مكرمة
Fee suhufin mukarramatin
Exalted, purified,
Exalted (in dignity), kept pure and holy,
مرفوعة مطهرة
MarfooAAatin mutahharatin
In the hands of scribes
(Written) by the hands of scribes -
بأيدي سفرة
Biaydee safaratin
Noble, virtuous.
Honourable and Pious and Just.
كرام بررة
Kiramin bararatin
Cursed be man! how ungrateful is he!
Woe to man! What hath made him reject Allah;
قتل الإنسان ما أكفره
Qutila alinsanu ma akfarahu
Of what thing did He create him?
From what stuff hath He created him?
من أي شيء خلقه
Min ayyi shayin khalaqahu
Of a small seed; He created him, then He made him according to a measure,
From a sperm - drop: He hath created him, and then mouldeth him in due proportions;
من نطفة خلقه فقدره
Min nutfatin khalaqahu faqaddarahu
Then (as for) the way - - He has made it easy (for him)
Then doth He make His path smooth for him;
ثم السبيل يسره
Thumma alssabeela yassarahu
Then He causes him to die, then assigns to him a grave,
Then He causeth him to die, and putteth him in his grave;
ثم أماته فأقبره
Thumma amatahu faaqbarahu
Then when He pleases, He will raise him to life again.
Then, when it is His Will, He will raise him up (again).
ثم إذا شاء أنشره
Thumma itha shaa ansharahu
Nay; but he has not done what He bade him.
By no means hath he fulfilled what Allah hath commanded him.
كلا لما يقض ما أمره
Kalla lamma yaqdi ma amarahu
Then let man look to his food,
Then let man look at his food, (and how We provide it):
فلينظر الإنسان إلى طعامه
Falyanthuri alinsanu ila taAAamihi
That We pour down the water, pouring (it) down in abundance,
For that We pour forth water in abundance,
أنا صببنا الماء صبا
Anna sababna almaa sabban
Then We cleave the earth, cleaving (it) asunder,
And We split the earth in fragments,
ثم شققنا الأرض شقا
Thumma shaqaqna alarda shaqqan
Then We cause to grow therein the grain,
And produce therein corn,
فأنبتنا فيها حبا
Faanbatna feeha habban
And grapes and clover,
And Grapes and nutritious plants,
وعنبا وقضبا
WaAAinaban waqadban
And the olive and the palm,
And Olives and Dates,
وزيتونا ونخلا
Wazaytoonan wanakhlan
And thick gardens,
And enclosed Gardens, dense with lofty trees,
وحدائق غلبا
Wahadaiqa ghulban
And fruits and herbage
And fruits and fodder, -
وفاكهة وأبا
Wafakihatan waabban
A provision for you and for your cattle.
For use and convenience to you and your cattle.
متاعا لكم ولأنعامكم
MataAAan lakum walianAAamikum
But when the deafening cry comes,
At length, when there comes the Deafening Noise, -
فإذا جاءت الصاخة
Faitha jaati alssakhkhatu
The day on which a man shall fly from his brother,
That Day shall a man flee from his own brother,
يوم يفر المرء من أخيه
Yawma yafirru almaro min akheehi
And his mother and his father,
And from his mother and his father,
وأمه وأبيه
Waommihi waabeehi
And his spouse and his son - -
And from his wife and his children.
وصاحبته وبنيه
Wasahibatihi wabaneehi
Every man of them shall on that day have an affair which will occupy him.
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
Likulli imriin minhum yawmaithin shanun yughneehi
(Many) faces on that day shall be bright,
Some faces that Day will be beaming,
وجوه يومئذ مسفرة
Wujoohun yawmaithin musfiratun
Laughing, joyous.
Laughing, rejoicing.
ضاحكة مستبشرة
Dahikatun mustabshiratun
And (many) faces on that day, on them shall be dust,
And other faces that Day will be dust - stained,
ووجوه يومئذ عليها غبرة
Wawujoohun yawmaithin AAalayha ghabaratun
Darkness shall cover them.
Blackness will cover them:
ترهقها قترة
Tarhaquha qataratun
These are they who are unbelievers, the wicked.
Such will be the Rejecters of Allah, the doers of iniquity.
أولئك هم الكفرة الفجرة
Olaika humu alkafaratu alfajaratu