Chapter 80, 42 verses
He frowned and turned (his) back,
(The Prophet) frowned and turned away,
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم عبس وتولى
عَبَسَ وَتَوَلَّىٰٓ
Because there came to him the blind man.
Because there came to him the blind man (interrupting).
أن جاءه الأعمى
أَن جَآءَهُ ٱلْأَعْمَىٰ
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
وَمَا يُدْرِيكَ لَعَلَّهُۥ يَزَّكَّىٰٓ
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
أَوْ يَذَّكَّرُ فَتَنفَعَهُ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰٓ
As for him who considers himself free from need (of you),
As to one who regards Himself as self - sufficient,
أما من استغنى
أَمَّا مَنِ ٱسْتَغْنَىٰ
To him do you address yourself.
To him dost thou attend;
فأنت له تصدى
فَأَنتَ لَهُۥ تَصَدَّىٰ
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
وَمَا عَلَيْكَ أَلَّا يَزَّكَّىٰ
And as to him who comes to you striving hard,
But as to him who came to thee striving earnestly,
وأما من جاءك يسعى
وَأَمَّا مَن جَآءَكَ يَسْعَىٰ
And he fears,
And with fear (in his heart),
وهو يخشى
وَهُوَ يَخْشَىٰ
From him will you divert yourself.
Of him wast thou unmindful.
فأنت عنه تلهى
فَأَنتَ عَنْهُ تَلَهَّىٰ
Nay! surely it is an admonishment.
By no means (should it be so)! For it is indeed a Message of instruction:
كلا إنها تذكرة
كَلَّآ إِنَّهَا تَذْكِرَةٌ
So let him who pleases mind it.
Therefore let whoso will, keep it in remembrance.
فمن شاء ذكره
فَمَن شَآءَ ذَكَرَهُۥ
In honored books,
(It is) in Books held (greatly) in honour,
في صحف مكرمة
فِى صُحُفٍ مُّكَرَّمَةٍ
Exalted, purified,
Exalted (in dignity), kept pure and holy,
مرفوعة مطهرة
مَّرْفُوعَةٍ مُّطَهَّرَةٍۭ
In the hands of scribes
(Written) by the hands of scribes -
بأيدي سفرة
بِأَيْدِى سَفَرَةٍ
Noble, virtuous.
Honourable and Pious and Just.
كرام بررة
كِرَامٍۭ بَرَرَةٍ
Cursed be man! how ungrateful is he!
Woe to man! What hath made him reject Allah;
قتل الإنسان ما أكفره
قُتِلَ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ مَآ أَكْفَرَهُۥ
Of what thing did He create him?
From what stuff hath He created him?
من أي شيء خلقه
مِنْ أَىِّ شَىْءٍ خَلَقَهُۥ
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
مِن نُّطْفَةٍ خَلَقَهُۥ فَقَدَّرَهُۥ
Then (as for) the way - - He has made it easy (for him)
Then doth He make His path smooth for him;
ثم السبيل يسره
ثُمَّ ٱلسَّبِيلَ يَسَّرَهُۥ
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
ثُمَّ أَمَاتَهُۥ فَأَقْبَرَهُۥ
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
ثُمَّ إِذَا شَآءَ أَنشَرَهُۥ
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
كَلَّا لَمَّا يَقْضِ مَآ أَمَرَهُۥ
Then let man look to his food,
Then let man look at his food, (and how We provide it):
فلينظر الإنسان إلى طعامه
فَلْيَنظُرِ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ إِلَىٰ طَعَامِهِۦٓ
That We pour down the water, pouring (it) down in abundance,
For that We pour forth water in abundance,
أنا صببنا الماء صبا
أَنَّا صَبَبْنَا ٱلْمَآءَ صَبًّا
Then We cleave the earth, cleaving (it) asunder,
And We split the earth in fragments,
ثم شققنا الأرض شقا
ثُمَّ شَقَقْنَا ٱلْأَرْضَ شَقًّا
Then We cause to grow therein the grain,
And produce therein corn,
فأنبتنا فيها حبا
فَأَنۢبَتْنَا فِيهَا حَبًّا
And grapes and clover,
And Grapes and nutritious plants,
وعنبا وقضبا
وَعِنَبًا وَقَضْبًا
And the olive and the palm,
And Olives and Dates,
وزيتونا ونخلا
وَزَيْتُونًا وَنَخْلًا
And thick gardens,
And enclosed Gardens, dense with lofty trees,
وحدائق غلبا
وَحَدَآئِقَ غُلْبًا
And fruits and herbage
And fruits and fodder, -
وفاكهة وأبا
وَفَٰكِهَةً وَأَبًّا
A provision for you and for your cattle.
For use and convenience to you and your cattle.
متاعا لكم ولأنعامكم
مَّتَٰعًا لَّكُمْ وَلِأَنْعَٰمِكُمْ
But when the deafening cry comes,
At length, when there comes the Deafening Noise, -
فإذا جاءت الصاخة
فَإِذَا جَآءَتِ ٱلصَّآخَّةُ
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
يَوْمَ يَفِرُّ ٱلْمَرْءُ مِنْ أَخِيهِ
And his mother and his father,
And from his mother and his father,
وأمه وأبيه
وَأُمِّهِۦ وَأَبِيهِ
And his spouse and his son - -
And from his wife and his children.
وصاحبته وبنيه
وَصَٰحِبَتِهِۦ وَبَنِيهِ
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
لِكُلِّ ٱمْرِئٍ مِّنْهُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ شَأْنٌ يُغْنِيهِ
(Many) faces on that day shall be bright,
Some faces that Day will be beaming,
وجوه يومئذ مسفرة
وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ مُّسْفِرَةٌ
Laughing, joyous.
Laughing, rejoicing.
ضاحكة مستبشرة
ضَاحِكَةٌ مُّسْتَبْشِرَةٌ
And (many) faces on that day, on them shall be dust,
And other faces that Day will be dust - stained,
ووجوه يومئذ عليها غبرة
وَوُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ عَلَيْهَا غَبَرَةٌ
Darkness shall cover them.
Blackness will cover them:
ترهقها قترة
تَرْهَقُهَا قَتَرَةٌ
These are they who are unbelievers, the wicked.
Such will be the Rejecters of Allah, the doers of iniquity.
أولئك هم الكفرة الفجرة
أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْكَفَرَةُ ٱلْفَجَرَةُ