Chapter 80, 42 verses
AAabasa watawalla
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم عبس وتولى
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. He frowned and turned away
(The Prophet) frowned and turned away,
An jaahu alaAAma
أن جاءه الأعمى
Because the blind man came unto him.
Because there came to him the blind man (interrupting).
Wama yudreeka laAAallahu yazzakka
وما يدريك لعله يزكى
What could inform thee but that he might grow (in grace)
But what could tell thee but that perchance he might grow (in spiritual understanding)? -
Aw yaththakkaru fatanfaAAahu alththikra
أو يذكر فتنفعه الذكرى
Or take heed and so the reminder might avail him ?
Or that he might receive admonition, and the teaching might profit him?
Amma mani istaghna
أما من استغنى
As for him who thinketh himself independent,
As to one who regards Himself as self - sufficient,
Faanta lahu tasadda
فأنت له تصدى
Unto him thou payest regard.
To him dost thou attend;
Wama AAalayka alla yazzakka
وما عليك ألا يزكى
Yet it is not thy concern if he grow not (in grace).
Though it is no blame to thee if he grow not (in spiritual understanding).
Waamma man jaaka yasAAa
وأما من جاءك يسعى
But as for him who cometh unto thee with earnest purpose
But as to him who came to thee striving earnestly,
Wahuwa yakhsha
وهو يخشى
And hath fear,
And with fear (in his heart),
Faanta AAanhu talahha
فأنت عنه تلهى
From him thou art distracted.
Of him wast thou unmindful.
Kalla innaha tathkiratun
كلا إنها تذكرة
Nay, but verily it is an Admonishment,
By no means (should it be so)! For it is indeed a Message of instruction:
Faman shaa thakarahu
فمن شاء ذكره
So let whosoever will pay heed to it,
Therefore let whoso will, keep it in remembrance.
Fee suhufin mukarramatin
في صحف مكرمة
On honoured leaves
(It is) in Books held (greatly) in honour,
MarfooAAatin mutahharatin
مرفوعة مطهرة
Exalted, purified,
Exalted (in dignity), kept pure and holy,
Biaydee safaratin
بأيدي سفرة
(Set down) by scribes
(Written) by the hands of scribes -
Kiramin bararatin
كرام بررة
Noble and righteous.
Honourable and Pious and Just.
Qutila alinsanu ma akfarahu
قتل الإنسان ما أكفره
Man is (self - )destroyed: how ungrateful!
Woe to man! What hath made him reject Allah;
Min ayyi shayin khalaqahu
من أي شيء خلقه
From what thing doth He create him ?
From what stuff hath He created him?
Min nutfatin khalaqahu faqaddarahu
من نطفة خلقه فقدره
From a drop of seed. He createth him and proportioneth him,
From a sperm - drop: He hath created him, and then mouldeth him in due proportions;
Thumma alssabeela yassarahu
ثم السبيل يسره
Then maketh the way easy for him,
Then doth He make His path smooth for him;
Thumma amatahu faaqbarahu
ثم أماته فأقبره
Then causeth him to die, and burieth him;
Then He causeth him to die, and putteth him in his grave;
Thumma itha shaa ansharahu
ثم إذا شاء أنشره
Then, when He will, He bringeth him again to life.
Then, when it is His Will, He will raise him up (again).
Kalla lamma yaqdi ma amarahu
كلا لما يقض ما أمره
Nay, but (man) hath not done what He commanded him.
By no means hath he fulfilled what Allah hath commanded him.
Falyanthuri alinsanu ila taAAamihi
فلينظر الإنسان إلى طعامه
Let man consider his food:
Then let man look at his food, (and how We provide it):
Anna sababna almaa sabban
أنا صببنا الماء صبا
How We pour water in showers
For that We pour forth water in abundance,
Thumma shaqaqna alarda shaqqan
ثم شققنا الأرض شقا
Then split the earth in clefts
And We split the earth in fragments,
Faanbatna feeha habban
فأنبتنا فيها حبا
And cause the grain to grow therein
And produce therein corn,
WaAAinaban waqadban
وعنبا وقضبا
And grapes and green fodder
And Grapes and nutritious plants,
Wazaytoonan wanakhlan
وزيتونا ونخلا
And olive - trees and palm - trees
And Olives and Dates,
Wahadaiqa ghulban
وحدائق غلبا
And garden - closes of thick foliage
And enclosed Gardens, dense with lofty trees,
Wafakihatan waabban
وفاكهة وأبا
And fruits and grasses:
And fruits and fodder, -
MataAAan lakum walianAAamikum
متاعا لكم ولأنعامكم
Provision for you and your cattle.
For use and convenience to you and your cattle.
Faitha jaati alssakhkhatu
فإذا جاءت الصاخة
But when the Shout cometh
At length, when there comes the Deafening Noise, -
Yawma yafirru almaro min akheehi
يوم يفر المرء من أخيه
On the day when a man fleeth from his brother
That Day shall a man flee from his own brother,
Waommihi waabeehi
وأمه وأبيه
And his mother and his father
And from his mother and his father,
Wasahibatihi wabaneehi
وصاحبته وبنيه
And his wife and his children,
And from his wife and his children.
Likulli imriin minhum yawmaithin shanun yughneehi
لكل امرئ منهم يومئذ شأن يغنيه
Every man that day will have concern enough to make him heedless (of others).
Each one of them, that Day, will have enough concern (of his own) to make him indifferent to the others.
Wujoohun yawmaithin musfiratun
وجوه يومئذ مسفرة
On that day faces will be bright as dawn,
Some faces that Day will be beaming,
Dahikatun mustabshiratun
ضاحكة مستبشرة
Laughing, rejoicing at good news;
Laughing, rejoicing.
Wawujoohun yawmaithin AAalayha ghabaratun
ووجوه يومئذ عليها غبرة
And other faces, on that day, with dust upon them,
And other faces that Day will be dust - stained,
Tarhaquha qataratun
ترهقها قترة
Veiled in darkness,
Blackness will cover them:
Olaika humu alkafaratu alfajaratu
أولئك هم الكفرة الفجرة
Those are the disbelievers, the wicked.
Such will be the Rejecters of Allah, the doers of iniquity.