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
An jaahu alaAAma
أن جاءه الأعمى
Because the blind man came unto him.
Wama yudreeka laAAallahu yazzakka
وما يدريك لعله يزكى
What could inform thee but that he might grow (in grace)
Aw yaththakkaru fatanfaAAahu alththikra
أو يذكر فتنفعه الذكرى
Or take heed and so the reminder might avail him ?
Amma mani istaghna
أما من استغنى
As for him who thinketh himself independent,
Faanta lahu tasadda
فأنت له تصدى
Unto him thou payest regard.
Wama AAalayka alla yazzakka
وما عليك ألا يزكى
Yet it is not thy concern if he grow not (in grace).
Waamma man jaaka yasAAa
وأما من جاءك يسعى
But as for him who cometh unto thee with earnest purpose
Wahuwa yakhsha
وهو يخشى
And hath fear,
Faanta AAanhu talahha
فأنت عنه تلهى
From him thou art distracted.
Kalla innaha tathkiratun
كلا إنها تذكرة
Nay, but verily it is an Admonishment,
Faman shaa thakarahu
فمن شاء ذكره
So let whosoever will pay heed to it,
Fee suhufin mukarramatin
في صحف مكرمة
On honoured leaves
MarfooAAatin mutahharatin
مرفوعة مطهرة
Exalted, purified,
Biaydee safaratin
بأيدي سفرة
(Set down) by scribes
Kiramin bararatin
كرام بررة
Noble and righteous.
Qutila alinsanu ma akfarahu
قتل الإنسان ما أكفره
Man is (self - )destroyed: how ungrateful!
Min ayyi shayin khalaqahu
من أي شيء خلقه
From what thing doth He create him ?
Min nutfatin khalaqahu faqaddarahu
من نطفة خلقه فقدره
From a drop of seed. He createth him and proportioneth him,
Thumma alssabeela yassarahu
ثم السبيل يسره
Then maketh the way easy for him,
Thumma amatahu faaqbarahu
ثم أماته فأقبره
Then causeth him to die, and burieth him;
Thumma itha shaa ansharahu
ثم إذا شاء أنشره
Then, when He will, He bringeth him again to life.
Kalla lamma yaqdi ma amarahu
كلا لما يقض ما أمره
Nay, but (man) hath not done what He commanded him.
Falyanthuri alinsanu ila taAAamihi
فلينظر الإنسان إلى طعامه
Let man consider his food:
Anna sababna almaa sabban
أنا صببنا الماء صبا
How We pour water in showers
Thumma shaqaqna alarda shaqqan
ثم شققنا الأرض شقا
Then split the earth in clefts
Faanbatna feeha habban
فأنبتنا فيها حبا
And cause the grain to grow therein
WaAAinaban waqadban
وعنبا وقضبا
And grapes and green fodder
Wazaytoonan wanakhlan
وزيتونا ونخلا
And olive - trees and palm - trees
Wahadaiqa ghulban
وحدائق غلبا
And garden - closes of thick foliage
Wafakihatan waabban
وفاكهة وأبا
And fruits and grasses:
MataAAan lakum walianAAamikum
متاعا لكم ولأنعامكم
Provision for you and your cattle.
Faitha jaati alssakhkhatu
فإذا جاءت الصاخة
But when the Shout cometh
Yawma yafirru almaro min akheehi
يوم يفر المرء من أخيه
On the day when a man fleeth from his brother
Waommihi waabeehi
وأمه وأبيه
And his mother and his father
Wasahibatihi wabaneehi
وصاحبته وبنيه
And 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).
Wujoohun yawmaithin musfiratun
وجوه يومئذ مسفرة
On that day faces will be bright as dawn,
Dahikatun mustabshiratun
ضاحكة مستبشرة
Laughing, rejoicing at good news;
Wawujoohun yawmaithin AAalayha ghabaratun
ووجوه يومئذ عليها غبرة
And other faces, on that day, with dust upon them,
Tarhaquha qataratun
ترهقها قترة
Veiled in darkness,
Olaika humu alkafaratu alfajaratu
أولئك هم الكفرة الفجرة
Those are the disbelievers, the wicked.