Chapter 80, 42 verses
AAabasa watawalla
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم عبس وتولى
He frowned and turned (his) back,
The Prophet frowned and turned away
An jaahu alaAAma
أن جاءه الأعمى
Because there came to him the blind man.
Because there came to him the blind man, [interrupting].
Wama yudreeka laAAallahu yazzakka
وما يدريك لعله يزكى
And what would make you know that he would purify himself,
But what would make you perceive, [O Muhammad], that perhaps he might be purified
Aw yaththakkaru fatanfaAAahu alththikra
أو يذكر فتنفعه الذكرى
Or become reminded so that the reminder should profit him?
Or be reminded and the remembrance would benefit him?
Amma mani istaghna
أما من استغنى
As for him who considers himself free from need (of you),
As for he who thinks himself without need,
Faanta lahu tasadda
فأنت له تصدى
To him do you address yourself.
To him you give attention.
Wama AAalayka alla yazzakka
وما عليك ألا يزكى
And no blame is on you if he would not purify himself
And not upon you [is any blame] if he will not be purified.
Waamma man jaaka yasAAa
وأما من جاءك يسعى
And as to him who comes to you striving hard,
But as for he who came to you striving [for knowledge]
Wahuwa yakhsha
وهو يخشى
And he fears,
While he fears [Allah],
Faanta AAanhu talahha
فأنت عنه تلهى
From him will you divert yourself.
From him you are distracted.
Kalla innaha tathkiratun
كلا إنها تذكرة
Nay! surely it is an admonishment.
No! Indeed, these verses are a reminder;
Faman shaa thakarahu
فمن شاء ذكره
So let him who pleases mind it.
So whoever wills may remember it.
Fee suhufin mukarramatin
في صحف مكرمة
In honored books,
[It is recorded] in honored sheets,
MarfooAAatin mutahharatin
مرفوعة مطهرة
Exalted, purified,
Exalted and purified,
Biaydee safaratin
بأيدي سفرة
In the hands of scribes
[Carried] by the hands of messenger - angels,
Kiramin bararatin
كرام بررة
Noble, virtuous.
Noble and dutiful.
Qutila alinsanu ma akfarahu
قتل الإنسان ما أكفره
Cursed be man! how ungrateful is he!
Cursed is man; how disbelieving is he.
Min ayyi shayin khalaqahu
من أي شيء خلقه
Of what thing did He create him?
From what substance did He create him?
Min nutfatin khalaqahu faqaddarahu
من نطفة خلقه فقدره
Of a small seed; He created him, then He made him according to a measure,
From a sperm - drop He created him and destined for him;
Thumma alssabeela yassarahu
ثم السبيل يسره
Then (as for) the way - - He has made it easy (for him)
Then He eased the way for him;
Thumma amatahu faaqbarahu
ثم أماته فأقبره
Then He causes him to die, then assigns to him a grave,
Then He causes his death and provides a grave for him.
Thumma itha shaa ansharahu
ثم إذا شاء أنشره
Then when He pleases, He will raise him to life again.
Then when He wills, He will resurrect him.
Kalla lamma yaqdi ma amarahu
كلا لما يقض ما أمره
Nay; but he has not done what He bade him.
No! Man has not yet accomplished what He commanded him.
Falyanthuri alinsanu ila taAAamihi
فلينظر الإنسان إلى طعامه
Then let man look to his food,
Then let mankind look at his food -
Anna sababna almaa sabban
أنا صببنا الماء صبا
That We pour down the water, pouring (it) down in abundance,
How We poured down water in torrents,
Thumma shaqaqna alarda shaqqan
ثم شققنا الأرض شقا
Then We cleave the earth, cleaving (it) asunder,
Then We broke open the earth, splitting [it with sprouts],
Faanbatna feeha habban
فأنبتنا فيها حبا
Then We cause to grow therein the grain,
And caused to grow within it grain
WaAAinaban waqadban
وعنبا وقضبا
And grapes and clover,
And grapes and herbage
Wazaytoonan wanakhlan
وزيتونا ونخلا
And the olive and the palm,
And olive and palm trees
Wahadaiqa ghulban
وحدائق غلبا
And thick gardens,
And gardens of dense shrubbery
Wafakihatan waabban
وفاكهة وأبا
And fruits and herbage
And fruit and grass -
MataAAan lakum walianAAamikum
متاعا لكم ولأنعامكم
A provision for you and for your cattle.
[As] enjoyment for you and your grazing livestock.
Faitha jaati alssakhkhatu
فإذا جاءت الصاخة
But when the deafening cry comes,
But when there comes the Deafening Blast
Yawma yafirru almaro min akheehi
يوم يفر المرء من أخيه
The day on which a man shall fly from his brother,
On the Day a man will flee from his brother
Waommihi waabeehi
وأمه وأبيه
And his mother and his father,
And his mother and his father
Wasahibatihi wabaneehi
وصاحبته وبنيه
And his spouse and his son - -
And his wife and his children,
Likulli imriin minhum yawmaithin shanun yughneehi
لكل امرئ منهم يومئذ شأن يغنيه
Every man of them shall on that day have an affair which will occupy him.
For every man, that Day, will be a matter adequate for him.
Wujoohun yawmaithin musfiratun
وجوه يومئذ مسفرة
(Many) faces on that day shall be bright,
[Some] faces, that Day, will be bright -
Dahikatun mustabshiratun
ضاحكة مستبشرة
Laughing, joyous.
Laughing, rejoicing at good news.
Wawujoohun yawmaithin AAalayha ghabaratun
ووجوه يومئذ عليها غبرة
And (many) faces on that day, on them shall be dust,
And [other] faces, that Day, will have upon them dust.
Tarhaquha qataratun
ترهقها قترة
Darkness shall cover them.
Blackness will cover them.
Olaika humu alkafaratu alfajaratu
أولئك هم الكفرة الفجرة
These are they who are unbelievers, the wicked.
Those are the disbelievers, the wicked ones.