Chapter 80, 42 verses
AAabasa watawalla
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم عبس وتولى
The Prophet frowned and turned away
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. He frowned and turned away
An jaahu alaAAma
أن جاءه الأعمى
Because there came to him the blind man, [interrupting].
Because the blind man came unto him.
Wama yudreeka laAAallahu yazzakka
وما يدريك لعله يزكى
But what would make you perceive, [O Muhammad], that perhaps he might be purified
What could inform thee but that he might grow (in grace)
Aw yaththakkaru fatanfaAAahu alththikra
أو يذكر فتنفعه الذكرى
Or be reminded and the remembrance would benefit him?
Or take heed and so the reminder might avail him ?
Amma mani istaghna
أما من استغنى
As for he who thinks himself without need,
As for him who thinketh himself independent,
Faanta lahu tasadda
فأنت له تصدى
To him you give attention.
Unto him thou payest regard.
Wama AAalayka alla yazzakka
وما عليك ألا يزكى
And not upon you [is any blame] if he will not be purified.
Yet it is not thy concern if he grow not (in grace).
Waamma man jaaka yasAAa
وأما من جاءك يسعى
But as for he who came to you striving [for knowledge]
But as for him who cometh unto thee with earnest purpose
Wahuwa yakhsha
وهو يخشى
While he fears [Allah],
And hath fear,
Faanta AAanhu talahha
فأنت عنه تلهى
From him you are distracted.
From him thou art distracted.
Kalla innaha tathkiratun
كلا إنها تذكرة
No! Indeed, these verses are a reminder;
Nay, but verily it is an Admonishment,
Faman shaa thakarahu
فمن شاء ذكره
So whoever wills may remember it.
So let whosoever will pay heed to it,
Fee suhufin mukarramatin
في صحف مكرمة
[It is recorded] in honored sheets,
On honoured leaves
MarfooAAatin mutahharatin
مرفوعة مطهرة
Exalted and purified,
Exalted, purified,
Biaydee safaratin
بأيدي سفرة
[Carried] by the hands of messenger - angels,
(Set down) by scribes
Kiramin bararatin
كرام بررة
Noble and dutiful.
Noble and righteous.
Qutila alinsanu ma akfarahu
قتل الإنسان ما أكفره
Cursed is man; how disbelieving is he.
Man is (self - )destroyed: how ungrateful!
Min ayyi shayin khalaqahu
من أي شيء خلقه
From what substance did He create him?
From what thing doth He create him ?
Min nutfatin khalaqahu faqaddarahu
من نطفة خلقه فقدره
From a sperm - drop He created him and destined for him;
From a drop of seed. He createth him and proportioneth him,
Thumma alssabeela yassarahu
ثم السبيل يسره
Then He eased the way for him;
Then maketh the way easy for him,
Thumma amatahu faaqbarahu
ثم أماته فأقبره
Then He causes his death and provides a grave for him.
Then causeth him to die, and burieth him;
Thumma itha shaa ansharahu
ثم إذا شاء أنشره
Then when He wills, He will resurrect him.
Then, when He will, He bringeth him again to life.
Kalla lamma yaqdi ma amarahu
كلا لما يقض ما أمره
No! Man has not yet accomplished what He commanded him.
Nay, but (man) hath not done what He commanded him.
Falyanthuri alinsanu ila taAAamihi
فلينظر الإنسان إلى طعامه
Then let mankind look at his food -
Let man consider his food:
Anna sababna almaa sabban
أنا صببنا الماء صبا
How We poured down water in torrents,
How We pour water in showers
Thumma shaqaqna alarda shaqqan
ثم شققنا الأرض شقا
Then We broke open the earth, splitting [it with sprouts],
Then split the earth in clefts
Faanbatna feeha habban
فأنبتنا فيها حبا
And caused to grow within it grain
And cause the grain to grow therein
WaAAinaban waqadban
وعنبا وقضبا
And grapes and herbage
And grapes and green fodder
Wazaytoonan wanakhlan
وزيتونا ونخلا
And olive and palm trees
And olive - trees and palm - trees
Wahadaiqa ghulban
وحدائق غلبا
And gardens of dense shrubbery
And garden - closes of thick foliage
Wafakihatan waabban
وفاكهة وأبا
And fruit and grass -
And fruits and grasses:
MataAAan lakum walianAAamikum
متاعا لكم ولأنعامكم
[As] enjoyment for you and your grazing livestock.
Provision for you and your cattle.
Faitha jaati alssakhkhatu
فإذا جاءت الصاخة
But when there comes the Deafening Blast
But when the Shout cometh
Yawma yafirru almaro min akheehi
يوم يفر المرء من أخيه
On the Day a man will flee from his brother
On the day when a man fleeth 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 wife and his children,
And his wife and his children,
Likulli imriin minhum yawmaithin shanun yughneehi
لكل امرئ منهم يومئذ شأن يغنيه
For every man, that Day, will be a matter adequate for him.
Every man that day will have concern enough to make him heedless (of others).
Wujoohun yawmaithin musfiratun
وجوه يومئذ مسفرة
[Some] faces, that Day, will be bright -
On that day faces will be bright as dawn,
Dahikatun mustabshiratun
ضاحكة مستبشرة
Laughing, rejoicing at good news.
Laughing, rejoicing at good news;
Wawujoohun yawmaithin AAalayha ghabaratun
ووجوه يومئذ عليها غبرة
And [other] faces, that Day, will have upon them dust.
And other faces, on that day, with dust upon them,
Tarhaquha qataratun
ترهقها قترة
Blackness will cover them.
Veiled in darkness,
Olaika humu alkafaratu alfajaratu
أولئك هم الكفرة الفجرة
Those are the disbelievers, the wicked ones.
Those are the disbelievers, the wicked.