Chapter 80, 42 verses
AAabasa watawalla
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم عبس وتولى
The Prophet frowned and turned away
(The Prophet) frowned and turned away,
An jaahu alaAAma
أن جاءه الأعمى
Because there came to him the blind man, [interrupting].
Because there came to him the blind man (interrupting).
Wama yudreeka laAAallahu yazzakka
وما يدريك لعله يزكى
But what would make you perceive, [O Muhammad], that perhaps he might be purified
But what could tell thee but that perchance he might grow (in spiritual understanding)? -
Aw yaththakkaru fatanfaAAahu alththikra
أو يذكر فتنفعه الذكرى
Or be reminded and the remembrance would benefit him?
Or that he might receive admonition, and the teaching might profit him?
Amma mani istaghna
أما من استغنى
As for he who thinks himself without need,
As to one who regards Himself as self - sufficient,
Faanta lahu tasadda
فأنت له تصدى
To him you give attention.
To him dost thou attend;
Wama AAalayka alla yazzakka
وما عليك ألا يزكى
And not upon you [is any blame] if he will not be purified.
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 he who came to you striving [for knowledge]
But as to him who came to thee striving earnestly,
Wahuwa yakhsha
وهو يخشى
While he fears [Allah],
And with fear (in his heart),
Faanta AAanhu talahha
فأنت عنه تلهى
From him you are distracted.
Of him wast thou unmindful.
Kalla innaha tathkiratun
كلا إنها تذكرة
No! Indeed, these verses are a reminder;
By no means (should it be so)! For it is indeed a Message of instruction:
Faman shaa thakarahu
فمن شاء ذكره
So whoever wills may remember it.
Therefore let whoso will, keep it in remembrance.
Fee suhufin mukarramatin
في صحف مكرمة
[It is recorded] in honored sheets,
(It is) in Books held (greatly) in honour,
MarfooAAatin mutahharatin
مرفوعة مطهرة
Exalted and purified,
Exalted (in dignity), kept pure and holy,
Biaydee safaratin
بأيدي سفرة
[Carried] by the hands of messenger - angels,
(Written) by the hands of scribes -
Kiramin bararatin
كرام بررة
Noble and dutiful.
Honourable and Pious and Just.
Qutila alinsanu ma akfarahu
قتل الإنسان ما أكفره
Cursed is man; how disbelieving is he.
Woe to man! What hath made him reject Allah;
Min ayyi shayin khalaqahu
من أي شيء خلقه
From what substance did He create him?
From what stuff hath He created him?
Min nutfatin khalaqahu faqaddarahu
من نطفة خلقه فقدره
From a sperm - drop He created him and destined for him;
From a sperm - drop: He hath created him, and then mouldeth him in due proportions;
Thumma alssabeela yassarahu
ثم السبيل يسره
Then He eased the way for him;
Then doth He make His path smooth for him;
Thumma amatahu faaqbarahu
ثم أماته فأقبره
Then He causes his death and provides a grave for him.
Then He causeth him to die, and putteth him in his grave;
Thumma itha shaa ansharahu
ثم إذا شاء أنشره
Then when He wills, He will resurrect him.
Then, when it is His Will, He will raise him up (again).
Kalla lamma yaqdi ma amarahu
كلا لما يقض ما أمره
No! Man has not yet accomplished what He commanded him.
By no means hath he fulfilled what Allah hath commanded him.
Falyanthuri alinsanu ila taAAamihi
فلينظر الإنسان إلى طعامه
Then let mankind look at his food -
Then let man look at his food, (and how We provide it):
Anna sababna almaa sabban
أنا صببنا الماء صبا
How We poured down water in torrents,
For that We pour forth water in abundance,
Thumma shaqaqna alarda shaqqan
ثم شققنا الأرض شقا
Then We broke open the earth, splitting [it with sprouts],
And We split the earth in fragments,
Faanbatna feeha habban
فأنبتنا فيها حبا
And caused to grow within it grain
And produce therein corn,
WaAAinaban waqadban
وعنبا وقضبا
And grapes and herbage
And Grapes and nutritious plants,
Wazaytoonan wanakhlan
وزيتونا ونخلا
And olive and palm trees
And Olives and Dates,
Wahadaiqa ghulban
وحدائق غلبا
And gardens of dense shrubbery
And enclosed Gardens, dense with lofty trees,
Wafakihatan waabban
وفاكهة وأبا
And fruit and grass -
And fruits and fodder, -
MataAAan lakum walianAAamikum
متاعا لكم ولأنعامكم
[As] enjoyment for you and your grazing livestock.
For use and convenience to you and your cattle.
Faitha jaati alssakhkhatu
فإذا جاءت الصاخة
But when there comes the Deafening Blast
At length, when there comes the Deafening Noise, -
Yawma yafirru almaro min akheehi
يوم يفر المرء من أخيه
On the Day a man will flee 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
For every man, that Day, will be a matter adequate for him.
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
[Some] faces, that Day, will be bright -
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, that Day, will have upon them dust.
And other faces that Day will be dust - stained,
Tarhaquha qataratun
ترهقها قترة
Blackness will cover them.
Blackness will cover them:
Olaika humu alkafaratu alfajaratu
أولئك هم الكفرة الفجرة
Those are the disbelievers, the wicked ones.
Such will be the Rejecters of Allah, the doers of iniquity.