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