Chapter 80, 42 verses
AAabasa watawalla
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم عبس وتولى
(The Prophet) frowned and turned away,
An jaahu alaAAma
أن جاءه الأعمى
Because there came to him the blind man (interrupting).
Wama yudreeka laAAallahu yazzakka
وما يدريك لعله يزكى
But what could tell thee but that perchance he might grow (in spiritual understanding)? -
Aw yaththakkaru fatanfaAAahu alththikra
أو يذكر فتنفعه الذكرى
Or that he might receive admonition, and the teaching might profit him?
Amma mani istaghna
أما من استغنى
As to one who regards Himself as self - sufficient,
Faanta lahu tasadda
فأنت له تصدى
To him dost thou attend;
Wama AAalayka alla yazzakka
وما عليك ألا يزكى
Though it is no blame to thee if he grow not (in spiritual understanding).
Waamma man jaaka yasAAa
وأما من جاءك يسعى
But as to him who came to thee striving earnestly,
Wahuwa yakhsha
وهو يخشى
And with fear (in his heart),
Faanta AAanhu talahha
فأنت عنه تلهى
Of him wast thou unmindful.
Kalla innaha tathkiratun
كلا إنها تذكرة
By no means (should it be so)! For it is indeed a Message of instruction:
Faman shaa thakarahu
فمن شاء ذكره
Therefore let whoso will, keep it in remembrance.
Fee suhufin mukarramatin
في صحف مكرمة
(It is) in Books held (greatly) in honour,
MarfooAAatin mutahharatin
مرفوعة مطهرة
Exalted (in dignity), kept pure and holy,
Biaydee safaratin
بأيدي سفرة
(Written) by the hands of scribes -
Kiramin bararatin
كرام بررة
Honourable and Pious and Just.
Qutila alinsanu ma akfarahu
قتل الإنسان ما أكفره
Woe to man! What hath made him reject Allah;
Min ayyi shayin khalaqahu
من أي شيء خلقه
From what stuff hath He created him?
Min nutfatin khalaqahu faqaddarahu
من نطفة خلقه فقدره
From a sperm - drop: He hath created him, and then mouldeth him in due proportions;
Thumma alssabeela yassarahu
ثم السبيل يسره
Then doth He make His path smooth for him;
Thumma amatahu faaqbarahu
ثم أماته فأقبره
Then He causeth him to die, and putteth him in his grave;
Thumma itha shaa ansharahu
ثم إذا شاء أنشره
Then, when it is His Will, He will raise him up (again).
Kalla lamma yaqdi ma amarahu
كلا لما يقض ما أمره
By no means hath he fulfilled what Allah hath commanded him.
Falyanthuri alinsanu ila taAAamihi
فلينظر الإنسان إلى طعامه
Then let man look at his food, (and how We provide it):
Anna sababna almaa sabban
أنا صببنا الماء صبا
For that We pour forth water in abundance,
Thumma shaqaqna alarda shaqqan
ثم شققنا الأرض شقا
And We split the earth in fragments,
Faanbatna feeha habban
فأنبتنا فيها حبا
And produce therein corn,
WaAAinaban waqadban
وعنبا وقضبا
And Grapes and nutritious plants,
Wazaytoonan wanakhlan
وزيتونا ونخلا
And Olives and Dates,
Wahadaiqa ghulban
وحدائق غلبا
And enclosed Gardens, dense with lofty trees,
Wafakihatan waabban
وفاكهة وأبا
And fruits and fodder, -
MataAAan lakum walianAAamikum
متاعا لكم ولأنعامكم
For use and convenience to you and your cattle.
Faitha jaati alssakhkhatu
فإذا جاءت الصاخة
At length, when there comes the Deafening Noise, -
Yawma yafirru almaro min akheehi
يوم يفر المرء من أخيه
That Day shall a man flee from his own brother,
Waommihi waabeehi
وأمه وأبيه
And from his mother and his father,
Wasahibatihi wabaneehi
وصاحبته وبنيه
And from 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.
Wujoohun yawmaithin musfiratun
وجوه يومئذ مسفرة
Some faces that Day will be beaming,
Dahikatun mustabshiratun
ضاحكة مستبشرة
Laughing, rejoicing.
Wawujoohun yawmaithin AAalayha ghabaratun
ووجوه يومئذ عليها غبرة
And other faces that Day will be dust - stained,
Tarhaquha qataratun
ترهقها قترة
Blackness will cover them:
Olaika humu alkafaratu alfajaratu
أولئك هم الكفرة الفجرة
Such will be the Rejecters of Allah, the doers of iniquity.