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