Chapter 80, 42 verses
AAabasa watawalla
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. He frowned and turned away
He frowned and turned (his) back,
(The Prophet) frowned and turned away,
An jaahu alaAAma
Because the blind man came unto him.
Because there came to him the blind man.
Because there came to him the blind man (interrupting).
Wama yudreeka laAAallahu yazzakka
What could inform thee but that he might grow (in grace)
And what would make you know that he would purify himself,
But what could tell thee but that perchance he might grow (in spiritual understanding)? -
Aw yaththakkaru fatanfaAAahu alththikra
Or take heed and so the reminder might avail him ?
Or become reminded so that the reminder should profit him?
Or that he might receive admonition, and the teaching might profit him?
Amma mani istaghna
As for him who thinketh himself independent,
As for him who considers himself free from need (of you),
As to one who regards Himself as self - sufficient,
Faanta lahu tasadda
Unto him thou payest regard.
To him do you address yourself.
To him dost thou attend;
Wama AAalayka alla yazzakka
Yet it is not thy concern if he grow not (in grace).
And no blame is on you if he would not purify himself
Though it is no blame to thee if he grow not (in spiritual understanding).
Waamma man jaaka yasAAa
But as for him who cometh unto thee with earnest purpose
And as to him who comes to you striving hard,
But as to him who came to thee striving earnestly,
Wahuwa yakhsha
And hath fear,
And he fears,
And with fear (in his heart),
Faanta AAanhu talahha
From him thou art distracted.
From him will you divert yourself.
Of him wast thou unmindful.
Kalla innaha tathkiratun
Nay, but verily it is an Admonishment,
Nay! surely it is an admonishment.
By no means (should it be so)! For it is indeed a Message of instruction:
Faman shaa thakarahu
So let whosoever will pay heed to it,
So let him who pleases mind it.
Therefore let whoso will, keep it in remembrance.
Fee suhufin mukarramatin
On honoured leaves
In honored books,
(It is) in Books held (greatly) in honour,
MarfooAAatin mutahharatin
Exalted, purified,
Exalted, purified,
Exalted (in dignity), kept pure and holy,
Biaydee safaratin
(Set down) by scribes
In the hands of scribes
(Written) by the hands of scribes -
Kiramin bararatin
Noble and righteous.
Noble, virtuous.
Honourable and Pious and Just.
Qutila alinsanu ma akfarahu
Man is (self - )destroyed: how ungrateful!
Cursed be man! how ungrateful is he!
Woe to man! What hath made him reject Allah;
Min ayyi shayin khalaqahu
From what thing doth He create him ?
Of what thing did He create him?
From what stuff hath He created him?
Min nutfatin khalaqahu faqaddarahu
From a drop of seed. He createth him and proportioneth him,
Of a small seed; He created him, then He made him according to a measure,
From a sperm - drop: He hath created him, and then mouldeth him in due proportions;
Thumma alssabeela yassarahu
Then maketh the way easy for him,
Then (as for) the way - - He has made it easy (for him)
Then doth He make His path smooth for him;
Thumma amatahu faaqbarahu
Then causeth him to die, and burieth him;
Then He causes him to die, then assigns to him a grave,
Then He causeth him to die, and putteth him in his grave;
Thumma itha shaa ansharahu
Then, when He will, He bringeth him again to life.
Then when He pleases, He will raise him to life again.
Then, when it is His Will, He will raise him up (again).
Kalla lamma yaqdi ma amarahu
Nay, but (man) hath not done what He commanded him.
Nay; but he has not done what He bade him.
By no means hath he fulfilled what Allah hath commanded him.
Falyanthuri alinsanu ila taAAamihi
Let man consider his food:
Then let man look to his food,
Then let man look at his food, (and how We provide it):
Anna sababna almaa sabban
How We pour water in showers
That We pour down the water, pouring (it) down in abundance,
For that We pour forth water in abundance,
Thumma shaqaqna alarda shaqqan
Then split the earth in clefts
Then We cleave the earth, cleaving (it) asunder,
And We split the earth in fragments,
Faanbatna feeha habban
And cause the grain to grow therein
Then We cause to grow therein the grain,
And produce therein corn,
WaAAinaban waqadban
And grapes and green fodder
And grapes and clover,
And Grapes and nutritious plants,
Wazaytoonan wanakhlan
And olive - trees and palm - trees
And the olive and the palm,
And Olives and Dates,
Wahadaiqa ghulban
And garden - closes of thick foliage
And thick gardens,
And enclosed Gardens, dense with lofty trees,
Wafakihatan waabban
And fruits and grasses:
And fruits and herbage
And fruits and fodder, -
MataAAan lakum walianAAamikum
Provision for you and your cattle.
A provision for you and for your cattle.
For use and convenience to you and your cattle.
Faitha jaati alssakhkhatu
But when the Shout cometh
But when the deafening cry comes,
At length, when there comes the Deafening Noise, -
Yawma yafirru almaro min akheehi
On the day when a man fleeth from his brother
The day on which a man shall fly from his brother,
That Day shall a man flee from his own brother,
Waommihi waabeehi
And his mother and his father
And his mother and his father,
And from his mother and his father,
Wasahibatihi wabaneehi
And his wife and his children,
And his spouse and his son - -
And from 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).
Every man of them shall on that day have an affair which will occupy him.
Each one of them, that Day, will have enough concern (of his own) to make him indifferent to the others.
Wujoohun yawmaithin musfiratun
On that day faces will be bright as dawn,
(Many) faces on that day shall be bright,
Some faces that Day will be beaming,
Dahikatun mustabshiratun
Laughing, rejoicing at good news;
Laughing, joyous.
Laughing, rejoicing.
Wawujoohun yawmaithin AAalayha ghabaratun
And other faces, on that day, with dust upon them,
And (many) faces on that day, on them shall be dust,
And other faces that Day will be dust - stained,
Tarhaquha qataratun
Veiled in darkness,
Darkness shall cover them.
Blackness will cover them:
Olaika humu alkafaratu alfajaratu
Those are the disbelievers, the wicked.
These are they who are unbelievers, the wicked.
Such will be the Rejecters of Allah, the doers of iniquity.