Chapter 80, 42 verses
AAabasa watawalla
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. He frowned and turned away
(The Prophet) frowned and turned away,
عَبَسَ وَتَوَلَّىٰٓ
An jaahu alaAAma
Because the blind man came unto him.
Because there came to him the blind man (interrupting).
أَن جَآءَهُ ٱلْأَعْمَىٰ
Wama yudreeka laAAallahu yazzakka
What could inform thee but that he might grow (in grace)
But what could tell thee but that perchance he might grow (in spiritual understanding)? -
وَمَا يُدْرِيكَ لَعَلَّهُۥ يَزَّكَّىٰٓ
Aw yaththakkaru fatanfaAAahu alththikra
Or take heed and so the reminder might avail him ?
Or that he might receive admonition, and the teaching might profit him?
أَوْ يَذَّكَّرُ فَتَنفَعَهُ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰٓ
Amma mani istaghna
As for him who thinketh himself independent,
As to one who regards Himself as self - sufficient,
أَمَّا مَنِ ٱسْتَغْنَىٰ
Faanta lahu tasadda
Unto him thou payest regard.
To him dost thou attend;
فَأَنتَ لَهُۥ تَصَدَّىٰ
Wama AAalayka alla yazzakka
Yet it is not thy concern if he grow not (in grace).
Though it is no blame to thee if he grow not (in spiritual understanding).
وَمَا عَلَيْكَ أَلَّا يَزَّكَّىٰ
Waamma man jaaka yasAAa
But as for him who cometh unto thee with earnest purpose
But as to him who came to thee striving earnestly,
وَأَمَّا مَن جَآءَكَ يَسْعَىٰ
Wahuwa yakhsha
And hath fear,
And with fear (in his heart),
وَهُوَ يَخْشَىٰ
Faanta AAanhu talahha
From him thou art distracted.
Of him wast thou unmindful.
فَأَنتَ عَنْهُ تَلَهَّىٰ
Kalla innaha tathkiratun
Nay, but verily it is an Admonishment,
By no means (should it be so)! For it is indeed a Message of instruction:
كَلَّآ إِنَّهَا تَذْكِرَةٌ
Faman shaa thakarahu
So let whosoever will pay heed to it,
Therefore let whoso will, keep it in remembrance.
فَمَن شَآءَ ذَكَرَهُۥ
Fee suhufin mukarramatin
On honoured leaves
(It is) in Books held (greatly) in honour,
فِى صُحُفٍ مُّكَرَّمَةٍ
MarfooAAatin mutahharatin
Exalted, purified,
Exalted (in dignity), kept pure and holy,
مَّرْفُوعَةٍ مُّطَهَّرَةٍۭ
Biaydee safaratin
(Set down) by scribes
(Written) by the hands of scribes -
بِأَيْدِى سَفَرَةٍ
Kiramin bararatin
Noble and righteous.
Honourable and Pious and Just.
كِرَامٍۭ بَرَرَةٍ
Qutila alinsanu ma akfarahu
Man is (self - )destroyed: how ungrateful!
Woe to man! What hath made him reject Allah;
قُتِلَ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ مَآ أَكْفَرَهُۥ
Min ayyi shayin khalaqahu
From what thing doth He create him ?
From what stuff hath He created him?
مِنْ أَىِّ شَىْءٍ خَلَقَهُۥ
Min nutfatin khalaqahu faqaddarahu
From a drop of seed. He createth him and proportioneth him,
From a sperm - drop: He hath created him, and then mouldeth him in due proportions;
مِن نُّطْفَةٍ خَلَقَهُۥ فَقَدَّرَهُۥ
Thumma alssabeela yassarahu
Then maketh the way easy for him,
Then doth He make His path smooth for him;
ثُمَّ ٱلسَّبِيلَ يَسَّرَهُۥ
Thumma amatahu faaqbarahu
Then causeth him to die, and burieth him;
Then He causeth him to die, and putteth him in his grave;
ثُمَّ أَمَاتَهُۥ فَأَقْبَرَهُۥ
Thumma itha shaa ansharahu
Then, when He will, He bringeth him again to life.
Then, when it is His Will, He will raise him up (again).
ثُمَّ إِذَا شَآءَ أَنشَرَهُۥ
Kalla lamma yaqdi ma amarahu
Nay, but (man) hath not done what He commanded him.
By no means hath he fulfilled what Allah hath commanded him.
كَلَّا لَمَّا يَقْضِ مَآ أَمَرَهُۥ
Falyanthuri alinsanu ila taAAamihi
Let man consider his food:
Then let man look at his food, (and how We provide it):
فَلْيَنظُرِ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ إِلَىٰ طَعَامِهِۦٓ
Anna sababna almaa sabban
How We pour water in showers
For that We pour forth water in abundance,
أَنَّا صَبَبْنَا ٱلْمَآءَ صَبًّا
Thumma shaqaqna alarda shaqqan
Then split the earth in clefts
And We split the earth in fragments,
ثُمَّ شَقَقْنَا ٱلْأَرْضَ شَقًّا
Faanbatna feeha habban
And cause the grain to grow therein
And produce therein corn,
فَأَنۢبَتْنَا فِيهَا حَبًّا
WaAAinaban waqadban
And grapes and green fodder
And Grapes and nutritious plants,
وَعِنَبًا وَقَضْبًا
Wazaytoonan wanakhlan
And olive - trees and palm - trees
And Olives and Dates,
وَزَيْتُونًا وَنَخْلًا
Wahadaiqa ghulban
And garden - closes of thick foliage
And enclosed Gardens, dense with lofty trees,
وَحَدَآئِقَ غُلْبًا
Wafakihatan waabban
And fruits and grasses:
And fruits and fodder, -
وَفَٰكِهَةً وَأَبًّا
MataAAan lakum walianAAamikum
Provision for you and your cattle.
For use and convenience to you and your cattle.
مَّتَٰعًا لَّكُمْ وَلِأَنْعَٰمِكُمْ
Faitha jaati alssakhkhatu
But when the Shout cometh
At length, when there comes the Deafening Noise, -
فَإِذَا جَآءَتِ ٱلصَّآخَّةُ
Yawma yafirru almaro min akheehi
On the day when a man fleeth from his brother
That Day shall a man flee from his own brother,
يَوْمَ يَفِرُّ ٱلْمَرْءُ مِنْ أَخِيهِ
Waommihi waabeehi
And his mother and his father
And from his mother and his father,
وَأُمِّهِۦ وَأَبِيهِ
Wasahibatihi wabaneehi
And his wife and his children,
And from his wife and his children.
وَصَٰحِبَتِهِۦ وَبَنِيهِ
Likulli imriin minhum yawmaithin shanun yughneehi
Every man that day will have concern enough to make him heedless (of others).
Each one of them, that Day, will have enough concern (of his own) to make him indifferent to the others.
لِكُلِّ ٱمْرِئٍ مِّنْهُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ شَأْنٌ يُغْنِيهِ
Wujoohun yawmaithin musfiratun
On that day faces will be bright as dawn,
Some faces that Day will be beaming,
وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ مُّسْفِرَةٌ
Dahikatun mustabshiratun
Laughing, rejoicing at good news;
Laughing, rejoicing.
ضَاحِكَةٌ مُّسْتَبْشِرَةٌ
Wawujoohun yawmaithin AAalayha ghabaratun
And other faces, on that day, with dust upon them,
And other faces that Day will be dust - stained,
وَوُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ عَلَيْهَا غَبَرَةٌ
Tarhaquha qataratun
Veiled in darkness,
Blackness will cover them:
تَرْهَقُهَا قَتَرَةٌ
Olaika humu alkafaratu alfajaratu
Those are the disbelievers, the wicked.
Such will be the Rejecters of Allah, the doers of iniquity.
أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْكَفَرَةُ ٱلْفَجَرَةُ