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