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