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