Chapter 80, 42 verses
AAabasa watawalla
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ عَبَسَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ
He frowned and turned (his) back,
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. He frowned and turned away
An jaahu alaAAma
أَن جَاءَهُ الْأَعْمَىٰ
Because there came to him the blind man.
Because the blind man came unto him.
Wama yudreeka laAAallahu yazzakka
وَمَا يُدْرِيكَ لَعَلَّهُ يَزَّكَّىٰ
And what would make you know that he would purify himself,
What could inform thee but that he might grow (in grace)
Aw yaththakkaru fatanfaAAahu alththikra
أَوْ يَذَّكَّرُ فَتَنفَعَهُ الذِّكْرَىٰ
Or become reminded so that the reminder should profit him?
Or take heed and so the reminder might avail him ?
Amma mani istaghna
أَمَّا مَنِ اسْتَغْنَىٰ
As for him who considers himself free from need (of you),
As for him who thinketh himself independent,
Faanta lahu tasadda
فَأَنتَ لَهُ تَصَدَّىٰ
To him do you address yourself.
Unto him thou payest regard.
Wama AAalayka alla yazzakka
وَمَا عَلَيْكَ أَلَّا يَزَّكَّىٰ
And no blame is on you if he would not purify himself
Yet it is not thy concern if he grow not (in grace).
Waamma man jaaka yasAAa
وَأَمَّا مَن جَاءَكَ يَسْعَىٰ
And as to him who comes to you striving hard,
But as for him who cometh unto thee with earnest purpose
Wahuwa yakhsha
وَهُوَ يَخْشَىٰ
And he fears,
And hath fear,
Faanta AAanhu talahha
فَأَنتَ عَنْهُ تَلَهَّىٰ
From him will you divert yourself.
From him thou art distracted.
Kalla innaha tathkiratun
كَلَّا إِنَّهَا تَذْكِرَةٌ
Nay! surely it is an admonishment.
Nay, but verily it is an Admonishment,
Faman shaa thakarahu
فَمَن شَاءَ ذَكَرَهُ
So let him who pleases mind it.
So let whosoever will pay heed to it,
Fee suhufin mukarramatin
فِي صُحُفٍ مُّكَرَّمَةٍ
In honored books,
On honoured leaves
MarfooAAatin mutahharatin
مَّرْفُوعَةٍ مُّطَهَّرَةٍ
Exalted, purified,
Exalted, purified,
Biaydee safaratin
بِأَيْدِي سَفَرَةٍ
In the hands of scribes
(Set down) by scribes
Kiramin bararatin
كِرَامٍ بَرَرَةٍ
Noble, virtuous.
Noble and righteous.
Qutila alinsanu ma akfarahu
قُتِلَ الْإِنسَانُ مَا أَكْفَرَهُ
Cursed be man! how ungrateful is he!
Man is (self - )destroyed: how ungrateful!
Min ayyi shayin khalaqahu
مِنْ أَيِّ شَيْءٍ خَلَقَهُ
Of what thing did He create him?
From what thing doth He create him ?
Min nutfatin khalaqahu faqaddarahu
مِن نُّطْفَةٍ خَلَقَهُ فَقَدَّرَهُ
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,
Thumma alssabeela yassarahu
ثُمَّ السَّبِيلَ يَسَّرَهُ
Then (as for) the way - - He has made it easy (for him)
Then maketh the way easy for him,
Thumma amatahu faaqbarahu
ثُمَّ أَمَاتَهُ فَأَقْبَرَهُ
Then He causes him to die, then assigns to him a grave,
Then causeth him to die, and burieth him;
Thumma itha shaa ansharahu
ثُمَّ إِذَا شَاءَ أَنشَرَهُ
Then when He pleases, He will raise him to life again.
Then, when He will, He bringeth him again to life.
Kalla lamma yaqdi ma amarahu
كَلَّا لَمَّا يَقْضِ مَا أَمَرَهُ
Nay; but he has not done what He bade him.
Nay, but (man) hath not done what He commanded him.
Falyanthuri alinsanu ila taAAamihi
فَلْيَنظُرِ الْإِنسَانُ إِلَىٰ طَعَامِهِ
Then let man look to his food,
Let man consider his food:
Anna sababna almaa sabban
أَنَّا صَبَبْنَا الْمَاءَ صَبًّا
That We pour down the water, pouring (it) down in abundance,
How We pour water in showers
Thumma shaqaqna alarda shaqqan
ثُمَّ شَقَقْنَا الْأَرْضَ شَقًّا
Then We cleave the earth, cleaving (it) asunder,
Then split the earth in clefts
Faanbatna feeha habban
فَأَنبَتْنَا فِيهَا حَبًّا
Then We cause to grow therein the grain,
And cause the grain to grow therein
WaAAinaban waqadban
وَعِنَبًا وَقَضْبًا
And grapes and clover,
And grapes and green fodder
Wazaytoonan wanakhlan
وَزَيْتُونًا وَنَخْلًا
And the olive and the palm,
And olive - trees and palm - trees
Wahadaiqa ghulban
وَحَدَائِقَ غُلْبًا
And thick gardens,
And garden - closes of thick foliage
Wafakihatan waabban
وَفَاكِهَةً وَأَبًّا
And fruits and herbage
And fruits and grasses:
MataAAan lakum walianAAamikum
مَّتَاعًا لَّكُمْ وَلِأَنْعَامِكُمْ
A provision for you and for your cattle.
Provision for you and your cattle.
Faitha jaati alssakhkhatu
فَإِذَا جَاءَتِ الصَّاخَّةُ
But when the deafening cry comes,
But when the Shout cometh
Yawma yafirru almaro min akheehi
يَوْمَ يَفِرُّ الْمَرْءُ مِنْ أَخِيهِ
The day on which a man shall fly from his brother,
On the day when a man fleeth from his brother
Waommihi waabeehi
وَأُمِّهِ وَأَبِيهِ
And his mother and his father,
And his mother and his father
Wasahibatihi wabaneehi
وَصَاحِبَتِهِ وَبَنِيهِ
And his spouse and his son - -
And his wife and his children,
Likulli imriin minhum yawmaithin shanun yughneehi
لِكُلِّ امْرِئٍ مِّنْهُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ شَأْنٌ يُغْنِيهِ
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).
Wujoohun yawmaithin musfiratun
وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ مُّسْفِرَةٌ
(Many) faces on that day shall be bright,
On that day faces will be bright as dawn,
Dahikatun mustabshiratun
ضَاحِكَةٌ مُّسْتَبْشِرَةٌ
Laughing, joyous.
Laughing, rejoicing at good news;
Wawujoohun yawmaithin AAalayha ghabaratun
وَوُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ عَلَيْهَا غَبَرَةٌ
And (many) faces on that day, on them shall be dust,
And other faces, on that day, with dust upon them,
Tarhaquha qataratun
تَرْهَقُهَا قَتَرَةٌ
Darkness shall cover them.
Veiled in darkness,
Olaika humu alkafaratu alfajaratu
أُولَٰئِكَ هُمُ الْكَفَرَةُ الْفَجَرَةُ
These are they who are unbelievers, the wicked.
Those are the disbelievers, the wicked.