Chapter 80, 42 verses
AAabasa watawalla
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ عَبَسَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ
He frowned and turned (his) back,
(The Prophet) frowned and turned away,
An jaahu alaAAma
أَن جَاءَهُ الْأَعْمَىٰ
Because there came to him the blind man.
Because there came to him the blind man (interrupting).
Wama yudreeka laAAallahu yazzakka
وَمَا يُدْرِيكَ لَعَلَّهُ يَزَّكَّىٰ
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)? -
Aw yaththakkaru fatanfaAAahu alththikra
أَوْ يَذَّكَّرُ فَتَنفَعَهُ الذِّكْرَىٰ
Or become reminded so that the reminder should profit him?
Or that he might receive admonition, and the teaching might profit him?
Amma mani istaghna
أَمَّا مَنِ اسْتَغْنَىٰ
As for him who considers himself free from need (of you),
As to one who regards Himself as self - sufficient,
Faanta lahu tasadda
فَأَنتَ لَهُ تَصَدَّىٰ
To him do you address yourself.
To him dost thou attend;
Wama AAalayka alla yazzakka
وَمَا عَلَيْكَ أَلَّا يَزَّكَّىٰ
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).
Waamma man jaaka yasAAa
وَأَمَّا مَن جَاءَكَ يَسْعَىٰ
And as to him who comes to you striving hard,
But as to him who came to thee striving earnestly,
Wahuwa yakhsha
وَهُوَ يَخْشَىٰ
And he fears,
And with fear (in his heart),
Faanta AAanhu talahha
فَأَنتَ عَنْهُ تَلَهَّىٰ
From him will you divert yourself.
Of him wast thou unmindful.
Kalla innaha tathkiratun
كَلَّا إِنَّهَا تَذْكِرَةٌ
Nay! surely it is an admonishment.
By no means (should it be so)! For it is indeed a Message of instruction:
Faman shaa thakarahu
فَمَن شَاءَ ذَكَرَهُ
So let him who pleases mind it.
Therefore let whoso will, keep it in remembrance.
Fee suhufin mukarramatin
فِي صُحُفٍ مُّكَرَّمَةٍ
In honored books,
(It is) in Books held (greatly) in honour,
MarfooAAatin mutahharatin
مَّرْفُوعَةٍ مُّطَهَّرَةٍ
Exalted, purified,
Exalted (in dignity), kept pure and holy,
Biaydee safaratin
بِأَيْدِي سَفَرَةٍ
In the hands of scribes
(Written) by the hands of scribes -
Kiramin bararatin
كِرَامٍ بَرَرَةٍ
Noble, virtuous.
Honourable and Pious and Just.
Qutila alinsanu ma akfarahu
قُتِلَ الْإِنسَانُ مَا أَكْفَرَهُ
Cursed be man! how ungrateful is he!
Woe to man! What hath made him reject Allah;
Min ayyi shayin khalaqahu
مِنْ أَيِّ شَيْءٍ خَلَقَهُ
Of what thing did He create him?
From what stuff hath He created 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 sperm - drop: He hath created him, and then mouldeth him in due proportions;
Thumma alssabeela yassarahu
ثُمَّ السَّبِيلَ يَسَّرَهُ
Then (as for) the way - - He has made it easy (for him)
Then doth He make His path smooth for him;
Thumma amatahu faaqbarahu
ثُمَّ أَمَاتَهُ فَأَقْبَرَهُ
Then He causes him to die, then assigns to him a grave,
Then He causeth him to die, and putteth him in his grave;
Thumma itha shaa ansharahu
ثُمَّ إِذَا شَاءَ أَنشَرَهُ
Then when He pleases, He will raise him to life again.
Then, when it is His Will, He will raise him up (again).
Kalla lamma yaqdi ma amarahu
كَلَّا لَمَّا يَقْضِ مَا أَمَرَهُ
Nay; but he has not done what He bade him.
By no means hath he fulfilled what Allah hath commanded him.
Falyanthuri alinsanu ila taAAamihi
فَلْيَنظُرِ الْإِنسَانُ إِلَىٰ طَعَامِهِ
Then let man look to his food,
Then let man look at his food, (and how We provide it):
Anna sababna almaa sabban
أَنَّا صَبَبْنَا الْمَاءَ صَبًّا
That We pour down the water, pouring (it) down in abundance,
For that We pour forth water in abundance,
Thumma shaqaqna alarda shaqqan
ثُمَّ شَقَقْنَا الْأَرْضَ شَقًّا
Then We cleave the earth, cleaving (it) asunder,
And We split the earth in fragments,
Faanbatna feeha habban
فَأَنبَتْنَا فِيهَا حَبًّا
Then We cause to grow therein the grain,
And produce therein corn,
WaAAinaban waqadban
وَعِنَبًا وَقَضْبًا
And grapes and clover,
And Grapes and nutritious plants,
Wazaytoonan wanakhlan
وَزَيْتُونًا وَنَخْلًا
And the olive and the palm,
And Olives and Dates,
Wahadaiqa ghulban
وَحَدَائِقَ غُلْبًا
And thick gardens,
And enclosed Gardens, dense with lofty trees,
Wafakihatan waabban
وَفَاكِهَةً وَأَبًّا
And fruits and herbage
And fruits and fodder, -
MataAAan lakum walianAAamikum
مَّتَاعًا لَّكُمْ وَلِأَنْعَامِكُمْ
A provision for you and for your cattle.
For use and convenience to you and your cattle.
Faitha jaati alssakhkhatu
فَإِذَا جَاءَتِ الصَّاخَّةُ
But when the deafening cry comes,
At length, when there comes the Deafening Noise, -
Yawma yafirru almaro min akheehi
يَوْمَ يَفِرُّ الْمَرْءُ مِنْ أَخِيهِ
The day on which a man shall fly from his brother,
That Day shall a man flee from his own brother,
Waommihi waabeehi
وَأُمِّهِ وَأَبِيهِ
And his mother and his father,
And from his mother and his father,
Wasahibatihi wabaneehi
وَصَاحِبَتِهِ وَبَنِيهِ
And his spouse and his son - -
And from 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.
Each one of them, that Day, will have enough concern (of his own) to make him indifferent to the others.
Wujoohun yawmaithin musfiratun
وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ مُّسْفِرَةٌ
(Many) faces on that day shall be bright,
Some faces that Day will be beaming,
Dahikatun mustabshiratun
ضَاحِكَةٌ مُّسْتَبْشِرَةٌ
Laughing, joyous.
Laughing, rejoicing.
Wawujoohun yawmaithin AAalayha ghabaratun
وَوُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ عَلَيْهَا غَبَرَةٌ
And (many) faces on that day, on them shall be dust,
And other faces that Day will be dust - stained,
Tarhaquha qataratun
تَرْهَقُهَا قَتَرَةٌ
Darkness shall cover them.
Blackness will cover them:
Olaika humu alkafaratu alfajaratu
أُولَٰئِكَ هُمُ الْكَفَرَةُ الْفَجَرَةُ
These are they who are unbelievers, the wicked.
Such will be the Rejecters of Allah, the doers of iniquity.