Chapter 80, 42 verses
AAabasa watawalla
The Prophet frowned and turned away
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم عبس وتولى
He frowned and turned (his) back,
An jaahu alaAAma
Because there came to him the blind man, [interrupting].
أن جاءه الأعمى
Because there came to him the blind man.
Wama yudreeka laAAallahu yazzakka
But what would make you perceive, [O Muhammad], that perhaps he might be purified
وما يدريك لعله يزكى
And what would make you know that he would purify himself,
Aw yaththakkaru fatanfaAAahu alththikra
Or be reminded and the remembrance would benefit him?
أو يذكر فتنفعه الذكرى
Or become reminded so that the reminder should profit him?
Amma mani istaghna
As for he who thinks himself without need,
أما من استغنى
As for him who considers himself free from need (of you),
Faanta lahu tasadda
To him you give attention.
فأنت له تصدى
To him do you address yourself.
Wama AAalayka alla yazzakka
And not upon you [is any blame] if he will not be purified.
وما عليك ألا يزكى
And no blame is on you if he would not purify himself
Waamma man jaaka yasAAa
But as for he who came to you striving [for knowledge]
وأما من جاءك يسعى
And as to him who comes to you striving hard,
Wahuwa yakhsha
While he fears [Allah],
وهو يخشى
And he fears,
Faanta AAanhu talahha
From him you are distracted.
فأنت عنه تلهى
From him will you divert yourself.
Kalla innaha tathkiratun
No! Indeed, these verses are a reminder;
كلا إنها تذكرة
Nay! surely it is an admonishment.
Faman shaa thakarahu
So whoever wills may remember it.
فمن شاء ذكره
So let him who pleases mind it.
Fee suhufin mukarramatin
[It is recorded] in honored sheets,
في صحف مكرمة
In honored books,
MarfooAAatin mutahharatin
Exalted and purified,
مرفوعة مطهرة
Exalted, purified,
Biaydee safaratin
[Carried] by the hands of messenger - angels,
بأيدي سفرة
In the hands of scribes
Kiramin bararatin
Noble and dutiful.
كرام بررة
Noble, virtuous.
Qutila alinsanu ma akfarahu
Cursed is man; how disbelieving is he.
قتل الإنسان ما أكفره
Cursed be man! how ungrateful is he!
Min ayyi shayin khalaqahu
From what substance did He create him?
من أي شيء خلقه
Of what thing did He create him?
Min nutfatin khalaqahu faqaddarahu
From a sperm - drop He created him and destined for him;
من نطفة خلقه فقدره
Of a small seed; He created him, then He made him according to a measure,
Thumma alssabeela yassarahu
Then He eased the way for him;
ثم السبيل يسره
Then (as for) the way - - He has made it easy (for him)
Thumma amatahu faaqbarahu
Then He causes his death and provides a grave for him.
ثم أماته فأقبره
Then He causes him to die, then assigns to him a grave,
Thumma itha shaa ansharahu
Then when He wills, He will resurrect him.
ثم إذا شاء أنشره
Then when He pleases, He will raise him to life again.
Kalla lamma yaqdi ma amarahu
No! Man has not yet accomplished what He commanded him.
كلا لما يقض ما أمره
Nay; but he has not done what He bade him.
Falyanthuri alinsanu ila taAAamihi
Then let mankind look at his food -
فلينظر الإنسان إلى طعامه
Then let man look to his food,
Anna sababna almaa sabban
How We poured down water in torrents,
أنا صببنا الماء صبا
That We pour down the water, pouring (it) down in abundance,
Thumma shaqaqna alarda shaqqan
Then We broke open the earth, splitting [it with sprouts],
ثم شققنا الأرض شقا
Then We cleave the earth, cleaving (it) asunder,
Faanbatna feeha habban
And caused to grow within it grain
فأنبتنا فيها حبا
Then We cause to grow therein the grain,
WaAAinaban waqadban
And grapes and herbage
وعنبا وقضبا
And grapes and clover,
Wazaytoonan wanakhlan
And olive and palm trees
وزيتونا ونخلا
And the olive and the palm,
Wahadaiqa ghulban
And gardens of dense shrubbery
وحدائق غلبا
And thick gardens,
Wafakihatan waabban
And fruit and grass -
وفاكهة وأبا
And fruits and herbage
MataAAan lakum walianAAamikum
[As] enjoyment for you and your grazing livestock.
متاعا لكم ولأنعامكم
A provision for you and for your cattle.
Faitha jaati alssakhkhatu
But when there comes the Deafening Blast
فإذا جاءت الصاخة
But when the deafening cry comes,
Yawma yafirru almaro min akheehi
On the Day a man will flee from his brother
يوم يفر المرء من أخيه
The day on which a man shall fly from his brother,
Waommihi waabeehi
And his mother and his father
وأمه وأبيه
And his mother and his father,
Wasahibatihi wabaneehi
And his wife and his children,
وصاحبته وبنيه
And his spouse and his son - -
Likulli imriin minhum yawmaithin shanun yughneehi
For every man, that Day, will be a matter adequate for him.
لكل امرئ منهم يومئذ شأن يغنيه
Every man of them shall on that day have an affair which will occupy him.
Wujoohun yawmaithin musfiratun
[Some] faces, that Day, will be bright -
وجوه يومئذ مسفرة
(Many) faces on that day shall be bright,
Dahikatun mustabshiratun
Laughing, rejoicing at good news.
ضاحكة مستبشرة
Laughing, joyous.
Wawujoohun yawmaithin AAalayha ghabaratun
And [other] faces, that Day, will have upon them dust.
ووجوه يومئذ عليها غبرة
And (many) faces on that day, on them shall be dust,
Tarhaquha qataratun
Blackness will cover them.
ترهقها قترة
Darkness shall cover them.
Olaika humu alkafaratu alfajaratu
Those are the disbelievers, the wicked ones.
أولئك هم الكفرة الفجرة
These are they who are unbelievers, the wicked.