Chapter 80, 42 verses
AAabasa watawalla
The Prophet frowned and turned away
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم عبس وتولى
(The Prophet) frowned and turned away,
An jaahu alaAAma
Because there came to him the blind man, [interrupting].
أن جاءه الأعمى
Because there came to him the blind man (interrupting).
Wama yudreeka laAAallahu yazzakka
But what would make you perceive, [O Muhammad], that perhaps he might be purified
وما يدريك لعله يزكى
But what could tell thee but that perchance he might grow (in spiritual understanding)? -
Aw yaththakkaru fatanfaAAahu alththikra
Or be reminded and the remembrance would benefit him?
أو يذكر فتنفعه الذكرى
Or that he might receive admonition, and the teaching might profit him?
Amma mani istaghna
As for he who thinks himself without need,
أما من استغنى
As to one who regards Himself as self - sufficient,
Faanta lahu tasadda
To him you give attention.
فأنت له تصدى
To him dost thou attend;
Wama AAalayka alla yazzakka
And not upon you [is any blame] if he will not be purified.
وما عليك ألا يزكى
Though it is no blame to thee if he grow not (in spiritual understanding).
Waamma man jaaka yasAAa
But as for he who came to you striving [for knowledge]
وأما من جاءك يسعى
But as to him who came to thee striving earnestly,
Wahuwa yakhsha
While he fears [Allah],
وهو يخشى
And with fear (in his heart),
Faanta AAanhu talahha
From him you are distracted.
فأنت عنه تلهى
Of him wast thou unmindful.
Kalla innaha tathkiratun
No! Indeed, these verses are a reminder;
كلا إنها تذكرة
By no means (should it be so)! For it is indeed a Message of instruction:
Faman shaa thakarahu
So whoever wills may remember it.
فمن شاء ذكره
Therefore let whoso will, keep it in remembrance.
Fee suhufin mukarramatin
[It is recorded] in honored sheets,
في صحف مكرمة
(It is) in Books held (greatly) in honour,
MarfooAAatin mutahharatin
Exalted and purified,
مرفوعة مطهرة
Exalted (in dignity), kept pure and holy,
Biaydee safaratin
[Carried] by the hands of messenger - angels,
بأيدي سفرة
(Written) by the hands of scribes -
Kiramin bararatin
Noble and dutiful.
كرام بررة
Honourable and Pious and Just.
Qutila alinsanu ma akfarahu
Cursed is man; how disbelieving is he.
قتل الإنسان ما أكفره
Woe to man! What hath made him reject Allah;
Min ayyi shayin khalaqahu
From what substance did He create him?
من أي شيء خلقه
From what stuff hath He created him?
Min nutfatin khalaqahu faqaddarahu
From a sperm - drop He created him and destined for him;
من نطفة خلقه فقدره
From a sperm - drop: He hath created him, and then mouldeth him in due proportions;
Thumma alssabeela yassarahu
Then He eased the way for him;
ثم السبيل يسره
Then doth He make His path smooth for him;
Thumma amatahu faaqbarahu
Then He causes his death and provides a grave for him.
ثم أماته فأقبره
Then He causeth him to die, and putteth him in his grave;
Thumma itha shaa ansharahu
Then when He wills, He will resurrect him.
ثم إذا شاء أنشره
Then, when it is His Will, He will raise him up (again).
Kalla lamma yaqdi ma amarahu
No! Man has not yet accomplished what He commanded him.
كلا لما يقض ما أمره
By no means hath he fulfilled what Allah hath commanded him.
Falyanthuri alinsanu ila taAAamihi
Then let mankind look at his food -
فلينظر الإنسان إلى طعامه
Then let man look at his food, (and how We provide it):
Anna sababna almaa sabban
How We poured down water in torrents,
أنا صببنا الماء صبا
For that We pour forth water in abundance,
Thumma shaqaqna alarda shaqqan
Then We broke open the earth, splitting [it with sprouts],
ثم شققنا الأرض شقا
And We split the earth in fragments,
Faanbatna feeha habban
And caused to grow within it grain
فأنبتنا فيها حبا
And produce therein corn,
WaAAinaban waqadban
And grapes and herbage
وعنبا وقضبا
And Grapes and nutritious plants,
Wazaytoonan wanakhlan
And olive and palm trees
وزيتونا ونخلا
And Olives and Dates,
Wahadaiqa ghulban
And gardens of dense shrubbery
وحدائق غلبا
And enclosed Gardens, dense with lofty trees,
Wafakihatan waabban
And fruit and grass -
وفاكهة وأبا
And fruits and fodder, -
MataAAan lakum walianAAamikum
[As] enjoyment for you and your grazing livestock.
متاعا لكم ولأنعامكم
For use and convenience to you and your cattle.
Faitha jaati alssakhkhatu
But when there comes the Deafening Blast
فإذا جاءت الصاخة
At length, when there comes the Deafening Noise, -
Yawma yafirru almaro min akheehi
On the Day a man will flee from his brother
يوم يفر المرء من أخيه
That Day shall a man flee from his own brother,
Waommihi waabeehi
And his mother and his father
وأمه وأبيه
And from his mother and his father,
Wasahibatihi wabaneehi
And his wife and his children,
وصاحبته وبنيه
And from his wife and his children.
Likulli imriin minhum yawmaithin shanun yughneehi
For every man, that Day, will be a matter adequate for him.
لكل امرئ منهم يومئذ شأن يغنيه
Each one of them, that Day, will have enough concern (of his own) to make him indifferent to the others.
Wujoohun yawmaithin musfiratun
[Some] faces, that Day, will be bright -
وجوه يومئذ مسفرة
Some faces that Day will be beaming,
Dahikatun mustabshiratun
Laughing, rejoicing at good news.
ضاحكة مستبشرة
Laughing, rejoicing.
Wawujoohun yawmaithin AAalayha ghabaratun
And [other] faces, that Day, will have upon them dust.
ووجوه يومئذ عليها غبرة
And other faces that Day will be dust - stained,
Tarhaquha qataratun
Blackness will cover them.
ترهقها قترة
Blackness will cover them:
Olaika humu alkafaratu alfajaratu
Those are the disbelievers, the wicked ones.
أولئك هم الكفرة الفجرة
Such will be the Rejecters of Allah, the doers of iniquity.