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