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 could tell thee but that perchance he might grow (in spiritual understanding)? -
وما يدريك لعله يزكى
Aw yaththakkaru fatanfaAAahu alththikra
Or that he might receive admonition, and the teaching might profit him?
أو يذكر فتنفعه الذكرى
Amma mani istaghna
As to one who regards Himself as self - sufficient,
أما من استغنى
Faanta lahu tasadda
To him dost thou attend;
فأنت له تصدى
Wama AAalayka alla yazzakka
Though it is no blame to thee if he grow not (in spiritual understanding).
وما عليك ألا يزكى
Waamma man jaaka yasAAa
But as to him who came to thee striving earnestly,
وأما من جاءك يسعى
Wahuwa yakhsha
And with fear (in his heart),
وهو يخشى
Faanta AAanhu talahha
Of him wast thou unmindful.
فأنت عنه تلهى
Kalla innaha tathkiratun
By no means (should it be so)! For it is indeed a Message of instruction:
كلا إنها تذكرة
Faman shaa thakarahu
Therefore let whoso will, keep it in remembrance.
فمن شاء ذكره
Fee suhufin mukarramatin
(It is) in Books held (greatly) in honour,
في صحف مكرمة
MarfooAAatin mutahharatin
Exalted (in dignity), kept pure and holy,
مرفوعة مطهرة
Biaydee safaratin
(Written) by the hands of scribes -
بأيدي سفرة
Kiramin bararatin
Honourable and Pious and Just.
كرام بررة
Qutila alinsanu ma akfarahu
Woe to man! What hath made him reject Allah;
قتل الإنسان ما أكفره
Min ayyi shayin khalaqahu
From what stuff hath He created him?
من أي شيء خلقه
Min nutfatin khalaqahu faqaddarahu
From a sperm - drop: He hath created him, and then mouldeth him in due proportions;
من نطفة خلقه فقدره
Thumma alssabeela yassarahu
Then doth He make His path smooth for him;
ثم السبيل يسره
Thumma amatahu faaqbarahu
Then He causeth him to die, and putteth him in his grave;
ثم أماته فأقبره
Thumma itha shaa ansharahu
Then, when it is His Will, He will raise him up (again).
ثم إذا شاء أنشره
Kalla lamma yaqdi ma amarahu
By no means hath he fulfilled what Allah hath commanded him.
كلا لما يقض ما أمره
Falyanthuri alinsanu ila taAAamihi
Then let man look at his food, (and how We provide it):
فلينظر الإنسان إلى طعامه
Anna sababna almaa sabban
For that We pour forth water in abundance,
أنا صببنا الماء صبا
Thumma shaqaqna alarda shaqqan
And We split the earth in fragments,
ثم شققنا الأرض شقا
Faanbatna feeha habban
And produce therein corn,
فأنبتنا فيها حبا
WaAAinaban waqadban
And Grapes and nutritious plants,
وعنبا وقضبا
Wazaytoonan wanakhlan
And Olives and Dates,
وزيتونا ونخلا
Wahadaiqa ghulban
And enclosed Gardens, dense with lofty trees,
وحدائق غلبا
Wafakihatan waabban
And fruits and fodder, -
وفاكهة وأبا
MataAAan lakum walianAAamikum
For use and convenience to you and your cattle.
متاعا لكم ولأنعامكم
Faitha jaati alssakhkhatu
At length, when there comes the Deafening Noise, -
فإذا جاءت الصاخة
Yawma yafirru almaro min akheehi
That Day shall a man flee from his own brother,
يوم يفر المرء من أخيه
Waommihi waabeehi
And from his mother and his father,
وأمه وأبيه
Wasahibatihi wabaneehi
And from his wife and his children.
وصاحبته وبنيه
Likulli imriin minhum yawmaithin shanun yughneehi
Each one of them, that Day, will have enough concern (of his own) to make him indifferent to the others.
لكل امرئ منهم يومئذ شأن يغنيه
Wujoohun yawmaithin musfiratun
Some faces that Day will be beaming,
وجوه يومئذ مسفرة
Dahikatun mustabshiratun
Laughing, rejoicing.
ضاحكة مستبشرة
Wawujoohun yawmaithin AAalayha ghabaratun
And other faces that Day will be dust - stained,
ووجوه يومئذ عليها غبرة
Tarhaquha qataratun
Blackness will cover them:
ترهقها قترة
Olaika humu alkafaratu alfajaratu
Such will be the Rejecters of Allah, the doers of iniquity.
أولئك هم الكفرة الفجرة