Chapter 80, 42 verses
AAabasa watawalla
(The Prophet) frowned and turned away,
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. He frowned and turned away
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم عبس وتولى
An jaahu alaAAma
Because there came to him the blind man (interrupting).
Because the blind man came unto him.
أن جاءه الأعمى
Wama yudreeka laAAallahu yazzakka
But what could tell thee but that perchance he might grow (in spiritual understanding)? -
What could inform thee but that he might grow (in grace)
وما يدريك لعله يزكى
Aw yaththakkaru fatanfaAAahu alththikra
Or that he might receive admonition, and the teaching might profit him?
Or take heed and so the reminder might avail him ?
أو يذكر فتنفعه الذكرى
Amma mani istaghna
As to one who regards Himself as self - sufficient,
As for him who thinketh himself independent,
أما من استغنى
Faanta lahu tasadda
To him dost thou attend;
Unto him thou payest regard.
فأنت له تصدى
Wama AAalayka alla yazzakka
Though it is no blame to thee if he grow not (in spiritual understanding).
Yet it is not thy concern if he grow not (in grace).
وما عليك ألا يزكى
Waamma man jaaka yasAAa
But as to him who came to thee striving earnestly,
But as for him who cometh unto thee with earnest purpose
وأما من جاءك يسعى
Wahuwa yakhsha
And with fear (in his heart),
And hath fear,
وهو يخشى
Faanta AAanhu talahha
Of him wast thou unmindful.
From him thou art distracted.
فأنت عنه تلهى
Kalla innaha tathkiratun
By no means (should it be so)! For it is indeed a Message of instruction:
Nay, but verily it is an Admonishment,
كلا إنها تذكرة
Faman shaa thakarahu
Therefore let whoso will, keep it in remembrance.
So let whosoever will pay heed to it,
فمن شاء ذكره
Fee suhufin mukarramatin
(It is) in Books held (greatly) in honour,
On honoured leaves
في صحف مكرمة
MarfooAAatin mutahharatin
Exalted (in dignity), kept pure and holy,
Exalted, purified,
مرفوعة مطهرة
Biaydee safaratin
(Written) by the hands of scribes -
(Set down) by scribes
بأيدي سفرة
Kiramin bararatin
Honourable and Pious and Just.
Noble and righteous.
كرام بررة
Qutila alinsanu ma akfarahu
Woe to man! What hath made him reject Allah;
Man is (self - )destroyed: how ungrateful!
قتل الإنسان ما أكفره
Min ayyi shayin khalaqahu
From what stuff hath He created him?
From what thing doth He create him ?
من أي شيء خلقه
Min nutfatin khalaqahu faqaddarahu
From a sperm - drop: He hath created him, and then mouldeth him in due proportions;
From a drop of seed. He createth him and proportioneth him,
من نطفة خلقه فقدره
Thumma alssabeela yassarahu
Then doth He make His path smooth for him;
Then maketh the way easy for him,
ثم السبيل يسره
Thumma amatahu faaqbarahu
Then He causeth him to die, and putteth him in his grave;
Then causeth him to die, and burieth him;
ثم أماته فأقبره
Thumma itha shaa ansharahu
Then, when it is His Will, He will raise him up (again).
Then, when He will, He bringeth him again to life.
ثم إذا شاء أنشره
Kalla lamma yaqdi ma amarahu
By no means hath he fulfilled what Allah hath commanded him.
Nay, but (man) hath not done what He commanded him.
كلا لما يقض ما أمره
Falyanthuri alinsanu ila taAAamihi
Then let man look at his food, (and how We provide it):
Let man consider his food:
فلينظر الإنسان إلى طعامه
Anna sababna almaa sabban
For that We pour forth water in abundance,
How We pour water in showers
أنا صببنا الماء صبا
Thumma shaqaqna alarda shaqqan
And We split the earth in fragments,
Then split the earth in clefts
ثم شققنا الأرض شقا
Faanbatna feeha habban
And produce therein corn,
And cause the grain to grow therein
فأنبتنا فيها حبا
WaAAinaban waqadban
And Grapes and nutritious plants,
And grapes and green fodder
وعنبا وقضبا
Wazaytoonan wanakhlan
And Olives and Dates,
And olive - trees and palm - trees
وزيتونا ونخلا
Wahadaiqa ghulban
And enclosed Gardens, dense with lofty trees,
And garden - closes of thick foliage
وحدائق غلبا
Wafakihatan waabban
And fruits and fodder, -
And fruits and grasses:
وفاكهة وأبا
MataAAan lakum walianAAamikum
For use and convenience to you and your cattle.
Provision for you and your cattle.
متاعا لكم ولأنعامكم
Faitha jaati alssakhkhatu
At length, when there comes the Deafening Noise, -
But when the Shout cometh
فإذا جاءت الصاخة
Yawma yafirru almaro min akheehi
That Day shall a man flee from his own brother,
On the day when a man fleeth from his brother
يوم يفر المرء من أخيه
Waommihi waabeehi
And from his mother and his father,
And his mother and his father
وأمه وأبيه
Wasahibatihi wabaneehi
And from his wife and his children.
And 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.
Every man that day will have concern enough to make him heedless (of others).
لكل امرئ منهم يومئذ شأن يغنيه
Wujoohun yawmaithin musfiratun
Some faces that Day will be beaming,
On that day faces will be bright as dawn,
وجوه يومئذ مسفرة
Dahikatun mustabshiratun
Laughing, rejoicing.
Laughing, rejoicing at good news;
ضاحكة مستبشرة
Wawujoohun yawmaithin AAalayha ghabaratun
And other faces that Day will be dust - stained,
And other faces, on that day, with dust upon them,
ووجوه يومئذ عليها غبرة
Tarhaquha qataratun
Blackness will cover them:
Veiled in darkness,
ترهقها قترة
Olaika humu alkafaratu alfajaratu
Such will be the Rejecters of Allah, the doers of iniquity.
Those are the disbelievers, the wicked.
أولئك هم الكفرة الفجرة