Chapter 80, 42 verses
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ عَبَسَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم عبس وتولى
He frowned and turned (his) back,
أَن جَاءَهُ الْأَعْمَىٰ
أن جاءه الأعمى
Because there came to him the blind man.
وَمَا يُدْرِيكَ لَعَلَّهُ يَزَّكَّىٰ
وما يدريك لعله يزكى
And what would make you know that he would purify himself,
أَوْ يَذَّكَّرُ فَتَنفَعَهُ الذِّكْرَىٰ
أو يذكر فتنفعه الذكرى
Or become reminded so that the reminder should profit him?
أَمَّا مَنِ اسْتَغْنَىٰ
أما من استغنى
As for him who considers himself free from need (of you),
فَأَنتَ لَهُ تَصَدَّىٰ
فأنت له تصدى
To him do you address yourself.
وَمَا عَلَيْكَ أَلَّا يَزَّكَّىٰ
وما عليك ألا يزكى
And no blame is on you if he would not purify himself
وَأَمَّا مَن جَاءَكَ يَسْعَىٰ
وأما من جاءك يسعى
And as to him who comes to you striving hard,
وَهُوَ يَخْشَىٰ
وهو يخشى
And he fears,
فَأَنتَ عَنْهُ تَلَهَّىٰ
فأنت عنه تلهى
From him will you divert yourself.
كَلَّا إِنَّهَا تَذْكِرَةٌ
كلا إنها تذكرة
Nay! surely it is an admonishment.
فَمَن شَاءَ ذَكَرَهُ
فمن شاء ذكره
So let him who pleases mind it.
فِي صُحُفٍ مُّكَرَّمَةٍ
في صحف مكرمة
In honored books,
مَّرْفُوعَةٍ مُّطَهَّرَةٍ
مرفوعة مطهرة
Exalted, purified,
بِأَيْدِي سَفَرَةٍ
بأيدي سفرة
In the hands of scribes
كِرَامٍ بَرَرَةٍ
كرام بررة
Noble, virtuous.
قُتِلَ الْإِنسَانُ مَا أَكْفَرَهُ
قتل الإنسان ما أكفره
Cursed be man! how ungrateful is he!
مِنْ أَيِّ شَيْءٍ خَلَقَهُ
من أي شيء خلقه
Of what thing did He create him?
مِن نُّطْفَةٍ خَلَقَهُ فَقَدَّرَهُ
من نطفة خلقه فقدره
Of a small seed; He created him, then He made him according to a measure,
ثُمَّ السَّبِيلَ يَسَّرَهُ
ثم السبيل يسره
Then (as for) the way - - He has made it easy (for him)
ثُمَّ أَمَاتَهُ فَأَقْبَرَهُ
ثم أماته فأقبره
Then He causes him to die, then assigns to him a grave,
ثُمَّ إِذَا شَاءَ أَنشَرَهُ
ثم إذا شاء أنشره
Then when He pleases, He will raise him to life again.
كَلَّا لَمَّا يَقْضِ مَا أَمَرَهُ
كلا لما يقض ما أمره
Nay; but he has not done what He bade him.
فَلْيَنظُرِ الْإِنسَانُ إِلَىٰ طَعَامِهِ
فلينظر الإنسان إلى طعامه
Then let man look to his food,
أَنَّا صَبَبْنَا الْمَاءَ صَبًّا
أنا صببنا الماء صبا
That We pour down the water, pouring (it) down in abundance,
ثُمَّ شَقَقْنَا الْأَرْضَ شَقًّا
ثم شققنا الأرض شقا
Then We cleave the earth, cleaving (it) asunder,
فَأَنبَتْنَا فِيهَا حَبًّا
فأنبتنا فيها حبا
Then We cause to grow therein the grain,
وَعِنَبًا وَقَضْبًا
وعنبا وقضبا
And grapes and clover,
وَزَيْتُونًا وَنَخْلًا
وزيتونا ونخلا
And the olive and the palm,
وَحَدَائِقَ غُلْبًا
وحدائق غلبا
And thick gardens,
وَفَاكِهَةً وَأَبًّا
وفاكهة وأبا
And fruits and herbage
مَّتَاعًا لَّكُمْ وَلِأَنْعَامِكُمْ
متاعا لكم ولأنعامكم
A provision for you and for your cattle.
فَإِذَا جَاءَتِ الصَّاخَّةُ
فإذا جاءت الصاخة
But when the deafening cry comes,
يَوْمَ يَفِرُّ الْمَرْءُ مِنْ أَخِيهِ
يوم يفر المرء من أخيه
The day on which a man shall fly from his brother,
وَأُمِّهِ وَأَبِيهِ
وأمه وأبيه
And his mother and his father,
وَصَاحِبَتِهِ وَبَنِيهِ
وصاحبته وبنيه
And his spouse and his son - -
لِكُلِّ امْرِئٍ مِّنْهُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ شَأْنٌ يُغْنِيهِ
لكل امرئ منهم يومئذ شأن يغنيه
Every man of them shall on that day have an affair which will occupy him.
وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ مُّسْفِرَةٌ
وجوه يومئذ مسفرة
(Many) faces on that day shall be bright,
ضَاحِكَةٌ مُّسْتَبْشِرَةٌ
ضاحكة مستبشرة
Laughing, joyous.
وَوُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ عَلَيْهَا غَبَرَةٌ
ووجوه يومئذ عليها غبرة
And (many) faces on that day, on them shall be dust,
تَرْهَقُهَا قَتَرَةٌ
ترهقها قترة
Darkness shall cover them.
أُولَٰئِكَ هُمُ الْكَفَرَةُ الْفَجَرَةُ
أولئك هم الكفرة الفجرة
These are they who are unbelievers, the wicked.