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