Chapter 80, 42 verses
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ عَبَسَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. He frowned and turned away
(The Prophet) frowned and turned away,
AAabasa watawalla
أَن جَاءَهُ الْأَعْمَىٰ
Because the blind man came unto him.
Because there came to him the blind man (interrupting).
An jaahu alaAAma
وَمَا يُدْرِيكَ لَعَلَّهُ يَزَّكَّىٰ
What could inform thee but that he might grow (in grace)
But what could tell thee but that perchance he might grow (in spiritual understanding)? -
Wama yudreeka laAAallahu yazzakka
أَوْ يَذَّكَّرُ فَتَنفَعَهُ الذِّكْرَىٰ
Or take heed and so the reminder might avail him ?
Or that he might receive admonition, and the teaching might profit him?
Aw yaththakkaru fatanfaAAahu alththikra
أَمَّا مَنِ اسْتَغْنَىٰ
As for him who thinketh himself independent,
As to one who regards Himself as self - sufficient,
Amma mani istaghna
فَأَنتَ لَهُ تَصَدَّىٰ
Unto him thou payest regard.
To him dost thou attend;
Faanta lahu tasadda
وَمَا عَلَيْكَ أَلَّا يَزَّكَّىٰ
Yet it is not thy concern if he grow not (in grace).
Though it is no blame to thee if he grow not (in spiritual understanding).
Wama AAalayka alla yazzakka
وَأَمَّا مَن جَاءَكَ يَسْعَىٰ
But as for him who cometh unto thee with earnest purpose
But as to him who came to thee striving earnestly,
Waamma man jaaka yasAAa
وَهُوَ يَخْشَىٰ
And hath fear,
And with fear (in his heart),
Wahuwa yakhsha
فَأَنتَ عَنْهُ تَلَهَّىٰ
From him thou art distracted.
Of him wast thou unmindful.
Faanta AAanhu talahha
كَلَّا إِنَّهَا تَذْكِرَةٌ
Nay, but verily it is an Admonishment,
By no means (should it be so)! For it is indeed a Message of instruction:
Kalla innaha tathkiratun
فَمَن شَاءَ ذَكَرَهُ
So let whosoever will pay heed to it,
Therefore let whoso will, keep it in remembrance.
Faman shaa thakarahu
فِي صُحُفٍ مُّكَرَّمَةٍ
On honoured leaves
(It is) in Books held (greatly) in honour,
Fee suhufin mukarramatin
مَّرْفُوعَةٍ مُّطَهَّرَةٍ
Exalted, purified,
Exalted (in dignity), kept pure and holy,
MarfooAAatin mutahharatin
بِأَيْدِي سَفَرَةٍ
(Set down) by scribes
(Written) by the hands of scribes -
Biaydee safaratin
كِرَامٍ بَرَرَةٍ
Noble and righteous.
Honourable and Pious and Just.
Kiramin bararatin
قُتِلَ الْإِنسَانُ مَا أَكْفَرَهُ
Man is (self - )destroyed: how ungrateful!
Woe to man! What hath made him reject Allah;
Qutila alinsanu ma akfarahu
مِنْ أَيِّ شَيْءٍ خَلَقَهُ
From what thing doth He create him ?
From what stuff hath He created him?
Min ayyi shayin khalaqahu
مِن نُّطْفَةٍ خَلَقَهُ فَقَدَّرَهُ
From a drop of seed. He createth him and proportioneth him,
From a sperm - drop: He hath created him, and then mouldeth him in due proportions;
Min nutfatin khalaqahu faqaddarahu
ثُمَّ السَّبِيلَ يَسَّرَهُ
Then maketh the way easy for him,
Then doth He make His path smooth for him;
Thumma alssabeela yassarahu
ثُمَّ أَمَاتَهُ فَأَقْبَرَهُ
Then causeth him to die, and burieth him;
Then He causeth him to die, and putteth him in his grave;
Thumma amatahu faaqbarahu
ثُمَّ إِذَا شَاءَ أَنشَرَهُ
Then, when He will, He bringeth him again to life.
Then, when it is His Will, He will raise him up (again).
Thumma itha shaa ansharahu
كَلَّا لَمَّا يَقْضِ مَا أَمَرَهُ
Nay, but (man) hath not done what He commanded him.
By no means hath he fulfilled what Allah hath commanded him.
Kalla lamma yaqdi ma amarahu
فَلْيَنظُرِ الْإِنسَانُ إِلَىٰ طَعَامِهِ
Let man consider his food:
Then let man look at his food, (and how We provide it):
Falyanthuri alinsanu ila taAAamihi
أَنَّا صَبَبْنَا الْمَاءَ صَبًّا
How We pour water in showers
For that We pour forth water in abundance,
Anna sababna almaa sabban
ثُمَّ شَقَقْنَا الْأَرْضَ شَقًّا
Then split the earth in clefts
And We split the earth in fragments,
Thumma shaqaqna alarda shaqqan
فَأَنبَتْنَا فِيهَا حَبًّا
And cause the grain to grow therein
And produce therein corn,
Faanbatna feeha habban
وَعِنَبًا وَقَضْبًا
And grapes and green fodder
And Grapes and nutritious plants,
WaAAinaban waqadban
وَزَيْتُونًا وَنَخْلًا
And olive - trees and palm - trees
And Olives and Dates,
Wazaytoonan wanakhlan
وَحَدَائِقَ غُلْبًا
And garden - closes of thick foliage
And enclosed Gardens, dense with lofty trees,
Wahadaiqa ghulban
وَفَاكِهَةً وَأَبًّا
And fruits and grasses:
And fruits and fodder, -
Wafakihatan waabban
مَّتَاعًا لَّكُمْ وَلِأَنْعَامِكُمْ
Provision for you and your cattle.
For use and convenience to you and your cattle.
MataAAan lakum walianAAamikum
فَإِذَا جَاءَتِ الصَّاخَّةُ
But when the Shout cometh
At length, when there comes the Deafening Noise, -
Faitha jaati alssakhkhatu
يَوْمَ يَفِرُّ الْمَرْءُ مِنْ أَخِيهِ
On the day when a man fleeth from his brother
That Day shall a man flee from his own brother,
Yawma yafirru almaro min akheehi
وَأُمِّهِ وَأَبِيهِ
And his mother and his father
And from his mother and his father,
Waommihi waabeehi
وَصَاحِبَتِهِ وَبَنِيهِ
And his wife and his children,
And from his wife and his children.
Wasahibatihi wabaneehi
لِكُلِّ امْرِئٍ مِّنْهُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ شَأْنٌ يُغْنِيهِ
Every man that day will have concern enough to make him heedless (of others).
Each one of them, that Day, will have enough concern (of his own) to make him indifferent to the others.
Likulli imriin minhum yawmaithin shanun yughneehi
وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ مُّسْفِرَةٌ
On that day faces will be bright as dawn,
Some faces that Day will be beaming,
Wujoohun yawmaithin musfiratun
ضَاحِكَةٌ مُّسْتَبْشِرَةٌ
Laughing, rejoicing at good news;
Laughing, rejoicing.
Dahikatun mustabshiratun
وَوُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ عَلَيْهَا غَبَرَةٌ
And other faces, on that day, with dust upon them,
And other faces that Day will be dust - stained,
Wawujoohun yawmaithin AAalayha ghabaratun
تَرْهَقُهَا قَتَرَةٌ
Veiled in darkness,
Blackness will cover them:
Tarhaquha qataratun
أُولَٰئِكَ هُمُ الْكَفَرَةُ الْفَجَرَةُ
Those are the disbelievers, the wicked.
Such will be the Rejecters of Allah, the doers of iniquity.
Olaika humu alkafaratu alfajaratu