Chapter 80, 42 verses
The Prophet frowned and turned away
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم عبس وتولى
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. He frowned and turned away
AAabasa watawalla
Because there came to him the blind man, [interrupting].
أن جاءه الأعمى
Because the blind man came unto him.
An jaahu alaAAma
But what would make you perceive, [O Muhammad], that perhaps he might be purified
وما يدريك لعله يزكى
What could inform thee but that he might grow (in grace)
Wama yudreeka laAAallahu yazzakka
Or be reminded and the remembrance would benefit him?
أو يذكر فتنفعه الذكرى
Or take heed and so the reminder might avail him ?
Aw yaththakkaru fatanfaAAahu alththikra
As for he who thinks himself without need,
أما من استغنى
As for him who thinketh himself independent,
Amma mani istaghna
To him you give attention.
فأنت له تصدى
Unto him thou payest regard.
Faanta lahu tasadda
And not upon you [is any blame] if he will not be purified.
وما عليك ألا يزكى
Yet it is not thy concern if he grow not (in grace).
Wama AAalayka alla yazzakka
But as for he who came to you striving [for knowledge]
وأما من جاءك يسعى
But as for him who cometh unto thee with earnest purpose
Waamma man jaaka yasAAa
While he fears [Allah],
وهو يخشى
And hath fear,
Wahuwa yakhsha
From him you are distracted.
فأنت عنه تلهى
From him thou art distracted.
Faanta AAanhu talahha
No! Indeed, these verses are a reminder;
كلا إنها تذكرة
Nay, but verily it is an Admonishment,
Kalla innaha tathkiratun
So whoever wills may remember it.
فمن شاء ذكره
So let whosoever will pay heed to it,
Faman shaa thakarahu
[It is recorded] in honored sheets,
في صحف مكرمة
On honoured leaves
Fee suhufin mukarramatin
Exalted and purified,
مرفوعة مطهرة
Exalted, purified,
MarfooAAatin mutahharatin
[Carried] by the hands of messenger - angels,
بأيدي سفرة
(Set down) by scribes
Biaydee safaratin
Noble and dutiful.
كرام بررة
Noble and righteous.
Kiramin bararatin
Cursed is man; how disbelieving is he.
قتل الإنسان ما أكفره
Man is (self - )destroyed: how ungrateful!
Qutila alinsanu ma akfarahu
From what substance did He create him?
من أي شيء خلقه
From what thing doth He create him ?
Min ayyi shayin khalaqahu
From a sperm - drop He created him and destined for him;
من نطفة خلقه فقدره
From a drop of seed. He createth him and proportioneth him,
Min nutfatin khalaqahu faqaddarahu
Then He eased the way for him;
ثم السبيل يسره
Then maketh the way easy for him,
Thumma alssabeela yassarahu
Then He causes his death and provides a grave for him.
ثم أماته فأقبره
Then causeth him to die, and burieth him;
Thumma amatahu faaqbarahu
Then when He wills, He will resurrect him.
ثم إذا شاء أنشره
Then, when He will, He bringeth him again to life.
Thumma itha shaa ansharahu
No! Man has not yet accomplished what He commanded him.
كلا لما يقض ما أمره
Nay, but (man) hath not done what He commanded him.
Kalla lamma yaqdi ma amarahu
Then let mankind look at his food -
فلينظر الإنسان إلى طعامه
Let man consider his food:
Falyanthuri alinsanu ila taAAamihi
How We poured down water in torrents,
أنا صببنا الماء صبا
How We pour water in showers
Anna sababna almaa sabban
Then We broke open the earth, splitting [it with sprouts],
ثم شققنا الأرض شقا
Then split the earth in clefts
Thumma shaqaqna alarda shaqqan
And caused to grow within it grain
فأنبتنا فيها حبا
And cause the grain to grow therein
Faanbatna feeha habban
And grapes and herbage
وعنبا وقضبا
And grapes and green fodder
WaAAinaban waqadban
And olive and palm trees
وزيتونا ونخلا
And olive - trees and palm - trees
Wazaytoonan wanakhlan
And gardens of dense shrubbery
وحدائق غلبا
And garden - closes of thick foliage
Wahadaiqa ghulban
And fruit and grass -
وفاكهة وأبا
And fruits and grasses:
Wafakihatan waabban
[As] enjoyment for you and your grazing livestock.
متاعا لكم ولأنعامكم
Provision for you and your cattle.
MataAAan lakum walianAAamikum
But when there comes the Deafening Blast
فإذا جاءت الصاخة
But when the Shout cometh
Faitha jaati alssakhkhatu
On the Day a man will flee from his brother
يوم يفر المرء من أخيه
On the day when a man fleeth from his brother
Yawma yafirru almaro min akheehi
And his mother and his father
وأمه وأبيه
And his mother and his father
Waommihi waabeehi
And his wife and his children,
وصاحبته وبنيه
And his wife and his children,
Wasahibatihi wabaneehi
For every man, that Day, will be a matter adequate for him.
لكل امرئ منهم يومئذ شأن يغنيه
Every man that day will have concern enough to make him heedless (of others).
Likulli imriin minhum yawmaithin shanun yughneehi
[Some] faces, that Day, will be bright -
وجوه يومئذ مسفرة
On that day faces will be bright as dawn,
Wujoohun yawmaithin musfiratun
Laughing, rejoicing at good news.
ضاحكة مستبشرة
Laughing, rejoicing at good news;
Dahikatun mustabshiratun
And [other] faces, that Day, will have upon them dust.
ووجوه يومئذ عليها غبرة
And other faces, on that day, with dust upon them,
Wawujoohun yawmaithin AAalayha ghabaratun
Blackness will cover them.
ترهقها قترة
Veiled in darkness,
Tarhaquha qataratun
Those are the disbelievers, the wicked ones.
أولئك هم الكفرة الفجرة
Those are the disbelievers, the wicked.
Olaika humu alkafaratu alfajaratu