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
عَبَسَ وَتَوَلَّىٰٓ
Because there came to him the blind man, [interrupting].
أن جاءه الأعمى
Because the blind man came unto him.
أَن جَآءَهُ ٱلْأَعْمَىٰ
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)
وَمَا يُدْرِيكَ لَعَلَّهُۥ يَزَّكَّىٰٓ
Or be reminded and the remembrance would benefit him?
أو يذكر فتنفعه الذكرى
Or take heed and so the reminder might avail him ?
أَوْ يَذَّكَّرُ فَتَنفَعَهُ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰٓ
As for he who thinks himself without need,
أما من استغنى
As for him who thinketh himself independent,
أَمَّا مَنِ ٱسْتَغْنَىٰ
To him you give attention.
فأنت له تصدى
Unto him thou payest regard.
فَأَنتَ لَهُۥ تَصَدَّىٰ
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).
وَمَا عَلَيْكَ أَلَّا يَزَّكَّىٰ
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
وَأَمَّا مَن جَآءَكَ يَسْعَىٰ
While he fears [Allah],
وهو يخشى
And hath fear,
وَهُوَ يَخْشَىٰ
From him you are distracted.
فأنت عنه تلهى
From him thou art distracted.
فَأَنتَ عَنْهُ تَلَهَّىٰ
No! Indeed, these verses are a reminder;
كلا إنها تذكرة
Nay, but verily it is an Admonishment,
كَلَّآ إِنَّهَا تَذْكِرَةٌ
So whoever wills may remember it.
فمن شاء ذكره
So let whosoever will pay heed to it,
فَمَن شَآءَ ذَكَرَهُۥ
[It is recorded] in honored sheets,
في صحف مكرمة
On honoured leaves
فِى صُحُفٍ مُّكَرَّمَةٍ
Exalted and purified,
مرفوعة مطهرة
Exalted, purified,
مَّرْفُوعَةٍ مُّطَهَّرَةٍۭ
[Carried] by the hands of messenger - angels,
بأيدي سفرة
(Set down) by scribes
بِأَيْدِى سَفَرَةٍ
Noble and dutiful.
كرام بررة
Noble and righteous.
كِرَامٍۭ بَرَرَةٍ
Cursed is man; how disbelieving is he.
قتل الإنسان ما أكفره
Man is (self - )destroyed: how ungrateful!
قُتِلَ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ مَآ أَكْفَرَهُۥ
From what substance did He create him?
من أي شيء خلقه
From what thing doth He create him ?
مِنْ أَىِّ شَىْءٍ خَلَقَهُۥ
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,
مِن نُّطْفَةٍ خَلَقَهُۥ فَقَدَّرَهُۥ
Then He eased the way for him;
ثم السبيل يسره
Then maketh the way easy for him,
ثُمَّ ٱلسَّبِيلَ يَسَّرَهُۥ
Then He causes his death and provides a grave for him.
ثم أماته فأقبره
Then causeth him to die, and burieth him;
ثُمَّ أَمَاتَهُۥ فَأَقْبَرَهُۥ
Then when He wills, He will resurrect him.
ثم إذا شاء أنشره
Then, when He will, He bringeth him again to life.
ثُمَّ إِذَا شَآءَ أَنشَرَهُۥ
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.
كَلَّا لَمَّا يَقْضِ مَآ أَمَرَهُۥ
Then let mankind look at his food -
فلينظر الإنسان إلى طعامه
Let man consider his food:
فَلْيَنظُرِ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ إِلَىٰ طَعَامِهِۦٓ
How We poured down water in torrents,
أنا صببنا الماء صبا
How We pour water in showers
أَنَّا صَبَبْنَا ٱلْمَآءَ صَبًّا
Then We broke open the earth, splitting [it with sprouts],
ثم شققنا الأرض شقا
Then split the earth in clefts
ثُمَّ شَقَقْنَا ٱلْأَرْضَ شَقًّا
And caused to grow within it grain
فأنبتنا فيها حبا
And cause the grain to grow therein
فَأَنۢبَتْنَا فِيهَا حَبًّا
And grapes and herbage
وعنبا وقضبا
And grapes and green fodder
وَعِنَبًا وَقَضْبًا
And olive and palm trees
وزيتونا ونخلا
And olive - trees and palm - trees
وَزَيْتُونًا وَنَخْلًا
And gardens of dense shrubbery
وحدائق غلبا
And garden - closes of thick foliage
وَحَدَآئِقَ غُلْبًا
And fruit and grass -
وفاكهة وأبا
And fruits and grasses:
وَفَٰكِهَةً وَأَبًّا
[As] enjoyment for you and your grazing livestock.
متاعا لكم ولأنعامكم
Provision for you and your cattle.
مَّتَٰعًا لَّكُمْ وَلِأَنْعَٰمِكُمْ
But when there comes the Deafening Blast
فإذا جاءت الصاخة
But when the Shout cometh
فَإِذَا جَآءَتِ ٱلصَّآخَّةُ
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
يَوْمَ يَفِرُّ ٱلْمَرْءُ مِنْ أَخِيهِ
And his mother and his father
وأمه وأبيه
And his mother and his father
وَأُمِّهِۦ وَأَبِيهِ
And his wife and his children,
وصاحبته وبنيه
And his wife and his children,
وَصَٰحِبَتِهِۦ وَبَنِيهِ
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).
لِكُلِّ ٱمْرِئٍ مِّنْهُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ شَأْنٌ يُغْنِيهِ
[Some] faces, that Day, will be bright -
وجوه يومئذ مسفرة
On that day faces will be bright as dawn,
وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ مُّسْفِرَةٌ
Laughing, rejoicing at good news.
ضاحكة مستبشرة
Laughing, rejoicing at good news;
ضَاحِكَةٌ مُّسْتَبْشِرَةٌ
And [other] faces, that Day, will have upon them dust.
ووجوه يومئذ عليها غبرة
And other faces, on that day, with dust upon them,
وَوُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ عَلَيْهَا غَبَرَةٌ
Blackness will cover them.
ترهقها قترة
Veiled in darkness,
تَرْهَقُهَا قَتَرَةٌ
Those are the disbelievers, the wicked ones.
أولئك هم الكفرة الفجرة
Those are the disbelievers, the wicked.
أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْكَفَرَةُ ٱلْفَجَرَةُ