Chapter 80, 42 verses
The Prophet frowned and turned away
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم عبس وتولى
He frowned and turned (his) back,
AAabasa watawalla
Because there came to him the blind man, [interrupting].
أن جاءه الأعمى
Because there came to him the blind man.
An jaahu alaAAma
But what would make you perceive, [O Muhammad], that perhaps he might be purified
وما يدريك لعله يزكى
And what would make you know that he would purify himself,
Wama yudreeka laAAallahu yazzakka
Or be reminded and the remembrance would benefit him?
أو يذكر فتنفعه الذكرى
Or become reminded so that the reminder should profit him?
Aw yaththakkaru fatanfaAAahu alththikra
As for he who thinks himself without need,
أما من استغنى
As for him who considers himself free from need (of you),
Amma mani istaghna
To him you give attention.
فأنت له تصدى
To him do you address yourself.
Faanta lahu tasadda
And not upon you [is any blame] if he will not be purified.
وما عليك ألا يزكى
And no blame is on you if he would not purify himself
Wama AAalayka alla yazzakka
But as for he who came to you striving [for knowledge]
وأما من جاءك يسعى
And as to him who comes to you striving hard,
Waamma man jaaka yasAAa
While he fears [Allah],
وهو يخشى
And he fears,
Wahuwa yakhsha
From him you are distracted.
فأنت عنه تلهى
From him will you divert yourself.
Faanta AAanhu talahha
No! Indeed, these verses are a reminder;
كلا إنها تذكرة
Nay! surely it is an admonishment.
Kalla innaha tathkiratun
So whoever wills may remember it.
فمن شاء ذكره
So let him who pleases mind it.
Faman shaa thakarahu
[It is recorded] in honored sheets,
في صحف مكرمة
In honored books,
Fee suhufin mukarramatin
Exalted and purified,
مرفوعة مطهرة
Exalted, purified,
MarfooAAatin mutahharatin
[Carried] by the hands of messenger - angels,
بأيدي سفرة
In the hands of scribes
Biaydee safaratin
Noble and dutiful.
كرام بررة
Noble, virtuous.
Kiramin bararatin
Cursed is man; how disbelieving is he.
قتل الإنسان ما أكفره
Cursed be man! how ungrateful is he!
Qutila alinsanu ma akfarahu
From what substance did He create him?
من أي شيء خلقه
Of what thing did He create him?
Min ayyi shayin khalaqahu
From a sperm - drop He created him and destined for him;
من نطفة خلقه فقدره
Of a small seed; He created him, then He made him according to a measure,
Min nutfatin khalaqahu faqaddarahu
Then He eased the way for him;
ثم السبيل يسره
Then (as for) the way - - He has made it easy (for him)
Thumma alssabeela yassarahu
Then He causes his death and provides a grave for him.
ثم أماته فأقبره
Then He causes him to die, then assigns to him a grave,
Thumma amatahu faaqbarahu
Then when He wills, He will resurrect him.
ثم إذا شاء أنشره
Then when He pleases, He will raise him to life again.
Thumma itha shaa ansharahu
No! Man has not yet accomplished what He commanded him.
كلا لما يقض ما أمره
Nay; but he has not done what He bade him.
Kalla lamma yaqdi ma amarahu
Then let mankind look at his food -
فلينظر الإنسان إلى طعامه
Then let man look to his food,
Falyanthuri alinsanu ila taAAamihi
How We poured down water in torrents,
أنا صببنا الماء صبا
That We pour down the water, pouring (it) down in abundance,
Anna sababna almaa sabban
Then We broke open the earth, splitting [it with sprouts],
ثم شققنا الأرض شقا
Then We cleave the earth, cleaving (it) asunder,
Thumma shaqaqna alarda shaqqan
And caused to grow within it grain
فأنبتنا فيها حبا
Then We cause to grow therein the grain,
Faanbatna feeha habban
And grapes and herbage
وعنبا وقضبا
And grapes and clover,
WaAAinaban waqadban
And olive and palm trees
وزيتونا ونخلا
And the olive and the palm,
Wazaytoonan wanakhlan
And gardens of dense shrubbery
وحدائق غلبا
And thick gardens,
Wahadaiqa ghulban
And fruit and grass -
وفاكهة وأبا
And fruits and herbage
Wafakihatan waabban
[As] enjoyment for you and your grazing livestock.
متاعا لكم ولأنعامكم
A provision for you and for your cattle.
MataAAan lakum walianAAamikum
But when there comes the Deafening Blast
فإذا جاءت الصاخة
But when the deafening cry comes,
Faitha jaati alssakhkhatu
On the Day a man will flee from his brother
يوم يفر المرء من أخيه
The day on which a man shall fly 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 spouse and his son - -
Wasahibatihi wabaneehi
For every man, that Day, will be a matter adequate for him.
لكل امرئ منهم يومئذ شأن يغنيه
Every man of them shall on that day have an affair which will occupy him.
Likulli imriin minhum yawmaithin shanun yughneehi
[Some] faces, that Day, will be bright -
وجوه يومئذ مسفرة
(Many) faces on that day shall be bright,
Wujoohun yawmaithin musfiratun
Laughing, rejoicing at good news.
ضاحكة مستبشرة
Laughing, joyous.
Dahikatun mustabshiratun
And [other] faces, that Day, will have upon them dust.
ووجوه يومئذ عليها غبرة
And (many) faces on that day, on them shall be dust,
Wawujoohun yawmaithin AAalayha ghabaratun
Blackness will cover them.
ترهقها قترة
Darkness shall cover them.
Tarhaquha qataratun
Those are the disbelievers, the wicked ones.
أولئك هم الكفرة الفجرة
These are they who are unbelievers, the wicked.
Olaika humu alkafaratu alfajaratu