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