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