Chapter 80, 42 verses
The Prophet frowned and turned away
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم عبس وتولى
(The Prophet) frowned and turned away,
عَبَسَ وَتَوَلَّىٰٓ
Because there came to him the blind man, [interrupting].
أن جاءه الأعمى
Because there came to him the blind man (interrupting).
أَن جَآءَهُ ٱلْأَعْمَىٰ
But what would make you perceive, [O Muhammad], that perhaps he might be purified
وما يدريك لعله يزكى
But what could tell thee but that perchance he might grow (in spiritual understanding)? -
وَمَا يُدْرِيكَ لَعَلَّهُۥ يَزَّكَّىٰٓ
Or be reminded and the remembrance would benefit him?
أو يذكر فتنفعه الذكرى
Or that he might receive admonition, and the teaching might profit him?
أَوْ يَذَّكَّرُ فَتَنفَعَهُ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰٓ
As for he who thinks himself without need,
أما من استغنى
As to one who regards Himself as self - sufficient,
أَمَّا مَنِ ٱسْتَغْنَىٰ
To him you give attention.
فأنت له تصدى
To him dost thou attend;
فَأَنتَ لَهُۥ تَصَدَّىٰ
And not upon you [is any blame] if he will not be purified.
وما عليك ألا يزكى
Though it is no blame to thee if he grow not (in spiritual understanding).
وَمَا عَلَيْكَ أَلَّا يَزَّكَّىٰ
But as for he who came to you striving [for knowledge]
وأما من جاءك يسعى
But as to him who came to thee striving earnestly,
وَأَمَّا مَن جَآءَكَ يَسْعَىٰ
While he fears [Allah],
وهو يخشى
And with fear (in his heart),
وَهُوَ يَخْشَىٰ
From him you are distracted.
فأنت عنه تلهى
Of him wast thou unmindful.
فَأَنتَ عَنْهُ تَلَهَّىٰ
No! Indeed, these verses are a reminder;
كلا إنها تذكرة
By no means (should it be so)! For it is indeed a Message of instruction:
كَلَّآ إِنَّهَا تَذْكِرَةٌ
So whoever wills may remember it.
فمن شاء ذكره
Therefore let whoso will, keep it in remembrance.
فَمَن شَآءَ ذَكَرَهُۥ
[It is recorded] in honored sheets,
في صحف مكرمة
(It is) in Books held (greatly) in honour,
فِى صُحُفٍ مُّكَرَّمَةٍ
Exalted and purified,
مرفوعة مطهرة
Exalted (in dignity), kept pure and holy,
مَّرْفُوعَةٍ مُّطَهَّرَةٍۭ
[Carried] by the hands of messenger - angels,
بأيدي سفرة
(Written) by the hands of scribes -
بِأَيْدِى سَفَرَةٍ
Noble and dutiful.
كرام بررة
Honourable and Pious and Just.
كِرَامٍۭ بَرَرَةٍ
Cursed is man; how disbelieving is he.
قتل الإنسان ما أكفره
Woe to man! What hath made him reject Allah;
قُتِلَ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ مَآ أَكْفَرَهُۥ
From what substance did He create him?
من أي شيء خلقه
From what stuff hath He created him?
مِنْ أَىِّ شَىْءٍ خَلَقَهُۥ
From a sperm - drop He created him and destined for him;
من نطفة خلقه فقدره
From a sperm - drop: He hath created him, and then mouldeth him in due proportions;
مِن نُّطْفَةٍ خَلَقَهُۥ فَقَدَّرَهُۥ
Then He eased the way for him;
ثم السبيل يسره
Then doth He make His path smooth for him;
ثُمَّ ٱلسَّبِيلَ يَسَّرَهُۥ
Then He causes his death and provides a grave for him.
ثم أماته فأقبره
Then He causeth him to die, and putteth him in his grave;
ثُمَّ أَمَاتَهُۥ فَأَقْبَرَهُۥ
Then when He wills, He will resurrect him.
ثم إذا شاء أنشره
Then, when it is His Will, He will raise him up (again).
ثُمَّ إِذَا شَآءَ أَنشَرَهُۥ
No! Man has not yet accomplished what He commanded him.
كلا لما يقض ما أمره
By no means hath he fulfilled what Allah hath commanded him.
كَلَّا لَمَّا يَقْضِ مَآ أَمَرَهُۥ
Then let mankind look at his food -
فلينظر الإنسان إلى طعامه
Then let man look at his food, (and how We provide it):
فَلْيَنظُرِ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ إِلَىٰ طَعَامِهِۦٓ
How We poured down water in torrents,
أنا صببنا الماء صبا
For that We pour forth water in abundance,
أَنَّا صَبَبْنَا ٱلْمَآءَ صَبًّا
Then We broke open the earth, splitting [it with sprouts],
ثم شققنا الأرض شقا
And We split the earth in fragments,
ثُمَّ شَقَقْنَا ٱلْأَرْضَ شَقًّا
And caused to grow within it grain
فأنبتنا فيها حبا
And produce therein corn,
فَأَنۢبَتْنَا فِيهَا حَبًّا
And grapes and herbage
وعنبا وقضبا
And Grapes and nutritious plants,
وَعِنَبًا وَقَضْبًا
And olive and palm trees
وزيتونا ونخلا
And Olives and Dates,
وَزَيْتُونًا وَنَخْلًا
And gardens of dense shrubbery
وحدائق غلبا
And enclosed Gardens, dense with lofty trees,
وَحَدَآئِقَ غُلْبًا
And fruit and grass -
وفاكهة وأبا
And fruits and fodder, -
وَفَٰكِهَةً وَأَبًّا
[As] enjoyment for you and your grazing livestock.
متاعا لكم ولأنعامكم
For use and convenience to you and your cattle.
مَّتَٰعًا لَّكُمْ وَلِأَنْعَٰمِكُمْ
But when there comes the Deafening Blast
فإذا جاءت الصاخة
At length, when there comes the Deafening Noise, -
فَإِذَا جَآءَتِ ٱلصَّآخَّةُ
On the Day a man will flee from his brother
يوم يفر المرء من أخيه
That Day shall a man flee from his own brother,
يَوْمَ يَفِرُّ ٱلْمَرْءُ مِنْ أَخِيهِ
And his mother and his father
وأمه وأبيه
And from his mother and his father,
وَأُمِّهِۦ وَأَبِيهِ
And his wife and his children,
وصاحبته وبنيه
And from 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
Each one of them, that Day, will have enough concern (of his own) to make him indifferent to the others.
لِكُلِّ ٱمْرِئٍ مِّنْهُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ شَأْنٌ يُغْنِيهِ
[Some] faces, that Day, will be bright -
وجوه يومئذ مسفرة
Some faces that Day will be beaming,
وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ مُّسْفِرَةٌ
Laughing, rejoicing at good news.
ضاحكة مستبشرة
Laughing, rejoicing.
ضَاحِكَةٌ مُّسْتَبْشِرَةٌ
And [other] faces, that Day, will have upon them dust.
ووجوه يومئذ عليها غبرة
And other faces that Day will be dust - stained,
وَوُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ عَلَيْهَا غَبَرَةٌ
Blackness will cover them.
ترهقها قترة
Blackness will cover them:
تَرْهَقُهَا قَتَرَةٌ
Those are the disbelievers, the wicked ones.
أولئك هم الكفرة الفجرة
Such will be the Rejecters of Allah, the doers of iniquity.
أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْكَفَرَةُ ٱلْفَجَرَةُ