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