Chapter 80, 42 verses
The Prophet frowned and turned away
AAabasa watawalla
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم عبس وتولى
(The Prophet) frowned and turned away,
Because there came to him the blind man, [interrupting].
An jaahu alaAAma
أن جاءه الأعمى
Because there came to him the blind man (interrupting).
But what would make you perceive, [O Muhammad], that perhaps he might be purified
Wama yudreeka laAAallahu yazzakka
وما يدريك لعله يزكى
But what could tell thee but that perchance he might grow (in spiritual understanding)? -
Or be reminded and the remembrance would benefit him?
Aw yaththakkaru fatanfaAAahu alththikra
أو يذكر فتنفعه الذكرى
Or that he might receive admonition, and the teaching might profit him?
As for he who thinks himself without need,
Amma mani istaghna
أما من استغنى
As to one who regards Himself as self - sufficient,
To him you give attention.
Faanta lahu tasadda
فأنت له تصدى
To him dost thou attend;
And not upon you [is any blame] if he will not be purified.
Wama AAalayka alla yazzakka
وما عليك ألا يزكى
Though it is no blame to thee if he grow not (in spiritual understanding).
But as for he who came to you striving [for knowledge]
Waamma man jaaka yasAAa
وأما من جاءك يسعى
But as to him who came to thee striving earnestly,
While he fears [Allah],
Wahuwa yakhsha
وهو يخشى
And with fear (in his heart),
From him you are distracted.
Faanta AAanhu talahha
فأنت عنه تلهى
Of him wast thou unmindful.
No! Indeed, these verses are a reminder;
Kalla innaha tathkiratun
كلا إنها تذكرة
By no means (should it be so)! For it is indeed a Message of instruction:
So whoever wills may remember it.
Faman shaa thakarahu
فمن شاء ذكره
Therefore let whoso will, keep it in remembrance.
[It is recorded] in honored sheets,
Fee suhufin mukarramatin
في صحف مكرمة
(It is) in Books held (greatly) in honour,
Exalted and purified,
MarfooAAatin mutahharatin
مرفوعة مطهرة
Exalted (in dignity), kept pure and holy,
[Carried] by the hands of messenger - angels,
Biaydee safaratin
بأيدي سفرة
(Written) by the hands of scribes -
Noble and dutiful.
Kiramin bararatin
كرام بررة
Honourable and Pious and Just.
Cursed is man; how disbelieving is he.
Qutila alinsanu ma akfarahu
قتل الإنسان ما أكفره
Woe to man! What hath made him reject Allah;
From what substance did He create him?
Min ayyi shayin khalaqahu
من أي شيء خلقه
From what stuff hath He created him?
From a sperm - drop He created him and destined for him;
Min nutfatin khalaqahu faqaddarahu
من نطفة خلقه فقدره
From a sperm - drop: He hath created him, and then mouldeth him in due proportions;
Then He eased the way for him;
Thumma alssabeela yassarahu
ثم السبيل يسره
Then doth He make His path smooth for him;
Then He causes his death and provides a grave for him.
Thumma amatahu faaqbarahu
ثم أماته فأقبره
Then He causeth him to die, and putteth him in his grave;
Then when He wills, He will resurrect him.
Thumma itha shaa ansharahu
ثم إذا شاء أنشره
Then, when it is His Will, He will raise him up (again).
No! Man has not yet accomplished what He commanded him.
Kalla lamma yaqdi ma amarahu
كلا لما يقض ما أمره
By no means hath he fulfilled what Allah hath commanded him.
Then let mankind look at his food -
Falyanthuri alinsanu ila taAAamihi
فلينظر الإنسان إلى طعامه
Then let man look at his food, (and how We provide it):
How We poured down water in torrents,
Anna sababna almaa sabban
أنا صببنا الماء صبا
For that We pour forth water in abundance,
Then We broke open the earth, splitting [it with sprouts],
Thumma shaqaqna alarda shaqqan
ثم شققنا الأرض شقا
And We split the earth in fragments,
And caused to grow within it grain
Faanbatna feeha habban
فأنبتنا فيها حبا
And produce therein corn,
And grapes and herbage
WaAAinaban waqadban
وعنبا وقضبا
And Grapes and nutritious plants,
And olive and palm trees
Wazaytoonan wanakhlan
وزيتونا ونخلا
And Olives and Dates,
And gardens of dense shrubbery
Wahadaiqa ghulban
وحدائق غلبا
And enclosed Gardens, dense with lofty trees,
And fruit and grass -
Wafakihatan waabban
وفاكهة وأبا
And fruits and fodder, -
[As] enjoyment for you and your grazing livestock.
MataAAan lakum walianAAamikum
متاعا لكم ولأنعامكم
For use and convenience to you and your cattle.
But when there comes the Deafening Blast
Faitha jaati alssakhkhatu
فإذا جاءت الصاخة
At length, when there comes the Deafening Noise, -
On the Day a man will flee from his brother
Yawma yafirru almaro min akheehi
يوم يفر المرء من أخيه
That Day shall a man flee from his own brother,
And his mother and his father
Waommihi waabeehi
وأمه وأبيه
And from his mother and his father,
And his wife and his children,
Wasahibatihi wabaneehi
وصاحبته وبنيه
And from his wife and his children.
For every man, that Day, will be a matter adequate for him.
Likulli imriin minhum yawmaithin shanun yughneehi
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.
[Some] faces, that Day, will be bright -
Wujoohun yawmaithin musfiratun
وجوه يومئذ مسفرة
Some faces that Day will be beaming,
Laughing, rejoicing at good news.
Dahikatun mustabshiratun
ضاحكة مستبشرة
Laughing, rejoicing.
And [other] faces, that Day, will have upon them dust.
Wawujoohun yawmaithin AAalayha ghabaratun
ووجوه يومئذ عليها غبرة
And other faces that Day will be dust - stained,
Blackness will cover them.
Tarhaquha qataratun
ترهقها قترة
Blackness will cover them:
Those are the disbelievers, the wicked ones.
Olaika humu alkafaratu alfajaratu
أولئك هم الكفرة الفجرة
Such will be the Rejecters of Allah, the doers of iniquity.