Chapter 80, 42 verses
The Prophet frowned and turned away
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ عَبَسَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ
AAabasa watawalla
(The Prophet) frowned and turned away,
Because there came to him the blind man, [interrupting].
أَن جَاءَهُ الْأَعْمَىٰ
An jaahu alaAAma
Because there came to him the blind man (interrupting).
But what would make you perceive, [O Muhammad], that perhaps he might be purified
وَمَا يُدْرِيكَ لَعَلَّهُ يَزَّكَّىٰ
Wama yudreeka laAAallahu yazzakka
But what could tell thee but that perchance he might grow (in spiritual understanding)? -
Or be reminded and the remembrance would benefit him?
أَوْ يَذَّكَّرُ فَتَنفَعَهُ الذِّكْرَىٰ
Aw yaththakkaru fatanfaAAahu alththikra
Or that he might receive admonition, and the teaching might profit him?
As for he who thinks himself without need,
أَمَّا مَنِ اسْتَغْنَىٰ
Amma mani istaghna
As to one who regards Himself as self - sufficient,
To him you give attention.
فَأَنتَ لَهُ تَصَدَّىٰ
Faanta lahu tasadda
To him dost thou attend;
And not upon you [is any blame] if he will not be purified.
وَمَا عَلَيْكَ أَلَّا يَزَّكَّىٰ
Wama AAalayka alla yazzakka
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]
وَأَمَّا مَن جَاءَكَ يَسْعَىٰ
Waamma man jaaka yasAAa
But as to him who came to thee striving earnestly,
While he fears [Allah],
وَهُوَ يَخْشَىٰ
Wahuwa yakhsha
And with fear (in his heart),
From him you are distracted.
فَأَنتَ عَنْهُ تَلَهَّىٰ
Faanta AAanhu talahha
Of him wast thou unmindful.
No! Indeed, these verses are a reminder;
كَلَّا إِنَّهَا تَذْكِرَةٌ
Kalla innaha tathkiratun
By no means (should it be so)! For it is indeed a Message of instruction:
So whoever wills may remember it.
فَمَن شَاءَ ذَكَرَهُ
Faman shaa thakarahu
Therefore let whoso will, keep it in remembrance.
[It is recorded] in honored sheets,
فِي صُحُفٍ مُّكَرَّمَةٍ
Fee suhufin mukarramatin
(It is) in Books held (greatly) in honour,
Exalted and purified,
مَّرْفُوعَةٍ مُّطَهَّرَةٍ
MarfooAAatin mutahharatin
Exalted (in dignity), kept pure and holy,
[Carried] by the hands of messenger - angels,
بِأَيْدِي سَفَرَةٍ
Biaydee safaratin
(Written) by the hands of scribes -
Noble and dutiful.
كِرَامٍ بَرَرَةٍ
Kiramin bararatin
Honourable and Pious and Just.
Cursed is man; how disbelieving is he.
قُتِلَ الْإِنسَانُ مَا أَكْفَرَهُ
Qutila alinsanu ma akfarahu
Woe to man! What hath made him reject Allah;
From what substance did He create him?
مِنْ أَيِّ شَيْءٍ خَلَقَهُ
Min ayyi shayin khalaqahu
From what stuff hath He created him?
From a sperm - drop He created him and destined for him;
مِن نُّطْفَةٍ خَلَقَهُ فَقَدَّرَهُ
Min nutfatin khalaqahu faqaddarahu
From a sperm - drop: He hath created him, and then mouldeth him in due proportions;
Then He eased the way for him;
ثُمَّ السَّبِيلَ يَسَّرَهُ
Thumma alssabeela yassarahu
Then doth He make His path smooth for him;
Then He causes his death and provides a grave for him.
ثُمَّ أَمَاتَهُ فَأَقْبَرَهُ
Thumma amatahu faaqbarahu
Then He causeth him to die, and putteth him in his grave;
Then when He wills, He will resurrect him.
ثُمَّ إِذَا شَاءَ أَنشَرَهُ
Thumma itha shaa ansharahu
Then, when it is His Will, He will raise him up (again).
No! Man has not yet accomplished what He commanded him.
كَلَّا لَمَّا يَقْضِ مَا أَمَرَهُ
Kalla lamma yaqdi ma amarahu
By no means hath he fulfilled what Allah hath commanded him.
Then let mankind look at his food -
فَلْيَنظُرِ الْإِنسَانُ إِلَىٰ طَعَامِهِ
Falyanthuri alinsanu ila taAAamihi
Then let man look at his food, (and how We provide it):
How We poured down water in torrents,
أَنَّا صَبَبْنَا الْمَاءَ صَبًّا
Anna sababna almaa sabban
For that We pour forth water in abundance,
Then We broke open the earth, splitting [it with sprouts],
ثُمَّ شَقَقْنَا الْأَرْضَ شَقًّا
Thumma shaqaqna alarda shaqqan
And We split the earth in fragments,
And caused to grow within it grain
فَأَنبَتْنَا فِيهَا حَبًّا
Faanbatna feeha habban
And produce therein corn,
And grapes and herbage
وَعِنَبًا وَقَضْبًا
WaAAinaban waqadban
And Grapes and nutritious plants,
And olive and palm trees
وَزَيْتُونًا وَنَخْلًا
Wazaytoonan wanakhlan
And Olives and Dates,
And gardens of dense shrubbery
وَحَدَائِقَ غُلْبًا
Wahadaiqa ghulban
And enclosed Gardens, dense with lofty trees,
And fruit and grass -
وَفَاكِهَةً وَأَبًّا
Wafakihatan waabban
And fruits and fodder, -
[As] enjoyment for you and your grazing livestock.
مَّتَاعًا لَّكُمْ وَلِأَنْعَامِكُمْ
MataAAan lakum walianAAamikum
For use and convenience to you and your cattle.
But when there comes the Deafening Blast
فَإِذَا جَاءَتِ الصَّاخَّةُ
Faitha jaati alssakhkhatu
At length, when there comes the Deafening Noise, -
On the Day a man will flee from his brother
يَوْمَ يَفِرُّ الْمَرْءُ مِنْ أَخِيهِ
Yawma yafirru almaro min akheehi
That Day shall a man flee from his own brother,
And his mother and his father
وَأُمِّهِ وَأَبِيهِ
Waommihi waabeehi
And from his mother and his father,
And his wife and his children,
وَصَاحِبَتِهِ وَبَنِيهِ
Wasahibatihi wabaneehi
And from his wife and his children.
For every man, that Day, will be a matter adequate for him.
لِكُلِّ امْرِئٍ مِّنْهُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ شَأْنٌ يُغْنِيهِ
Likulli imriin minhum yawmaithin shanun yughneehi
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 -
وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ مُّسْفِرَةٌ
Wujoohun yawmaithin musfiratun
Some faces that Day will be beaming,
Laughing, rejoicing at good news.
ضَاحِكَةٌ مُّسْتَبْشِرَةٌ
Dahikatun mustabshiratun
Laughing, rejoicing.
And [other] faces, that Day, will have upon them dust.
وَوُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ عَلَيْهَا غَبَرَةٌ
Wawujoohun yawmaithin AAalayha ghabaratun
And other faces that Day will be dust - stained,
Blackness will cover them.
تَرْهَقُهَا قَتَرَةٌ
Tarhaquha qataratun
Blackness will cover them:
Those are the disbelievers, the wicked ones.
أُولَٰئِكَ هُمُ الْكَفَرَةُ الْفَجَرَةُ
Olaika humu alkafaratu alfajaratu
Such will be the Rejecters of Allah, the doers of iniquity.