Chapter 80, 42 verses
(The Prophet) frowned and turned away,
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم عبس وتولى
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. He frowned and turned away
عَبَسَ وَتَوَلَّىٰٓ
Because there came to him the blind man (interrupting).
أن جاءه الأعمى
Because the blind man came unto him.
أَن جَآءَهُ ٱلْأَعْمَىٰ
But what could tell thee but that perchance he might grow (in spiritual understanding)? -
وما يدريك لعله يزكى
What could inform thee but that he might grow (in grace)
وَمَا يُدْرِيكَ لَعَلَّهُۥ يَزَّكَّىٰٓ
Or that he might receive admonition, and the teaching might profit him?
أو يذكر فتنفعه الذكرى
Or take heed and so the reminder might avail him ?
أَوْ يَذَّكَّرُ فَتَنفَعَهُ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰٓ
As to one who regards Himself as self - sufficient,
أما من استغنى
As for him who thinketh himself independent,
أَمَّا مَنِ ٱسْتَغْنَىٰ
To him dost thou attend;
فأنت له تصدى
Unto him thou payest regard.
فَأَنتَ لَهُۥ تَصَدَّىٰ
Though it is no blame to thee if he grow not (in spiritual understanding).
وما عليك ألا يزكى
Yet it is not thy concern if he grow not (in grace).
وَمَا عَلَيْكَ أَلَّا يَزَّكَّىٰ
But as to him who came to thee striving earnestly,
وأما من جاءك يسعى
But as for him who cometh unto thee with earnest purpose
وَأَمَّا مَن جَآءَكَ يَسْعَىٰ
And with fear (in his heart),
وهو يخشى
And hath fear,
وَهُوَ يَخْشَىٰ
Of him wast thou unmindful.
فأنت عنه تلهى
From him thou art distracted.
فَأَنتَ عَنْهُ تَلَهَّىٰ
By no means (should it be so)! For it is indeed a Message of instruction:
كلا إنها تذكرة
Nay, but verily it is an Admonishment,
كَلَّآ إِنَّهَا تَذْكِرَةٌ
Therefore let whoso will, keep it in remembrance.
فمن شاء ذكره
So let whosoever will pay heed to it,
فَمَن شَآءَ ذَكَرَهُۥ
(It is) in Books held (greatly) in honour,
في صحف مكرمة
On honoured leaves
فِى صُحُفٍ مُّكَرَّمَةٍ
Exalted (in dignity), kept pure and holy,
مرفوعة مطهرة
Exalted, purified,
مَّرْفُوعَةٍ مُّطَهَّرَةٍۭ
(Written) by the hands of scribes -
بأيدي سفرة
(Set down) by scribes
بِأَيْدِى سَفَرَةٍ
Honourable and Pious and Just.
كرام بررة
Noble and righteous.
كِرَامٍۭ بَرَرَةٍ
Woe to man! What hath made him reject Allah;
قتل الإنسان ما أكفره
Man is (self - )destroyed: how ungrateful!
قُتِلَ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ مَآ أَكْفَرَهُۥ
From what stuff hath He created him?
من أي شيء خلقه
From what thing doth He create him ?
مِنْ أَىِّ شَىْءٍ خَلَقَهُۥ
From a sperm - drop: He hath created him, and then mouldeth him in due proportions;
من نطفة خلقه فقدره
From a drop of seed. He createth him and proportioneth him,
مِن نُّطْفَةٍ خَلَقَهُۥ فَقَدَّرَهُۥ
Then doth He make His path smooth for him;
ثم السبيل يسره
Then maketh the way easy for him,
ثُمَّ ٱلسَّبِيلَ يَسَّرَهُۥ
Then He causeth him to die, and putteth him in his grave;
ثم أماته فأقبره
Then causeth him to die, and burieth him;
ثُمَّ أَمَاتَهُۥ فَأَقْبَرَهُۥ
Then, when it is His Will, He will raise him up (again).
ثم إذا شاء أنشره
Then, when He will, He bringeth him again to life.
ثُمَّ إِذَا شَآءَ أَنشَرَهُۥ
By no means hath he fulfilled what Allah hath commanded him.
كلا لما يقض ما أمره
Nay, but (man) hath not done what He commanded him.
كَلَّا لَمَّا يَقْضِ مَآ أَمَرَهُۥ
Then let man look at his food, (and how We provide it):
فلينظر الإنسان إلى طعامه
Let man consider his food:
فَلْيَنظُرِ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ إِلَىٰ طَعَامِهِۦٓ
For that We pour forth water in abundance,
أنا صببنا الماء صبا
How We pour water in showers
أَنَّا صَبَبْنَا ٱلْمَآءَ صَبًّا
And We split the earth in fragments,
ثم شققنا الأرض شقا
Then split the earth in clefts
ثُمَّ شَقَقْنَا ٱلْأَرْضَ شَقًّا
And produce therein corn,
فأنبتنا فيها حبا
And cause the grain to grow therein
فَأَنۢبَتْنَا فِيهَا حَبًّا
And Grapes and nutritious plants,
وعنبا وقضبا
And grapes and green fodder
وَعِنَبًا وَقَضْبًا
And Olives and Dates,
وزيتونا ونخلا
And olive - trees and palm - trees
وَزَيْتُونًا وَنَخْلًا
And enclosed Gardens, dense with lofty trees,
وحدائق غلبا
And garden - closes of thick foliage
وَحَدَآئِقَ غُلْبًا
And fruits and fodder, -
وفاكهة وأبا
And fruits and grasses:
وَفَٰكِهَةً وَأَبًّا
For use and convenience to you and your cattle.
متاعا لكم ولأنعامكم
Provision for you and your cattle.
مَّتَٰعًا لَّكُمْ وَلِأَنْعَٰمِكُمْ
At length, when there comes the Deafening Noise, -
فإذا جاءت الصاخة
But when the Shout cometh
فَإِذَا جَآءَتِ ٱلصَّآخَّةُ
That Day shall a man flee from his own brother,
يوم يفر المرء من أخيه
On the day when a man fleeth from his brother
يَوْمَ يَفِرُّ ٱلْمَرْءُ مِنْ أَخِيهِ
And from his mother and his father,
وأمه وأبيه
And his mother and his father
وَأُمِّهِۦ وَأَبِيهِ
And from his wife and his children.
وصاحبته وبنيه
And his wife and his children,
وَصَٰحِبَتِهِۦ وَبَنِيهِ
Each one of them, that Day, will have enough concern (of his own) to make him indifferent to the others.
لكل امرئ منهم يومئذ شأن يغنيه
Every man that day will have concern enough to make him heedless (of others).
لِكُلِّ ٱمْرِئٍ مِّنْهُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ شَأْنٌ يُغْنِيهِ
Some faces that Day will be beaming,
وجوه يومئذ مسفرة
On that day faces will be bright as dawn,
وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ مُّسْفِرَةٌ
Laughing, rejoicing.
ضاحكة مستبشرة
Laughing, rejoicing at good news;
ضَاحِكَةٌ مُّسْتَبْشِرَةٌ
And other faces that Day will be dust - stained,
ووجوه يومئذ عليها غبرة
And other faces, on that day, with dust upon them,
وَوُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ عَلَيْهَا غَبَرَةٌ
Blackness will cover them:
ترهقها قترة
Veiled in darkness,
تَرْهَقُهَا قَتَرَةٌ
Such will be the Rejecters of Allah, the doers of iniquity.
أولئك هم الكفرة الفجرة
Those are the disbelievers, the wicked.
أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْكَفَرَةُ ٱلْفَجَرَةُ