Chapter 80, 42 verses
(The Prophet) frowned and turned away,
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم عبس وتولى
AAabasa watawalla
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. He frowned and turned away
Because there came to him the blind man (interrupting).
أن جاءه الأعمى
An jaahu alaAAma
Because the blind man came unto him.
But what could tell thee but that perchance he might grow (in spiritual understanding)? -
وما يدريك لعله يزكى
Wama yudreeka laAAallahu yazzakka
What could inform thee but that he might grow (in grace)
Or that he might receive admonition, and the teaching might profit him?
أو يذكر فتنفعه الذكرى
Aw yaththakkaru fatanfaAAahu alththikra
Or take heed and so the reminder might avail him ?
As to one who regards Himself as self - sufficient,
أما من استغنى
Amma mani istaghna
As for him who thinketh himself independent,
To him dost thou attend;
فأنت له تصدى
Faanta lahu tasadda
Unto him thou payest regard.
Though it is no blame to thee if he grow not (in spiritual understanding).
وما عليك ألا يزكى
Wama AAalayka alla yazzakka
Yet it is not thy concern if he grow not (in grace).
But as to him who came to thee striving earnestly,
وأما من جاءك يسعى
Waamma man jaaka yasAAa
But as for him who cometh unto thee with earnest purpose
And with fear (in his heart),
وهو يخشى
Wahuwa yakhsha
And hath fear,
Of him wast thou unmindful.
فأنت عنه تلهى
Faanta AAanhu talahha
From him thou art distracted.
By no means (should it be so)! For it is indeed a Message of instruction:
كلا إنها تذكرة
Kalla innaha tathkiratun
Nay, but verily it is an Admonishment,
Therefore let whoso will, keep it in remembrance.
فمن شاء ذكره
Faman shaa thakarahu
So let whosoever will pay heed to it,
(It is) in Books held (greatly) in honour,
في صحف مكرمة
Fee suhufin mukarramatin
On honoured leaves
Exalted (in dignity), kept pure and holy,
مرفوعة مطهرة
MarfooAAatin mutahharatin
Exalted, purified,
(Written) by the hands of scribes -
بأيدي سفرة
Biaydee safaratin
(Set down) by scribes
Honourable and Pious and Just.
كرام بررة
Kiramin bararatin
Noble and righteous.
Woe to man! What hath made him reject Allah;
قتل الإنسان ما أكفره
Qutila alinsanu ma akfarahu
Man is (self - )destroyed: how ungrateful!
From what stuff hath He created him?
من أي شيء خلقه
Min ayyi shayin khalaqahu
From what thing doth He create him ?
From a sperm - drop: He hath created him, and then mouldeth him in due proportions;
من نطفة خلقه فقدره
Min nutfatin khalaqahu faqaddarahu
From a drop of seed. He createth him and proportioneth him,
Then doth He make His path smooth for him;
ثم السبيل يسره
Thumma alssabeela yassarahu
Then maketh the way easy for him,
Then He causeth him to die, and putteth him in his grave;
ثم أماته فأقبره
Thumma amatahu faaqbarahu
Then causeth him to die, and burieth him;
Then, when it is His Will, He will raise him up (again).
ثم إذا شاء أنشره
Thumma itha shaa ansharahu
Then, when He will, He bringeth him again to life.
By no means hath he fulfilled what Allah hath commanded him.
كلا لما يقض ما أمره
Kalla lamma yaqdi ma amarahu
Nay, but (man) hath not done what He commanded him.
Then let man look at his food, (and how We provide it):
فلينظر الإنسان إلى طعامه
Falyanthuri alinsanu ila taAAamihi
Let man consider his food:
For that We pour forth water in abundance,
أنا صببنا الماء صبا
Anna sababna almaa sabban
How We pour water in showers
And We split the earth in fragments,
ثم شققنا الأرض شقا
Thumma shaqaqna alarda shaqqan
Then split the earth in clefts
And produce therein corn,
فأنبتنا فيها حبا
Faanbatna feeha habban
And cause the grain to grow therein
And Grapes and nutritious plants,
وعنبا وقضبا
WaAAinaban waqadban
And grapes and green fodder
And Olives and Dates,
وزيتونا ونخلا
Wazaytoonan wanakhlan
And olive - trees and palm - trees
And enclosed Gardens, dense with lofty trees,
وحدائق غلبا
Wahadaiqa ghulban
And garden - closes of thick foliage
And fruits and fodder, -
وفاكهة وأبا
Wafakihatan waabban
And fruits and grasses:
For use and convenience to you and your cattle.
متاعا لكم ولأنعامكم
MataAAan lakum walianAAamikum
Provision for you and your cattle.
At length, when there comes the Deafening Noise, -
فإذا جاءت الصاخة
Faitha jaati alssakhkhatu
But when the Shout cometh
That Day shall a man flee from his own brother,
يوم يفر المرء من أخيه
Yawma yafirru almaro min akheehi
On the day when a man fleeth from his brother
And from his mother and his father,
وأمه وأبيه
Waommihi waabeehi
And his mother and his father
And from his wife and his children.
وصاحبته وبنيه
Wasahibatihi wabaneehi
And his wife and his children,
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
Likulli imriin minhum yawmaithin shanun yughneehi
Every man that day will have concern enough to make him heedless (of others).
Some faces that Day will be beaming,
وجوه يومئذ مسفرة
Wujoohun yawmaithin musfiratun
On that day faces will be bright as dawn,
Laughing, rejoicing.
ضاحكة مستبشرة
Dahikatun mustabshiratun
Laughing, rejoicing at good news;
And other faces that Day will be dust - stained,
ووجوه يومئذ عليها غبرة
Wawujoohun yawmaithin AAalayha ghabaratun
And other faces, on that day, with dust upon them,
Blackness will cover them:
ترهقها قترة
Tarhaquha qataratun
Veiled in darkness,
Such will be the Rejecters of Allah, the doers of iniquity.
أولئك هم الكفرة الفجرة
Olaika humu alkafaratu alfajaratu
Those are the disbelievers, the wicked.