Chapter 80, 42 verses
(The Prophet) frowned and turned away,
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم عبس وتولى
AAabasa watawalla
He frowned and turned (his) back,
Because there came to him the blind man (interrupting).
أن جاءه الأعمى
An jaahu alaAAma
Because there came to him the blind man.
But what could tell thee but that perchance he might grow (in spiritual understanding)? -
وما يدريك لعله يزكى
Wama yudreeka laAAallahu yazzakka
And what would make you know that he would purify himself,
Or that he might receive admonition, and the teaching might profit him?
أو يذكر فتنفعه الذكرى
Aw yaththakkaru fatanfaAAahu alththikra
Or become reminded so that the reminder should profit him?
As to one who regards Himself as self - sufficient,
أما من استغنى
Amma mani istaghna
As for him who considers himself free from need (of you),
To him dost thou attend;
فأنت له تصدى
Faanta lahu tasadda
To him do you address yourself.
Though it is no blame to thee if he grow not (in spiritual understanding).
وما عليك ألا يزكى
Wama AAalayka alla yazzakka
And no blame is on you if he would not purify himself
But as to him who came to thee striving earnestly,
وأما من جاءك يسعى
Waamma man jaaka yasAAa
And as to him who comes to you striving hard,
And with fear (in his heart),
وهو يخشى
Wahuwa yakhsha
And he fears,
Of him wast thou unmindful.
فأنت عنه تلهى
Faanta AAanhu talahha
From him will you divert yourself.
By no means (should it be so)! For it is indeed a Message of instruction:
كلا إنها تذكرة
Kalla innaha tathkiratun
Nay! surely it is an admonishment.
Therefore let whoso will, keep it in remembrance.
فمن شاء ذكره
Faman shaa thakarahu
So let him who pleases mind it.
(It is) in Books held (greatly) in honour,
في صحف مكرمة
Fee suhufin mukarramatin
In honored books,
Exalted (in dignity), kept pure and holy,
مرفوعة مطهرة
MarfooAAatin mutahharatin
Exalted, purified,
(Written) by the hands of scribes -
بأيدي سفرة
Biaydee safaratin
In the hands of scribes
Honourable and Pious and Just.
كرام بررة
Kiramin bararatin
Noble, virtuous.
Woe to man! What hath made him reject Allah;
قتل الإنسان ما أكفره
Qutila alinsanu ma akfarahu
Cursed be man! how ungrateful is he!
From what stuff hath He created him?
من أي شيء خلقه
Min ayyi shayin khalaqahu
Of what thing did 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
Of a small seed; He created him, then He made him according to a measure,
Then doth He make His path smooth for him;
ثم السبيل يسره
Thumma alssabeela yassarahu
Then (as for) the way - - He has made it easy (for him)
Then He causeth him to die, and putteth him in his grave;
ثم أماته فأقبره
Thumma amatahu faaqbarahu
Then He causes him to die, then assigns to him a grave,
Then, when it is His Will, He will raise him up (again).
ثم إذا شاء أنشره
Thumma itha shaa ansharahu
Then when He pleases, He will raise him to life again.
By no means hath he fulfilled what Allah hath commanded him.
كلا لما يقض ما أمره
Kalla lamma yaqdi ma amarahu
Nay; but he has not done what He bade him.
Then let man look at his food, (and how We provide it):
فلينظر الإنسان إلى طعامه
Falyanthuri alinsanu ila taAAamihi
Then let man look to his food,
For that We pour forth water in abundance,
أنا صببنا الماء صبا
Anna sababna almaa sabban
That We pour down the water, pouring (it) down in abundance,
And We split the earth in fragments,
ثم شققنا الأرض شقا
Thumma shaqaqna alarda shaqqan
Then We cleave the earth, cleaving (it) asunder,
And produce therein corn,
فأنبتنا فيها حبا
Faanbatna feeha habban
Then We cause to grow therein the grain,
And Grapes and nutritious plants,
وعنبا وقضبا
WaAAinaban waqadban
And grapes and clover,
And Olives and Dates,
وزيتونا ونخلا
Wazaytoonan wanakhlan
And the olive and the palm,
And enclosed Gardens, dense with lofty trees,
وحدائق غلبا
Wahadaiqa ghulban
And thick gardens,
And fruits and fodder, -
وفاكهة وأبا
Wafakihatan waabban
And fruits and herbage
For use and convenience to you and your cattle.
متاعا لكم ولأنعامكم
MataAAan lakum walianAAamikum
A provision for you and for your cattle.
At length, when there comes the Deafening Noise, -
فإذا جاءت الصاخة
Faitha jaati alssakhkhatu
But when the deafening cry comes,
That Day shall a man flee from his own brother,
يوم يفر المرء من أخيه
Yawma yafirru almaro min akheehi
The day on which a man shall fly 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 spouse and his son - -
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 of them shall on that day have an affair which will occupy him.
Some faces that Day will be beaming,
وجوه يومئذ مسفرة
Wujoohun yawmaithin musfiratun
(Many) faces on that day shall be bright,
Laughing, rejoicing.
ضاحكة مستبشرة
Dahikatun mustabshiratun
Laughing, joyous.
And other faces that Day will be dust - stained,
ووجوه يومئذ عليها غبرة
Wawujoohun yawmaithin AAalayha ghabaratun
And (many) faces on that day, on them shall be dust,
Blackness will cover them:
ترهقها قترة
Tarhaquha qataratun
Darkness shall cover them.
Such will be the Rejecters of Allah, the doers of iniquity.
أولئك هم الكفرة الفجرة
Olaika humu alkafaratu alfajaratu
These are they who are unbelievers, the wicked.