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