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