length: 42 ayahs
revelation: Meccan
80:1
بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِیمِ عَبَسَ وَتَوَلَّىٰۤ
He frowned and turned away
80:2
أَن جَاۤءَهُ ٱلۡأَعۡمَىٰ
that the blind man came to him.
80:3
وَمَا یُدۡرِیكَ لَعَلَّهُۥ یَزَّكَّىٰۤ
And what should teach thee? Perchance he would cleanse him,
80:4
أَوۡ یَذَّكَّرُ فَتَنفَعَهُ ٱلذِّكۡرَىٰۤ
or yet remember, and the Reminder profit him.
80:5
أَمَّا مَنِ ٱسۡتَغۡنَىٰ
But the self-sufficient,
80:6
فَأَنتَ لَهُۥ تَصَدَّىٰ
to him thou attendest
80:7
وَمَا عَلَیۡكَ أَلَّا یَزَّكَّىٰ
though it is not thy concern, if he does not cleanse himself.
80:8
وَأَمَّا مَن جَاۤءَكَ یَسۡعَىٰ
And he who comes to thee eagerly
80:9
وَهُوَ یَخۡشَىٰ
and fearfully,
80:10
فَأَنتَ عَنۡهُ تَلَهَّىٰ
to him thou payest no heed.
80:11
كَلَّاۤ إِنَّهَا تَذۡكِرَةࣱ
No indeed; it is a Reminder
80:12
فَمَن شَاۤءَ ذَكَرَهُۥ
(and whoso wills, shall remember it)
80:13
فِی صُحُفࣲ مُّكَرَّمَةࣲ
upon pages high-honoured,
80:14
مَّرۡفُوعَةࣲ مُّطَهَّرَةِۭ
uplifted, purified,
80:15
بِأَیۡدِی سَفَرَةࣲ
by the hands of scribes
80:16
كِرَامِۭ بَرَرَةࣲ
noble, pious.
80:17
قُتِلَ ٱلۡإِنسَـٰنُ مَاۤ أَكۡفَرَهُۥ
Perish Man! How unthankful he is!
80:18
مِنۡ أَیِّ شَیۡءٍ خَلَقَهُۥ
Of what did He create him?
80:19
مِن نُّطۡفَةٍ خَلَقَهُۥ فَقَدَّرَهُۥ
Of a sperm-drop He created him, and determined him,
80:20
ثُمَّ ٱلسَّبِیلَ یَسَّرَهُۥ
then the way eased for him,
80:21
ثُمَّ أَمَاتَهُۥ فَأَقۡبَرَهُۥ
then makes him to die, and buries him,
80:22
ثُمَّ إِذَا شَاۤءَ أَنشَرَهُۥ
then, when He wills, He raises him.
80:23
كَلَّا لَمَّا یَقۡضِ مَاۤ أَمَرَهُۥ
No indeed! Man has not accomplished His bidding.
80:24
فَلۡیَنظُرِ ٱلۡإِنسَـٰنُ إِلَىٰ طَعَامِهِۦۤ
Let Man consider his nourishment.
80:25
أَنَّا صَبَبۡنَا ٱلۡمَاۤءَ صَبࣰّا
We poured out the rains abundantly,
80:26
ثُمَّ شَقَقۡنَا ٱلۡأَرۡضَ شَقࣰّا
then We split the earth in fissures
80:27
فَأَنۢبَتۡنَا فِیهَا حَبࣰّا
and therein made the grains to grow
80:28
وَعِنَبࣰا وَقَضۡبࣰا
and vines, and reeds,
80:29
وَزَیۡتُونࣰا وَنَخۡلࣰا
and olives, and palms,
80:30
وَحَدَاۤىِٕقَ غُلۡبࣰا
and dense-tree'd gardens,
80:31
وَفَـٰكِهَةࣰ وَأَبࣰّا
and fruits, and pastures,
80:32
مَّتَـٰعࣰا لَّكُمۡ وَلِأَنۡعَـٰمِكُمۡ
an enjoyment for you and your flocks.
80:33
فَإِذَا جَاۤءَتِ ٱلصَّاۤخَّةُ
And when the Blast shall sound,
80:34
یَوۡمَ یَفِرُّ ٱلۡمَرۡءُ مِنۡ أَخِیهِ
upon the day when a man shall flee from his brother,
80:35
وَأُمِّهِۦ وَأَبِیهِ
his mother, his father,
80:36
وَصَـٰحِبَتِهِۦ وَبَنِیهِ
his consort, his sons,
80:37
لِكُلِّ ٱمۡرِئࣲ مِّنۡهُمۡ یَوۡمَىِٕذࣲ شَأۡنࣱ یُغۡنِیهِ
every man that day shall have business to suffice him.
80:38
وُجُوهࣱ یَوۡمَىِٕذࣲ مُّسۡفِرَةࣱ
Some faces on that day shall shine
80:39
ضَاحِكَةࣱ مُّسۡتَبۡشِرَةࣱ
laughing, joyous;
80:40
وَوُجُوهࣱ یَوۡمَىِٕذٍ عَلَیۡهَا غَبَرَةࣱ
some faces on that day shall be dusty
80:41
تَرۡهَقُهَا قَتَرَةٌ
o'erspread with darkness --
80:42
أُو۟لَـٰۤىِٕكَ هُمُ ٱلۡكَفَرَةُ ٱلۡفَجَرَةُ
those -- they are the unbelievers, the libertines.