بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ عَبَسَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ

He frowned and turned away.

أَنْ جَاءَهُ الْأَعْمَىٰ

Because there came Unto him a blind man.

وَمَا يُدْرِيكَ لَعَلَّهُ يَزَّكَّىٰ

How canst thou know, whether haply he might be cleansed,

أَوْ يَذَّكَّرُ فَتَنْفَعَهُ الذِّكْرَىٰ

Or be admonished, so that the admonition might have profited him?

أَمَّا مَنِ اسْتَغْنَىٰ

As for him who regardeth himself self-sufficient-

فَأَنْتَ لَهُ تَصَدَّىٰ

Unto him thou attendest.

وَمَا عَلَيْكَ أَلَّا يَزَّكَّىٰ

Whereas it is not on thee that he is not cleansed.

وَأَمَّا مَنْ جَاءَكَ يَسْعَىٰ

And as for him who cometh Unto thee running,

وَهُوَ يَخْشَىٰ

And he feareth'-

فَأَنْتَ عَنْهُ تَلَهَّىٰ

Him thou neglectest!

كَلَّا إِنَّهَا تَذْكِرَةٌ

By no means! Verily it is an admonition.

فَمَنْ شَاءَ ذَكَرَهُ

So whosoever willeth-let him be admonished therewlth.

فِي صُحُفٍ مُكَرَّمَةٍ

Inscribed in Writs honoured,"

مَرْفُوعَةٍ مُطَهَّرَةٍ

Exalted, Purified,

بِأَيْدِي سَفَرَةٍ

By the hands of scribes.

كِرَامٍ بَرَرَةٍ

Honourable and virtuous.

قُتِلَ الْإِنْسَانُ مَا أَكْفَرَهُ

Perish man! how ungrateful he is!

مِنْ أَيِّ شَيْءٍ خَلَقَهُ

Of what thing hath He created him?

مِنْ نُطْفَةٍ خَلَقَهُ فَقَدَّرَهُ

Of a drop of seed. He created him and formed him according to a measure.

ثُمَّ السَّبِيلَ يَسَّرَهُ

Then the way He made easy.

ثُمَّ أَمَاتَهُ فَأَقْبَرَهُ

Then He caused him to die and made him to be buried.

ثُمَّ إِذَا شَاءَ أَنْشَرَهُ

Then when He listeth, He shall raise him to life.

كَلَّا لَمَّا يَقْضِ مَا أَمَرَهُ

By no means He performed not that which He had commanded him.

فَلْيَنْظُرِ الْإِنْسَانُ إِلَىٰ طَعَامِهِ

Let man look at his food:

أَنَّا صَبَبْنَا الْمَاءَ صَبًّا

It is We Who pour forth water, pouring,

ثُمَّ شَقَقْنَا الْأَرْضَ شَقًّا

Thereafter We cleave the earth in clefts,

فَأَنْبَتْنَا فِيهَا حَبًّا

Then We cause therein the grain to grow,

وَعِنَبًا وَقَضْبًا

And grapes and vegetables

وَزَيْتُونًا وَنَخْلًا

And olives and palms

وَحَدَائِقَ غُلْبًا

And enclosed gardens luxuriant.

وَفَاكِهَةً وَأَبًّا

And fruits and herbage:

مَتَاعًا لَكُمْ وَلِأَنْعَامِكُمْ

A provision for you and for your cattle.

فَإِذَا جَاءَتِ الصَّاخَّةُ

Then when cometh the Deafening Cry-

يَوْمَ يَفِرُّ الْمَرْءُ مِنْ أَخِيهِ

On the Day whereon a man shall flee from his brother,

وَأُمِّهِ وَأَبِيهِ

And his mother and his father,

وَصَاحِبَتِهِ وَبَنِيهِ

And his wife and his sons;

لِكُلِّ امْرِئٍ مِنْهُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ شَأْنٌ يُغْنِيهِ

For every one of them on that Day shall be business enough to occupy

وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ مُسْفِرَةٌ

Faces on that Day shall be beaming,

ضَاحِكَةٌ مُسْتَبْشِرَةٌ

Laughing, rejoicing.

وَوُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ عَلَيْهَا غَبَرَةٌ

And faces on that Day! upon them shall be gloom.

تَرْهَقُهَا قَتَرَةٌ

Dust shall cover them

أُولَٰئِكَ هُمُ الْكَفَرَةُ الْفَجَرَةُ

Those! they are the infidels, the ungodly.