بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ عَبَسَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ

He frowned and turned away

أَنْ جَاءَهُ الْأَعْمَىٰ

that the blind man came to him.

وَمَا يُدْرِيكَ لَعَلَّهُ يَزَّكَّىٰ

How could you know? Perhaps he would cleanse himself,

أَوْ يَذَّكَّرُ فَتَنْفَعَهُ الذِّكْرَىٰ

or he might be mindful and good counsel might avail him.

أَمَّا مَنِ اسْتَغْنَىٰ

Now he who waxes indifferent,

فَأَنْتَ لَهُ تَصَدَّىٰ

you attend to him,

وَمَا عَلَيْكَ أَلَّا يَزَّكَّىٰ

though you are not to blame if he would not cleanse himself.

وَأَمَّا مَنْ جَاءَكَ يَسْعَىٰ

But he who comes to you running,

وَهُوَ يَخْشَىٰ

and fears (Allah),

فَأَنْتَ عَنْهُ تَلَهَّىٰ

you pay no heed to him.

كَلَّا إِنَّهَا تَذْكِرَةٌ

No indeed; this is only a Reminder.

فَمَنْ شَاءَ ذَكَرَهُ

So whoso wills may give heed to it.

فِي صُحُفٍ مُكَرَّمَةٍ

It is contained in scrolls highly honoured,

مَرْفُوعَةٍ مُطَهَّرَةٍ

most exalted and purified,

بِأَيْدِي سَفَرَةٍ

borne by the hands of scribes,

كِرَامٍ بَرَرَةٍ

noble and purified.

قُتِلَ الْإِنْسَانُ مَا أَكْفَرَهُ

Accursed be man! How stubbornly he denies the Truth.

مِنْ أَيِّ شَيْءٍ خَلَقَهُ

Out of what did Allah create him?

مِنْ نُطْفَةٍ خَلَقَهُ فَقَدَّرَهُ

Out of a sperm-drop did He create him and then determined a measure for him,

ثُمَّ السَّبِيلَ يَسَّرَهُ

and then made the course of life easy for him,

ثُمَّ أَمَاتَهُ فَأَقْبَرَهُ

then He caused him to die and brought him to the grave,

ثُمَّ إِذَا شَاءَ أَنْشَرَهُ

and then, whenever He wishes, He will raise him back to life.

كَلَّا لَمَّا يَقْضِ مَا أَمَرَهُ

Nay, but man did not fulfil what Allah had enjoined upon him.

فَلْيَنْظُرِ الْإِنْسَانُ إِلَىٰ طَعَامِهِ

So let man just consider his food:

أَنَّا صَبَبْنَا الْمَاءَ صَبًّا

We poured water, pouring it in great abundance,

ثُمَّ شَقَقْنَا الْأَرْضَ شَقًّا

and cleaved the earth, cleaving it asunder;

فَأَنْبَتْنَا فِيهَا حَبًّا

then caused the grain to grow out of it,

وَعِنَبًا وَقَضْبًا

together with grapes and vegetables,

وَزَيْتُونًا وَنَخْلًا

and olives and palms,

وَحَدَائِقَ غُلْبًا

and dense orchards,

وَفَاكِهَةً وَأَبًّا

and fruits and pastures –

مَتَاعًا لَكُمْ وَلِأَنْعَامِكُمْ

all this as a provision for you and your cattle.

فَإِذَا جَاءَتِ الصَّاخَّةُ

But when the deafening cry shall be sounded

يَوْمَ يَفِرُّ الْمَرْءُ مِنْ أَخِيهِ

on the Day when each man shall flee from his brother,

وَأُمِّهِ وَأَبِيهِ

and his mother and his father;

وَصَاحِبَتِهِ وَبَنِيهِ

and his consort and his children;

لِكُلِّ امْرِئٍ مِنْهُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ شَأْنٌ يُغْنِيهِ

on that Day each will be occupied with his own business, making him oblivious of all save himself.

وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ مُسْفِرَةٌ

Some faces on that Day shall be beaming with happiness,

ضَاحِكَةٌ مُسْتَبْشِرَةٌ

and be cheerful and joyous.

وَوُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ عَلَيْهَا غَبَرَةٌ

Some faces on that Day shall be dust-ridden,

تَرْهَقُهَا قَتَرَةٌ

enveloped by darkness.

أُولَٰئِكَ هُمُ الْكَفَرَةُ الْفَجَرَةُ

These will be the unbelievers, the wicked.