He Frowned — John Medows Rodwell Translation

80:1

عَبَسَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ

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HE FROWNED, and he turned his back

AAabasa watawalla

80:2

أَن جَاءَهُ الْأَعْمَىٰ

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Because the blind man came to him

An jaahu al-aAAma

80:3

وَمَا يُدْرِيكَ لَعَلَّهُ يَزَّكَّىٰ

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But what assured thee that he would not be cleansed by the Faith

Wama yudreeka laAAallahu yazzakka

80:4

أَوْ يَذَّكَّرُ فَتَنفَعَهُ الذِّكْرَىٰ

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Or be warned, and the warning profit him

Aw yaththakkaru fatanfaAAahu alththikra

80:5

أَمَّا مَنِ اسْتَغْنَىٰ

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As to him who is wealthy

Amma mani istaghna

80:6

فَأَنتَ لَهُ تَصَدَّىٰ

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To him thou wast all attention

Faanta lahu tasadda

80:7

وَمَا عَلَيْكَ أَلَّا يَزَّكَّىٰ

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Yet is it not thy concern if he be not cleansed

Wama AAalayka alla yazzakka

80:8

وَأَمَّا مَن جَاءَكَ يَسْعَىٰ

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But as to him who cometh to thee in earnest

Waamma man jaaka yasAAa

فَأَنتَ عَنْهُ تَلَهَّىٰ

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Him dost thou neglect

Faanta AAanhu talahha

80:11

كَلَّا إِنَّهَا تَذْكِرَةٌ

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Nay! but it (the Koran) is a warning

Kalla innaha tathkiratun

80:12

فَمَن شَاءَ ذَكَرَهُ

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(And whoso is willing beareth it in mind

Faman shaa thakarahu

80:13

فِي صُحُفٍ مُّكَرَّمَةٍ

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Written on honoured pages

Fee suhufin mukarramatin

80:14

مَّرْفُوعَةٍ مُّطَهَّرَةٍ

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Exalted, purified

MarfooAAatin mutahharatin

80:15

بِأَيْدِي سَفَرَةٍ

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By the hands of Scribes, honoured, righteous

Cursed be man! What hath made him unbelieving

Kiramin bararatin

80:17

قُتِلَ الْإِنسَانُ مَا أَكْفَرَهُ

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Of what thing did God create him

Qutila al-insanu ma akfarahu

80:18

مِنْ أَيِّ شَيْءٍ خَلَقَهُ

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Out of moist germs

Min ayyi shay-in khalaqahu

80:19

مِن نُّطْفَةٍ خَلَقَهُ فَقَدَّرَهُ

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He created him and fashioned him

Min nutfatin khalaqahu faqaddarahu

80:20

ثُمَّ السَّبِيلَ يَسَّرَهُ

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Then made him an easy passage from the womb

Thumma alssabeela yassarahu

80:21

ثُمَّ أَمَاتَهُ فَأَقْبَرَهُ

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Then causeth him to die and burieth him

Thumma amatahu faaqbarahu

80:22

ثُمَّ إِذَا شَاءَ أَنشَرَهُ

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Then, when he pleaseth, will raise him again to life

Thumma itha shaa ansharahu

80:23

كَلَّا لَمَّا يَقْضِ مَا أَمَرَهُ

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Aye! but man hath not yet fulfilled the bidding of his Lord

Kalla lamma yaqdi ma amarahu

80:24

فَلْيَنظُرِ الْإِنسَانُ إِلَىٰ طَعَامِهِ

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Let man look at his food

Falyanthuri al-insanu ila taAAamihi

80:25

أَنَّا صَبَبْنَا الْمَاءَ صَبًّا

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It was We who rained down the copious rains

Anna sababna almaa sabban

80:26

ثُمَّ شَقَقْنَا الْأَرْضَ شَقًّا

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Then cleft the earth with clefts

Thumma shaqaqna al-arda shaqqan

80:27

فَأَنبَتْنَا فِيهَا حَبًّا

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And caused the upgrowth of the grain

Faanbatna feeha habban

80:28

وَعِنَبًا وَقَضْبًا

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And grapes and healing herbs

WaAAinaban waqadban

80:29

وَزَيْتُونًا وَنَخْلًا

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And the olive and the palm

Wazaytoonan wanakhlan

80:30

وَحَدَائِقَ غُلْبًا

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And enclosed gardens thick with trees

And fruits and herbage

Wafakihatan waabban

80:32

مَّتَاعًا لَّكُمْ وَلِأَنْعَامِكُمْ

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For the service of yourselves and of your cattle

MataAAan lakum wali-anAAamikum

80:33

فَإِذَا جَاءَتِ الصَّاخَّةُ

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But when the stunning trumpet-blast shall arrive

Fa-itha jaati alssakhkhatu

80:34

يَوْمَ يَفِرُّ الْمَرْءُ مِنْ أَخِيهِ

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On that day shall a man fly from his brother

Yawma yafirru almaro min akheehi

80:35

وَأُمِّهِ وَأَبِيهِ

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And his mother and his father

Waommihi waabeehi

80:36

وَصَاحِبَتِهِ وَبَنِيهِ

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And his wife and his children

Wasahibatihi wabaneehi

80:37

لِكُلِّ امْرِئٍ مِّنْهُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ شَأْنٌ يُغْنِيهِ

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For every man of them on that day his own concerns shall be enough

Likulli imri-in minhum yawma-ithin sha/nun yughneehi

80:38

وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ مُّسْفِرَةٌ

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There shall be faces on that day radiant

Wujoohun yawma-ithin musfiratun

80:39

ضَاحِكَةٌ مُّسْتَبْشِرَةٌ

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Laughing and joyous

Dahikatun mustabshiratun

80:40

وَوُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ عَلَيْهَا غَبَرَةٌ

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And faces on that day with dust upon them

Wawujoohun yawma-ithin AAalayha ghabaratun

80:41

تَرْهَقُهَا قَتَرَةٌ

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Blackness shall cover them

Tarhaquha qataratun

80:42

أُولَٰئِكَ هُمُ الْكَفَرَةُ الْفَجَرَةُ

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These are the Infidels, the Impure

Ola-ika humu alkafaratu alfajaratu

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