He Frowned — Sayyid Qutb Transcription In Progress Translation

80:1

عَبَسَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ

Sayyid Qutb (transcription in progress)

He frowned and turned away

AAabasa watawalla

80:2

أَن جَاءَهُ الْأَعْمَىٰ

Sayyid Qutb (transcription in progress)

when the blind man came to him.

An jaahu al-aAAma

80:3

وَمَا يُدْرِيكَ لَعَلَّهُ يَزَّكَّىٰ

Sayyid Qutb (transcription in progress)

How could you tell? He might have sought to purify himself.

Wama yudreeka laAAallahu yazzakka

80:4

أَوْ يَذَّكَّرُ فَتَنفَعَهُ الذِّكْرَىٰ

Sayyid Qutb (transcription in progress)

He might have been reminded and the reminder might have profited him.

Aw yaththakkaru fatanfaAAahu alththikra

80:5

أَمَّا مَنِ اسْتَغْنَىٰ

Sayyid Qutb (transcription in progress)

But to the one who considered himself self- sufficient

Amma mani istaghna

80:6

فَأَنتَ لَهُ تَصَدَّىٰ

Sayyid Qutb (transcription in progress)

you were all attention.

Faanta lahu tasadda

80:7

وَمَا عَلَيْكَ أَلَّا يَزَّكَّىٰ

Sayyid Qutb (transcription in progress)

Yet the fault would not be yours if he remained uncleansed.

Wama AAalayka alla yazzakka

80:8

وَأَمَّا مَن جَاءَكَ يَسْعَىٰ

Sayyid Qutb (transcription in progress)

As to him who comes to you with zeal,

Waamma man jaaka yasAAa

80:9

وَهُوَ يَخْشَىٰ

Sayyid Qutb (transcription in progress)

and with a feeling of fear in his heart,

Wahuwa yakhsha

80:10

فَأَنتَ عَنْهُ تَلَهَّىٰ

Sayyid Qutb (transcription in progress)

him you ignore.

Faanta AAanhu talahha

80:11

كَلَّا إِنَّهَا تَذْكِرَةٌ

Sayyid Qutb (transcription in progress)

No indeed! This is an admonition.

Kalla innaha tathkiratun

80:12

فَمَن شَاءَ ذَكَرَهُ

Sayyid Qutb (transcription in progress)

Let him who will, bear it in mind.

Faman shaa thakarahu

80:13

فِي صُحُفٍ مُّكَرَّمَةٍ

Sayyid Qutb (transcription in progress)

It is written on honoured pages,

Fee suhufin mukarramatin

80:14

مَّرْفُوعَةٍ مُّطَهَّرَةٍ

Sayyid Qutb (transcription in progress)

exalted, purified,

MarfooAAatin mutahharatin

80:15

بِأَيْدِي سَفَرَةٍ

Sayyid Qutb (transcription in progress)

by the hands of noble and devout scribes. (15-16)

Bi-aydee safaratin

80:16

كِرَامٍ بَرَرَةٍ

Sayyid Qutb (transcription in progress)

by the hands of noble and devout scribes. (15-16)

Kiramin bararatin

80:17

قُتِلَ الْإِنسَانُ مَا أَكْفَرَهُ

Sayyid Qutb (transcription in progress)

Perish man! How ungrateful he is!

Qutila al-insanu ma akfarahu

80:18

مِنْ أَيِّ شَيْءٍ خَلَقَهُ

Sayyid Qutb (transcription in progress)

Of what did God create him?

Min ayyi shay-in khalaqahu

80:19

مِن نُّطْفَةٍ خَلَقَهُ فَقَدَّرَهُ

Sayyid Qutb (transcription in progress)

Of a drop of sperm. He created him and proportioned him.

Min nutfatin khalaqahu faqaddarahu

80:20

ثُمَّ السَّبِيلَ يَسَّرَهُ

Sayyid Qutb (transcription in progress)

He makes his path smooth for him.

Thumma alssabeela yassarahu

80:21

ثُمَّ أَمَاتَهُ فَأَقْبَرَهُ

Sayyid Qutb (transcription in progress)

He then causes him to die and puts him in his grave.

Thumma amatahu faaqbarahu

80:22

ثُمَّ إِذَا شَاءَ أَنشَرَهُ

Sayyid Qutb (transcription in progress)

He will surely bring him back to life when He pleases.

Thumma itha shaa ansharahu

80:23

كَلَّا لَمَّا يَقْضِ مَا أَمَرَهُ

Sayyid Qutb (transcription in progress)

But by no means has man fulfilled His bidding.

Kalla lamma yaqdi ma amarahu

80:24

فَلْيَنظُرِ الْإِنسَانُ إِلَىٰ طَعَامِهِ

Sayyid Qutb (transcription in progress)

Let man reflect on the food he eats:

Falyanthuri al-insanu ila taAAamihi

80:25

أَنَّا صَبَبْنَا الْمَاءَ صَبًّا

Sayyid Qutb (transcription in progress)

how We pour down the rain in torrents,

Anna sababna almaa sabban

80:26

ثُمَّ شَقَقْنَا الْأَرْضَ شَقًّا

Sayyid Qutb (transcription in progress)

and cleave the earth in fissures;

Thumma shaqaqna al-arda shaqqan

80:27

فَأَنبَتْنَا فِيهَا حَبًّا

Sayyid Qutb (transcription in progress)

how We bring forth the corn,

Faanbatna feeha habban

80:28

وَعِنَبًا وَقَضْبًا

Sayyid Qutb (transcription in progress)

the grapes, and the fresh vegetation,

WaAAinaban waqadban

80:29

وَزَيْتُونًا وَنَخْلًا

Sayyid Qutb (transcription in progress)

the olive and the palm,

Wazaytoonan wanakhlan

80:30

وَحَدَائِقَ غُلْبًا

Sayyid Qutb (transcription in progress)

the dense-treed gardens,

Wahada-iqa ghulban

80:31

وَفَاكِهَةً وَأَبًّا

Sayyid Qutb (transcription in progress)

the fruit-trees and the green pastures,

Wafakihatan waabban

80:32

مَّتَاعًا لَّكُمْ وَلِأَنْعَامِكُمْ

Sayyid Qutb (transcription in progress)

for you and your cattle to delight in.

MataAAan lakum wali-anAAamikum

80:33

فَإِذَا جَاءَتِ الصَّاخَّةُ

Sayyid Qutb (transcription in progress)

But when the stunning blast is sounded,

Fa-itha jaati alssakhkhatu

80:34

يَوْمَ يَفِرُّ الْمَرْءُ مِنْ أَخِيهِ

Sayyid Qutb (transcription in progress)

on that day everyone will forsake his brother,

Yawma yafirru almaro min akheehi

80:35

وَأُمِّهِ وَأَبِيهِ

Sayyid Qutb (transcription in progress)

his mother and his father,

Waommihi waabeehi

80:36

وَصَاحِبَتِهِ وَبَنِيهِ

Sayyid Qutb (transcription in progress)

his wife and his children:

Wasahibatihi wabaneehi

80:37

لِكُلِّ امْرِئٍ مِّنْهُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ شَأْنٌ يُغْنِيهِ

Sayyid Qutb (transcription in progress)

for each one of them will on that day have enough preoccupations of his own.

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

80:38

وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ مُّسْفِرَةٌ

Sayyid Qutb (transcription in progress)

Some faces on that day shall be beaming,

Wujoohun yawma-ithin musfiratun

80:39

ضَاحِكَةٌ مُّسْتَبْشِرَةٌ

Sayyid Qutb (transcription in progress)

smiling and joyful.

Dahikatun mustabshiratun

80:40

وَوُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ عَلَيْهَا غَبَرَةٌ

Sayyid Qutb (transcription in progress)

Some other faces on that day shall be covered with dust,

Wawujoohun yawma-ithin AAalayha ghabaratun

80:41

تَرْهَقُهَا قَتَرَةٌ

Sayyid Qutb (transcription in progress)

veiled with darkness.

Tarhaquha qataratun

80:42

أُولَٰئِكَ هُمُ الْكَفَرَةُ الْفَجَرَةُ

Sayyid Qutb (transcription in progress)

These shall be the faces of the unbelievers, the hardened in sin.

Ola-ika humu alkafaratu alfajaratu

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