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بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ

عَبَسَ وَتَوَلَّىٰٓ

AAabasa watawalla

The Prophet frowned and turned away

(The Prophet) frowned and turned away,

Abasa  1    

أَن جَآءَهُ ٱلْأَعْمَىٰ

An jaahu alaAAma

Because there came to him the blind man, [interrupting].

Because there came to him the blind man (interrupting).

Abasa  2    

وَمَا يُدْرِيكَ لَعَلَّهُۥ يَزَّكَّىٰٓ

Wama yudreeka laAAallahu yazzakka

But what would make you perceive, [O Muhammad], that perhaps he might be purified

But what could tell thee but that perchance he might grow (in spiritual understanding)?-

Abasa  3    

أَوْ يَذَّكَّرُ فَتَنفَعَهُ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰٓ

Aw yaththakkaru fatanfaAAahu alththikra

Or be reminded and the remembrance would benefit him?

Or that he might receive admonition, and the teaching might profit him?

Abasa  4    

أَمَّا مَنِ ٱسْتَغْنَىٰ

Amma mani istaghna

As for he who thinks himself without need,

As to one who regards Himself as self-sufficient,

Abasa  5    

فَأَنتَ لَهُۥ تَصَدَّىٰ

Faanta lahu tasadda

To him you give attention.

To him dost thou attend;

Abasa  6    

وَمَا عَلَيْكَ أَلَّا يَزَّكَّىٰ

Wama AAalayka alla yazzakka

And not upon you [is any blame] if he will not be purified.

Though it is no blame to thee if he grow not (in spiritual understanding).

Abasa  7    

وَأَمَّا مَن جَآءَكَ يَسْعَىٰ

Waamma man jaaka yasAAa

But as for he who came to you striving [for knowledge]

But as to him who came to thee striving earnestly,

Abasa  8    

وَهُوَ يَخْشَىٰ

Wahuwa yakhsha

While he fears [Allah],

And with fear (in his heart),

Abasa  9    

فَأَنتَ عَنْهُ تَلَهَّىٰ

Faanta AAanhu talahha

From him you are distracted.

Of him wast thou unmindful.

Abasa  10    

كَلَّآ إِنَّهَا تَذْكِرَةٌۭ

Kalla innaha tathkiratun

No! Indeed, these verses are a reminder;

By no means (should it be so)! For it is indeed a Message of instruction:

Abasa  11    

فَمَن شَآءَ ذَكَرَهُۥ

Faman shaa thakarahu

So whoever wills may remember it.

Therefore let whoso will, keep it in remembrance.

Abasa  12    

فِى صُحُفٍۢ مُّكَرَّمَةٍۢ

Fee suhufin mukarramatin

[It is recorded] in honored sheets,

(It is) in Books held (greatly) in honour,

Abasa  13    

مَّرْفُوعَةٍۢ مُّطَهَّرَةٍۭ

MarfooAAatin mutahharatin

Exalted and purified,

Exalted (in dignity), kept pure and holy,

Abasa  14    

بِأَيْدِى سَفَرَةٍۢ

Biaydee safaratin

[Carried] by the hands of messenger-angels,

(Written) by the hands of scribes-

Abasa  15    

كِرَامٍۭ بَرَرَةٍۢ

Kiramin bararatin

Noble and dutiful.

Honourable and Pious and Just.

Abasa  16    

قُتِلَ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ مَآ أَكْفَرَهُۥ

Qutila alinsanu ma akfarahu

Cursed is man; how disbelieving is he.

Woe to man! What hath made him reject Allah;

Abasa  17    

مِنْ أَىِّ شَىْءٍ خَلَقَهُۥ

Min ayyi shayin khalaqahu

From what substance did He create him?

From what stuff hath He created him?

Abasa  18    

مِن نُّطْفَةٍ خَلَقَهُۥ فَقَدَّرَهُۥ

Min nutfatin khalaqahu faqaddarahu

From a sperm-drop He created him and destined for him;

From a sperm-drop: He hath created him, and then mouldeth him in due proportions;

Abasa  19    

ثُمَّ ٱلسَّبِيلَ يَسَّرَهُۥ

Thumma alssabeela yassarahu

Then He eased the way for him;

Then doth He make His path smooth for him;

Abasa  20    

ثُمَّ أَمَاتَهُۥ فَأَقْبَرَهُۥ

Thumma amatahu faaqbarahu

Then He causes his death and provides a grave for him.

Then He causeth him to die, and putteth him in his grave;

Abasa  21    

ثُمَّ إِذَا شَآءَ أَنشَرَهُۥ

Thumma itha shaa ansharahu

Then when He wills, He will resurrect him.

Then, when it is His Will, He will raise him up (again).

Abasa  22    

كَلَّا لَمَّا يَقْضِ مَآ أَمَرَهُۥ

Kalla lamma yaqdi ma amarahu

No! Man has not yet accomplished what He commanded him.

By no means hath he fulfilled what Allah hath commanded him.

Abasa  23    

فَلْيَنظُرِ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ إِلَىٰ طَعَامِهِۦٓ

Falyanthuri alinsanu ila taAAamihi

Then let mankind look at his food -

Then let man look at his food, (and how We provide it):

Abasa  24    

أَنَّا صَبَبْنَا ٱلْمَآءَ صَبًّۭا

Anna sababna almaa sabban

How We poured down water in torrents,

For that We pour forth water in abundance,

Abasa  25    

ثُمَّ شَقَقْنَا ٱلْأَرْضَ شَقًّۭا

Thumma shaqaqna alarda shaqqan

Then We broke open the earth, splitting [it with sprouts],

And We split the earth in fragments,

Abasa  26    

فَأَنۢبَتْنَا فِيهَا حَبًّۭا

Faanbatna feeha habban

And caused to grow within it grain

And produce therein corn,

Abasa  27    

وَعِنَبًۭا وَقَضْبًۭا

WaAAinaban waqadban

And grapes and herbage

And Grapes and nutritious plants,

Abasa  28    

وَزَيْتُونًۭا وَنَخْلًۭا

Wazaytoonan wanakhlan

And olive and palm trees

And Olives and Dates,

Abasa  29    

وَحَدَآئِقَ غُلْبًۭا

Wahadaiqa ghulban

And gardens of dense shrubbery

And enclosed Gardens, dense with lofty trees,

Abasa  30    

وَفَـٰكِهَةًۭ وَأَبًّۭا

Wafakihatan waabban

And fruit and grass -

And fruits and fodder,-

Abasa  31    

مَّتَـٰعًۭا لَّكُمْ وَلِأَنْعَـٰمِكُمْ

MataAAan lakum walianAAamikum

[As] enjoyment for you and your grazing livestock.

For use and convenience to you and your cattle.

Abasa  32    

فَإِذَا جَآءَتِ ٱلصَّآخَّةُ

Faitha jaati alssakhkhatu

But when there comes the Deafening Blast

At length, when there comes the Deafening Noise,-

Abasa  33    

يَوْمَ يَفِرُّ ٱلْمَرْءُ مِنْ أَخِيهِ

Yawma yafirru almaro min akheehi

On the Day a man will flee from his brother

That Day shall a man flee from his own brother,

Abasa  34    

وَأُمِّهِۦ وَأَبِيهِ

Waommihi waabeehi

And his mother and his father

And from his mother and his father,

Abasa  35    

وَصَـٰحِبَتِهِۦ وَبَنِيهِ

Wasahibatihi wabaneehi

And his wife and his children,

And from his wife and his children.

Abasa  36    

لِكُلِّ ٱمْرِئٍۢ مِّنْهُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ شَأْنٌۭ يُغْنِيهِ

Likulli imriin minhum yawmaithin shanun yughneehi

For every man, that Day, will be a matter adequate for him.

Each one of them, that Day, will have enough concern (of his own) to make him indifferent to the others.

Abasa  37    

وُجُوهٌۭ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ مُّسْفِرَةٌۭ

Wujoohun yawmaithin musfiratun

[Some] faces, that Day, will be bright -

Some faces that Day will be beaming,

Abasa  38    

ضَاحِكَةٌۭ مُّسْتَبْشِرَةٌۭ

Dahikatun mustabshiratun

Laughing, rejoicing at good news.

Laughing, rejoicing.

Abasa  39    

وَوُجُوهٌۭ يَوْمَئِذٍ عَلَيْهَا غَبَرَةٌۭ

Wawujoohun yawmaithin AAalayha ghabaratun

And [other] faces, that Day, will have upon them dust.

And other faces that Day will be dust-stained,

Abasa  40    

تَرْهَقُهَا قَتَرَةٌ

Tarhaquha qataratun

Blackness will cover them.

Blackness will cover them:

Abasa  41    

أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْكَفَرَةُ ٱلْفَجَرَةُ

Olaika humu alkafaratu alfajaratu

Those are the disbelievers, the wicked ones.

Such will be the Rejecters of Allah, the doers of iniquity.

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