'Abasa عبس

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَـٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ عَبَسَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ

bismillah ar-rahman ar-rahim 'abasa wa-tawalla

The Prophet frowned and turned away

أَن جَاءَهُ الْأَعْمَىٰ

an ja'ahu al-a'ma

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

وَمَا يُدْرِيكَ لَعَلَّهُ يَزَّكَّىٰ

wa ma yudrika la'allahu yazzakka

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

أَوْ يَذَّكَّرُ فَتَنفَعَهُ الذِّكْرَىٰ

aw yadhdhakkar fa-tanfa'uhu adh-dhikra

Or be reminded and the remembrance would benefit him?

أَمَّا مَنِ اسْتَغْنَىٰ

amma mani staghna

As for he who thinks himself without need,

فَأَنتَ لَهُ تَصَدَّىٰ

fa-anta lahu tasadda

To him you give attention.

وَمَا عَلَيْكَ أَلَّا يَزَّكَّىٰ

wa ma 'alayka alla yazzakka

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

وَأَمَّا مَن جَاءَكَ يَسْعَىٰ

wa-amma man ja'a yas'a

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

وَهُوَ يَخْشَىٰ

wa huwa yakhsha

While he fears [Allah],

فَأَنتَ عَنْهُ تَلَهَّىٰ

fa-anta 'anhu talabba

From him you are distracted.

كَلَّا إِنَّهَا تَذْكِرَةٌ

kalla innaha tadhkirah

No! Indeed, these verses are a reminder;

فَمَن شَاءَ ذَكَرَهُ

faman sha'a dhakarah

So whoever wills may remember it.

فِي صُحُفٍ مُّكَرَّمَةٍ

fi suhuf mukarramah

[It is recorded] in honored sheets,

مَّرْفُوعَةٍ مُّطَهَّرَةٍ

marfu'ah mutahharah

Exalted and purified,

بِأَيْدِي سَفَرَةٍ

bi-aydi safarah

[Carried] by the hands of messenger-angels,

كِرَامٍ بَرَرَةٍ

kiram bararah

Noble and dutiful.

قُتِلَ الْإِنسَانُ مَا أَكْفَرَهُ

qutila al-insanu ma akfarah

Cursed is man; how disbelieving is he.

مِنْ أَيِّ شَيْءٍ خَلَقَهُ

min ayyi shay' khalaqah

From what substance did He create him?

مِن نُّطْفَةٍ خَلَقَهُ فَقَدَّرَهُ

min nutfah khalaqahu fa-qaddarahu

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

ثُمَّ السَّبِيلَ يَسَّرَهُ

thumma as-sabila yassarahu

Then He eased the way for him;

ثُمَّ أَمَاتَهُ فَأَقْبَرَهُ

thumma amatahu fa-aqbarahu

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

ثُمَّ إِذَا شَاءَ أَنشَرَهُ

thumma idha sha'a ansarahu

Then when He wills, He will resurrect him.

كَلَّا لَمَّا يَقْضِ مَا أَمَرَهُ

kalla lamma yaqdi ma amarahu

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

فَلْيَنظُرِ الْإِنسَانُ إِلَىٰ طَعَامِهِ

fa-yanzur al-insan ila ta'amih

Then let mankind look at his food -

أَنَّا صَبَبْنَا الْمَاءَ صَبًّا

inna sababna al-ma'a sabban

How We poured down water in torrents,

ثُمَّ شَقَقْنَا الْأَرْضَ شَقًّا

thumma shaqaqna al-arda shaqqan

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

فَأَنبَتْنَا فِيهَا حَبًّا

fa-anbatna fiha habban

And caused to grow within it grain

وَعِنَبًا وَقَضْبًا

wa-'inaban wa-qadban

And grapes and herbage

وَزَيْتُونًا وَنَخْلًا

wa-zaytun wa-nakhl

And olive and palm trees

وَحَدَائِقَ غُلْبًا

wa-hada'iqa ghulban

And gardens of dense shrubbery

وَفَاكِهَةً وَأَبًّا

wa-fakihatan wa-abban

And fruit and grass -

مَّتَاعًا لَّكُمْ وَلِأَنْعَامِكُمْ

mata'an lakum wa-li-an'amikum

[As] enjoyment for you and your grazing livestock.

فَإِذَا جَاءَتِ الصَّاخَّةُ

fa-idha ja'at as-sakhkhah

But when there comes the Deafening Blast

يَوْمَ يَفِرُّ الْمَرْءُ مِنْ أَخِيهِ

yawma yafirr al-mar' min akhih

On the Day a man will flee from his brother

وَأُمِّهِ وَأَبِيهِ

wa-ummihi wa-abihi

And his mother and his father

وَصَاحِبَتِهِ وَبَنِيهِ

wa-sahibatih wa-banih

And his wife and his children,

لِكُلِّ امْرِئٍ مِّنْهُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ شَأْنٌ يُغْنِيهِ

likulli imri'in minhum yawma'idhin sha'nun yughnihi

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

وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ مُّسْفِرَةٌ

wujuh yawma'idhin musfirah

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

ضَاحِكَةٌ مُّسْتَبْشِرَةٌ

dahikah mustabshirah

Laughing, rejoicing at good news.

وَوُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ عَلَيْهَا غَبَرَةٌ

wawujuhun yawma'idhin 'alayha ghabarah

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

تَرْهَقُهَا قَتَرَةٌ

tarhaquha qataratun

Blackness will cover them.

أُولَـٰئِكَ هُمُ الْكَفَرَةُ الْفَجَرَةُ

ula'ika humu al-kafaratu al-fajaratu

Those are the disbelievers, the wicked ones.