Surah 'Abasa عبس

عَبَسَ وَتَوَلَّىٰٓ ١

'Abasa watawallā

He [i.e., the Prophet (ﷺ) ] frowned and turned away

أَن جَآءَهُ ٱلۡأَعۡمَىٰ ٢

An jā'ahul-a'mā

Because there came to him the blind man,¹⁸⁵³ [interrupting].

وَمَا يُدۡرِيكَ لَعَلَّهُۥ يَزَّكَّىٰٓ ٣

Wamā yudrīka la'allahū yazzakkā

But what would make you perceive, [O Muḥammad], that perhaps he might be purified¹⁸⁵⁴

أَوۡ يَذَّكَّرُ فَتَنفَعَهُ ٱلذِّكۡرَىٰٓ ٤

Aw yaddhakkaru fatanfa'ahudh-dhikrā

Or be reminded and the remembrance would benefit him?

أَمَّا مَنِ ٱسۡتَغۡنَىٰ ٥

Ammā manistaghnā

As for he who thinks himself without need,¹⁸⁵⁵

فَأَنتَ لَهُۥ تَصَدَّىٰ ٦

Fa anta lahū tasaddā

To him you give attention.

وَمَا عَلَيۡكَ أَلَّا يَزَّكَّىٰ ٧

Wamā 'alayka allā yazzakkā

And not upon you [is any blame] if he will not be purified.¹⁸⁵⁶

وَأَمَّا مَن جَآءَكَ يَسۡعَىٰ ٨

Wa ammā man jā'aka yas'ā

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

وَهُوَ يَخۡشَىٰ ٩

Wahuwa yakhshā

While he fears [Allāh],

فَأَنتَ عَنۡهُ تَلَهَّىٰ ١٠

Fa anta 'anhu talahhā

From him you are distracted.

كَلَّآ إِنَّهَا تَذۡكِرَةٞ ١١

Kallā innahā tadhkirah

No! Indeed, they [i.e., these verses] are a reminder;

فَمَن شَآءَ ذَكَرَهُۥ ١٢

Faman shā'a dhakarah

So whoever wills may remember it.¹⁸⁵⁷

فِي صُحُفٖ مُّكَرَّمَةٖ ١٣

Fī suhufim mukarramah

[It is recorded] in honored sheets,

مَّرۡفُوعَةٖ مُّطَهَّرَةِۭ ١٤

Mmarfū'atim mutahharah

Exalted and purified,

بِأَيۡدِي سَفَرَةٖ ١٥

Bi aydī safarah

[Carried] by the hands of messenger-angels,

كِرَامِۭ بَرَرَةٖ ١٦

Kirāmi bararah

Noble and dutiful.

قُتِلَ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ مَآ أَكۡفَرَهُۥ ١٧

Qutilal-insānu mā akfarah

Destroyed [i.e., cursed] is man;¹⁸⁵⁸ how disbelieving is he.

مِنۡ أَيِّ شَيۡءٍ خَلَقَهُۥ ١٨

Min ayyi shay'in khalaqah

From what thing [i.e., substance] did He create him?

مِن نُّطۡفَةٍ خَلَقَهُۥ فَقَدَّرَهُۥ ١٩

Min nutfatin khalaqahū faqaddarah

From a sperm-drop He created him and destined for him;¹⁸⁵⁹

ثُمَّ ٱلسَّبِيلَ يَسَّرَهُۥ ٢٠

Thummas-sabīla yassarah

Then He eased the way for him;¹⁸⁶⁰

ثُمَّ أَمَاتَهُۥ فَأَقۡبَرَهُۥ ٢١

Thumma amātahū fa aqbarah

Then He causes his death and provides a grave for him.¹⁸⁶¹

ثُمَّ إِذَا شَآءَ أَنشَرَهُۥ ٢٢

Thumma idhā shā'a ansharah

Then when He wills, He will resurrect him.

كَلَّا لَمَّا يَقۡضِ مَآ أَمَرَهُۥ ٢٣

Kallā lammā yaqdi mā amarah

No! He [i.e., man] has not yet accomplished what He commanded him.

فَلۡيَنظُرِ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ إِلَىٰ طَعَامِهِۦٓ ٢٤

Falyanzuril-insānu ilā ta'āmih

Then let mankind look at his food -

أَنَّا صَبَبۡنَا ٱلۡمَآءَ صَبّٗا ٢٥

Annā sababnal-mā'a sabbā

How We poured down water in torrents,

ثُمَّ شَقَقۡنَا ٱلۡأَرۡضَ شَقّٗا ٢٦

Thumma shaqaqnal-arda shaqqā

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

فَأَنۢبَتۡنَا فِيهَا حَبّٗا ٢٧

Fa ambatnā fīhā habbā

And caused to grow within it grain

وَعِنَبٗا وَقَضۡبٗا ٢٨

Wa'inaban waqadbā

And grapes and herbage

وَزَيۡتُونٗا وَنَخۡلٗا ٢٩

Wazaytūnan wanakhlā

And olive and palm trees

وَحَدَآئِقَ غُلۡبٗا ٣٠

Wahadā'iqa ghulbā

And gardens of dense shrubbery

وَفَٰكِهَةٗ وَأَبّٗا ٣١

Wafākihatan wa abbā

And fruit and grass -

مَّتَٰعٗا لَّكُمۡ وَلِأَنۡعَٰمِكُمۡ ٣٢

Mmatā'al lakum wali'an'āmikum

[As] enjoyment [i.e., provision] for you and your grazing livestock.

فَإِذَا جَآءَتِ ٱلصَّآخَّةُ ٣٣

Fa idhā jā'atis-sākkhah

But when there comes the Deafening Blast¹⁸⁶²

يَوۡمَ يَفِرُّ ٱلۡمَرۡءُ مِنۡ أَخِيهِ ٣٤

Yawma yafirrul-mar'u min akhīh

On the Day a man will flee from his brother

وَأُمِّهِۦ وَأَبِيهِ ٣٥

Wa ummihī wa abīh

And his mother and his father

وَصَٰحِبَتِهِۦ وَبَنِيهِ ٣٦

Wasāhibatihī wabanīh

And his wife and his children,

لِكُلِّ ٱمۡرِيٕٖ مِّنۡهُمۡ يَوۡمَئِذٖ شَأۡنٞ يُغۡنِيهِ ٣٧

Likullimriy'im minhum yawma'idhin sha'nun yughnīh

For every man, that Day, will be a matter adequate for him.¹⁸⁶³

وُجُوهٞ يَوۡمَئِذٖ مُّسۡفِرَةٞ ٣٨

Wujūhun yawma'idhim musfirah

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

ضَاحِكَةٞ مُّسۡتَبۡشِرَةٞ ٣٩

Dāhikatum mustabshirah

Laughing, rejoicing at good news.

وَوُجُوهٞ يَوۡمَئِذٍ عَلَيۡهَا غَبَرَةٞ ٤٠

Wawujūhun yawma'idhin 'alayhā ghabarah

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

تَرۡهَقُهَا قَتَرَةٌ ٤١

Tarhaquhā qatarah

Blackness will cover them.

أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلۡكَفَرَةُ ٱلۡفَجَرَةُ ٤٢

Ulā'ika humul-kafaratul-fajarah

Those are the disbelievers, the wicked ones.