`Abasa

عَبَسَ وَتَوَلَّىٰٓ

AAabasa watawalla

He frowned and turned away

أَن جَآءَهُ ٱلْأَعْمَىٰ

An jaahu al-aAAma

when the blind man came to him––

وَمَا يُدْرِيكَ لَعَلَّهُۥ يَزَّكَّىٰٓ

Wama yudreeka laAAallahu yazzakka

for all you know, he might have grown in spirit,

أَوْ يَذَّكَّرُ فَتَنفَعَهُ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰٓ

Aw yaththakkaru fatanfaAAahu aththikra

or taken note of something useful to him.

أَمَّا مَنِ ٱسْتَغْنَىٰ

Amma mani istaghna

For the self-satisfied one

فَأَنتَ لَهُۥ تَصَدَّىٰ

Faanta lahu tasadda

you go out of your way––

وَمَا عَلَيْكَ أَلَّا يَزَّكَّىٰ

Wama AAalayka alla yazzakka

though you are not to be blamed for his lack of spiritual growth––

وَأَمَّا مَن جَآءَكَ يَسْعَىٰ

Waamma man jaaka yasAAa

but from the one who has come to you full of eagerness

وَهُوَ يَخْشَىٰ

Wahuwa yakhsha

and awe

فَأَنتَ عَنْهُ تَلَهَّىٰ

Faanta AAanhu talahha

you allow yourself to be distracted.

كَلَّآ إِنَّهَا تَذْكِرَةٌ

Kalla innaha tathkira

No indeed! This [Quran] is a lesson

فَمَن شَآءَ ذَكَرَهُۥ

Faman shaa thakarah

from which those who wish to be taught should learn,

فِى صُحُفٍ مُّكَرَّمَةٍ

Fee suhufin mukarrama

[written] on honoured,

مَّرْفُوعَةٍ مُّطَهَّرَةٍۭ

MarfooAAatin mutahhara

exalted, pure pages,

بِأَيْدِى سَفَرَةٍ

Bi-aydee safara

by the hands of

كِرَامٍۭ بَرَرَةٍ

Kiramin barara

noble and virtuous scribes.

قُتِلَ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ مَآ أَكْفَرَهُۥ

Qutila al-insanu ma akfarah

Woe to man! How ungrateful he is!

مِنْ أَىِّ شَىْءٍ خَلَقَهُۥ

Min ayyi shay-in khalaqah

From what thing does God create him?

مِن نُّطْفَةٍ خَلَقَهُۥ فَقَدَّرَهُۥ

Min nutfatin khalaqahu faqaddarah

He creates him from a droplet, He proportions him,

ثُمَّ ٱلسَّبِيلَ يَسَّرَهُۥ

Thumma assabeela yassarah

He makes the way easy for him,

ثُمَّ أَمَاتَهُۥ فَأَقْبَرَهُۥ

Thumma amatahu faaqbarah

then He causes him to die and be buried.

ثُمَّ إِذَا شَآءَ أَنشَرَهُۥ

Thumma itha shaa ansharah

When He wills, He will raise him up again.

كَلَّا لَمَّا يَقْضِ مَآ أَمَرَهُۥ

Kalla lamma yaqdi maamarah

Yet man does not fulfil God’s commands.

فَلْيَنظُرِ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ إِلَىٰ طَعَامِهِۦٓ

Falyanthuri al-insanuila taAAamih

Let man consider the food he eats!

أَنَّا صَبَبْنَا ٱلْمَآءَ صَبًّا

Anna sababna almaasabba

We pour down abundant water

ثُمَّ شَقَقْنَا ٱلْأَرْضَ شَقًّا

Thumma shaqaqna al-arda shaqqa

and cause the soil to split open.

فَأَنۢبَتْنَا فِيهَا حَبًّا

Faanbatna feeha habba

We make grain grow,

وَعِنَبًا وَقَضْبًا

WaAAinaban waqadba

and vines, fresh vegetation,

وَزَيْتُونًا وَنَخْلًا

Wazaytoonan wanakhla

olive trees, date palms,

وَحَدَآئِقَ غُلْبًا

Wahada-iqa ghulba

luscious gardens,

وَفَـٰكِهَةً وَأَبًّا

Wafakihatan waabba

fruits, and fodder:

مَّتَـٰعًا لَّكُمْ وَلِأَنْعَـٰمِكُمْ

MataAAan lakum wali-anAAamikum

all for you and your livestock to enjoy.

فَإِذَا جَآءَتِ ٱلصَّآخَّةُ

Fa-itha jaati assakhkha

When the Deafening Blast comes––

يَوْمَ يَفِرُّ ٱلْمَرْءُ مِنْ أَخِيهِ

Yawma yafirru almaro min akheeh

the Day man will flee from his own brother,

وَأُمِّهِۦ وَأَبِيهِ

Waommihi waabeeh

his mother, his father,

وَصَـٰحِبَتِهِۦ وَبَنِيهِ

Wasahibatihi wabaneeh

his wife, his children:

لِكُلِّ ٱمْرِئٍ مِّنْهُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ شَأْنٌ يُغْنِيهِ

Likulli imri-in minhum yawma-ithinsha/nun yughneeh

each of them will be absorbed in concerns of their own on that Day-

وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ مُّسْفِرَةٌ

Wujoohun yawma-ithin musfira

on that Day some faces will be beaming,

ضَاحِكَةٌ مُّسْتَبْشِرَةٌ

Dahikatun mustabshira

laughing, and rejoicing,

وَوُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ عَلَيْهَا غَبَرَةٌ

Wawujoohun yawma-ithin AAalayhaghabara

but some faces will be dust-stained

تَرْهَقُهَا قَتَرَةٌ

Tarhaquha qatara

and covered in darkness:

أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْكَفَرَةُ ٱلْفَجَرَةُ

Ola-ika humu alkafaratu alfajara

those are the disbelievers, the licentious.