Surah 'Abasa

عَبَسَ وَتَوَلَّىٰٓ۝١

He frowned and turned away

أَن جَآءَهُ ٱلْأَعْمَىٰ۝٢

Because the blind man came unto him.

وَمَا يُدْرِيكَ لَعَلَّهُۥ يَزَّكَّىٰٓ۝٣

What could inform thee but that he might grow (in grace)

أَوْ يَذَّكَّرُ فَتَنفَعَهُ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰٓ۝٤

Or take heed and so the reminder might avail him?

أَمَّا مَنِ ٱسْتَغْنَىٰ۝٥

As for him who thinketh himself independent,

فَأَنتَ لَهُۥ تَصَدَّىٰ۝٦

Unto him thou payest regard.

وَمَا عَلَيْكَ أَلَّا يَزَّكَّىٰ۝٧

Yet it is not thy concern if he grow not (in grace).

وَأَمَّا مَن جَآءَكَ يَسْعَىٰ۝٨

But as for him who cometh unto thee with earnest purpose

وَهُوَ يَخْشَىٰ۝٩

And hath fear,

فَأَنتَ عَنْهُ تَلَهَّىٰ۝١٠

From him thou art distracted.

كَلَّآ إِنَّهَا تَذْكِرَةٌ۝١١

Nay, but verily it is an Admonishment,

فَمَن شَآءَ ذَكَرَهُۥ۝١٢

So let whosoever will pay heed to it,

فِى صُحُفٍ مُّكَرَّمَةٍ۝١٣

On honoured leaves

مَّرْفُوعَةٍ مُّطَهَّرَةٍۭ۝١٤

Exalted, purified,

بِأَيْدِى سَفَرَةٍ۝١٥

(Set down) by scribes

كِرَامٍۭ بَرَرَةٍ۝١٦

Noble and righteous.

قُتِلَ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ مَآ أَكْفَرَهُۥ۝١٧

Man is (self-)destroyed: how ungrateful!

مِنْ أَىِّ شَىْءٍ خَلَقَهُۥ۝١٨

From what thing doth He create him?

مِن نُّطْفَةٍ خَلَقَهُۥ فَقَدَّرَهُۥ۝١٩

From a drop of seed. He createth him and proportioneth him,

ثُمَّ ٱلسَّبِيلَ يَسَّرَهُۥ۝٢٠

Then maketh the way easy for him,

ثُمَّ أَمَاتَهُۥ فَأَقْبَرَهُۥ۝٢١

Then causeth him to die, and burieth him;

ثُمَّ إِذَا شَآءَ أَنشَرَهُۥ۝٢٢

Then, when He will, He bringeth him again to life.

كَلَّا لَمَّا يَقْضِ مَآ أَمَرَهُۥ۝٢٣

Nay, but (man) hath not done what He commanded him.

فَلْيَنظُرِ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ إِلَىٰ طَعَامِهِۦٓ۝٢٤

Let man consider his food:

أَنَّا صَبَبْنَا ٱلْمَآءَ صَبًّا۝٢٥

How We pour water in showers

ثُمَّ شَقَقْنَا ٱلْأَرْضَ شَقًّا۝٢٦

Then split the earth in clefts

فَأَنۢبَتْنَا فِيهَا حَبًّا۝٢٧

And cause the grain to grow therein

وَعِنَبًا وَقَضْبًا۝٢٨

And grapes and green fodder

وَزَيْتُونًا وَنَخْلًا۝٢٩

And olive-trees and palm-trees

وَحَدَآئِقَ غُلْبًا۝٣٠

And garden-closes of thick foliage

وَفَـٰكِهَةً وَأَبًّا۝٣١

And fruits and grasses:

مَّتَـٰعًا لَّكُمْ وَلِأَنْعَـٰمِكُمْ۝٣٢

Provision for you and your cattle.

فَإِذَا جَآءَتِ ٱلصَّآخَّةُ۝٣٣

But when the Shout cometh

يَوْمَ يَفِرُّ ٱلْمَرْءُ مِنْ أَخِيهِ۝٣٤

On the day when a man fleeth from his brother

وَأُمِّهِۦ وَأَبِيهِ۝٣٥

And his mother and his father

وَصَـٰحِبَتِهِۦ وَبَنِيهِ۝٣٦

And his wife and his children,

لِكُلِّ ٱمْرِئٍ مِّنْهُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ شَأْنٌ يُغْنِيهِ۝٣٧

Every man that day will have concern enough to make him heedless (of others).

وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ مُّسْفِرَةٌ۝٣٨

On that day faces will be bright as dawn,

ضَاحِكَةٌ مُّسْتَبْشِرَةٌ۝٣٩

Laughing, rejoicing at good news;

وَوُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ عَلَيْهَا غَبَرَةٌ۝٤٠

And other faces, on that day, with dust upon them,

تَرْهَقُهَا قَتَرَةٌ۝٤١

Veiled in darkness,

أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْكَفَرَةُ ٱلْفَجَرَةُ۝٤٢

Those are the disbelievers, the wicked.