Surah 'Abasa

عَبَسَ وَتَوَلَّىٰٓ ۝١

He frowned and turned away

أَن جَآءَهُ ٱلْأَعْمَىٰ ۝٢

when the blind man approached him,

وَمَا يُدْرِيكَ لَعَلَّهُۥ يَزَّكَّىٰٓ ۝٣

for how can you know that he might seek to purify himself,

أَوْ يَذَّكَّرُ فَتَنفَعَهُ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰٓ ۝٤

or take heed and derive benefit from [Our] warning?

أَمَّا مَنِ ٱسْتَغْنَىٰ ۝٥

As for him who was indifferent,

فَأَنتَ لَهُۥ تَصَدَّىٰ ۝٦

you eagerly attended to him --

وَمَا عَلَيْكَ أَلَّا يَزَّكَّىٰ ۝٧

though you are not to be blamed if he would not purify himself --

وَأَمَّا مَن جَآءَكَ يَسْعَىٰ ۝٨

but as for one who comes to you, eagerly

وَهُوَ يَخْشَىٰ ۝٩

and in awe of God

فَأَنتَ عَنْهُ تَلَهَّىٰ ۝١٠

you pay him no heed.

كَلَّآ إِنَّهَا تَذْكِرَةٌ ۝١١

Indeed, this [Quran] is an admonition.

فَمَن شَآءَ ذَكَرَهُۥ ۝١٢

Let him who will, pay heed to it.

فِى صُحُفٍ مُّكَرَّمَةٍ ۝١٣

It is set down on honoured pages,

مَّرْفُوعَةٍ مُّطَهَّرَةٍۭ ۝١٤

exalted and purified,

بِأَيْدِى سَفَرَةٍ ۝١٥

by the hands of

كِرَامٍۭ بَرَرَةٍ ۝١٦

noble and virtuous scribes.

قُتِلَ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ مَآ أَكْفَرَهُۥ ۝١٧

Woe to man! How ungrateful he is!

مِنْ أَىِّ شَىْءٍ خَلَقَهُۥ ۝١٨

Of what [stuff] has He created him?

مِن نُّطْفَةٍ خَلَقَهُۥ فَقَدَّرَهُۥ ۝١٩

Out of a drop of sperm! He creates and proportions him,

ثُمَّ ٱلسَّبِيلَ يَسَّرَهُۥ ۝٢٠

He makes his path easy for him.

ثُمَّ أَمَاتَهُۥ فَأَقْبَرَهُۥ ۝٢١

Then He causes him to die and be buried.

ثُمَّ إِذَا شَآءَ أَنشَرَهُۥ ۝٢٢

Then when He pleases, He will bring him back to life.

كَلَّا لَمَّا يَقْضِ مَآ أَمَرَهُۥ ۝٢٣

Yet man declines to do His bidding.

فَلْيَنظُرِ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ إِلَىٰ طَعَامِهِۦٓ ۝٢٤

Let man reflect on the food he eats.

أَنَّا صَبَبْنَا ٱلْمَآءَ صَبًّا ۝٢٥

We let the rain pour down in torrents

ثُمَّ شَقَقْنَا ٱلْأَرْضَ شَقًّا ۝٢٦

and then We cleaved the earth asunder.

فَأَنۢبَتْنَا فِيهَا حَبًّا ۝٢٧

We make the grain grow out of it,

وَعِنَبًا وَقَضْبًا ۝٢٨

and grape vines and vegetables,

وَزَيْتُونًا وَنَخْلًا ۝٢٩

and olive trees and date palms

وَحَدَآئِقَ غُلْبًا ۝٣٠

and burgeoning enclosed gardens

وَفَٰكِهَةً وَأَبًّا ۝٣١

and fruits and fodder

مَّتَٰعًا لَّكُمْ وَلِأَنْعَٰمِكُمْ ۝٣٢

as provision for you and for your cattle to enjoy.

فَإِذَا جَآءَتِ ٱلصَّآخَّةُ ۝٣٣

But when the deafening blast is sounded,

يَوْمَ يَفِرُّ ٱلْمَرْءُ مِنْ أَخِيهِ ۝٣٤

on that Day a man shall flee from his own brother,

وَأُمِّهِۦ وَأَبِيهِ ۝٣٥

his mother, his father,

وَصَٰحِبَتِهِۦ وَبَنِيهِ ۝٣٦

his wife and his sons:

لِكُلِّ ٱمْرِئٍ مِّنْهُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ شَأْنٌ يُغْنِيهِ ۝٣٧

on that Day every man among them will have enough concern of his own --

وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ مُّسْفِرَةٌ ۝٣٨

on that Day some faces will be beaming,

ضَاحِكَةٌ مُّسْتَبْشِرَةٌ ۝٣٩

laughing, and rejoicing,

وَوُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ عَلَيْهَا غَبَرَةٌ ۝٤٠

but some faces will be covered with dust

تَرْهَقُهَا قَتَرَةٌ ۝٤١

and overcast with gloom:

أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْكَفَرَةُ ٱلْفَجَرَةُ ۝٤٢

those will be ones who denied the truth and were immersed in iniquity.