سُورَةُ عَبَسَ

عَبَسَ وَتَوَلَّىٰۤ (۱)

HE FROWNED and turned away

أَن جَاۤءَهُ ٱلۡأَعۡمَىٰ (۲)

because the blind man approached him!

وَمَا یُدۡرِیكَ لَعَلَّهُۥ یَزَّكَّىٰۤ (۳)

Yet for all thou didst know, [O Muhammad,] he might perhaps have grown in purity,

أَوۡ یَذَّكَّرُ فَتَنفَعَهُ ٱلذِّكۡرَىٰۤ (۴)

or have been reminded [of the truth], and helped by this reminder.

أَمَّا مَنِ ٱسۡتَغۡنَىٰ (۵)

Now as for him who believes himself to be self-sufficient

فَأَنتَ لَهُۥ تَصَدَّىٰ (۶)

to him didst thou give thy whole attention,

وَمَا عَلَیۡكَ أَلَّا یَزَّكَّىٰ (۷)

although thou art not accountable for his failure to attain to purity;

وَأَمَّا مَن جَاۤءَكَ یَسۡعَىٰ (۸)

but as for him who came unto thee full of eagerness

وَهُوَ یَخۡشَىٰ (۹)

and in awe [of God]

فَأَنتَ عَنۡهُ تَلَهَّىٰ (۱۰)

him didst thou disregard!

كَلَّاۤ إِنَّهَا تَذۡكِرَةࣱ (۱۱)

NAY, VERILY, these [messages] are but a reminder:

فَمَن شَاۤءَ ذَكَرَهُۥ (۱۲)

and so, whoever is willing may remember Him

فِی صُحُفࣲ مُّكَرَّمَةࣲ (۱۳)

in [the light of His] revelations blest with dignity,

مَّرۡفُوعَةࣲ مُّطَهَّرَةِۭ (۱۴)

lofty and pure,

بِأَیۡدِی سَفَرَةࣲ (۱۵)

[borne] by the hands of messengers

كِرَامِۭ بَرَرَةࣲ (۱۶)

noble and most virtuous.

قُتِلَ ٱلۡإِنسَـٰنُ مَاۤ أَكۡفَرَهُۥ (۱۷)

[But only too often] man destroys himself: how stubbornly does he deny the truth!

مِنۡ أَیِّ شَیۡءٍ خَلَقَهُۥ (۱۸)

[Does man ever consider] out of what substance [God] creates him?

مِن نُّطۡفَةٍ خَلَقَهُۥ فَقَدَّرَهُۥ (۱۹)

Out of a drop of sperm He creates him, and thereupon determines his nature,

ثُمَّ ٱلسَّبِیلَ یَسَّرَهُۥ (۲۰)

and then makes it easy for him to go through life;

ثُمَّ أَمَاتَهُۥ فَأَقۡبَرَهُۥ (۲۱)

and in the end He causes him to die and brings him to the grave;

ثُمَّ إِذَا شَاۤءَ أَنشَرَهُۥ (۲۲)

and then, if it be His will, He shall raise him again to life,

كَلَّا لَمَّا یَقۡضِ مَاۤ أَمَرَهُۥ (۲۳)

Nay, but [man] has never yet fulfilled what He has enjoined upon him!

فَلۡیَنظُرِ ٱلۡإِنسَـٰنُ إِلَىٰ طَعَامِهِۦۤ (۲۴)

Let man, then, consider [the sources of] his food:

أَنَّا صَبَبۡنَا ٱلۡمَاۤءَ صَبࣰّا (۲۵)

[how it is] that We pour down water, pouring it down abundantly;

ثُمَّ شَقَقۡنَا ٱلۡأَرۡضَ شَقࣰّا (۲۶)

and then We cleave the earth [with new growth], cleaving it asunder,

فَأَنۢبَتۡنَا فِیهَا حَبࣰّا (۲۷)

and thereupon We cause grain to grow out of it,

وَعِنَبࣰا وَقَضۡبࣰا (۲۸)

and vines and edible plants,

وَزَیۡتُونࣰا وَنَخۡلࣰا (۲۹)

and olive trees and date-palms,

وَحَدَاۤىِٕقَ غُلۡبࣰا (۳۰)

and gardens dense with foliage,

وَفَـٰكِهَةࣰ وَأَبࣰّا (۳۱)

and fruits and herbage,

مَّتَـٰعࣰا لَّكُمۡ وَلِأَنۡعَـٰمِكُمۡ (۳۲)

for you and for your animals to enjoy.

فَإِذَا جَاۤءَتِ ٱلصَّاۤخَّةُ (۳۳)

AND SO, when the piercing call [of resurrection] is heard

یَوۡمَ یَفِرُّ ٱلۡمَرۡءُ مِنۡ أَخِیهِ (۳۴)

on a Day when everyone will [want to] flee from his brother,

وَأُمِّهِۦ وَأَبِیهِ (۳۵)

and from his mother and father,

وَصَـٰحِبَتِهِۦ وَبَنِیهِ (۳۶)

and from his spouse and his children:

لِكُلِّ ٱمۡرِئࣲ مِّنۡهُمۡ یَوۡمَىِٕذࣲ شَأۡنࣱ یُغۡنِیهِ (۳۷)

on that Day, to every one of them will his own state be of sufficient concern.

وُجُوهࣱ یَوۡمَىِٕذࣲ مُّسۡفِرَةࣱ (۳۸)

Some faces will on that Day be bright with happiness,

ضَاحِكَةࣱ مُّسۡتَبۡشِرَةࣱ (۳۹)

laughing, rejoicing at glad tidings.

وَوُجُوهࣱ یَوۡمَىِٕذٍ عَلَیۡهَا غَبَرَةࣱ (۴۰)

And some faces will on that Day with dust be covered,

تَرۡهَقُهَا قَتَرَةٌ (۴۱)

with darkness overspread:

أُو۟لَـٰۤىِٕكَ هُمُ ٱلۡكَفَرَةُ ٱلۡفَجَرَةُ (۴۲)

these, these will be the ones who denied the truth and were immersed in iniquity!