Surah 'Abasa

عَبَسَ وَتَوَلّٰىٓۙ ۝١

‘Abasa wa tawallā

1. He frowned and turned away.

اَنْ جَاۤءَهُ الْاَعْمٰىۗ ۝٢

An jā-ahul-a‘mā

2. When the blind man approached him.

وَمَا يُدْرِيْكَ لَعَلَّهٗ يَزَّكّٰىٓۙ ۝٣

Wa mā yudrīka la‘allahū yazzakkā

3. But how do you know? Perhaps he was seeking to purify himself.

اَوْ يَذَّكَّرُ فَتَنْفَعَهُ الذِّكْرٰىۗ ۝٤

Au yażżakkaru fatanfa‘ahuż-żikrō

4. Or be reminded, and the message would benefit him.

اَمَّا مَنِ اسْتَغْنٰىۙ ۝٥

Ammā manistaghnā

5. But as for him who was indifferent.

فَاَنْتَ لَهٗ تَصَدّٰىۗ ۝٦

Fa anta lahū taṣoddā

6. You gave him your attention.

وَمَا عَلَيْكَ اَلَّا يَزَّكّٰىۗ ۝٧

Wa mā ‘alaika allā yazzakkā

7. Though you are not liable if he does not purify himself.

وَاَمَّا مَنْ جَاۤءَكَ يَسْعٰىۙ ۝٨

Wa ammā man jā-aka yas‘ā

8. But as for him who came to you seeking.

وَهُوَ يَخْشٰىۙ ۝٩

Wa huwa yakhsyā

9. In awe.

فَاَنْتَ عَنْهُ تَلَهّٰىۚ ۝١٠

Fa anta ‘anhu talahhā

10. To him you were inattentive.

كَلَّآ اِنَّهَا تَذْكِرَةٌ ۚ ۝١١

Kallā innahā tażkiroh

11. Do not. This is a lesson.

فَمَنْ شَاۤءَ ذَكَرَهٗ ۘ ۝١٢

Faman syā-a żakaroh

12. Whoever wills, shall remember it.

فِيْ صُحُفٍ مُّكَرَّمَةٍۙ ۝١٣

Fī ṣuḥufim mukarrmah

13. On honorable pages.

مَّرْفُوْعَةٍ مُّطَهَّرَةٍ ۢ ۙ ۝١٤

Marfū‘atim muṭohharoh

14. Exalted and purified.

بِاَيْدِيْ سَفَرَةٍۙ ۝١٥

Bi'aidī safaroh

15. By the hands of scribes.

كِرَامٍۢ بَرَرَةٍۗ ۝١٦

Kirōmim baroroh

16. Noble and devoted.

قُتِلَ الْاِنْسَانُ مَآ اَكْفَرَهٗۗ ۝١٧

Qutilal-insānu mā akfaroh

17. Perish man! How thankless he is!

مِنْ اَيِّ شَيْءٍ خَلَقَهٗۗ ۝١٨

Min ayyi syai'in kholaqoh

18. From what did He create him?

مِنْ نُّطْفَةٍۗ خَلَقَهٗ فَقَدَّرَهٗۗ ۝١٩

Min nuṭfah, kholaqohū fa qoddaroh

19. From a sperm drop He created him, and enabled him.

ثُمَّ السَّبِيْلَ يَسَّرَهٗۙ ۝٢٠

Ṡummas-sabīla yassaroh

20. Then He eased the way for him.

ثُمَّ اَمَاتَهٗ فَاَقْبَرَهٗۙ ۝٢١

Ṡumma amātahū fa aqbaroh

21. Then He puts him to death, and buries him.

ثُمَّ اِذَا شَاۤءَ اَنْشَرَهٗۗ ۝٢٢

Ṡumma iżā syā-a ansyaroh

22. Then, when He wills, He will resurrect him.

كَلَّا لَمَّا يَقْضِ مَآ اَمَرَهٗۗ ۝٢٣

Kallā lammā yaqḍi mā amaroh

23. But no, he did not fulfill what He has commanded him.

فَلْيَنْظُرِ الْاِنْسَانُ اِلٰى طَعَامِهٖٓ ۙ ۝٢٤

Falyanẓuril-insānu ilā ṭo‘āmih

24. Let man consider his food.

اَنَّا صَبَبْنَا الْمَاۤءَ صَبًّاۙ ۝٢٥

Annā ṣobabnal-mā-a ṣobbā

25. We pour down water in abundance.

ثُمَّ شَقَقْنَا الْاَرْضَ شَقًّاۙ ۝٢٦

Ṡumma syaqoqnal-arḍo syaqqō

26. Then crack the soil open.

فَاَنْۢبَتْنَا فِيْهَا حَبًّاۙ ۝٢٧

Fa'ambatnā fīhā ḥabbā

27. And grow in it grains.

وَّعِنَبًا وَّقَضْبًاۙ ۝٢٨

Wa ‘inabaw wa qoḍbā

28. And grapes and herbs.

وَّزَيْتُوْنًا وَّنَخْلًاۙ ۝٢٩

Wa zaitūnaw wa nakhlā

29. And olives and dates.

وَّحَدَاۤىِٕقَ غُلْبًا ۝٣٠

Wa ḥadā-iqo ghulbā

30. And luscious gardens.

وَفَاكِهَةً وَّاَبًّا ۝٣١

Wa fākihataw wa abbā

31. And fruits and vegetables.

مَتَاعًا لَّكُمْ وَلِاَنْعَامِكُمْۗ ۝٣٢

Matā‘al lakum wa li'an‘āmikum

32. Enjoyment for you, and for your livestock.

فَاِذَا جَاۤءَتِ الصَّاۤخَّةُ ۖ ۝٣٣

Fa iżā jā-atiṣ-ṣōkhkhoh

33. But when the Deafening Noise comes to pass.

يَوْمَ يَفِرُّ الْمَرْءُ مِنْ اَخِيْهِۙ ۝٣٤

Yauma yafirrul-mar'u min akhīh

34. The Day when a person will flee from his brother.

وَاُمِّهٖ وَاَبِيْهِۙ ۝٣٥

Wa ummihī wa abīh

35. And his mother and his father.

وَصَاحِبَتِهٖ وَبَنِيْهِۗ ۝٣٦

Wa ṣōḥibatihī wa banīh

36. And his consort and his children.

لِكُلِّ امْرِئٍ مِّنْهُمْ يَوْمَىِٕذٍ شَأْنٌ يُّغْنِيْهِۗ ۝٣٧

Likullimri'im minhum yauma'iżin sya'nuy yughnīh

37. Every one of them, on that Day, will have enough to preoccupy him.

وُجُوْهٌ يَّوْمَىِٕذٍ مُّسْفِرَةٌۙ ۝٣٨

Wujūhuy yauma'iżim musfiroh

38. Faces on that Day will be radiant.

ضَاحِكَةٌ مُّسْتَبْشِرَةٌ ۚ ۝٣٩

Ḍōḥikatum mustabsyiroh

39. Laughing and rejoicing.

وَوُجُوْهٌ يَّوْمَىِٕذٍ عَلَيْهَا غَبَرَةٌۙ ۝٤٠

Wa wujūhuy yauma'iżin ‘alaihā ghobaroh

40. And faces on that Day will be covered with misery.

تَرْهَقُهَا قَتَرَةٌ ۗ ۝٤١

Tarhaquhā qotaroh

41. Overwhelmed by remorse.

اُولٰۤىِٕكَ هُمُ الْكَفَرَةُ الْفَجَرَةُ ࣖ ۝٤٢

Ulā-ika humul-kafarotul-fajaroh

42. These are the faithless, the vicious.