Surah 'Abasa عبس

عَبَسَ وَتَوَلَّىٰٓ ١

He frowned and turned away

أَن جَآءَهُ ٱلۡأَعۡمَىٰ ٢

when the blind man came to him––

وَمَا يُدۡرِيكَ لَعَلَّهُۥ يَزَّكَّىٰٓ ٣

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

أَوۡ يَذَّكَّرُ فَتَنفَعَهُ ٱلذِّكۡرَىٰٓ ٤

or taken note of something useful to him.

أَمَّا مَنِ ٱسۡتَغۡنَىٰ ٥

For the self-satisfied one

فَأَنتَ لَهُۥ تَصَدَّىٰ ٦

you go out of your way––

وَمَا عَلَيۡكَ أَلَّا يَزَّكَّىٰ ٧

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

وَأَمَّا مَن جَآءَكَ يَسۡعَىٰ ٨

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

وَهُوَ يَخۡشَىٰ ٩

and awe

فَأَنتَ عَنۡهُ تَلَهَّىٰ ١٠

you allow yourself to be distracted.

كـَلَّآ إِنَّهَا تَذۡكِرَةٞ ١١

No indeed! This [Quran] is a lesson

فَمَن شَآءَ ذَكَرَهُۥ ١٢

from which those who wish to be taught should learn,

فِي صُحُفٖ مُّكَرَّمَةٖ ١٣

[written] on honoured,

مَّرۡفُوعَةٖ مُّطَهَّرَةِۭ ١٤

exalted, pure pages,

بِأَيۡدِي سَفَرَةٖ ١٥

by the hands of

كِرَامِۭ بَرَرَةٖ ١٦

noble and virtuous scribes.

قُتِلَ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ مَآ أَكۡفَرَهُۥ ١٧

Woe to man! How ungrateful he is!

مِنۡ أَيِّ شَيۡءٍ خَلَقَهُۥ ١٨

From what thing does God create him?

مِن نُّطۡفَةٍ خَلَقَهُۥ فَقَدَّرَهُۥ ١٩

He creates him from a droplet, He proportions him,

ثُمَّ ٱلسَّبِيلَ يَسَّرَهُۥ ٢٠

He makes the way easy for him,

ثُمَّ أَمَاتَهُۥ فَأَقۡبَرَهُۥ ٢١

then He causes him to die and be buried.

ثُمَّ إِذَا شَآءَ أَنشَرَهُۥ ٢٢

When He wills, He will raise him up again.

كـَلَّا لَمَّا يَقۡضِ مَآ أَمَرَهُۥ ٢٣

Yet man does not fulfil God’s commands.

فَلۡيَنظُرِ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ إِلَىٰ طَعَامِهِۦٓ ٢٤

Let man consider the food he eats!

أَنَّا صَبَبۡنَا ٱلۡمَآءَ صَبّٗا ٢٥

We pour down abundant water

ثُمَّ شَقَقۡنَا ٱلۡأَرۡضَ شَقّٗا ٢٦

and cause the soil to split open.

فَأَنۢبَتۡنَا فِيهَا حَبّٗا ٢٧

We make grain grow,

وَعِنَبٗا وَقَضۡبٗا ٢٨

and vines, fresh vegetation,

وَزَيۡتُونٗا وَنَخۡلٗا ٢٩

olive trees, date palms,

وَحَدَآئِقَ غُلۡبٗا ٣٠

luscious gardens,

وَفَٰكِهَةٗ وَأَبّٗا ٣١

fruits, and fodder:

مَّتَٰعٗا لَّكُمۡ وَلِأَنۡعَٰمِكُمۡ ٣٢

all for you and your livestock to enjoy.

فَإِذَا جَآءَتِ ٱلصَّآخَّةُ ٣٣

When the Deafening Blast comes––

يَوۡمَ يَفِرُّ ٱلۡمَرۡءُ مِنۡ أَخِيهِ ٣٤

the Day man will flee from his own brother,

وَأُمِّهِۦ وَأَبِيهِ ٣٥

his mother, his father,

وَصَٰحِبَتِهِۦ وَبَنِيهِ ٣٦

his wife, his children:

لِكُلِّ ٱمۡرِيٕٖ مِّنۡهُمۡ يَوۡمَئِذٖ شَأۡنٞ يُغۡنِيهِ ٣٧

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

وُجُوهٞ يَوۡمَئِذٖ مُّسۡفِرَةٞ ٣٨

on that Day some faces will be beaming,

ضَاحِكَةٞ مُّسۡتَبۡشِرَةٞ ٣٩

laughing, and rejoicing,

وَوُجُوهٞ يَوۡمَئِذٍ عَلَيۡهَا غَبَرَةٞ ٤٠

but some faces will be dust-stained

تَرۡهَقُهَا قَتَرَةٌ ٤١

and covered in darkness:

أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلۡكَفَرَةُ ٱلۡفَجَرَةُ ٤٢

those are the disbelievers, the licentious.