Surah 'Abasa · He Frowned

عَبَسَ وَتَوَلَّىٰٓ ۝١

ʿabasa watawallā

He [i.e., the Prophet (ﷺ) ] frowned and turned away

أَن جَآءَهُ ٱلْأَعْمَىٰ ۝٢

an jāahu l-aʿmā

Because there came to him the blind man, [interrupting].

وَمَا يُدْرِيكَ لَعَلَّهُۥ يَزَّكَّىٰٓ ۝٣

wamā yud'rīka laʿallahu yazzakkā

But what would make you perceive, [O Muḥammad], that perhaps he might be purified

أَوْ يَذَّكَّرُ فَتَنفَعَهُ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰٓ ۝٤

aw yadhakkaru fatanfaʿahu l-dhik'rā

Or be reminded and the remembrance would benefit him?

أَمَّا مَنِ ٱسْتَغْنَىٰ ۝٥

ammā mani is'taghnā

As for he who thinks himself without need,

فَأَنتَ لَهُۥ تَصَدَّىٰ ۝٦

fa-anta lahu taṣaddā

To him you give attention.

وَمَا عَلَيْكَ أَلَّا يَزَّكَّىٰ ۝٧

wamā ʿalayka allā yazzakkā

And not upon you [is any blame] if he will not be purified.

وَأَمَّا مَن جَآءَكَ يَسْعَىٰ ۝٨

wa-ammā man jāaka yasʿā

But as for he who came to you striving [for knowledge]

وَهُوَ يَخْشَىٰ ۝٩

wahuwa yakhshā

While he fears [Allāh],

فَأَنتَ عَنْهُ تَلَهَّىٰ ۝١٠

fa-anta ʿanhu talahhā

From him you are distracted.

كَلَّآ إِنَّهَا تَذْكِرَةٌ ۝١١

kallā innahā tadhkirah

No! Indeed, they [i.e., these verses] are a reminder;

فَمَن شَآءَ ذَكَرَهُۥ ۝١٢

faman shāa dhakarah

So whoever wills may remember it.

فِى صُحُفٍ مُّكَرَّمَةٍ ۝١٣

fī ṣuḥufin mukarramah

[It is recorded] in honored sheets,

مَّرْفُوعَةٍ مُّطَهَّرَةٍۭ ۝١٤

marfūʿatin muṭahharah

Exalted and purified,

بِأَيْدِى سَفَرَةٍ ۝١٥

bi-aydī safarah

[Carried] by the hands of messenger-angels,

كِرَامٍۭ بَرَرَةٍ ۝١٦

kirāmin bararah

Noble and dutiful.

قُتِلَ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ مَآ أَكْفَرَهُۥ ۝١٧

qutila l-insānu mā akfarah

Destroyed [i.e., cursed] is man; how disbelieving is he.

مِنْ أَىِّ شَىْءٍ خَلَقَهُۥ ۝١٨

min ayyi shayin khalaqah

From what thing [i.e., substance] did He create him?

مِن نُّطْفَةٍ خَلَقَهُۥ فَقَدَّرَهُۥ ۝١٩

min nuṭ'fatin khalaqahu faqaddarah

From a sperm-drop He created him and destined for him;

ثُمَّ ٱلسَّبِيلَ يَسَّرَهُۥ ۝٢٠

thumma l-sabīla yassarah

Then He eased the way for him;

ثُمَّ أَمَاتَهُۥ فَأَقْبَرَهُۥ ۝٢١

thumma amātahu fa-aqbarah

Then He causes his death and provides a grave for him.

ثُمَّ إِذَا شَآءَ أَنشَرَهُۥ ۝٢٢

thumma idhā shāa ansharah

Then when He wills, He will resurrect him.

كَلَّا لَمَّا يَقْضِ مَآ أَمَرَهُۥ ۝٢٣

kallā lammā yaqḍi mā amarah

No! He [i.e., man] has not yet accomplished what He commanded him.

فَلْيَنظُرِ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ إِلَىٰ طَعَامِهِۦٓ ۝٢٤

falyanẓuri l-insānu ilā ṭaʿāmih

Then let mankind look at his food -

أَنَّا صَبَبْنَا ٱلْمَآءَ صَبًّا ۝٢٥

annā ṣababnā l-māa ṣabbā

How We poured down water in torrents,

ثُمَّ شَقَقْنَا ٱلْأَرْضَ شَقًّا ۝٢٦

thumma shaqaqnā l-arḍa shaqqā

Then We broke open the earth, splitting [it with sprouts],

فَأَنۢبَتْنَا فِيهَا حَبًّا ۝٢٧

fa-anbatnā fīhā ḥabbā

And caused to grow within it grain

وَعِنَبًا وَقَضْبًا ۝٢٨

waʿinaban waqaḍbā

And grapes and herbage

وَزَيْتُونًا وَنَخْلًا ۝٢٩

wazaytūnan wanakhlā

And olive and palm trees

وَحَدَآئِقَ غُلْبًا ۝٣٠

waḥadāiqa ghul'bā

And gardens of dense shrubbery

وَفَـٰكِهَةً وَأَبًّا ۝٣١

wafākihatan wa-abbā

And fruit and grass -

مَّتَـٰعًا لَّكُمْ وَلِأَنْعَـٰمِكُمْ ۝٣٢

matāʿan lakum wali-anʿāmikum

[As] enjoyment [i.e., provision] for you and your grazing livestock.

فَإِذَا جَآءَتِ ٱلصَّآخَّةُ ۝٣٣

fa-idhā jāati l-ṣākhah

But when there comes the Deafening Blast

يَوْمَ يَفِرُّ ٱلْمَرْءُ مِنْ أَخِيهِ ۝٣٤

yawma yafirru l-maru min akhīh

On the Day a man will flee from his brother

وَأُمِّهِۦ وَأَبِيهِ ۝٣٥

wa-ummihi wa-abīh

And his mother and his father

وَصَـٰحِبَتِهِۦ وَبَنِيهِ ۝٣٦

waṣāḥibatihi wabanīh

And his wife and his children,

لِكُلِّ ٱمْرِئٍ مِّنْهُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ شَأْنٌ يُغْنِيهِ ۝٣٧

likulli im'ri-in min'hum yawma-idhin shanun yugh'nīh

For every man, that Day, will be a matter adequate for him.

وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ مُّسْفِرَةٌ ۝٣٨

wujūhun yawma-idhin mus'firah

[Some] faces, that Day, will be bright -

ضَاحِكَةٌ مُّسْتَبْشِرَةٌ ۝٣٩

ḍāḥikatun mus'tabshirah

Laughing, rejoicing at good news.

وَوُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ عَلَيْهَا غَبَرَةٌ ۝٤٠

wawujūhun yawma-idhin ʿalayhā ghabarah

And [other] faces, that Day, will have upon them dust.

تَرْهَقُهَا قَتَرَةٌ ۝٤١

tarhaquhā qatarah

Blackness will cover them.

أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْكَفَرَةُ ٱلْفَجَرَةُ ۝٤٢

ulāika humu l-kafaratu l-fajarah

Those are the disbelievers, the wicked ones.