Abasa

عَبَسَ وَتَوَلَّىٰٓ ١

He frowned and turned ˹his attention˺ away

أَن جَآءَهُ ٱلْأَعْمَىٰ ٢

˹simply˺ because the blind man came to him ˹interrupting˺

وَمَا يُدْرِيكَ لَعَلَّهُۥ يَزَّكَّىٰٓ ٣

You never know ˹O Prophet˺, perhaps he may be purified

أَوْ يَذَّكَّرُ فَتَنفَعَهُ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰٓ ٤

or he may be mindful, benefitting from the reminder

أَمَّا مَنِ ٱسْتَغْنَىٰ ٥

As for the one who was indifferent

فَأَنتَ لَهُۥ تَصَدَّىٰ ٦

you gave him your ˹undivided˺ attention

وَمَا عَلَيْكَ أَلَّا يَزَّكَّىٰ ٧

even though you are not to blame if he would not be purified

وَأَمَّا مَن جَآءَكَ يَسْعَىٰ ٨

But as for the one who came to you, eager ˹to learn˺

وَهُوَ يَخْشَىٰ ٩

being in awe ˹of Allah˺

فَأَنتَ عَنْهُ تَلَهَّىٰ ١٠

you were inattentive to him

كَلَّآ إِنَّهَا تَذْكِرَةٌ ١١

But no! This ˹revelation˺ is truly a reminder

فَمَن شَآءَ ذَكَرَهُۥ ١٢

So let whoever wills be mindful of it

فِى صُحُفٍ مُّكَرَّمَةٍ ١٣

It is ˹written˺ on pages held in honour—

مَّرْفُوعَةٍ مُّطَهَّرَةِۭ ١٤

highly esteemed, purified—

بِأَيْدِى سَفَرَةٍ ١٥

by the hands of angel-scribes

كِرَامِۭ بَرَرَةٍ ١٦

honourable and virtuous

قُتِلَ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ مَآ أَكْفَرَهُۥ ١٧

Condemned are ˹disbelieving˺ humans! How ungrateful they are ˹to Allah˺

مِنْ أَىِّ شَىْءٍ خَلَقَهُۥ ١٨

From what substance did He create them

مِن نُّطْفَةٍ خَلَقَهُۥ فَقَدَّرَهُۥ ١٩

He created them from a sperm-drop, and ordained their development

ثُمَّ ٱلسَّبِيلَ يَسَّرَهُۥ ٢٠

Then He makes the way easy for them

ثُمَّ أَمَاتَهُۥ فَأَقْبَرَهُۥ ٢١

then causes them to die and be buried

ثُمَّ إِذَا شَآءَ أَنشَرَهُۥ ٢٢

Then when He wills, He will resurrect them

كَلَّا لَمَّا يَقْضِ مَآ أَمَرَهُۥ ٢٣

But no! They have failed to comply with what He ordered

فَلْيَنظُرِ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ إِلَىٰ طَعَامِهِۦٓ ٢٤

Let people then consider their food

أَنَّا صَبَبْنَا ٱلْمَآءَ صَبًّا ٢٥

how We pour down rain in abundance

ثُمَّ شَقَقْنَا ٱلْأَرْضَ شَقًّا ٢٦

and meticulously split the earth open ˹for sprouts˺

فَأَنۢبَتْنَا فِيهَا حَبًّا ٢٧

causing grain to grow in it

وَعِنَبًا وَقَضْبًا ٢٨

as well as grapes and greens

وَزَيْتُونًا وَنَخْلاً ٢٩

and olives and palm trees

وَحَدَآئِقَ غُلْبًا ٣٠

and dense orchards

وَفَـٰكِهَةً وَأَبًّا ٣١

and fruit and fodder—

مَّتَـٰعًا لَّكُمْ وَلِأَنْعَـٰمِكُمْ ٣٢

all as ˹a means of˺ sustenance for you and your animals

فَإِذَا جَآءَتِ ٱلصَّآخَّةُ ٣٣

Then, when the Deafening Blast comes to pass—

يَوْمَ يَفِرُّ ٱلْمَرْءُ مِنْ أَخِيهِ ٣٤

on that Day every person will flee from their own siblings

وَأُمِّهِۦ وَأَبِيهِ ٣٥

and ˹even˺ their mother and father

وَصَـٰحِبَتِهِۦ وَبَنِيهِ ٣٦

and ˹even˺ their spouse and children

لِكُلِّ ٱمْرِىٍٕ مِّنْهُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ شَأْنٌ يُغْنِيهِ ٣٧

For then everyone will have enough concern of their own

وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ مُّسْفِرَةٌ ٣٨

On that Day ˹some˺ faces will be bright

ضَاحِكَةٌ مُّسْتَبْشِرَةٌ ٣٩

laughing and rejoicing

وَوُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ عَلَيْهَا غَبَرَةٌ ٤٠

while ˹other˺ faces will be dusty

تَرْهَقُهَا قَتَرَةٌ ٤١

cast in gloom—

أُوْلَـٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْكَفَرَةُ ٱلْفَجَرَةُ ٤٢

those are the disbelievers, the ˹wicked˺ sinners