Abasa

AAabasa watawalla

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

An jaahu al-aAAma

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

Wama yudreeka laAAallahu yazzakka

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

Aw yaththakkaru fatanfaAAahu aththikra

Or be reminded and the remembrance would benefit him?

Amma mani istaghna

As for he who thinks himself without need,

Faanta lahu tasadda

To him you give attention.

Wama AAalayka alla yazzakka

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

Waamma man jaaka yasAAa

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

Wahuwa yakhsha

While he fears [Allāh],

Faanta AAanhu talahha

From him you are distracted.

Kalla innaha tathkira

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

Faman shaa thakarah

So whoever wills may remember it.

Fee suhufin mukarrama

[It is recorded] in honored sheets,

MarfooAAatin mutahhara

Exalted and purified,

Bi-aydee safara

[Carried] by the hands of messenger-angels,

Kiramin barara

Noble and dutiful.

Qutila al-insanu ma akfarah

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

Min ayyi shay-in khalaqah

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

Min nutfatin khalaqahu faqaddarah

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

Thumma assabeela yassarah

Then He eased the way for him;

Thumma amatahu faaqbarah

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

Thumma itha shaa ansharah

Then when He wills, He will resurrect him.

Kalla lamma yaqdi maamarah

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

Falyanthuri al-insanuila taAAamih

Then let mankind look at his food -

Anna sababna almaasabba

How We poured down water in torrents,

Thumma shaqaqna al-arda shaqqa

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

Faanbatna feeha habba

And caused to grow within it grain

WaAAinaban waqadba

And grapes and herbage

Wazaytoonan wanakhla

And olive and palm trees

Wahada-iqa ghulba

And gardens of dense shrubbery

Wafakihatan waabba

And fruit and grass -

MataAAan lakum wali-anAAamikum

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

Fa-itha jaati assakhkha

But when there comes the Deafening Blast

Yawma yafirru almaro min akheeh

On the Day a man will flee from his brother

Waommihi waabeeh

And his mother and his father

Wasahibatihi wabaneeh

And his wife and his children,

Likulli imri-in minhum yawma-ithinsha/nun yughneeh

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

Wujoohun yawma-ithin musfira

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

Dahikatun mustabshira

Laughing, rejoicing at good news.

Wawujoohun yawma-ithin AAalayhaghabara

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

Tarhaquha qatara

Blackness will cover them.

Ola-ika humu alkafaratu alfajara

Those are the disbelievers, the wicked ones.