عبس

1 In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. He frowned and turned away

1 AAabasa watawalla

1 The Prophet frowned and turned away

2 Because the blind man came unto him.

2 An jaahu alaAAma

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

3 What could inform thee but that he might grow (in grace)

3 Wama yudreeka laAAallahu yazzakka

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

4 Or take heed and so the reminder might avail him ?

4 Aw yaththakkaru fatanfaAAahu alththikra

4 Or be reminded and the remembrance would benefit him?

5 As for him who thinketh himself independent,

5 Amma mani istaghna

5 As for he who thinks himself without need,

6 Unto him thou payest regard.

6 Faanta lahu tasadda

6 To him you give attention.

7 Yet it is not thy concern if he grow not (in grace).

7 Wama AAalayka alla yazzakka

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

8 But as for him who cometh unto thee with earnest purpose

8 Waamma man jaaka yasAAa

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

9 And hath fear,

9 Wahuwa yakhsha

9 While he fears [Allah],

10 From him thou art distracted.

10 Faanta AAanhu talahha

10 From him you are distracted.

11 Nay, but verily it is an Admonishment,

11 Kalla innaha tathkiratun

11 No! Indeed, these verses are a reminder;

12 So let whosoever will pay heed to it,

12 Faman shaa thakarahu

12 So whoever wills may remember it.

13 On honoured leaves

13 Fee suhufin mukarramatin

13 [It is recorded] in honored sheets,

14 Exalted, purified,

14 MarfooAAatin mutahharatin

14 Exalted and purified,

15 (Set down) by scribes

15 Biaydee safaratin

15 [Carried] by the hands of messenger - angels,

16 Noble and righteous.

16 Kiramin bararatin

16 Noble and dutiful.

17 Man is (self - )destroyed: how ungrateful!

17 Qutila alinsanu ma akfarahu

17 Cursed is man; how disbelieving is he.

18 From what thing doth He create him ?

18 Min ayyi shayin khalaqahu

18 From what substance did He create him?

19 From a drop of seed. He createth him and proportioneth him,

19 Min nutfatin khalaqahu faqaddarahu

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

20 Then maketh the way easy for him,

20 Thumma alssabeela yassarahu

20 Then He eased the way for him;

21 Then causeth him to die, and burieth him;

21 Thumma amatahu faaqbarahu

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

22 Then, when He will, He bringeth him again to life.

22 Thumma itha shaa ansharahu

22 Then when He wills, He will resurrect him.

23 Nay, but (man) hath not done what He commanded him.

23 Kalla lamma yaqdi ma amarahu

23 No! Man has not yet accomplished what He commanded him.

24 Let man consider his food:

24 Falyanthuri alinsanu ila taAAamihi

24 Then let mankind look at his food -

25 How We pour water in showers

25 Anna sababna almaa sabban

25 How We poured down water in torrents,

26 Then split the earth in clefts

26 Thumma shaqaqna alarda shaqqan

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

27 And cause the grain to grow therein

27 Faanbatna feeha habban

27 And caused to grow within it grain

28 And grapes and green fodder

28 WaAAinaban waqadban

28 And grapes and herbage

29 And olive - trees and palm - trees

29 Wazaytoonan wanakhlan

29 And olive and palm trees

30 And garden - closes of thick foliage

30 Wahadaiqa ghulban

30 And gardens of dense shrubbery

31 And fruits and grasses:

31 Wafakihatan waabban

31 And fruit and grass -

32 Provision for you and your cattle.

32 MataAAan lakum walianAAamikum

32 [As] enjoyment for you and your grazing livestock.

33 But when the Shout cometh

33 Faitha jaati alssakhkhatu

33 But when there comes the Deafening Blast

34 On the day when a man fleeth from his brother

34 Yawma yafirru almaro min akheehi

34 On the Day a man will flee from his brother

35 And his mother and his father

35 Waommihi waabeehi

35 And his mother and his father

36 And his wife and his children,

36 Wasahibatihi wabaneehi

36 And his wife and his children,

37 Every man that day will have concern enough to make him heedless (of others).

37 Likulli imriin minhum yawmaithin shanun yughneehi

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

38 On that day faces will be bright as dawn,

38 Wujoohun yawmaithin musfiratun

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

39 Laughing, rejoicing at good news;

39 Dahikatun mustabshiratun

39 Laughing, rejoicing at good news.

40 And other faces, on that day, with dust upon them,

40 Wawujoohun yawmaithin AAalayha ghabaratun

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

41 Veiled in darkness,

41 Tarhaquha qataratun

41 Blackness will cover them.

42 Those are the disbelievers, the wicked.

42 Olaika humu alkafaratu alfajaratu

42 Those are the disbelievers, the wicked ones.