عبس

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

1 The Prophet frowned and turned away

1 AAabasa watawalla

2 Because the blind man came unto him.

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

2 An jaahu alaAAma

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

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

3 Wama yudreeka laAAallahu yazzakka

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

4 Or be reminded and the remembrance would benefit him?

4 Aw yaththakkaru fatanfaAAahu alththikra

5 As for him who thinketh himself independent,

5 As for he who thinks himself without need,

5 Amma mani istaghna

6 Unto him thou payest regard.

6 To him you give attention.

6 Faanta lahu tasadda

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

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

7 Wama AAalayka alla yazzakka

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

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

8 Waamma man jaaka yasAAa

9 And hath fear,

9 While he fears [Allah],

9 Wahuwa yakhsha

10 From him thou art distracted.

10 From him you are distracted.

10 Faanta AAanhu talahha

11 Nay, but verily it is an Admonishment,

11 No! Indeed, these verses are a reminder;

11 Kalla innaha tathkiratun

12 So let whosoever will pay heed to it,

12 So whoever wills may remember it.

12 Faman shaa thakarahu

13 On honoured leaves

13 [It is recorded] in honored sheets,

13 Fee suhufin mukarramatin

14 Exalted, purified,

14 Exalted and purified,

14 MarfooAAatin mutahharatin

15 (Set down) by scribes

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

15 Biaydee safaratin

16 Noble and righteous.

16 Noble and dutiful.

16 Kiramin bararatin

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

17 Cursed is man; how disbelieving is he.

17 Qutila alinsanu ma akfarahu

18 From what thing doth He create him ?

18 From what substance did He create him?

18 Min ayyi shayin khalaqahu

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

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

19 Min nutfatin khalaqahu faqaddarahu

20 Then maketh the way easy for him,

20 Then He eased the way for him;

20 Thumma alssabeela yassarahu

21 Then causeth him to die, and burieth him;

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

21 Thumma amatahu faaqbarahu

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

22 Then when He wills, He will resurrect him.

22 Thumma itha shaa ansharahu

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

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

23 Kalla lamma yaqdi ma amarahu

24 Let man consider his food:

24 Then let mankind look at his food -

24 Falyanthuri alinsanu ila taAAamihi

25 How We pour water in showers

25 How We poured down water in torrents,

25 Anna sababna almaa sabban

26 Then split the earth in clefts

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

26 Thumma shaqaqna alarda shaqqan

27 And cause the grain to grow therein

27 And caused to grow within it grain

27 Faanbatna feeha habban

28 And grapes and green fodder

28 And grapes and herbage

28 WaAAinaban waqadban

29 And olive - trees and palm - trees

29 And olive and palm trees

29 Wazaytoonan wanakhlan

30 And garden - closes of thick foliage

30 And gardens of dense shrubbery

30 Wahadaiqa ghulban

31 And fruits and grasses:

31 And fruit and grass -

31 Wafakihatan waabban

32 Provision for you and your cattle.

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

32 MataAAan lakum walianAAamikum

33 But when the Shout cometh

33 But when there comes the Deafening Blast

33 Faitha jaati alssakhkhatu

34 On the day when a man fleeth from his brother

34 On the Day a man will flee from his brother

34 Yawma yafirru almaro min akheehi

35 And his mother and his father

35 And his mother and his father

35 Waommihi waabeehi

36 And his wife and his children,

36 And his wife and his children,

36 Wasahibatihi wabaneehi

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

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

37 Likulli imriin minhum yawmaithin shanun yughneehi

38 On that day faces will be bright as dawn,

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

38 Wujoohun yawmaithin musfiratun

39 Laughing, rejoicing at good news;

39 Laughing, rejoicing at good news.

39 Dahikatun mustabshiratun

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

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

40 Wawujoohun yawmaithin AAalayha ghabaratun

41 Veiled in darkness,

41 Blackness will cover them.

41 Tarhaquha qataratun

42 Those are the disbelievers, the wicked.

42 Those are the disbelievers, the wicked ones.

42 Olaika humu alkafaratu alfajaratu