عبس

1 AAabasa watawalla

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

1 The Prophet frowned and turned away

2 An jaahu alaAAma

2 Because the blind man came unto him.

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

3 Wama yudreeka laAAallahu yazzakka

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

4 Aw yaththakkaru fatanfaAAahu alththikra

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

4 Or be reminded and the remembrance would benefit him?

5 Amma mani istaghna

5 As for him who thinketh himself independent,

5 As for he who thinks himself without need,

6 Faanta lahu tasadda

6 Unto him thou payest regard.

6 To him you give attention.

7 Wama AAalayka alla yazzakka

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.

8 Waamma man jaaka yasAAa

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

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

9 Wahuwa yakhsha

9 And hath fear,

9 While he fears [Allah],

10 Faanta AAanhu talahha

10 From him thou art distracted.

10 From him you are distracted.

11 Kalla innaha tathkiratun

11 Nay, but verily it is an Admonishment,

11 No! Indeed, these verses are a reminder;

12 Faman shaa thakarahu

12 So let whosoever will pay heed to it,

12 So whoever wills may remember it.

13 Fee suhufin mukarramatin

13 On honoured leaves

13 [It is recorded] in honored sheets,

14 MarfooAAatin mutahharatin

14 Exalted, purified,

14 Exalted and purified,

15 Biaydee safaratin

15 (Set down) by scribes

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

16 Kiramin bararatin

16 Noble and righteous.

16 Noble and dutiful.

17 Qutila alinsanu ma akfarahu

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

17 Cursed is man; how disbelieving is he.

18 Min ayyi shayin khalaqahu

18 From what thing doth He create him ?

18 From what substance did He create him?

19 Min nutfatin khalaqahu faqaddarahu

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

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

20 Thumma alssabeela yassarahu

20 Then maketh the way easy for him,

20 Then He eased the way for him;

21 Thumma amatahu faaqbarahu

21 Then causeth him to die, and burieth him;

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

22 Thumma itha shaa ansharahu

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

22 Then when He wills, He will resurrect him.

23 Kalla lamma yaqdi ma amarahu

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

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

24 Falyanthuri alinsanu ila taAAamihi

24 Let man consider his food:

24 Then let mankind look at his food -

25 Anna sababna almaa sabban

25 How We pour water in showers

25 How We poured down water in torrents,

26 Thumma shaqaqna alarda shaqqan

26 Then split the earth in clefts

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

27 Faanbatna feeha habban

27 And cause the grain to grow therein

27 And caused to grow within it grain

28 WaAAinaban waqadban

28 And grapes and green fodder

28 And grapes and herbage

29 Wazaytoonan wanakhlan

29 And olive - trees and palm - trees

29 And olive and palm trees

30 Wahadaiqa ghulban

30 And garden - closes of thick foliage

30 And gardens of dense shrubbery

31 Wafakihatan waabban

31 And fruits and grasses:

31 And fruit and grass -

32 MataAAan lakum walianAAamikum

32 Provision for you and your cattle.

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

33 Faitha jaati alssakhkhatu

33 But when the Shout cometh

33 But when there comes the Deafening Blast

34 Yawma yafirru almaro min akheehi

34 On the day when a man fleeth from his brother

34 On the Day a man will flee from his brother

35 Waommihi waabeehi

35 And his mother and his father

35 And his mother and his father

36 Wasahibatihi wabaneehi

36 And his wife and his children,

36 And his wife and his children,

37 Likulli imriin minhum yawmaithin shanun yughneehi

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.

38 Wujoohun yawmaithin musfiratun

38 On that day faces will be bright as dawn,

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

39 Dahikatun mustabshiratun

39 Laughing, rejoicing at good news;

39 Laughing, rejoicing at good news.

40 Wawujoohun yawmaithin AAalayha ghabaratun

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

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

41 Tarhaquha qataratun

41 Veiled in darkness,

41 Blackness will cover them.

42 Olaika humu alkafaratu alfajaratu

42 Those are the disbelievers, the wicked.

42 Those are the disbelievers, the wicked ones.