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Abasa
Chapter 80, 42 verses
Pickthall
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Yusuf Ali
Word by word
Pickthall
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. He frowned and turned away
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. (The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم) frowned and turned away.
Yusuf Ali
(The Prophet) frowned and turned away,
Word by word
عَبَسَ وَتَوَلَّىٰٓ
Pickthall
Because the blind man came unto him.
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Because there came to him the blind man (i.e. 'Abdullah bin Umm-Maktum, who came to the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم while he was preaching to one or some of the Quraish chiefs).
Yusuf Ali
Because there came to him the blind man (interrupting).
Word by word
أَن جَآءَهُ ٱلْأَعْمَىٰ
Pickthall
What could inform thee but that he might grow (in grace)
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
And how can you know that he might become pure (from sins)?
Yusuf Ali
But what could tell thee but that perchance he might grow (in spiritual understanding)? -
Word by word
وَمَا يُدْرِيكَ لَعَلَّهُۥ يَزَّكَّىٰٓ
Pickthall
Or take heed and so the reminder might avail him ?
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Or he might receive admonition, and the admonition might profit him?
Yusuf Ali
Or that he might receive admonition, and the teaching might profit him?
Word by word
أَوْ يَذَّكَّرُ فَتَنفَعَهُ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰٓ
Pickthall
As for him who thinketh himself independent,
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
As for him who thinks himself self-sufficient,
Yusuf Ali
As to one who regards Himself as self - sufficient,
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أَمَّا مَنِ ٱسْتَغْنَىٰ
Pickthall
Unto him thou payest regard.
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
To him you attend;
Yusuf Ali
To him dost thou attend;
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فَأَنتَ لَهُۥ تَصَدَّىٰ
Pickthall
Yet it is not thy concern if he grow not (in grace).
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
What does it matter to you if he will not become pure (from disbelief: you are only a Messenger, your duty is to convey the Message of Allah).
Yusuf Ali
Though it is no blame to thee if he grow not (in spiritual understanding).
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وَمَا عَلَيْكَ أَلَّا يَزَّكَّىٰ
Pickthall
But as for him who cometh unto thee with earnest purpose
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
But as to him who came to you running,
Yusuf Ali
But as to him who came to thee striving earnestly,
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وَأَمَّا مَن جَآءَكَ يَسْعَىٰ
Pickthall
And hath fear,
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
And is afraid (of Allah and His punishment).
Yusuf Ali
And with fear (in his heart),
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وَهُوَ يَخْشَىٰ
Pickthall
From him thou art distracted.
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Of him you are neglectful and divert your attention to another,
Yusuf Ali
Of him wast thou unmindful.
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فَأَنتَ عَنْهُ تَلَهَّىٰ
Pickthall
Nay, but verily it is an Admonishment,
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Nay, (do not do like this); indeed it (this Qur'an) is an admonition.
Yusuf Ali
By no means (should it be so)! For it is indeed a Message of instruction:
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كَلَّآ إِنَّهَا تَذْكِرَةٌ
Pickthall
So let whosoever will pay heed to it,
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
So whoever wills, let him pay attention to it.
Yusuf Ali
Therefore let whoso will, keep it in remembrance.
Word by word
فَمَن شَآءَ ذَكَرَهُۥ
Pickthall
On honoured leaves
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
(It is) in Records held (greatly) in honour (Al-Lauh Al-Mahfuz),
Yusuf Ali
(It is) in Books held (greatly) in honour,
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فِى صُحُفٍ مُّكَرَّمَةٍ
Pickthall
Exalted, purified,
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Exalted (in dignity), purified,
Yusuf Ali
Exalted (in dignity), kept pure and holy,
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مَّرْفُوعَةٍ مُّطَهَّرَةٍۭ
Pickthall
(Set down) by scribes
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
In the hands of scribes (angels).
Yusuf Ali
(Written) by the hands of scribes -
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بِأَيْدِى سَفَرَةٍ
Pickthall
Noble and righteous.
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Honourable and obedient.
Yusuf Ali
Honourable and Pious and Just.
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كِرَامٍۭ بَرَرَةٍ
Pickthall
Man is (self - )destroyed: how ungrateful!
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Be cursed (the disbelieving) man! How ungrateful he is!
Yusuf Ali
Woe to man! What hath made him reject Allah;
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قُتِلَ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ مَآ أَكْفَرَهُۥ
Pickthall
From what thing doth He create him ?
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
From what thing did He create him?
Yusuf Ali
From what stuff hath He created him?
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مِنْ أَىِّ شَىْءٍ خَلَقَهُۥ
Pickthall
From a drop of seed. He createth him and proportioneth him,
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
From Nutfah (male and female semen drops) He created him and then set him in due proportion.
Yusuf Ali
From a sperm - drop: He hath created him, and then mouldeth him in due proportions;
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مِن نُّطْفَةٍ خَلَقَهُۥ فَقَدَّرَهُۥ
Pickthall
Then maketh the way easy for him,
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Then He makes the Path easy for him.
Yusuf Ali
Then doth He make His path smooth for him;
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ثُمَّ ٱلسَّبِيلَ يَسَّرَهُۥ
Pickthall
Then causeth him to die, and burieth him;
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Then He causes him to die and puts him in his grave.
Yusuf Ali
Then He causeth him to die, and putteth him in his grave;
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ثُمَّ أَمَاتَهُۥ فَأَقْبَرَهُۥ
Pickthall
Then, when He will, He bringeth him again to life.
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Then when it is His Will, He will resurrect him (again).
Yusuf Ali
Then, when it is His Will, He will raise him up (again).
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ثُمَّ إِذَا شَآءَ أَنشَرَهُۥ
Pickthall
Nay, but (man) hath not done what He commanded him.
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Nay, but (man) has not done what He commanded him.
Yusuf Ali
By no means hath he fulfilled what Allah hath commanded him.
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كَلَّا لَمَّا يَقْضِ مَآ أَمَرَهُۥ
Pickthall
Let man consider his food:
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Then let man look at his food:
Yusuf Ali
Then let man look at his food, (and how We provide it):
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فَلْيَنظُرِ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ إِلَىٰ طَعَامِهِۦٓ
Pickthall
How We pour water in showers
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
We pour forth water in abundance.
Yusuf Ali
For that We pour forth water in abundance,
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أَنَّا صَبَبْنَا ٱلْمَآءَ صَبًّا
Pickthall
Then split the earth in clefts
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
And We split the earth in clefts.
Yusuf Ali
And We split the earth in fragments,
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ثُمَّ شَقَقْنَا ٱلْأَرْضَ شَقًّا
Pickthall
And cause the grain to grow therein
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
And We cause therein the grain to grow,
Yusuf Ali
And produce therein corn,
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فَأَنۢبَتْنَا فِيهَا حَبًّا
Pickthall
And grapes and green fodder
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
And grapes and clover plants (i.e. green fodder for the cattle),
Yusuf Ali
And Grapes and nutritious plants,
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وَعِنَبًا وَقَضْبًا
Pickthall
And olive - trees and palm - trees
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
And olives and date-palms,
Yusuf Ali
And Olives and Dates,
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وَزَيْتُونًا وَنَخْلًا
Pickthall
And garden - closes of thick foliage
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
And gardens dense with many trees,
Yusuf Ali
And enclosed Gardens, dense with lofty trees,
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وَحَدَآئِقَ غُلْبًا
Pickthall
And fruits and grasses:
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
And fruits and herbage
Yusuf Ali
And fruits and fodder, -
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وَفَٰكِهَةً وَأَبًّا
Pickthall
Provision for you and your cattle.
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
(To be) a provision and benefit for you and your cattle.
Yusuf Ali
For use and convenience to you and your cattle.
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مَّتَٰعًا لَّكُمْ وَلِأَنْعَٰمِكُمْ
Pickthall
But when the Shout cometh
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Then when there comes As-Sakhkhah (the second blowing of the Trumpet on the Day of Resurrection)
Yusuf Ali
At length, when there comes the Deafening Noise, -
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فَإِذَا جَآءَتِ ٱلصَّآخَّةُ
Pickthall
On the day when a man fleeth from his brother
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
That Day shall a man flee from his brother,
Yusuf Ali
That Day shall a man flee from his own brother,
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يَوْمَ يَفِرُّ ٱلْمَرْءُ مِنْ أَخِيهِ
Pickthall
And his mother and his father
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
And from his mother and his father,
Yusuf Ali
And from his mother and his father,
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وَأُمِّهِۦ وَأَبِيهِ
Pickthall
And his wife and his children,
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
And from his wife and his children.
Yusuf Ali
And from his wife and his children.
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وَصَٰحِبَتِهِۦ وَبَنِيهِ
Pickthall
Every man that day will have concern enough to make him heedless (of others).
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Everyman that Day will have enough to make him careless of others.
Yusuf Ali
Each one of them, that Day, will have enough concern (of his own) to make him indifferent to the others.
Some faces that Day will be bright (true believers of Islamic Monotheism),
Yusuf Ali
Some faces that Day will be beaming,
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وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ مُّسْفِرَةٌ
Pickthall
Laughing, rejoicing at good news;
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Laughing, rejoicing at good news (of Paradise).
Yusuf Ali
Laughing, rejoicing.
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ضَاحِكَةٌ مُّسْتَبْشِرَةٌ
Pickthall
And other faces, on that day, with dust upon them,
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
And other faces, that Day, will be dust-stained.
Yusuf Ali
And other faces that Day will be dust - stained,
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وَوُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ عَلَيْهَا غَبَرَةٌ
Pickthall
Veiled in darkness,
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Darkness will cover them.
Yusuf Ali
Blackness will cover them:
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تَرْهَقُهَا قَتَرَةٌ
Pickthall
Those are the disbelievers, the wicked.
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Such will be the Kafarah (disbelievers in Allah, in His Oneness, and in His Messenger Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم, etc.), the Fajarah (wicked evil doers).
Yusuf Ali
Such will be the Rejecters of Allah, the doers of iniquity.