Abasa

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

1 The Prophet frowned and turned away

1 He frowned and turned (his) back,

2 Because the blind man came unto him.

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

2 Because there came to him the blind man.

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 And what would make you know that he would purify himself,

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

4 Or be reminded and the remembrance would benefit him?

4 Or become reminded so that the reminder should profit him?

5 As for him who thinketh himself independent,

5 As for he who thinks himself without need,

5 As for him who considers himself free from need (of you),

6 Unto him thou payest regard.

6 To him you give attention.

6 To him do you address yourself.

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 And no blame is on you if he would not purify himself

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 And as to him who comes to you striving hard,

9 And hath fear,

9 While he fears [Allah],

9 And he fears,

10 From him thou art distracted.

10 From him you are distracted.

10 From him will you divert yourself.

11 Nay, but verily it is an Admonishment,

11 No! Indeed, these verses are a reminder;

11 Nay! surely it is an admonishment.

12 So let whosoever will pay heed to it,

12 So whoever wills may remember it.

12 So let him who pleases mind it.

13 On honoured leaves

13 [It is recorded] in honored sheets,

13 In honored books,

14 Exalted, purified,

14 Exalted and purified,

14 Exalted, purified,

15 (Set down) by scribes

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

15 In the hands of scribes

16 Noble and righteous.

16 Noble and dutiful.

16 Noble, virtuous.

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

17 Cursed is man; how disbelieving is he.

17 Cursed be man! how ungrateful is he!

18 From what thing doth He create him ?

18 From what substance did He create him?

18 Of what thing did He create him?

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 Of a small seed; He created him, then He made him according to a measure,

20 Then maketh the way easy for him,

20 Then He eased the way for him;

20 Then (as for) the way - - He has made it easy (for him)

21 Then causeth him to die, and burieth him;

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

21 Then He causes him to die, then assigns to him a grave,

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

22 Then when He wills, He will resurrect him.

22 Then when He pleases, He will raise him to life again.

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

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

23 Nay; but he has not done what He bade him.

24 Let man consider his food:

24 Then let mankind look at his food -

24 Then let man look to his food,

25 How We pour water in showers

25 How We poured down water in torrents,

25 That We pour down the water, pouring (it) down in abundance,

26 Then split the earth in clefts

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

26 Then We cleave the earth, cleaving (it) asunder,

27 And cause the grain to grow therein

27 And caused to grow within it grain

27 Then We cause to grow therein the grain,

28 And grapes and green fodder

28 And grapes and herbage

28 And grapes and clover,

29 And olive - trees and palm - trees

29 And olive and palm trees

29 And the olive and the palm,

30 And garden - closes of thick foliage

30 And gardens of dense shrubbery

30 And thick gardens,

31 And fruits and grasses:

31 And fruit and grass -

31 And fruits and herbage

32 Provision for you and your cattle.

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

32 A provision for you and for your cattle.

33 But when the Shout cometh

33 But when there comes the Deafening Blast

33 But when the deafening cry comes,

34 On the day when a man fleeth from his brother

34 On the Day a man will flee from his brother

34 The day on which a man shall fly from his brother,

35 And his mother and his father

35 And his mother and his father

35 And his mother and his father,

36 And his wife and his children,

36 And his wife and his children,

36 And his spouse and his son - -

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 Every man of them shall on that day have an affair which will occupy him.

38 On that day faces will be bright as dawn,

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

38 (Many) faces on that day shall be bright,

39 Laughing, rejoicing at good news;

39 Laughing, rejoicing at good news.

39 Laughing, joyous.

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

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

40 And (many) faces on that day, on them shall be dust,

41 Veiled in darkness,

41 Blackness will cover them.

41 Darkness shall cover them.

42 Those are the disbelievers, the wicked.

42 Those are the disbelievers, the wicked ones.

42 These are they who are unbelievers, the wicked.