Abasa

1 The Prophet frowned and turned away

1 (The Prophet) frowned and turned away,

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

2 Because there came to him the blind man (interrupting).

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

3 But what could tell thee but that perchance he might grow (in spiritual understanding)? -

4 Or be reminded and the remembrance would benefit him?

4 Or that he might receive admonition, and the teaching might profit him?

5 As for he who thinks himself without need,

5 As to one who regards Himself as self - sufficient,

6 To him you give attention.

6 To him dost thou attend;

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

7 Though it is no blame to thee if he grow not (in spiritual understanding).

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

8 But as to him who came to thee striving earnestly,

9 While he fears [Allah],

9 And with fear (in his heart),

10 From him you are distracted.

10 Of him wast thou unmindful.

11 No! Indeed, these verses are a reminder;

11 By no means (should it be so)! For it is indeed a Message of instruction:

12 So whoever wills may remember it.

12 Therefore let whoso will, keep it in remembrance.

13 [It is recorded] in honored sheets,

13 (It is) in Books held (greatly) in honour,

14 Exalted and purified,

14 Exalted (in dignity), kept pure and holy,

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

15 (Written) by the hands of scribes -

16 Noble and dutiful.

16 Honourable and Pious and Just.

17 Cursed is man; how disbelieving is he.

17 Woe to man! What hath made him reject Allah;

18 From what substance did He create him?

18 From what stuff hath He created him?

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

19 From a sperm - drop: He hath created him, and then mouldeth him in due proportions;

20 Then He eased the way for him;

20 Then doth He make His path smooth for him;

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

21 Then He causeth him to die, and putteth him in his grave;

22 Then when He wills, He will resurrect him.

22 Then, when it is His Will, He will raise him up (again).

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

23 By no means hath he fulfilled what Allah hath commanded him.

24 Then let mankind look at his food -

24 Then let man look at his food, (and how We provide it):

25 How We poured down water in torrents,

25 For that We pour forth water in abundance,

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

26 And We split the earth in fragments,

27 And caused to grow within it grain

27 And produce therein corn,

28 And grapes and herbage

28 And Grapes and nutritious plants,

29 And olive and palm trees

29 And Olives and Dates,

30 And gardens of dense shrubbery

30 And enclosed Gardens, dense with lofty trees,

31 And fruit and grass -

31 And fruits and fodder, -

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

32 For use and convenience to you and your cattle.

33 But when there comes the Deafening Blast

33 At length, when there comes the Deafening Noise, -

34 On the Day a man will flee from his brother

34 That Day shall a man flee from his own brother,

35 And his mother and his father

35 And from his mother and his father,

36 And his wife and his children,

36 And from his wife and his children.

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

37 Each one of them, that Day, will have enough concern (of his own) to make him indifferent to the others.

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

38 Some faces that Day will be beaming,

39 Laughing, rejoicing at good news.

39 Laughing, rejoicing.

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

40 And other faces that Day will be dust - stained,

41 Blackness will cover them.

41 Blackness will cover them:

42 Those are the disbelievers, the wicked ones.

42 Such will be the Rejecters of Allah, the doers of iniquity.