80. 'Abasa

عَبَسَ وَتَوَلَّىٰٓ

He [i.e., the Prophet (ﷺ) ] frowned and turned away

ʿabasa watawallā

أَن جَآءَهُ ٱلْأَعْمَىٰ

Because there came to him the blind man,1 [interrupting].

an jāahu l-aʿmā

وَمَا يُدْرِيكَ لَعَلَّهُۥ يَزَّكَّىٰٓ

But what would make you perceive, [O Muḥammad], that perhaps he might be purified1

wamā yud'rīka laʿallahu yazzakkā

أَوْ يَذَّكَّرُ فَتَنفَعَهُ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰٓ

Or be reminded and the remembrance would benefit him?

aw yadhakkaru fatanfaʿahu l-dhik'rā

أَمَّا مَنِ ٱسْتَغْنَىٰ

As for he who thinks himself without need,1

ammā mani is'taghnā

فَأَنتَ لَهُۥ تَصَدَّىٰ

To him you give attention.

fa-anta lahu taṣaddā

وَمَا عَلَيْكَ أَلَّا يَزَّكَّىٰ

And not upon you [is any blame] if he will not be purified.1

wamā ʿalayka allā yazzakkā

وَأَمَّا مَن جَآءَكَ يَسْعَىٰ

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

wa-ammā man jāaka yasʿā

وَهُوَ يَخْشَىٰ

While he fears [Allāh],

wahuwa yakhshā

فَأَنتَ عَنْهُ تَلَهَّىٰ

From him you are distracted.

fa-anta ʿanhu talahhā

كَلَّآ إِنَّهَا تَذْكِرَةٌ

No! Indeed, they [i.e., these verses] are a reminder;

kallā innahā tadhkiratun

فَمَن شَآءَ ذَكَرَهُۥ

So whoever wills may remember it.1

faman shāa dhakarahu

فِى صُحُفٍ مُّكَرَّمَةٍ

[It is recorded] in honored sheets,

fī ṣuḥufin mukarramatin

مَّرْفُوعَةٍ مُّطَهَّرَةٍۭ

Exalted and purified,

marfūʿatin muṭahharatin

بِأَيْدِى سَفَرَةٍ

[Carried] by the hands of messenger-angels,

bi-aydī safaratin

كِرَامٍۭ بَرَرَةٍ

Noble and dutiful.

kirāmin bararatin

قُتِلَ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ مَآ أَكْفَرَهُۥ

Destroyed [i.e., cursed] is man;1 how disbelieving is he.

qutila l-insānu mā akfarahu

مِنْ أَىِّ شَىْءٍ خَلَقَهُۥ

From what thing [i.e., substance] did He create him?

min ayyi shayin khalaqahu

مِن نُّطْفَةٍ خَلَقَهُۥ فَقَدَّرَهُۥ

From a sperm-drop He created him and destined for him;1

min nuṭ'fatin khalaqahu faqaddarahu

ثُمَّ ٱلسَّبِيلَ يَسَّرَهُۥ

Then He eased the way for him;1

thumma l-sabīla yassarahu

ثُمَّ أَمَاتَهُۥ فَأَقْبَرَهُۥ

Then He causes his death and provides a grave for him.1

thumma amātahu fa-aqbarahu

ثُمَّ إِذَا شَآءَ أَنشَرَهُۥ

Then when He wills, He will resurrect him.

thumma idhā shāa ansharahu

كَلَّا لَمَّا يَقْضِ مَآ أَمَرَهُۥ

No! He [i.e., man] has not yet accomplished what He commanded him.

kallā lammā yaqḍi mā amarahu

فَلْيَنظُرِ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ إِلَىٰ طَعَامِهِۦٓ

Then let mankind look at his food -

falyanẓuri l-insānu ilā ṭaʿāmihi

أَنَّا صَبَبْنَا ٱلْمَآءَ صَبًّا

How We poured down water in torrents,

annā ṣababnā l-māa ṣabban

ثُمَّ شَقَقْنَا ٱلْأَرْضَ شَقًّا

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

thumma shaqaqnā l-arḍa shaqqan

فَأَنۢبَتْنَا فِيهَا حَبًّا

And caused to grow within it grain

fa-anbatnā fīhā ḥabban

وَعِنَبًا وَقَضْبًا

And grapes and herbage

waʿinaban waqaḍban

وَزَيْتُونًا وَنَخْلًا

And olive and palm trees

wazaytūnan wanakhlan

وَحَدَآئِقَ غُلْبًا

And gardens of dense shrubbery

waḥadāiqa ghul'ban

وَفَـٰكِهَةً وَأَبًّا

And fruit and grass -

wafākihatan wa-abban

مَّتَـٰعًا لَّكُمْ وَلِأَنْعَـٰمِكُمْ

[As] enjoyment [i.e., provision] for you and your grazing livestock.

matāʿan lakum wali-anʿāmikum

فَإِذَا جَآءَتِ ٱلصَّآخَّةُ

But when there comes the Deafening Blast1

fa-idhā jāati l-ṣākhatu

يَوْمَ يَفِرُّ ٱلْمَرْءُ مِنْ أَخِيهِ

On the Day a man will flee from his brother

yawma yafirru l-maru min akhīhi

وَأُمِّهِۦ وَأَبِيهِ

And his mother and his father

wa-ummihi wa-abīhi

وَصَـٰحِبَتِهِۦ وَبَنِيهِ

And his wife and his children,

waṣāḥibatihi wabanīhi

لِكُلِّ ٱمْرِئٍ مِّنْهُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ شَأْنٌ يُغْنِيهِ

For every man, that Day, will be a matter adequate for him.1

likulli im'ri-in min'hum yawma-idhin shanun yugh'nīhi

وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ مُّسْفِرَةٌ

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

wujūhun yawma-idhin mus'firatun

ضَاحِكَةٌ مُّسْتَبْشِرَةٌ

Laughing, rejoicing at good news.

ḍāḥikatun mus'tabshiratun

وَوُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ عَلَيْهَا غَبَرَةٌ

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

wawujūhun yawma-idhin ʿalayhā ghabaratun

تَرْهَقُهَا قَتَرَةٌ

Blackness will cover them.

tarhaquhā qataratun

أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْكَفَرَةُ ٱلْفَجَرَةُ

Those are the disbelievers, the wicked ones.

ulāika humu l-kafaratu l-fajaratu