Surah Abasa ( He frowned )

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Surah Abasa ( He frowned ) - Aya count 42

عَبَسَ وَتَوَلَّىٰٓ ﴿١﴾

He frowned and turned away

أَن جَآءَهُ ٱلْأَعْمَىٰ ﴿٢﴾

that the blind man came to him.

وَمَا يُدْرِيكَ لَعَلَّهُۥ يَزَّكَّىٰٓ ﴿٣﴾

And what should teach thee? Perchance he would cleanse him,

أَوْ يَذَّكَّرُ فَتَنفَعَهُ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰٓ ﴿٤﴾

or yet remember, and the Reminder profit him.

أَمَّا مَنِ ٱسْتَغْنَىٰ ﴿٥﴾

But the self-sufficient,

فَأَنتَ لَهُۥ تَصَدَّىٰ ﴿٦﴾

to him thou attendest

وَمَا عَلَيْكَ أَلَّا يَزَّكَّىٰ ﴿٧﴾

though it is not thy concern, if he does not cleanse himself.

وَأَمَّا مَن جَآءَكَ يَسْعَىٰ ﴿٨﴾

And he who comes to thee eagerly

وَهُوَ يَخْشَىٰ ﴿٩﴾

and fearfully,

فَأَنتَ عَنْهُ تَلَهَّىٰ ﴿١٠﴾

to him thou payest no heed.

كَلَّآ إِنَّهَا تَذْكِرَةٌۭ ﴿١١﴾

No indeed; it is a Reminder

فَمَن شَآءَ ذَكَرَهُۥ ﴿١٢﴾

(and whoso wills, shall remember it)

فِى صُحُفٍۢ مُّكَرَّمَةٍۢ ﴿١٣﴾

upon pages high-honoured,

مَّرْفُوعَةٍۢ مُّطَهَّرَةٍۭ ﴿١٤﴾

uplifted, purified,

بِأَيْدِى سَفَرَةٍۢ ﴿١٥﴾

by the hands of scribes

كِرَامٍۭ بَرَرَةٍۢ ﴿١٦﴾

noble, pious.

قُتِلَ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ مَآ أَكْفَرَهُۥ ﴿١٧﴾

Perish Man! How unthankful he is!

مِنْ أَىِّ شَىْءٍ خَلَقَهُۥ ﴿١٨﴾

Of what did He create him?

مِن نُّطْفَةٍ خَلَقَهُۥ فَقَدَّرَهُۥ ﴿١٩﴾

Of a sperm-drop He created him, and determined him,

ثُمَّ ٱلسَّبِيلَ يَسَّرَهُۥ ﴿٢٠﴾

then the way eased for him,

ثُمَّ أَمَاتَهُۥ فَأَقْبَرَهُۥ ﴿٢١﴾

then makes him to die, and buries him,

ثُمَّ إِذَا شَآءَ أَنشَرَهُۥ ﴿٢٢﴾

then, when He wills, He raises him.

كَلَّا لَمَّا يَقْضِ مَآ أَمَرَهُۥ ﴿٢٣﴾

No indeed! Man has not accomplished His bidding.

فَلْيَنظُرِ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ إِلَىٰ طَعَامِهِۦٓ ﴿٢٤﴾

Let Man consider his nourishment.

أَنَّا صَبَبْنَا ٱلْمَآءَ صَبًّۭا ﴿٢٥﴾

We poured out the rains abundantly,

ثُمَّ شَقَقْنَا ٱلْأَرْضَ شَقًّۭا ﴿٢٦﴾

then We split the earth in fissures

فَأَنۢبَتْنَا فِيهَا حَبًّۭا ﴿٢٧﴾

and therein made the grains to grow

وَعِنَبًۭا وَقَضْبًۭا ﴿٢٨﴾

and vines, and reeds,

وَزَيْتُونًۭا وَنَخْلًۭا ﴿٢٩﴾

and olives, and palms,

وَحَدَآئِقَ غُلْبًۭا ﴿٣٠﴾

and dense-tree'd gardens,

وَفَٰكِهَةًۭ وَأَبًّۭا ﴿٣١﴾

and fruits, and pastures,

مَّتَٰعًۭا لَّكُمْ وَلِأَنْعَٰمِكُمْ ﴿٣٢﴾

an enjoyment for you and your flocks.

فَإِذَا جَآءَتِ ٱلصَّآخَّةُ ﴿٣٣﴾

And when the Blast shall sound,

يَوْمَ يَفِرُّ ٱلْمَرْءُ مِنْ أَخِيهِ ﴿٣٤﴾

upon the day when a man shall flee from his brother,

وَأُمِّهِۦ وَأَبِيهِ ﴿٣٥﴾

his mother, his father,

وَصَٰحِبَتِهِۦ وَبَنِيهِ ﴿٣٦﴾

his consort, his sons,

لِكُلِّ ٱمْرِئٍۢ مِّنْهُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ شَأْنٌۭ يُغْنِيهِ ﴿٣٧﴾

every man that day shall have business to suffice him.

وُجُوهٌۭ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ مُّسْفِرَةٌۭ ﴿٣٨﴾

Some faces on that day shall shine

ضَاحِكَةٌۭ مُّسْتَبْشِرَةٌۭ ﴿٣٩﴾

laughing, joyous;

وَوُجُوهٌۭ يَوْمَئِذٍ عَلَيْهَا غَبَرَةٌۭ ﴿٤٠﴾

some faces on that day shall be dusty

تَرْهَقُهَا قَتَرَةٌ ﴿٤١﴾

o'erspread with darkness --

أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْكَفَرَةُ ٱلْفَجَرَةُ ﴿٤٢﴾

those -- they are the unbelievers, the libertines.

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