Abasa

عَبَسَ وَتَوَلَّىٰٓ

He frowned and turned ˹his attention˺ away

أَن جَآءَهُ ٱلْأَعْمَىٰ

˹simply˺ because the blind man came to him ˹interrupting˺.

وَمَا يُدْرِيكَ لَعَلَّهُۥ يَزَّكَّىٰٓ

You never know ˹O Prophet˺, perhaps he may be purified

أَوْ يَذَّكَّرُ فَتَنفَعَهُ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰٓ

or he may be mindful, benefitting from the reminder.

أَمَّا مَنِ ٱسْتَغْنَىٰ

As for the one who was indifferent

فَأَنتَ لَهُۥ تَصَدَّىٰ

you gave him your ˹undivided˺ attention

وَمَا عَلَيْكَ أَلَّا يَزَّكَّىٰ

even though you are not to blame if he would not be purified.

وَأَمَّا مَن جَآءَكَ يَسْعَىٰ

But as for the one who came to you, eager ˹to learn˺

وَهُوَ يَخْشَىٰ

being in awe ˹of Allah˺

فَأَنتَ عَنْهُ تَلَهَّىٰ

you were inattentive to him.

كَلَّآ إِنَّهَا تَذْكِرَةٌ

But no! This ˹revelation˺ is truly a reminder.

فَمَن شَآءَ ذَكَرَهُۥ

So let whoever wills be mindful of it.

فِى صُحُفٍ مُّكَرَّمَةٍ

It is ˹written˺ on pages held in honour—

مَّرْفُوعَةٍ مُّطَهَّرَةٍۭ

highly esteemed, purified—

بِأَيْدِى سَفَرَةٍ

by the hands of angel-scribes

كِرَامٍۭ بَرَرَةٍ

honourable and virtuous.

قُتِلَ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ مَآ أَكْفَرَهُۥ

Condemned are ˹disbelieving˺ humans! How ungrateful they are ˹to Allah˺!

مِنْ أَىِّ شَىْءٍ خَلَقَهُۥ

From what substance did He create them?

مِن نُّطْفَةٍ خَلَقَهُۥ فَقَدَّرَهُۥ

He created them from a sperm-drop, and ordained their development.

ثُمَّ ٱلسَّبِيلَ يَسَّرَهُۥ

Then He makes the way easy for them

ثُمَّ أَمَاتَهُۥ فَأَقْبَرَهُۥ

then causes them to die and be buried.

ثُمَّ إِذَا شَآءَ أَنشَرَهُۥ

Then when He wills, He will resurrect them.

كَلَّا لَمَّا يَقْضِ مَآ أَمَرَهُۥ

But no! They have failed to comply with what He ordered.

فَلْيَنظُرِ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ إِلَىٰ طَعَامِهِۦٓ

Let people then consider their food:

أَنَّا صَبَبْنَا ٱلْمَآءَ صَبًّا

how We pour down rain in abundance

ثُمَّ شَقَقْنَا ٱلْأَرْضَ شَقًّا

and meticulously split the earth open ˹for sprouts˺

فَأَنۢبَتْنَا فِيهَا حَبًّا

causing grain to grow in it

وَعِنَبًا وَقَضْبًا

as well as grapes and greens

وَزَيْتُونًا وَنَخْلًا

and olives and palm trees

وَحَدَآئِقَ غُلْبًا

and dense orchards

وَفَـٰكِهَةً وَأَبًّا

and fruit and fodder—

مَّتَـٰعًا لَّكُمْ وَلِأَنْعَـٰمِكُمْ

all as ˹a means of˺ sustenance for you and your animals.

فَإِذَا جَآءَتِ ٱلصَّآخَّةُ

Then, when the Deafening Blast comes to pass—

يَوْمَ يَفِرُّ ٱلْمَرْءُ مِنْ أَخِيهِ

on that Day every person will flee from their own siblings

وَأُمِّهِۦ وَأَبِيهِ

and ˹even˺ their mother and father

وَصَـٰحِبَتِهِۦ وَبَنِيهِ

and ˹even˺ their spouse and children.

لِكُلِّ ٱمْرِئٍ مِّنْهُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ شَأْنٌ يُغْنِيهِ

For then everyone will have enough concern of their own.

وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ مُّسْفِرَةٌ

On that Day ˹some˺ faces will be bright

ضَاحِكَةٌ مُّسْتَبْشِرَةٌ

laughing and rejoicing

وَوُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ عَلَيْهَا غَبَرَةٌ

while ˹other˺ faces will be dusty

تَرْهَقُهَا قَتَرَةٌ

cast in gloom—

أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْكَفَرَةُ ٱلْفَجَرَةُ

those are the disbelievers, the ˹wicked˺ sinners.