'Abasa

'Abasa 80:1

عَبَسَ وَتَوَلَّىٰٓ

He frowned and turned away

'Abasa 80:2

أَن جَآءَهُ ٱلۡأَعۡمَىٰ

Because the blind man came unto him.

'Abasa 80:3

وَمَا يُدۡرِيكَ لَعَلَّهُۥ يَزَّكَّىٰٓ

What could inform thee but that he might grow (in grace)

'Abasa 80:4

أَوۡ يَذَّكَّرُ فَتَنفَعَهُ ٱلذِّكۡرَىٰٓ

Or take heed and so the reminder might avail him?

'Abasa 80:5

أَمَّا مَنِ ٱسۡتَغۡنَىٰ

As for him who thinketh himself independent,

'Abasa 80:6

فَأَنتَ لَهُۥ تَصَدَّىٰ

Unto him thou payest regard.

'Abasa 80:7

وَمَا عَلَيۡكَ أَلَّا يَزَّكَّىٰ

Yet it is not thy concern if he grow not (in grace).

'Abasa 80:8

وَأَمَّا مَن جَآءَكَ يَسۡعَىٰ

But as for him who cometh unto thee with earnest purpose

'Abasa 80:9

وَهُوَ يَخۡشَىٰ

And hath fear,

'Abasa 80:10

فَأَنتَ عَنۡهُ تَلَهَّىٰ

From him thou art distracted.

'Abasa 80:11

كَلَّآ إِنَّهَا تَذۡكِرَةٞ

Nay, but verily it is an Admonishment,

'Abasa 80:12

فَمَن شَآءَ ذَكَرَهُۥ

So let whosoever will pay heed to it,

'Abasa 80:13

فِي صُحُفٖ مُّكَرَّمَةٖ

On honoured leaves

'Abasa 80:14

مَّرۡفُوعَةٖ مُّطَهَّرَةِۭ

Exalted, purified,

'Abasa 80:15

بِأَيۡدِي سَفَرَةٖ

(Set down) by scribes

'Abasa 80:16

كِرَامِۭ بَرَرَةٖ

Noble and righteous.

'Abasa 80:17

قُتِلَ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ مَآ أَكۡفَرَهُۥ

Man is (self-)destroyed: how ungrateful!

'Abasa 80:18

مِنۡ أَيِّ شَيۡءٍ خَلَقَهُۥ

From what thing doth He create him?

'Abasa 80:19

مِن نُّطۡفَةٍ خَلَقَهُۥ فَقَدَّرَهُۥ

From a drop of seed. He createth him and proportioneth him,

'Abasa 80:20

ثُمَّ ٱلسَّبِيلَ يَسَّرَهُۥ

Then maketh the way easy for him,

'Abasa 80:21

ثُمَّ أَمَاتَهُۥ فَأَقۡبَرَهُۥ

Then causeth him to die, and burieth him;

'Abasa 80:22

ثُمَّ إِذَا شَآءَ أَنشَرَهُۥ

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

'Abasa 80:23

كَلَّا لَمَّا يَقۡضِ مَآ أَمَرَهُۥ

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

'Abasa 80:24

فَلۡيَنظُرِ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ إِلَىٰ طَعَامِهِۦٓ

Let man consider his food:

'Abasa 80:25

أَنَّا صَبَبۡنَا ٱلۡمَآءَ صَبّٗا

How We pour water in showers

'Abasa 80:26

ثُمَّ شَقَقۡنَا ٱلۡأَرۡضَ شَقّٗا

Then split the earth in clefts

'Abasa 80:27

فَأَنۢبَتۡنَا فِيهَا حَبّٗا

And cause the grain to grow therein

'Abasa 80:28

وَعِنَبٗا وَقَضۡبٗا

And grapes and green fodder

'Abasa 80:29

وَزَيۡتُونٗا وَنَخۡلٗا

And olive-trees and palm-trees

'Abasa 80:30

وَحَدَآئِقَ غُلۡبٗا

And garden-closes of thick foliage

'Abasa 80:31

وَفَٰكِهَةٗ وَأَبّٗا

And fruits and grasses:

'Abasa 80:32

مَّتَٰعٗا لَّكُمۡ وَلِأَنۡعَٰمِكُمۡ

Provision for you and your cattle.

'Abasa 80:33

فَإِذَا جَآءَتِ ٱلصَّآخَّةُ

But when the Shout cometh

'Abasa 80:34

يَوۡمَ يَفِرُّ ٱلۡمَرۡءُ مِنۡ أَخِيهِ

On the day when a man fleeth from his brother

'Abasa 80:35

وَأُمِّهِۦ وَأَبِيهِ

And his mother and his father

'Abasa 80:36

وَصَٰحِبَتِهِۦ وَبَنِيهِ

And his wife and his children,

'Abasa 80:37

لِكُلِّ ٱمۡرِيٕٖ مِّنۡهُمۡ يَوۡمَئِذٖ شَأۡنٞ يُغۡنِيهِ

Every man that day will have concern enough to make him heedless (of others).

'Abasa 80:38

وُجُوهٞ يَوۡمَئِذٖ مُّسۡفِرَةٞ

On that day faces will be bright as dawn,

'Abasa 80:39

ضَاحِكَةٞ مُّسۡتَبۡشِرَةٞ

Laughing, rejoicing at good news;

'Abasa 80:40

وَوُجُوهٞ يَوۡمَئِذٍ عَلَيۡهَا غَبَرَةٞ

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

'Abasa 80:41

تَرۡهَقُهَا قَتَرَةٌ

Veiled in darkness,

'Abasa 80:42

أُوْلَـٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلۡكَفَرَةُ ٱلۡفَجَرَةُ

Those are the disbelievers, the wicked.