عَبَسَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ
He frowned and turned away.
He Frowned · 'Abasa · سورة عبس · 42 ayahs
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
In the name of God, the Most Compassionate, the Most Merciful.
أَنْ جَاءَهُ الْأَعْمَىٰ
Because the blind man came to him.
وَمَا يُدْرِيكَ لَعَلَّهُ يَزَّكَّىٰ
And what would make you know? Perhaps he would purify himself.
أَوْ يَذَّكَّرُ فَتَنْفَعَهُ الذِّكْرَىٰ
Or remember, and the reminder would benefit him.
أَمَّا مَنِ اسْتَغْنَىٰ
As for the one who considers himself self-sufficient.
فَأَنْتَ لَهُ تَصَدَّىٰ
To him you give your attention.
وَمَا عَلَيْكَ أَلَّا يَزَّكَّىٰ
Though it is not upon you if he does not purify himself.
وَأَمَّا مَنْ جَاءَكَ يَسْعَىٰ
But as for the one who came to you striving.
وَهُوَ يَخْشَىٰ
And he fears.
فَأَنْتَ عَنْهُ تَلَهَّىٰ
From him you are distracted.
كَلَّا إِنَّهَا تَذْكِرَةٌ
No! It is a reminder.
فَمَنْ شَاءَ ذَكَرَهُ
So whoever wills may remember it.
فِي صُحُفٍ مُكَرَّمَةٍ
In honored scriptures.
مَرْفُوعَةٍ مُطَهَّرَةٍ
Exalted, purified.
بِأَيْدِي سَفَرَةٍ
By the hands of scribes.
كِرَامٍ بَرَرَةٍ
Noble, righteous.
قُتِلَ الْإِنْسَانُ مَا أَكْفَرَهُ
Cursed is man — how ungrateful he is!
مِنْ أَيِّ شَيْءٍ خَلَقَهُ
From what thing did He create him?
مِنْ نُطْفَةٍ خَلَقَهُ فَقَدَّرَهُ
From a drop He created him, then proportioned him.
ثُمَّ السَّبِيلَ يَسَّرَهُ
Then He eased the path for him.
ثُمَّ أَمَاتَهُ فَأَقْبَرَهُ
Then He caused him to die and buried him.
ثُمَّ إِذَا شَاءَ أَنْشَرَهُ
Then when He wills, He will resurrect him.
كَلَّا لَمَّا يَقْضِ مَا أَمَرَهُ
No! He has not yet fulfilled what He commanded him.
فَلْيَنْظُرِ الْإِنْسَانُ إِلَىٰ طَعَامِهِ
Let man look at his food.
أَنَّا صَبَبْنَا الْمَاءَ صَبًّا
We poured water in abundance.
ثُمَّ شَقَقْنَا الْأَرْضَ شَقًّا
Then We split the earth open.
فَأَنْبَتْنَا فِيهَا حَبًّا
And We caused grain to grow in it.
وَعِنَبًا وَقَضْبًا
And grapes and fresh herbage.
وَزَيْتُونًا وَنَخْلًا
And olives and palm trees.
وَحَدَائِقَ غُلْبًا
And dense gardens.
وَفَاكِهَةً وَأَبًّا
And fruit and pasture.
مَتَاعًا لَكُمْ وَلِأَنْعَامِكُمْ
A provision for you and your livestock.
فَإِذَا جَاءَتِ الصَّاخَّةُ
Then when the Deafening Blast comes.
يَوْمَ يَفِرُّ الْمَرْءُ مِنْ أَخِيهِ
The Day a man flees from his brother.
وَأُمِّهِ وَأَبِيهِ
And his mother and his father.
وَصَاحِبَتِهِ وَبَنِيهِ
And his wife and his children.
لِكُلِّ امْرِئٍ مِنْهُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ شَأْنٌ يُغْنِيهِ
Every one of them that Day will have a matter to preoccupy him.
وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ مُسْفِرَةٌ
Faces that Day will be radiant.
ضَاحِكَةٌ مُسْتَبْشِرَةٌ
Laughing, rejoicing.
وَوُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ عَلَيْهَا غَبَرَةٌ
And faces that Day will be covered with dust.
تَرْهَقُهَا قَتَرَةٌ
Shrouded in darkness.
أُولَٰئِكَ هُمُ الْكَفَرَةُ الْفَجَرَةُ
Those are the disbelievers, the wicked.