بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ عَبَسَ وَتَوَلَّىٰٓ
Ahmed Ali
HE FROWNED AND turned away,
سُورَةُ عَبَسَ
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بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ عَبَسَ وَتَوَلَّىٰٓ
Ahmed Ali
HE FROWNED AND turned away,
أَن جَآءَهُ ٱلْأَعْمَىٰ
Ahmed Ali
Because a blind man came to him.
وَمَا يُدْرِيكَ لَعَلَّهُۥ يَزَّكَّىٰٓ
Ahmed Ali
What made you think that he will not grow in virtue,
أَوْ يَذَّكَّرُ فَتَنفَعَهُ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰٓ
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Or be admonished, and the admonition profit him?
أَمَّا مَنِ ٱسْتَغْنَىٰ
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As for him who is not in want of any thing,
فَأَنتَ لَهُۥ تَصَدَّىٰ
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You pay full attention,
وَمَا عَلَيْكَ أَلَّا يَزَّكَّىٰ
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Though it is not your concern if he should not grow (in fulness).
وَأَمَّا مَن جَآءَكَ يَسْعَىٰ
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As for him who comes to you striving (after goodness),
وَهُوَ يَخْشَىٰ
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And is also fearful (of God),
فَأَنتَ عَنْهُ تَلَهَّىٰ
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You neglect.
كَلَّآ إِنَّهَا تَذْكِرَةٌۭ
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Assuredly this is a reminder
فَمَن شَآءَ ذَكَرَهُۥ
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For any one who desires to bear it in mind,
فِى صُحُفٍۢ مُّكَرَّمَةٍۢ
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(Contained) in honoured pages,
مَّرْفُوعَةٍۢ مُّطَهَّرَةٍۭ
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Exalted and holy,
بِأَيْدِى سَفَرَةٍۢ
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In the hands of scribes
كِرَامٍۭ بَرَرَةٍۢ
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Noble and pious.
قُتِلَ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ مَآ أَكْفَرَهُۥ
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Accursed is man. How ungrateful is he!
مِنْ أَىِّ شَىْءٍ خَلَقَهُۥ
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Of what substance God created him?
مِن نُّطْفَةٍ خَلَقَهُۥ فَقَدَّرَهُۥ
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From a single sperm He created, then proportioned him,
ثُمَّ ٱلسَّبِيلَ يَسَّرَهُۥ
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Then made his passage easy (at birth);
ثُمَّ أَمَاتَهُۥ فَأَقْبَرَهُۥ
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He will then send him to death and have him laid in the grave.
ثُمَّ إِذَا شَآءَ أَنشَرَهُۥ
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Then He will raise him up again when He please.
كَلَّا لَمَّا يَقْضِ مَآ أَمَرَهُۥ
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But no. He has not fulfilled what was enjoined on him.
فَلْيَنظُرِ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ إِلَىٰ طَعَامِهِۦٓ
Ahmed Ali
Let man therefore consider (the sources of) his food.
أَنَّا صَبَبْنَا ٱلْمَآءَ صَبًّۭا
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We poured down rain abundantly,
ثُمَّ شَقَقْنَا ٱلْأَرْضَ شَقًّۭا
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Then We cracked the earth open under pressure (of germination)
فَأَنۢبَتْنَا فِيهَا حَبًّۭا
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And We made corn grow,
وَعِنَبًۭا وَقَضْبًۭا
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And grapes and herbage,
وَزَيْتُونًۭا وَنَخْلًۭا
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Olives and dates,
وَحَدَآئِقَ غُلْبًۭا
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Orchards thick with trees,
وَفَٰكِهَةًۭ وَأَبًّۭا
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And fruits and fodder:
مَّتَٰعًۭا لَّكُمْ وَلِأَنْعَٰمِكُمْ
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A provision for you and your cattle.
فَإِذَا جَآءَتِ ٱلصَّآخَّةُ
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But when the great calamity comes
يَوْمَ يَفِرُّ ٱلْمَرْءُ مِنْ أَخِيهِ
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Man will fly from his brother,
وَأُمِّهِۦ وَأَبِيهِ
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Mother and father,
وَصَٰحِبَتِهِۦ وَبَنِيهِ
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As well as his wife and children.
لِكُلِّ ٱمْرِئٍۢ مِّنْهُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ شَأْنٌۭ يُغْنِيهِ
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Each man will have enough cares that day.
وُجُوهٌۭ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ مُّسْفِرَةٌۭ
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Many faces will that day be bright,
ضَاحِكَةٌۭ مُّسْتَبْشِرَةٌۭ
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Laughing and full of joy,
وَوُجُوهٌۭ يَوْمَئِذٍ عَلَيْهَا غَبَرَةٌۭ
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And many will be dust-begrimed,
تَرْهَقُهَا قَتَرَةٌ
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Covered with the blackness (of shame):
أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْكَفَرَةُ ٱلْفَجَرَةُ
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They will be the unbelievers, transgressors.
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