'Abasa

عَبَسَ وَتَوَلّٰٓىۙ‏ ١

Abasa wa tawallaa

He [i.e., the Prophet (ﷺ) ] frowned and turned away

اَنۡ جَآءَهُ الۡاَعۡمٰىؕ‏ ٢

An jaa-ahul 'a-maa

Because there came to him the blind man, [interrupting].

وَمَا يُدۡرِيۡكَ لَعَلَّهٗ يَزَّكّٰٓىۙ‏ ٣

Wa maa yudreeka la'allahu yaz zakkaa

But what would make you perceive, [O Muḥammad], that perhaps he might be purified

اَوۡ يَذَّكَّرُ فَتَنۡفَعَهُ الذِّكۡرٰىؕ‏ ٤

Au yaz zak karu fatanfa 'ahuz zikraa

Or be reminded and the remembrance would benefit him?

اَمَّا مَنِ اسۡتَغۡنٰىۙ‏ ٥

Amma manis taghnaa

As for he who thinks himself without need,

فَاَنۡتَ لَهٗ تَصَدّٰىؕ‏ ٦

Fa-anta lahu tasaddaa

To him you give attention.

وَمَا عَلَيۡكَ اَلَّا يَزَّكّٰٓىؕ‏ ٧

Wa ma 'alaika allaa yaz zakka

And not upon you [is any blame] if he will not be purified.

وَاَمَّا مَنۡ جَآءَكَ يَسۡعٰىۙ‏ ٨

Wa amma man jaa-aka yas'a

But as for he who came to you striving [for knowledge]

وَهُوَ يَخۡشٰىۙ‏ ٩

Wahuwa yakhshaa

While he fears [Allāh],

فَاَنۡتَ عَنۡهُ تَلَهّٰى​ۚ‏ ١٠

Fa-anta 'anhu talah haa

From him you are distracted.

كَلَّاۤ اِنَّهَا تَذۡكِرَةٌ ۚ‏ ١١

Kalla innaha tazkirah

No! Indeed, they [i.e., these verses] are a reminder;

فَمَنۡ شَآءَ ذَكَرَهٗ​ۘ‏ ١٢

Faman shaa a zakarah

So whoever wills may remember it.

فِىۡ صُحُفٍ مُّكَرَّمَةٍۙ‏ ١٣

Fi suhufim mukar rama

[It is recorded] in honored sheets,

مَّرۡفُوۡعَةٍ مُّطَهَّرَةٍ ۭۙ‏ ١٤

Marfoo'atim mutah hara

Exalted and purified,

بِاَيۡدِىۡ سَفَرَةٍۙ‏ ١٥

Bi'aidee safara

[Carried] by the hands of messenger-angels,

كِرَامٍۢ بَرَرَةٍؕ‏ ١٦

Kiraamim bararah

Noble and dutiful.

قُتِلَ الۡاِنۡسَانُ مَاۤ اَكۡفَرَهٗؕ‏ ١٧

Qutilal-insanu maa akfarah

Destroyed [i.e., cursed] is man; how disbelieving is he.

مِنۡ اَىِّ شَىۡءٍ خَلَقَهٗؕ‏ ١٨

Min aiyyi shai-in Khalaq

From what thing [i.e., substance] did He create him?

مِنۡ نُّطۡفَةٍؕ خَلَقَهٗ فَقَدَّرَهٗ ۙ‏ ١٩

Min nutfah; khalaqahu faqad-darah

From a sperm-drop He created him and destined for him;

ثُمَّ السَّبِيۡلَ يَسَّرَهٗۙ‏ ٢٠

Thummas sabeela yas-sarah

Then He eased the way for him;

ثُمَّ اَمَاتَهٗ فَاَقۡبَرَهٗۙ‏ ٢١

Thumma amatahu fa-aqbarah

Then He causes his death and provides a grave for him.

ثُمَّ اِذَا شَآءَ اَنۡشَرَهٗؕ‏ ٢٢

Thumma iza shaa-a ansharah

Then when He wills, He will resurrect him.

كَلَّا لَـمَّا يَقۡضِ مَاۤ اَمَرَهٗؕ‏ ٢٣

Kalla lamma yaqdi maa amarah

No! He [i.e., man] has not yet accomplished what He commanded him.

فَلۡيَنۡظُرِ الۡاِنۡسَانُ اِلٰى طَعَامِهٖۤۙ‏ ٢٤

Falyanzuril insanu ilaa ta-amih

Then let mankind look at his food -

اَنَّا صَبَبۡنَا الۡمَآءَ صَبًّا ۙ‏ ٢٥

Anna sabab nalmaa-a sabba

How We poured down water in torrents,

ثُمَّ شَقَقۡنَا الۡاَرۡضَ شَقًّا ۙ‏ ٢٦

Thumma sha qaqnal-arda shaqqa

Then We broke open the earth, splitting [it with sprouts],

فَاَنۡۢبَتۡنَا فِيۡهَا حَبًّا ۙ‏ ٢٧

Fa ambatna feeha habba

And caused to grow within it grain

وَّ عِنَبًا وَّقَضۡبًا ۙ‏ ٢٨

Wa 'inabaw-wa qadba

And grapes and herbage

وَّزَيۡتُوۡنًا وَّنَخۡلًا ؕ‏ ٢٩

Wa zaitoonaw wanakh la

And olive and palm trees

وَحَدَآٮِٕقَ غُلۡبًا ۙ‏ ٣٠

Wa hadaa-iqa ghulba

And gardens of dense shrubbery

وَّفَاكِهَةً وَّاَبًّا ۙ‏ ٣١

Wa faki hataw-wa abba

And fruit and grass -

مَّتَاعًا لَّـكُمۡ وَلِاَنۡعَامِكُمۡؕ‏ ٣٢

Mata'al-lakum wa li-an'amikum

[As] enjoyment [i.e., provision] for you and your grazing livestock.

فَاِذَا جَآءَتِ الصَّآخَّةُ‏ ٣٣

Faiza jaa-atis saakhah

But when there comes the Deafening Blast

يَوۡمَ يَفِرُّ الۡمَرۡءُ مِنۡ اَخِيۡهِۙ‏ ٣٤

Yauma yafir-rul mar-u min akheeh

On the Day a man will flee from his brother

وَاُمِّهٖ وَاَبِيۡهِۙ‏ ٣٥

Wa ummihee wa abeeh

And his mother and his father

وَصَاحِبَتِهٖ وَبَنِيۡهِؕ‏ ٣٦

Wa sahi batihee wa baneeh

And his wife and his children,

لِكُلِّ امۡرِیءٍ مِّنۡهُمۡ يَوۡمَٮِٕذٍ شَاۡنٌ يُّغۡنِيۡهِؕ‏ ٣٧

Likul limri-im-minuhm yaumaa-izin shaa nuy-yughneeh

For every man, that Day, will be a matter adequate for him.

وُجُوۡهٌ يَّوۡمَٮِٕذٍ مُّسۡفِرَةٌ ۙ‏ ٣٨

Wujoo huny-yauma-izim-musfira

[Some] faces, that Day, will be bright -

ضَاحِكَةٌ مُّسۡتَبۡشِرَةٌ ۚ‏ ٣٩

Dahi katum mustab shirah

Laughing, rejoicing at good news.

وَوُجُوۡهٌ يَّوۡمَٮِٕذٍ عَلَيۡهَا غَبَرَةٌ ۙ‏ ٤٠

Wa wujoohuy yauma-izin 'alaiha ghabar a

And [other] faces, that Day, will have upon them dust.

تَرۡهَقُهَا قَتَرَةٌ ؕ‏ ٤١

Tarhaquha qatarah

Blackness will cover them.

اُولٰٓٮِٕكَ هُمُ الۡكَفَرَةُ الۡفَجَرَةُ‏ ٤٢

Ulaa-ika humul-kafa ratul-fajarah

Those are the disbelievers, the wicked ones.