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Surat abasa (He is surly)

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عَبَسَ وَتَوَلّٰىٓۙ

'abasa wa tawallā

HE FROWNED AND turned away

اَنْ جَاۤءَهُ الْاَعْمٰىۗ

an jā`ahul-a'mā

Because a blind man came to him.

وَمَا يُدْرِيْكَ لَعَلَّهٗ يَزَّكّٰىٓۙ

wa mā yudrīka la'allahụ yazzakkā

What made you think that he will not grow in virtue

اَوْ يَذَّكَّرُ فَتَنْفَعَهُ الذِّكْرٰىۗ

au yażżakkaru fa tanfa'ahuż-żikrā

Or be admonished and the admonition profit him?

اَمَّا مَنِ اسْتَغْنٰىۙ

ammā manistagnā

As for him who is not in want of any thing

فَاَنْتَ لَهٗ تَصَدّٰىۗ

fa anta lahụ taṣaddā

You pay full attention

وَمَا عَلَيْكَ اَلَّا يَزَّكّٰىۗ

wa mā 'alaika allā yazzakkā

Though it is not your concern if he should not grow (in fulness).

وَاَمَّا مَنْ جَاۤءَكَ يَسْعٰىۙ

wa ammā man jā`aka yas'ā

As for him who comes to you striving (after goodness)

وَهُوَ يَخْشٰىۙ

wa huwa yakhsyā

And is also fearful (of God)

فَاَنْتَ عَنْهُ تَلَهّٰىۚ

fa anta 'an-hu talahhā

You neglect.

كَلَّآ اِنَّهَا تَذْكِرَةٌ ۚ

kallā innahā tażkirah

Assuredly this is a reminder

فَمَنْ شَاۤءَ ذَكَرَهٗ ۘ

fa man syā`a żakarah

For any one who desires to bear it in mind

فِيْ صُحُفٍ مُّكَرَّمَةٍۙ

fī ṣuḥufim mukarramah

(Contained) in honoured pages

مَّرْفُوْعَةٍ مُّطَهَّرَةٍ ۢ ۙ

marfụ'atim muṭahharah

Exalted and holy

بِاَيْدِيْ سَفَرَةٍۙ

bi`aidī safarah

In the hands of scribes

كِرَامٍۢ بَرَرَةٍۗ

kirāmim bararah

Noble and pious.

قُتِلَ الْاِنْسَانُ مَآ اَكْفَرَهٗۗ

qutilal-insānu mā akfarah

Accursed is man. How ungrateful is he!

مِنْ اَيِّ شَيْءٍ خَلَقَهٗۗ

min ayyi syai`in khalaqah

Of what substance God created him?

مِنْ نُّطْفَةٍۗ خَلَقَهٗ فَقَدَّرَهٗۗ

min nuṭfah, khalaqahụ fa qaddarah

From a single sperm He created then proportioned him

ثُمَّ السَّبِيْلَ يَسَّرَهٗۙ

ṡummas-sabīla yassarah

Then made his passage easy (at birth);

ثُمَّ اَمَاتَهٗ فَاَقْبَرَهٗۙ

ṡumma amātahụ fa aqbarah

He will then send him to death and have him laid in the grave.

ثُمَّ اِذَا شَاۤءَ اَنْشَرَهٗۗ

ṡumma iżā syā`a ansyarah

Then He will raise him up again when He please.

كَلَّا لَمَّا يَقْضِ مَآ اَمَرَهٗۗ

kallā lammā yaqḍi mā amarah

But no. He has not fulfilled what was enjoined on him.

فَلْيَنْظُرِ الْاِنْسَانُ اِلٰى طَعَامِهٖٓ ۙ

falyanẓuril-insānu ilā ṭa'āmih

Let man therefore consider (the sources of) his food.

اَنَّا صَبَبْنَا الْمَاۤءَ صَبًّاۙ

annā ṣababnal-mā`a ṣabbā

We poured down rain abundantly

ثُمَّ شَقَقْنَا الْاَرْضَ شَقًّاۙ

ṡumma syaqaqnal-arḍa syaqqā

Then We cracked the earth open under pressure (of germination)

فَاَنْۢبَتْنَا فِيْهَا حَبًّاۙ

fa ambatnā fīhā ḥabbā

And We made corn grow

وَّعِنَبًا وَّقَضْبًاۙ

wa 'inabaw wa qaḍbā

And grapes and herbage

وَّزَيْتُوْنًا وَّنَخْلًاۙ

wa zaitụnaw wa nakhlā

Olives and dates

وَّحَدَاۤئِقَ غُلْبًا

wa ḥadā`iqa gulbā

Orchards thick with trees

وَفَاكِهَةً وَّاَبًّا

wa fākihataw wa abbā

And fruits and fodder:

مَتَاعًا لَّكُمْ وَلِاَنْعَامِكُمْۗ

matā'al lakum wa li`an'āmikum

A provision for you and your cattle.

فَاِذَا جَاۤءَتِ الصَّاۤخَّةُ ۖ

fa iżā jā`atiṣ-ṣākhkhah

But when the great calamity comes

يَوْمَ يَفِرُّ الْمَرْءُ مِنْ اَخِيْهِۙ

yauma yafirrul-mar`u min akhīh

Man will fly from his brother

وَاُمِّهٖ وَاَبِيْهِۙ

wa ummihī wa abīh

Mother and father

وَصَاحِبَتِهٖ وَبَنِيْهِۗ

wa ṣāḥibatihī wa banīh

As well as his wife and children.

لِكُلِّ امْرِئٍ مِّنْهُمْ يَوْمَىِٕذٍ شَأْنٌ يُّغْنِيْهِۗ

likullimri`im min-hum yauma`iżin sya`nuy yugnīh

Each man will have enough cares that day.

وُجُوْهٌ يَّوْمَىِٕذٍ مُّسْفِرَةٌۙ

wujụhuy yauma`iżim musfirah

Many faces will that day be bright

ضَاحِكَةٌ مُّسْتَبْشِرَةٌ ۚ

ḍāḥikatum mustabsyirah

Laughing and full of joy

وَوُجُوْهٌ يَّوْمَىِٕذٍ عَلَيْهَا غَبَرَةٌۙ

wa wujụhuy yauma`iżin 'alaihā gabarah

And many will be dust-begrimed

تَرْهَقُهَا قَتَرَةٌ ۗ

tarhaquhā qatarah

Covered with the blackness (of shame):

اُولٰۤىِٕكَ هُمُ الْكَفَرَةُ الْفَجَرَةُ

ulā`ika humul-kafaratul-fajarah

They will be the unbelievers transgressors.