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Surah Abasa
سُورَةُ عَبَسَ
Page 585 (Verses from 1 to 42)

عَبَسَ وَتَوَلَّىٰٓ أَن جَآءَهُ ٱلْأَعْمَىٰ وَمَا يُدْرِيكَ لَعَلَّهُۥ يَزَّكَّىٰٓ أَوْ يَذَّكَّرُ فَتَنفَعَهُ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰٓ أَمَّا مَنِ ٱسْتَغْنَىٰ فَأَنتَ لَهُۥ تَصَدَّىٰ وَمَا عَلَيْكَ أَلَّا يَزَّكَّىٰ وَأَمَّا مَن جَآءَكَ يَسْعَىٰ وَهُوَ يَخْشَىٰ فَأَنتَ عَنْهُ تَلَهَّىٰ كَلَّآ إِنَّهَا تَذْكِرَةٌ فَمَن شَآءَ ذَكَرَهُۥ فِى صُحُفٍ مُّكَرَّمَةٍ مَّرْفُوعَةٍ مُّطَهَّرَةٍۭ بِأَيْدِى سَفَرَةٍ كِرَامٍۭ بَرَرَةٍ قُتِلَ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ مَآ أَكْفَرَهُۥ مِنْ أَىِّ شَىْءٍ خَلَقَهُۥ مِن نُّطْفَةٍ خَلَقَهُۥ فَقَدَّرَهُۥ ثُمَّ ٱلسَّبِيلَ يَسَّرَهُۥ ثُمَّ أَمَاتَهُۥ فَأَقْبَرَهُۥ ثُمَّ إِذَا شَآءَ أَنشَرَهُۥ كَلَّا لَمَّا يَقْضِ مَآ أَمَرَهُۥ فَلْيَنظُرِ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ إِلَىٰ طَعَامِهِۦٓ أَنَّا صَبَبْنَا ٱلْمَآءَ صَبًّا ثُمَّ شَقَقْنَا ٱلْأَرْضَ شَقًّا فَأَنۢبَتْنَا فِيهَا حَبًّا وَعِنَبًا وَقَضْبًا وَزَيْتُونًا وَنَخْلًا وَحَدَآئِقَ غُلْبًا وَفَٰكِهَةً وَأَبًّا مَّتَٰعًا لَّكُمْ وَلِأَنْعَٰمِكُمْ فَإِذَا جَآءَتِ ٱلصَّآخَّةُ يَوْمَ يَفِرُّ ٱلْمَرْءُ مِنْ أَخِيهِ وَأُمِّهِۦ وَأَبِيهِ وَصَٰحِبَتِهِۦ وَبَنِيهِ لِكُلِّ ٱمْرِئٍ مِّنْهُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ شَأْنٌ يُغْنِيهِ وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ مُّسْفِرَةٌ ضَاحِكَةٌ مُّسْتَبْشِرَةٌ وَوُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ عَلَيْهَا غَبَرَةٌ تَرْهَقُهَا قَتَرَةٌ أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْكَفَرَةُ ٱلْفَجَرَةُ
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Tafsir of Surah Abasa (Yusuf Ali: Abdullah Yusuf Ali)

English Translation

The Prophet frowned and turned away

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AAabasa watawalla

(The Prophet) frowned and turned away,

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

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An jaahu alaAAma

Because there came to him the blind man (interrupting).

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

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Wama yudreeka laAAallahu yazzakka

But what could tell thee but that perchance he might grow (in spiritual understanding)?-

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Or be reminded and the remembrance would benefit him?

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Aw yaththakkaru fatanfaAAahu alththikra

Or that he might receive admonition, and the teaching might profit him?

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As for he who thinks himself without need,

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Amma mani istaghna

As to one who regards Himself as self-sufficient,

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To him you give attention.

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Faanta lahu tasadda

To him dost thou attend;

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

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Wama AAalayka alla yazzakka

Though it is no blame to thee if he grow not (in spiritual understanding).

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

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Waamma man jaaka yasAAa

But as to him who came to thee striving earnestly,

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While he fears [Allah],

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Wahuwa yakhsha

And with fear (in his heart),

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From him you are distracted.

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Faanta AAanhu talahha

Of him wast thou unmindful.

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No! Indeed, these verses are a reminder;

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Kalla innaha tathkiratun

By no means (should it be so)! For it is indeed a Message of instruction:

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So whoever wills may remember it.

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Faman shaa thakarahu

Therefore let whoso will, keep it in remembrance.

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[It is recorded] in honored sheets,

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Fee suhufin mukarramatin

(It is) in Books held (greatly) in honour,

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Exalted and purified,

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MarfooAAatin mutahharatin

Exalted (in dignity), kept pure and holy,

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[Carried] by the hands of messenger-angels,

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Biaydee safaratin

(Written) by the hands of scribes-

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Noble and dutiful.

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Kiramin bararatin

Honourable and Pious and Just.

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Cursed is man; how disbelieving is he.

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Qutila alinsanu ma akfarahu

Woe to man! What hath made him reject Allah;

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From what substance did He create him?

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Min ayyi shayin khalaqahu

From what stuff hath He created him?

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

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Min nutfatin khalaqahu faqaddarahu

From a sperm-drop: He hath created him, and then mouldeth him in due proportions;

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Then He eased the way for him;

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Thumma alssabeela yassarahu

Then doth He make His path smooth for him;

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

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Thumma amatahu faaqbarahu

Then He causeth him to die, and putteth him in his grave;

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Then when He wills, He will resurrect him.

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Thumma itha shaa ansharahu

Then, when it is His Will, He will raise him up (again).

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No! Man has not yet accomplished what He commanded him.

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Kalla lamma yaqdi ma amarahu

By no means hath he fulfilled what Allah hath commanded him.

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Then let mankind look at his food -

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Falyanthuri alinsanu ila taAAamihi

Then let man look at his food, (and how We provide it):

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How We poured down water in torrents,

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Anna sababna almaa sabban

For that We pour forth water in abundance,

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

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Thumma shaqaqna alarda shaqqan

And We split the earth in fragments,

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And caused to grow within it grain

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Faanbatna feeha habban

And produce therein corn,

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And grapes and herbage

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WaAAinaban waqadban

And Grapes and nutritious plants,

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And olive and palm trees

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Wazaytoonan wanakhlan

And Olives and Dates,

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And gardens of dense shrubbery

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Wahadaiqa ghulban

And enclosed Gardens, dense with lofty trees,

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And fruit and grass -

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Wafakihatan waabban

And fruits and fodder,-

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[As] enjoyment for you and your grazing livestock.

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MataAAan lakum walianAAamikum

For use and convenience to you and your cattle.

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But when there comes the Deafening Blast

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Faitha jaati alssakhkhatu

At length, when there comes the Deafening Noise,-

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On the Day a man will flee from his brother

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Yawma yafirru almaro min akheehi

That Day shall a man flee from his own brother,

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And his mother and his father

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Waommihi waabeehi

And from his mother and his father,

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And his wife and his children,

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Wasahibatihi wabaneehi

And from his wife and his children.

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

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Likulli imriin minhum yawmaithin shanun yughneehi

Each one of them, that Day, will have enough concern (of his own) to make him indifferent to the others.

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

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Wujoohun yawmaithin musfiratun

Some faces that Day will be beaming,

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Laughing, rejoicing at good news.

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Dahikatun mustabshiratun

Laughing, rejoicing.

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

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Wawujoohun yawmaithin AAalayha ghabaratun

And other faces that Day will be dust-stained,

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Blackness will cover them.

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Tarhaquha qataratun

Blackness will cover them:

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Those are the disbelievers, the wicked ones.

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Olaika humu alkafaratu alfajaratu

Such will be the Rejecters of Allah, the doers of iniquity.
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