'Abasa

عَبَسَ وَتَوَلَّىٰٓ

ʻABASA wa-tawallaa,

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

أَن جَآءَهُ ٱلْأَعْمَىٰ

ʹAñ jaaa-ʹahul ʹaʻmaa.

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

وَمَا يُدْرِيكَ لَعَلَّهُۥ يَزَّكَّىٰٓ

Wa-maa yudreeka laʻallahoo yaz-zakkaa?―

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

أَوْ يَذَّكَّرُ فَتَنفَعَهُ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰٓ

ʹAw yaẓ-ẓak-karu fatañfaʻahuẓ Ẓikraa?

Or be reminded and the remembrance would benefit him?

أَمَّا مَنِ ٱسْتَغْنَىٰ

ʹAmmaa manis tag̣naa,

As for he who thinks himself without need,

فَأَنتَ لَهُۥ تَصَدَّىٰ

Faʹañta lahoo taṣaddaa;

To him you give attention.

وَمَا عَلَيْكَ أَلَّا يَزَّكَّىٰ

Wa-maa ʻalayka ʹallaa yaz-zakkaa.

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

وَأَمَّا مَن جَآءَكَ يَسْعَىٰ

Wa-ʹammaa mañ jaaa-ʹaka yasʻaa,

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

وَهُوَ يَخْشَىٰ

Wa-huwa yakhshaa,

While he fears [Allāh],

فَأَنتَ عَنْهُ تَلَهَّىٰ

Faʹañta ʻanhu talahhaa.

From him you are distracted.

كَلَّآ إِنَّهَا تَذْكِرَةٌ

Kallaaa ʹinnahaa Taẓkirah:

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

فَمَن شَآءَ ذَكَرَهُۥ

Famañ shaaʹa ẓakarah.

So whoever wills may remember it.

فِى صُحُفٍ مُّكَرَّمَةٍ

Fee ṣuḥufim mukarramah,

[It is recorded] in honored sheets,

مَّرْفُوعَةٍ مُّطَهَّرَةٍۭ

Marfooʻatim muṭahharah,

Exalted and purified,

بِأَيْدِى سَفَرَةٍ

Biʹaydee safarah―

[Carried] by the hands of messenger-angels,

كِرَامٍۭ بَرَرَةٍ

Kiraamim bararah.

Noble and dutiful.

قُتِلَ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ مَآ أَكْفَرَهُۥ

Q̣utilal ʹiñsaanu maaa ʹakfarah?

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

مِنْ أَىِّ شَىْءٍ خَلَقَهُۥ

Min ʹayyi shayʹin khalaq̣ah?

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

مِن نُّطْفَةٍ خَلَقَهُۥ فَقَدَّرَهُۥ

Min nuṭfah: khalaq̣ahoo faq̣addarah;

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

ثُمَّ ٱلسَّبِيلَ يَسَّرَهُۥ

S̤ummas sabeela yas-sarah;

Then He eased the way for him;

ثُمَّ أَمَاتَهُۥ فَأَقْبَرَهُۥ

S̤umma ʹamaatahoo faʹaq̣barah;

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

ثُمَّ إِذَا شَآءَ أَنشَرَهُۥ

S̤umma ʹiẓaa shaaaʹa ʹañsharah.

Then when He wills, He will resurrect him.

كَلَّا لَمَّا يَقْضِ مَآ أَمَرَهُۥ

Kallaa lammaa yaq̣ḍi maaa ʹamarah.

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

فَلْيَنظُرِ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ إِلَىٰ طَعَامِهِۦٓ

Falyañz̤̣uril ʹiñsaanu ʹilaa Ṭaʻaamih:

Then let mankind look at his food -

أَنَّا صَبَبْنَا ٱلْمَآءَ صَبًّا

ʹAnnaa ṣabab nalmaaaʹa ṣabbaa,

How We poured down water in torrents,

ثُمَّ شَقَقْنَا ٱلْأَرْضَ شَقًّا

S̤umma sha-q̣aq̣nal ʹarḍa shaq̣q̣aa;

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

فَأَنۢبَتْنَا فِيهَا حَبًّا

Faʹambatnaa feehaa Ḥabbaa,

And caused to grow within it grain

وَعِنَبًا وَقَضْبًا

Wa-ʻinabañw Waq̣aḍbaa,

And grapes and herbage

وَزَيْتُونًا وَنَخْلًا

Wa-zaytoonañw Wanakhlaa,

And olive and palm trees

وَحَدَآئِقَ غُلْبًا

Wa-ḥadaaaʹiq̣a g̣ulbaa,

And gardens of dense shrubbery

وَفَـٰكِهَةً وَأَبًّا

Wa-faaki-hatañw Waʹabbaa,

And fruit and grass -

مَّتَـٰعًا لَّكُمْ وَلِأَنْعَـٰمِكُمْ

Mataaʻal lakum wa-liʹanʻaamikum.

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

فَإِذَا جَآءَتِ ٱلصَّآخَّةُ

Faʹiẓaa jaaa-ʹatiṣ Ṣaaakhkhah,―

But when there comes the Deafening Blast

يَوْمَ يَفِرُّ ٱلْمَرْءُ مِنْ أَخِيهِ

Yawma yafirrul mar-ʹu min ʹakheeh,

On the Day a man will flee from his brother

وَأُمِّهِۦ وَأَبِيهِ

Wa-ʹummihee wa-ʹabeeh,

And his mother and his father

وَصَـٰحِبَتِهِۦ وَبَنِيهِ

Wa-ṣaaḥi-batihee wa-baneeh.

And his wife and his children,

لِكُلِّ ٱمْرِئٍ مِّنْهُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ شَأْنٌ يُغْنِيهِ

Likul lim-riʹim minhum Yawmaʹiẓiñ shaʹnuñy yug̣neeh.

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

وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ مُّسْفِرَةٌ

Wujoohuñy Yawmaʹiẓim musfirah,

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

ضَاحِكَةٌ مُّسْتَبْشِرَةٌ

Ḍaaḥikatum mustabshirah.

Laughing, rejoicing at good news.

وَوُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ عَلَيْهَا غَبَرَةٌ

Wa-wujoohuñy Yawmaʹiẓin ʻalayhaa g̣abarah;

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

تَرْهَقُهَا قَتَرَةٌ

Tarhaq̣uhaa q̣atarah:

Blackness will cover them.

أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْكَفَرَةُ ٱلْفَجَرَةُ

ʹUlaaaʹika humul kafaratul Fajarah.

Those are the disbelievers, the wicked ones.