عَبَسَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ (1)
He frowned and turned away |
أَن جَاءَهُ الْأَعْمَىٰ (2)
when the blind man came to him |
وَمَا يُدْرِيكَ لَعَلَّهُ يَزَّكَّىٰ (3)
How would you know? Perhaps he might be purified |
أَوْ يَذَّكَّرُ فَتَنفَعَهُ الذِّكْرَىٰ (4)
or he might take heed and benefit from the reminder |
أَمَّا مَنِ اسْتَغْنَىٰ (5)
But he who was indifferent |
فَأَنتَ لَهُ تَصَدَّىٰ (6)
you give him your full attention |
وَمَا عَلَيْكَ أَلَّا يَزَّكَّىٰ (7)
although you are not to be blamed if he does not purify himself |
وَأَمَّا مَن جَاءَكَ يَسْعَىٰ (8)
But as for the one who came to you striving [for purification] |
وَهُوَ يَخْشَىٰ (9)
and he fears Allah |
فَأَنتَ عَنْهُ تَلَهَّىٰ (10)
you let yourself to be distracted from him |
كَلَّا إِنَّهَا تَذْكِرَةٌ (11)
No indeed; this is a reminder – |
فَمَن شَاءَ ذَكَرَهُ (12)
so whoever wills may give heed to it – |
فِي صُحُفٍ مُّكَرَّمَةٍ (13)
on venerable pages |
مَّرْفُوعَةٍ مُّطَهَّرَةٍ (14)
exalted and purified |
بِأَيْدِي سَفَرَةٍ (15)
[preserved] in the hands of angel-scribes |
كِرَامٍ بَرَرَةٍ (16)
honorable and obedient |
قُتِلَ الْإِنسَانُ مَا أَكْفَرَهُ (17)
Woe to man; how ungrateful he is |
مِنْ أَيِّ شَيْءٍ خَلَقَهُ (18)
From what did He create him |
مِن نُّطْفَةٍ خَلَقَهُ فَقَدَّرَهُ (19)
He created him from a drop of semen and proportioned him |
ثُمَّ السَّبِيلَ يَسَّرَهُ (20)
then He made the way easy for him |
ثُمَّ أَمَاتَهُ فَأَقْبَرَهُ (21)
then He caused him to die and be buried |
ثُمَّ إِذَا شَاءَ أَنشَرَهُ (22)
then when He wills, He will resurrect him |
كَلَّا لَمَّا يَقْضِ مَا أَمَرَهُ (23)
Yet he has not fulfilled what He commanded him |
فَلْيَنظُرِ الْإِنسَانُ إِلَىٰ طَعَامِهِ (24)
Let man consider the food he eats |
أَنَّا صَبَبْنَا الْمَاءَ صَبًّا (25)
How We poured down rainwater in torrents |
ثُمَّ شَقَقْنَا الْأَرْضَ شَقًّا (26)
and caused the soil to split open [for sprouts] |
فَأَنبَتْنَا فِيهَا حَبًّا (27)
and cause grains to grow in it |
وَعِنَبًا وَقَضْبًا (28)
as well as grapes and fodder |
وَزَيْتُونًا وَنَخْلًا (29)
and olive trees and date palms |
وَحَدَائِقَ غُلْبًا (30)
and dense orchards |
وَفَاكِهَةً وَأَبًّا (31)
and fruits and grass |
مَّتَاعًا لَّكُمْ وَلِأَنْعَامِكُمْ (32)
as provision for you and your livestock |
فَإِذَا جَاءَتِ الصَّاخَّةُ (33)
But when the Deafening Blast comes |
يَوْمَ يَفِرُّ الْمَرْءُ مِنْ أَخِيهِ (34)
on that Day everyone will flee from his sibling |
وَأُمِّهِ وَأَبِيهِ (35)
and from his mother and father |
وَصَاحِبَتِهِ وَبَنِيهِ (36)
and from his wife and children |
لِكُلِّ امْرِئٍ مِّنْهُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ شَأْنٌ يُغْنِيهِ (37)
On that day, everyone will have enough concern of his own |
وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ مُّسْفِرَةٌ (38)
On that Day, some faces will be bright |
ضَاحِكَةٌ مُّسْتَبْشِرَةٌ (39)
cheerful and rejoicing |
وَوُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ عَلَيْهَا غَبَرَةٌ (40)
while other faces will be dust-stained |
تَرْهَقُهَا قَتَرَةٌ (41)
covered in darkness |
أُولَٰئِكَ هُمُ الْكَفَرَةُ الْفَجَرَةُ (42)
Such are the disbelievers, the wicked |
