عبس
Surah 'Abasa
Recited by Sheikh Abdur-Rahman as-Sudais. Translation: Saheeh International. Watch on YouTube
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عَبَسَ وَتَوَلَّىٰٓ
He [i.e., the Prophet (ﷺ) ] frowned and turned away
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أَن جَآءَهُ ٱلْأَعْمَىٰ
Because there came to him the blind man,1 [interrupting].
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وَمَا يُدْرِيكَ لَعَلَّهُۥ يَزَّكَّىٰٓ
But what would make you perceive, [O Muḥammad], that perhaps he might be purified1
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أَوْ يَذَّكَّرُ فَتَنفَعَهُ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰٓ
Or be reminded and the remembrance would benefit him?
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أَمَّا مَنِ ٱسْتَغْنَىٰ
As for he who thinks himself without need,1
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فَأَنتَ لَهُۥ تَصَدَّىٰ
To him you give attention.
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وَمَا عَلَيْكَ أَلَّا يَزَّكَّىٰ
And not upon you [is any blame] if he will not be purified.1
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وَأَمَّا مَن جَآءَكَ يَسْعَىٰ
But as for he who came to you striving [for knowledge]
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وَهُوَ يَخْشَىٰ
While he fears [Allāh],
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فَأَنتَ عَنْهُ تَلَهَّىٰ
From him you are distracted.
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كَلَّآ إِنَّهَا تَذْكِرَةٌ
No! Indeed, they [i.e., these verses] are a reminder;
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فَمَن شَآءَ ذَكَرَهُۥ
So whoever wills may remember it.1
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فِى صُحُفٍ مُّكَرَّمَةٍ
[It is recorded] in honored sheets,
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مَّرْفُوعَةٍ مُّطَهَّرَةٍۭ
Exalted and purified,
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بِأَيْدِى سَفَرَةٍ
[Carried] by the hands of messenger-angels,
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كِرَامٍۭ بَرَرَةٍ
Noble and dutiful.
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قُتِلَ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ مَآ أَكْفَرَهُۥ
Destroyed [i.e., cursed] is man;1 how disbelieving is he.
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مِنْ أَىِّ شَىْءٍ خَلَقَهُۥ
From what thing [i.e., substance] did He create him?
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مِن نُّطْفَةٍ خَلَقَهُۥ فَقَدَّرَهُۥ
From a sperm-drop He created him and destined for him;1
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ثُمَّ ٱلسَّبِيلَ يَسَّرَهُۥ
Then He eased the way for him;1
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ثُمَّ أَمَاتَهُۥ فَأَقْبَرَهُۥ
Then He causes his death and provides a grave for him.1
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ثُمَّ إِذَا شَآءَ أَنشَرَهُۥ
Then when He wills, He will resurrect him.
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كَلَّا لَمَّا يَقْضِ مَآ أَمَرَهُۥ
No! He [i.e., man] has not yet accomplished what He commanded him.
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فَلْيَنظُرِ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ إِلَىٰ طَعَامِهِۦٓ
Then let mankind look at his food -
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أَنَّا صَبَبْنَا ٱلْمَآءَ صَبًّا
How We poured down water in torrents,
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ثُمَّ شَقَقْنَا ٱلْأَرْضَ شَقًّا
Then We broke open the earth, splitting [it with sprouts],
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فَأَنۢبَتْنَا فِيهَا حَبًّا
And caused to grow within it grain
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وَعِنَبًا وَقَضْبًا
And grapes and herbage
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وَزَيْتُونًا وَنَخْلًا
And olive and palm trees
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وَحَدَآئِقَ غُلْبًا
And gardens of dense shrubbery
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وَفَـٰكِهَةً وَأَبًّا
And fruit and grass -
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مَّتَـٰعًا لَّكُمْ وَلِأَنْعَـٰمِكُمْ
[As] enjoyment [i.e., provision] for you and your grazing livestock.
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فَإِذَا جَآءَتِ ٱلصَّآخَّةُ
But when there comes the Deafening Blast1
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يَوْمَ يَفِرُّ ٱلْمَرْءُ مِنْ أَخِيهِ
On the Day a man will flee from his brother
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وَأُمِّهِۦ وَأَبِيهِ
And his mother and his father
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وَصَـٰحِبَتِهِۦ وَبَنِيهِ
And his wife and his children,
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لِكُلِّ ٱمْرِئٍ مِّنْهُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ شَأْنٌ يُغْنِيهِ
For every man, that Day, will be a matter adequate for him.1
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وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ مُّسْفِرَةٌ
[Some] faces, that Day, will be bright -
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ضَاحِكَةٌ مُّسْتَبْشِرَةٌ
Laughing, rejoicing at good news.
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وَوُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ عَلَيْهَا غَبَرَةٌ
And [other] faces, that Day, will have upon them dust.
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تَرْهَقُهَا قَتَرَةٌ
Blackness will cover them.
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أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْكَفَرَةُ ٱلْفَجَرَةُ
Those are the disbelievers, the wicked ones.