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