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About Surah Abasa
This surah opens with a gentle but direct correction: the Prophet Muhammad, while engaged with some prominent Meccan leaders he hoped to convince of Islam, briefly turned away from a blind man, Abdullah ibn Umm Maktum, who had come to him sincerely seeking knowledge. The surah teaches that sincerity in seeking truth matters more than social status, and moves on to reflect on human ingratitude toward God despite the care taken in their creation and sustenance.
بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
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1
عَبَسَ وَتَوَلَّىٰٓ
'Abasa wa tawallaa.
He frowned and turned away
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2
أَن جَآءَهُ ٱلۡأَعۡمَىٰ
An jaa-ahul 'a-maa
Because the blind man came unto him.
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3
وَمَا يُدۡرِيكَ لَعَلَّهُۥ يَزَّكَّىٰٓ
Wa maa yudreeka la'allahu yaz zakkaa.
What could inform thee but that he might grow (in grace)
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أَوۡ يَذَّكَّرُ فَتَنفَعَهُ ٱلذِّكۡرَىٰٓ
Au yaz zak karu fatanfa 'ahuz zikraa.
Or take heed and so the reminder might avail him?
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5
أَمَّا مَنِ ٱسۡتَغۡنَىٰ
Amma manis taghnaa
As for him who thinketh himself independent,
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فَأَنتَ لَهُۥ تَصَدَّىٰ
Fa-anta lahu tasaddaa
Unto him thou payest regard.
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وَمَا عَلَيۡكَ أَلَّا يَزَّكَّىٰ
Wa ma 'alaika allaa yaz zakka.
Yet it is not thy concern if he grow not (in grace).
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وَأَمَّا مَن جَآءَكَ يَسۡعَىٰ
Wa amma man jaa-aka yas'a
But as for him who cometh unto thee with earnest purpose
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9
وَهُوَ يَخۡشَىٰ
Wahuwa yakhshaa,
And hath fear,
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10
فَأَنتَ عَنۡهُ تَلَهَّىٰ
Fa-anta 'anhu talah haa.
From him thou art distracted.
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11
كَلَّآ إِنَّهَا تَذۡكِرَةٞ
Kalla innaha tazkirah
Nay, but verily it is an Admonishment,
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12
فَمَن شَآءَ ذَكَرَهُۥ
Faman shaa a zakarah
So let whosoever will pay heed to it,
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13
فِي صُحُفٖ مُّكَرَّمَةٖ
Fi suhufim mukar rama,
On honoured leaves
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14
مَّرۡفُوعَةٖ مُّطَهَّرَةِۭ
Marfoo'atim mutah hara,
Exalted, purified,
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15
بِأَيۡدِي سَفَرَةٖ
Bi'aidee safara
(Set down) by scribes
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16
كِرَامِۭ بَرَرَةٖ
Kiraamim bararah.
Noble and righteous.
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قُتِلَ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ مَآ أَكۡفَرَهُۥ
Qutilal-insanu maa akfarah.
Man is (self-)destroyed: how ungrateful!
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مِنۡ أَيِّ شَيۡءٍ خَلَقَهُۥ
Min aiyyi shai-in Khalaq
From what thing doth He create him?
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مِن نُّطۡفَةٍ خَلَقَهُۥ فَقَدَّرَهُۥ
Min nutfah; khalaqahu faqad-darah.
From a drop of seed. He createth him and proportioneth him,
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20
ثُمَّ ٱلسَّبِيلَ يَسَّرَهُۥ
Thummas sabeela yas-sarah
Then maketh the way easy for him,
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21
ثُمَّ أَمَاتَهُۥ فَأَقۡبَرَهُۥ
Thumma amatahu fa-aqbarah
Then causeth him to die, and burieth him;
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22
ثُمَّ إِذَا شَآءَ أَنشَرَهُۥ
Thumma iza shaa-a ansharah
Then, when He will, He bringeth him again to life.
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كَلَّا لَمَّا يَقۡضِ مَآ أَمَرَهُۥ
Kalla lamma yaqdi maa amarah.
Nay, but (man) hath not done what He commanded him.
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فَلۡيَنظُرِ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ إِلَىٰ طَعَامِهِۦٓ
Falyanzuril insanu ilaa ta-amih
Let man consider his food:
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أَنَّا صَبَبۡنَا ٱلۡمَآءَ صَبّٗا
Anna sabab nalmaa-a sabba.
How We pour water in showers
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ثُمَّ شَقَقۡنَا ٱلۡأَرۡضَ شَقّٗا
Thumma sha qaqnal-arda shaqqa.
Then split the earth in clefts
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فَأَنۢبَتۡنَا فِيهَا حَبّٗا
Fa ambatna feeha habba
And cause the grain to grow therein
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28
وَعِنَبٗا وَقَضۡبٗا
Wa 'inabaw-wa qadba
And grapes and green fodder
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29
وَزَيۡتُونٗا وَنَخۡلٗا
Wa zaitoonaw wanakh la'
And olive-trees and palm-trees
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30
وَحَدَآئِقَ غُلۡبٗا
Wa hadaa-iqa ghulba
And garden-closes of thick foliage
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31
وَفَٰكِهَةٗ وَأَبّٗا
Wa faki hataw-wa abba.
And fruits and grasses:
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32
مَّتَٰعٗا لَّكُمۡ وَلِأَنۡعَٰمِكُمۡ
Mata'al-lakum wa li-an'amikum.
Provision for you and your cattle.
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فَإِذَا جَآءَتِ ٱلصَّآخَّةُ
Faiza jaa-atis saakhah.
But when the Shout cometh
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يَوۡمَ يَفِرُّ ٱلۡمَرۡءُ مِنۡ أَخِيهِ
Yauma yafir-rul mar-u min akheeh
On the day when a man fleeth from his brother
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وَأُمِّهِۦ وَأَبِيهِ
Wa ummihee wa abeeh
And his mother and his father
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وَصَٰحِبَتِهِۦ وَبَنِيهِ
Wa sahi batihee wa baneeh.
And his wife and his children,
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لِكُلِّ ٱمۡرِيٕٖ مِّنۡهُمۡ يَوۡمَئِذٖ شَأۡنٞ يُغۡنِيهِ
Likul limri-im-minuhm yaumaa-izin shaa nuy-yughneeh
Every man that day will have concern enough to make him heedless (of others).
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وُجُوهٞ يَوۡمَئِذٖ مُّسۡفِرَةٞ
Wujoo huny-yauma-izim-musfira;
On that day faces will be bright as dawn,
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ضَاحِكَةٞ مُّسۡتَبۡشِرَةٞ
Dahi katum mustab shirah
Laughing, rejoicing at good news;
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وَوُجُوهٞ يَوۡمَئِذٍ عَلَيۡهَا غَبَرَةٞ
Wa wujoohuy yauma-izin 'alaiha ghabar a
And other faces, on that day, with dust upon them,
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تَرۡهَقُهَا قَتَرَةٌ
Tarhaquha qatarah.
Veiled in darkness,
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42
أُوْلَـٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلۡكَفَرَةُ ٱلۡفَجَرَةُ
Ulaa-ika humul-kafa ratul-fajarah.
Those are the disbelievers, the wicked.
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