Surah Abasa

عَبَسَوَتَوَلَّىٰٓ

HE FROWNED and turned away

أَنجَآءَهُٱلْأَعْمَىٰ

because the blind man approached him!

وَمَايُدْرِيكَلَعَلَّهُۥيَزَّكَّىٰٓ

Yet for all thou didst know, [O Muhammad,] he might perhaps have grown in purity,

أَوْيَذَّكَّرُفَتَنفَعَهُٱلذِّكْرَىٰٓ

or have been reminded [of the truth], and helped by this reminder.

أَمَّامَنِٱسْتَغْنَىٰ

Now as for him who believes himself to be self-sufficient

فَأَنتَلَهُۥتَصَدَّىٰ

to him didst thou give thy whole attention,

وَمَاعَلَيْكَأَلَّايَزَّكَّىٰ

although thou art not accountable for his failure to attain to purity;

وَأَمَّامَنجَآءَكَيَسْعَىٰ

but as for him who came unto thee full of eagerness

وَهُوَيَخْشَىٰ

and in awe [of God]

فَأَنتَعَنْهُتَلَهَّىٰ

him didst thou disregard!

كَلَّآإِنَّهَاتَذْكِرَةٌۭ

NAY, VERILY, these [messages] are but a reminder:

فَمَنشَآءَذَكَرَهُۥ

and so, whoever is willing may remember Him

فِىصُحُفٍۢمُّكَرَّمَةٍۢ

in [the light of His] revelations blest with dignity,

مَّرْفُوعَةٍۢمُّطَهَّرَةٍۭ

lofty and pure,

بِأَيْدِىسَفَرَةٍۢ

[borne] by the hands of messengers

كِرَامٍۭبَرَرَةٍۢ

noble and most virtuous.

قُتِلَٱلْإِنسَٰنُمَآأَكْفَرَهُۥ

[But only too often] man destroys himself: how stubbornly does he deny the truth!

مِنْأَىِّشَىْءٍخَلَقَهُۥ

[Does man ever consider] out of what substance [God] creates him?

مِننُّطْفَةٍخَلَقَهُۥفَقَدَّرَهُۥ

Out of a drop of sperm He creates him, and thereupon determines his nature,

ثُمَّٱلسَّبِيلَيَسَّرَهُۥ

and then makes it easy for him to go through life;