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Abasa (#80)
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بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ bismillāhir raḥmānir raḥīm In the Name of Allah, the All-beneficent, the All-merciful.
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عَبَسَ وَتَوَلَّىٰٓ `abasa watawallā He frowned and turned away
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أَن جَآءَهُ ٱلْأَعْمَىٰ an jā-ahul-a`mā when the blind man approached him.
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وَمَا يُدْرِيكَ لَعَلَّهُۥ يَزَّكَّىٰٓ wa mā yudrīka la`allahu yazzakkā And how do you know, maybe he would purify himself,
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أَوْ يَذَّكَّرُ فَتَنفَعَهُ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰٓ aw yadhhakkaru fatanfa`ahudh dhikrā or take admonition, and the admonition would benefit him!
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أَمَّا مَنِ ٱسْتَغْنَىٰ ammā manis-taghnā But as for someone who is wealthy,
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فَأَنتَ لَهُۥ تَصَدَّىٰ fa-anta lahu taṣaddā you attend to him,
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وَمَا عَلَيْكَ أَلَّا يَزَّكَّىٰ wa mā `alayka allā yazzakkā though you are not liable if he does not purify himself.
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وَأَمَّا مَن جَآءَكَ يَسْعَىٰ wa-ammā man jā-aka yas`ā But as for someone who comes hurrying to you,
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وَهُوَ يَخْشَىٰ wahuwa yakhshā while he fears [Allah],
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فَأَنتَ عَنْهُ تَلَهَّىٰ fa-anta `anhu talahhā you are neglectful of him.
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كَلَّآ إِنَّهَا تَذْكِرَةٌ kallā innahā tadhkirah No indeed! These [verses of the Quran ] are a reminder
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فَمَن شَآءَ ذَكَرَهُۥ faman shā-a dhakarah —so let anyone who wishes remember—
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فِى صُحُفٍ مُّكَرَّمَةٍ fī ṣuḥufin mukarramah in honoured scriptures,
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مَّرْفُوعَةٍ مُّطَهَّرَةٍۭ marfū`atim muṭahharah exalted and purified,
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بِأَيْدِى سَفَرَةٍ bi-aydī safarah in the hands of envoys,
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كِرَامٍۭ بَرَرَةٍ kirāmin bararah noble and pious.
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قُتِلَ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ مَآ أَكْفَرَهُۥ qutilal-insānu mā akfarah Perish man! How ungrateful is he!
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مِنْ أَىِّ شَىْءٍ خَلَقَهُۥ min ayyi shay-in khalaqah From what did He create him?
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مِن نُّطْفَةٍ خَلَقَهُۥ فَقَدَّرَهُۥ min nuṭfatin khalaqahu faqaddarah He created him from a drop of [seminal] fluid; then proportioned him.
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ثُمَّ ٱلسَّبِيلَ يَسَّرَهُۥ thummas sabīla yassarah Then He made the way easy for him;
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ثُمَّ أَمَاتَهُۥ فَأَقْبَرَهُۥ thumma amātahu fa-aqbarah then He made him die and buried him;
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ثُمَّ إِذَا شَآءَ أَنشَرَهُۥ thumma idhā shā-a ansharah and then, when He wished, resurrected him.
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كَلَّا لَمَّا يَقْضِ مَآ أَمَرَهُۥ kallā lammā yaqḍi mā amarah No indeed! He has not yet carried out what He has commanded him.
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فَلْيَنظُرِ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ إِلَىٰ طَعَامِهِۦٓ falyanẓuril-insānu ilā ṭa`āmih Let man consider his food:
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أَنَّا صَبَبْنَا ٱلْمَآءَ صَبًّا annā ṣababnal mā-a ṣabbā We pour down plenteous water [from the sky],
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ثُمَّ شَقَقْنَا ٱلْأَرْضَ شَقًّا thumma shaqaqnal-arḍa shaqqā then We split the earth making fissures in it
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فَأَنۢبَتْنَا فِيهَا حَبًّا fa-anbatnā fīhā ḥabbā and make the grain grow in it,
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وَعِنَبًا وَقَضْبًا wa`inaban waqaḍbā as well as vines and vegetables,
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وَزَيْتُونًا وَنَخْلًا wazaytūnan wanakhlā olives and date palms,
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وَحَدَآئِقَ غُلْبًا waḥadā-iqa ghulbā and densely-planted gardens,
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وَفَـٰكِهَةً وَأَبًّا wafākihatan wa-abbā fruits and pastures,
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مَّتَـٰعًا لَّكُمْ وَلِأَنْعَـٰمِكُمْ matā`al lakum wali-an`āmikum as a sustenance for you and your livestock.
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فَإِذَا جَآءَتِ ٱلصَّآخَّةُ fa-idhā jā-atiṣ ṣākhhah So when the deafening Cry comes—
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يَوْمَ يَفِرُّ ٱلْمَرْءُ مِنْ أَخِيهِ yawma yafirrul mar-u min akhīh the day when a man will evade his brother,
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وَأُمِّهِۦ وَأَبِيهِ wa-ummihi wa-abīh his mother and his father,
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وَصَـٰحِبَتِهِۦ وَبَنِيهِ waṣāḥibatihi wabanīh his spouse and his sons—
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لِكُلِّ ٱمْرِئٍ مِّنْهُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ شَأْنٌ يُغْنِيهِ likullim-ri-in minhum yawma-idhin sha-nun yughnīh each of them will have a task to keep him preoccupied on that day.
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وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ مُّسْفِرَةٌ wujūhun yawma-idhin musfirah Some faces will be bright on that day,
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ضَاحِكَةٌ مُّسْتَبْشِرَةٌ ḍāḥikatun mustabshirah laughing and joyous,
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وَوُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ عَلَيْهَا غَبَرَةٌ wawujūhun yawma-idhin `alayhā ghabarah and some faces on that day will be covered with dust,
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تَرْهَقُهَا قَتَرَةٌ tarhaquhā qatarah overcast with gloom.
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أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْكَفَرَةُ ٱلْفَجَرَةُ ulā-ika humul kafaratul fajarah It is they who are the faithless, the vicious.
