80. Abasa (1 to 42)
The Prophet frowned and turned away, Because there came to him the blind man, [interrupting]., But what would make you perceive, [O Muhammad], that perhaps he might be purified…
1 عَبَس وَتَوَلَّىٰٓ
ʕabas watawal:ay’ʔ
The Prophet frowned and turned away
2 أَن جَآءَهُ ٱلْأَعْمَىٰ
‘ʔan ja’ʔʔahu ‘l’ʔaʕmay’
Because there came to him the blind man, [interrupting].
3 وَمَا يُدْرِيكَ لَعَلَّهُۥ يَزَّكَّىٰٓ
wama’ yudriyka laʕal:ahuw yaz:ak:ay’ʔ
But what would make you perceive, [O Muhammad], that perhaps he might be purified
4 أَوْ يَذَّكَّرُ فَتَنفَعَهُ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰٓ
‘ʔaw yað:ak:aru fatanfaʕahu ‘lð:ikray’ʔ
Or be reminded and the remembrance would benefit him?
5 أَمَّا مَنِ ٱسْتَغْنَىٰ
‘ʔam:a’ mani ‘staɣnay’
As for he who thinks himself without need,
6 فَأَنتَ لَهُۥ تَصَدَّىٰ
fa’ʔanta lahuw taṣad:ay’
To him you give attention.
7 وَمَا عَلَيْكَ أَلَّا يَزَّكَّىٰ
wama’ ʕalayka ‘ʔal:a’ yaz:ak:ay’
And not upon you [is any blame] if he will not be purified.
8 وَأَمَّا مَن جَآءَكَ يَسْعَىٰ
wa’ʔam:a’ man ja’ʔʔaka yasʕay’
But as for he who came to you striving [for knowledge]
9 وَهُوَ يَخْشَىٰ
wahuwa yaxʃay’
While he fears [ Allah ],
10 فَأَنتَ عَنْهُ تَلَهَّىٰ
fa’ʔanta ʕanhu talah:ay’
From him you are distracted.
11 كَلَّآ إِنَّهَا تَذْكِرَةٌۭ
kal:a’ʔ ‘ʔin:aha’ taðkiratunm
No! Indeed, these verses are a reminder;
12 فَمَن شَآءَ ذَكَرَهُۥ
faman ʃa’ʔʔa ðakarahuw
So whoever wills may remember it.
13 فِى صُحُفٍۢ مُّكَرَّمَةٍۢ
fiy ṣuḥufinm m:ukar:amatinm
[It is recorded] in honored sheets,
14 مَّرْفُوعَةٍۢ مُّطَهَّرَةٍۭ
m:arfuwʕatinm m:uṭah:aratinm
Exalted and purified,
15 بِأَيْدِى سَفَرَةٍۢ
bi’ʔaydiy safaratinm
[Carried] by the hands of messenger-angels,
16 كِرَامٍۭ بَرَرَةٍۢ
kira’minm bararatinm
Noble and dutiful.
17 قُتِلَ ٱلْإِنسَنُ مَآ أَكْفَرَهُۥ
qutila ‘l’ʔinsanu ma’ʔ ‘ʔakfarahuw
Cursed is man; how disbelieving is he.
18 مِنْ أَىِّ شَىْءٍ خَلَقَهُۥ
min ‘ʔay:i ʃayʔin xalaqahuw
From what substance did He create him?
19 مِن نُّطْفَةٍ خَلَقَهُۥ فَقَدَّرَهُۥ
min n:uṭfatin xalaqahuw faqad:arahuw
From a sperm-drop He created him and destined for him;
20 ثُمَّ ٱلسَّبِيلَ يَسَّرَهُۥ
èum:a ‘ls:abiyla yas:arahuw
Then He eased the way for him;
21 ثُمَّ أَمَاتَهُۥ فَأَقْبَرَهُۥ
èum:a ‘ʔama’tahuw fa’ʔaqbarahuw
Then He causes his death and provides a grave for him.
22 ثُمَّ إِذَا شَآءَ أَنشَرَهُۥ
èum:a ‘ʔiًa’ ʃa’ʔʔa ‘ʔanʃarahuw
Then when He wills, He will resurrect him.
23 كَلَّا لَمَّا يَقْضِ مَآ أَمَرَهُۥ
kal:a’ lam:a’ yaqḍi ma’ʔ ‘ʔamarahuw
No! Man has not yet accomplished what He commanded him.
24 فَلْيَنظُرِ ٱلْإِنسَنُ إِلَىٰ طَعَامِهِۦٓ
falyanẓuri ‘l’ʔinsanu ‘ʔilay’ ṭaʕa’mihiyʔ
Then let mankind look at his food -
25 أَنَّا صَبَبْنَا ٱلْمَآءَ صَبًّۭا
‘ʔan:a’ ṣababna’ ‘lma’ʔʔa ṣab:anm’
How We poured down water in torrents,
26 ثُمَّ شَقَقْنَا ٱلْأَرْضَ شَقًّۭا
èum:a ʃaqaqna’ ‘l’ʔarḍa ʃaq:anm’
Then We broke open the earth, splitting [it with sprouts],
27 فَأَنۢبَتْنَا فِيهَا حَبًّۭا
fa’ʔanmbatna’ fiyha’ ḥab:anm’
And caused to grow within it grain
28 وَعِنَبًۭا وَقَضْبًۭا
waʕinabanm’ waqaḍbanm’
And grapes and herbage
29 وَزَيْتُونًۭا وَنَخْلًۭا
wazaytuwnanm’ wanaxlanm’
And olive and palm trees
30 وَحَدَآئِقَ غُلْبًۭا
waḥada’ʔyʔiqa ɣulbanm’
And gardens of dense shrubbery
31 وَفَكِهَةًۭ وَأَبًّۭا
wafakihatanm wa’ʔab:anm’
And fruit and grass -
32 مَّتَعًۭا لَّكُمْ وَلِأَنْعَمِكُمْ
m:ataʕanm’ l:akum wali’ʔanʕamikum
[As] enjoyment for you and your grazing livestock.
33 فَإِذَا جَآءَتِ ٱلصَّآخَّةُ
fa’ʔiًa’ ja’ʔʔati ‘lṣ:a’ʔx:atu
But when there comes the Deafening Blast
34 يَوْمَ يَفِرُّ ٱلْمَرْءُ مِنْ أَخِيهِ
yawma yafir:u ‘lmarʔu min ‘ʔaxiyhi
On the Day a man will flee from his brother
35 وَأُمِّهِۦ وَأَبِيهِ
wa’ʔum:ihiy wa’ʔabiyhi
And his mother and his father
36 وَصَحِبَتِهِۦ وَبَنِيهِ
waṣaḥibatihiy wabaniyhi
And his wife and his children,
37 لِكُلِّ ٱمْرِئٍۢ مِّنْهُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ شَأْنٌۭ يُغْنِيهِ
likul:i ‘mriyʔinm m:inhum yawmayʔiًinm ʃa’ʔnunm yuɣniyhi
For every man, that Day, will be a matter adequate for him.
38 وُجُوهٌۭ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ مُّسْفِرَةٌۭ
wujuwhunm yawmayʔiًinm m:usfiratunm
[Some] faces, that Day, will be bright -
39 ضَاحِكَةٌۭ مُّسْتَبْشِرَةٌۭ
ḍa’ḥikatunm m:ustabʃiratunm
Laughing, rejoicing at good news.
40 وَوُجُوهٌۭ يَوْمَئِذٍ عَلَيْهَا غَبَرَةٌۭ
wawujuwhunm yawmayʔiًin ʕalayha’ ɣabaratunm
And [other] faces, that Day, will have upon them dust.
41 تَرْهَقُهَا قَتَرَةٌ
tarhaquha’ qataratun
Blackness will cover them.
42 أُو۟لَٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْكَفَرَةُ ٱلْفَجَرَةُ
‘ʔuwlaʔyʔika humu ‘lkafaratu ‘lfajaratu
Those are the disbelievers, the wicked ones.
