He Frowned — Mohammad Shafi Translation – Parallel Quran

1 He Frowned

عَبَسَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ

He frowned and turned awa

AAabasa watawalla

أَن جَاءَهُ الْأَعْمَىٰ

That the blind man came to him

An jaahu al-aAAma

وَمَا يُدْرِيكَ لَعَلَّهُ يَزَّكَّىٰ

And what do you know? He might reform [to become a righteous man]

Wama yudreeka laAAallahu yazzakka

أَوْ يَذَّكَّرُ فَتَنفَعَهُ الذِّكْرَىٰ

Or, he might deliberate and the deliberation might benefit him

Aw yaththakkaru fatanfaAAahu alththikra

أَمَّا مَنِ اسْتَغْنَىٰ

Now he who is well-to-do

Amma mani istaghna

فَأَنتَ لَهُ تَصَدَّىٰ

To him you pay attention

Faanta lahu tasadda

وَمَا عَلَيْكَ أَلَّا يَزَّكَّىٰ

And [even when] it is not your responsibility if he would not reform

Wama AAalayka alla yazzakka

وَأَمَّا مَن جَاءَكَ يَسْعَىٰ

And he who comes to you in earnest

Waamma man jaaka yasAAa

وَهُوَ يَخْشَىٰ

And fears (Allah)

فَأَنتَ عَنْهُ تَلَهَّىٰ

By him then are you distracted!

Faanta AAanhu talahha

كَلَّا إِنَّهَا تَذْكِرَةٌ

No! [Your resentment at the blind man's intrusion is not right.] This [Qur'aan] is only an open source of divine Admonition to recite

Kalla innaha tathkiratun

فَمَن شَاءَ ذَكَرَهُ

So whoso wills may recite it and take heed fro

Faman shaa thakarahu

فِي صُحُفٍ مُّكَرَّمَةٍ

In records honourable

Fee suhufin mukarramatin

مَّرْفُوعَةٍ مُّطَهَّرَةٍ

Exalted and purified

MarfooAAatin mutahharatin

بِأَيْدِي سَفَرَةٍ

By hands of scribes

Bi-aydee safaratin

كِرَامٍ بَرَرَةٍ

Noble and virtuous

Kiramin bararatin

قُتِلَ الْإِنسَانُ مَا أَكْفَرَهُ

Man be damned, how ungrateful is he

Qutila al-insanu ma akfarahu

مِنْ أَيِّ شَيْءٍ خَلَقَهُ

Out of what thing did He create him

Min ayyi shay-in khalaqahu

مِن نُّطْفَةٍ خَلَقَهُ فَقَدَّرَهُ

HE created him out of fertilized ovum and then moulded him in due proportion

Min nutfatin khalaqahu faqaddarahu

ثُمَّ السَّبِيلَ يَسَّرَهُ

And then made the path of life convenient for him

Thumma alssabeela yassarahu

ثُمَّ أَمَاتَهُ فَأَقْبَرَهُ

And then He caused him to die and consigned him to dust

Thumma amatahu faaqbarahu

ثُمَّ إِذَا شَاءَ أَنشَرَهُ

And then, whenever He wishes, He will raise him back to life

Thumma itha shaa ansharahu

كَلَّا لَمَّا يَقْضِ مَا أَمَرَهُ

No! Man did certainly not carry out what Allah had asked him to do

Kalla lamma yaqdi ma amarahu

فَلْيَنظُرِ الْإِنسَانُ إِلَىٰ طَعَامِهِ

Let man just look at his food

Falyanthuri al-insanu ila taAAamihi

أَنَّا صَبَبْنَا الْمَاءَ صَبًّا

[To enable man to get his food] We poured water [rain] in showers

Anna sababna almaa sabban

ثُمَّ شَقَقْنَا الْأَرْضَ شَقًّا

And We pierced the soil, so that it got soaked [with rain water]

Thumma shaqaqna al-arda shaqqan

فَأَنبَتْنَا فِيهَا حَبًّا

Then We caused grain to grow therein

Faanbatna feeha habban

وَعِنَبًا وَقَضْبًا

And grapevines and vegetables

WaAAinaban waqadban

وَزَيْتُونًا وَنَخْلًا

And olive-trees and palm-trees

Wazaytoonan wanakhlan

وَحَدَائِقَ غُلْبًا

And luxuriant orchards

Wahada-iqa ghulban

وَفَاكِهَةً وَأَبًّا

And fruits and fodde

Wafakihatan waabban

مَّتَاعًا لَّكُمْ وَلِأَنْعَامِكُمْ

As provision for you and your cattle

MataAAan lakum wali-anAAamikum

فَإِذَا جَاءَتِ الصَّاخَّةُ

Then as the deafening blast occur

Fa-itha jaati alssakhkhatu

يَوْمَ يَفِرُّ الْمَرْءُ مِنْ أَخِيهِ

On the Day when every man would flee from his brother

Yawma yafirru almaro min akheehi

وَأُمِّهِ وَأَبِيهِ

And his mother and his father

Waommihi waabeehi

وَصَاحِبَتِهِ وَبَنِيهِ

And his spouse and his children

Wasahibatihi wabaneehi

لِكُلِّ امْرِئٍ مِّنْهُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ شَأْنٌ يُغْنِيهِ

On that Day everyone among them will be preoccupied with his own individual concerns

Likulli imri-in minhum yawma-ithin sha/nun yughneehi

وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ مُّسْفِرَةٌ

Faces that Day would be beaming

Wujoohun yawma-ithin musfiratun

ضَاحِكَةٌ مُّسْتَبْشِرَةٌ

Cheerful and joyous

Dahikatun mustabshiratun

وَوُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ عَلَيْهَا غَبَرَةٌ

Faces that Day would be gloomy

Wawujoohun yawma-ithin AAalayha ghabaratun

تَرْهَقُهَا قَتَرَةٌ

Darkness covering them

Tarhaquha qataratun

أُولَٰئِكَ هُمُ الْكَفَرَةُ الْفَجَرَةُ

Those would be the ones suppressing the Truth, the ones wicked

Ola-ika humu alkafaratu alfajaratu

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