He Frowned — Muhammad Asad Translation – Parallel Quran

1 He Frowned

عَبَسَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ

HE FROWNED and turned awa

AAabasa watawalla

أَن جَاءَهُ الْأَعْمَىٰ

because the blind man approached him

An jaahu al-aAAma

وَمَا يُدْرِيكَ لَعَلَّهُ يَزَّكَّىٰ

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

Wama yudreeka laAAallahu yazzakka

أَوْ يَذَّكَّرُ فَتَنفَعَهُ الذِّكْرَىٰ

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

Aw yaththakkaru fatanfaAAahu alththikra

أَمَّا مَنِ اسْتَغْنَىٰ

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

Amma mani istaghna

فَأَنتَ لَهُ تَصَدَّىٰ

to him didst thou give thy whole attention

Faanta lahu tasadda

وَمَا عَلَيْكَ أَلَّا يَزَّكَّىٰ

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

Wama AAalayka alla yazzakka

وَأَمَّا مَن جَاءَكَ يَسْعَىٰ

but as for him who came unto thee full of eagernes

Waamma man jaaka yasAAa

وَهُوَ يَخْشَىٰ

and in awe [of God]

فَأَنتَ عَنْهُ تَلَهَّىٰ

him didst thou disregard

Faanta AAanhu talahha

كَلَّا إِنَّهَا تَذْكِرَةٌ

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

Kalla innaha tathkiratun

فَمَن شَاءَ ذَكَرَهُ

and so, whoever is willing may remember Hi

Faman shaa thakarahu

فِي صُحُفٍ مُّكَرَّمَةٍ

in [the light of His] revelations blest with dignity

Fee suhufin mukarramatin

مَّرْفُوعَةٍ مُّطَهَّرَةٍ

MarfooAAatin mutahharatin

بِأَيْدِي سَفَرَةٍ

[borne] by the hands of messenger

Bi-aydee safaratin

كِرَامٍ بَرَرَةٍ

noble and most virtuous

Kiramin bararatin

قُتِلَ الْإِنسَانُ مَا أَكْفَرَهُ

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

Qutila al-insanu ma akfarahu

مِنْ أَيِّ شَيْءٍ خَلَقَهُ

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

Min ayyi shay-in khalaqahu

مِن نُّطْفَةٍ خَلَقَهُ فَقَدَّرَهُ

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

Min nutfatin khalaqahu faqaddarahu

ثُمَّ السَّبِيلَ يَسَّرَهُ

and then makes it easy for him to go through life

Thumma alssabeela yassarahu

ثُمَّ أَمَاتَهُ فَأَقْبَرَهُ

and in the end He causes him to die and brings him to the grave

Thumma amatahu faaqbarahu

ثُمَّ إِذَا شَاءَ أَنشَرَهُ

and then, if it be His will, He shall raise him again to life

Thumma itha shaa ansharahu

كَلَّا لَمَّا يَقْضِ مَا أَمَرَهُ

Nay, but [man] has never yet fulfilled what He has enjoined upon him

Kalla lamma yaqdi ma amarahu

فَلْيَنظُرِ الْإِنسَانُ إِلَىٰ طَعَامِهِ

Let man, then, consider [the sources of] his food

Falyanthuri al-insanu ila taAAamihi

أَنَّا صَبَبْنَا الْمَاءَ صَبًّا

[how it is] that We pour down water, pouring it down abundantly

Anna sababna almaa sabban

ثُمَّ شَقَقْنَا الْأَرْضَ شَقًّا

and then We cleave the earth [with new growth], cleaving it asunder

Thumma shaqaqna al-arda shaqqan

فَأَنبَتْنَا فِيهَا حَبًّا

and thereupon We cause grain to grow out of it

Faanbatna feeha habban

وَعِنَبًا وَقَضْبًا

and vines and edible plants

WaAAinaban waqadban

وَزَيْتُونًا وَنَخْلًا

and olive trees and date-palms

Wazaytoonan wanakhlan

وَحَدَائِقَ غُلْبًا

and gardens dense with foliage

Wahada-iqa ghulban

وَفَاكِهَةً وَأَبًّا

and fruits and herbage

Wafakihatan waabban

مَّتَاعًا لَّكُمْ وَلِأَنْعَامِكُمْ

for you and for your animals to enjoy

MataAAan lakum wali-anAAamikum

فَإِذَا جَاءَتِ الصَّاخَّةُ

AND SO, when the piercing call [of resurrection] is hear

Fa-itha jaati alssakhkhatu

يَوْمَ يَفِرُّ الْمَرْءُ مِنْ أَخِيهِ

on a Day when everyone will [want to] flee from his brother

Yawma yafirru almaro min akheehi

وَأُمِّهِ وَأَبِيهِ

and from his mother and father

Waommihi waabeehi

وَصَاحِبَتِهِ وَبَنِيهِ

and from his spouse and his children

Wasahibatihi wabaneehi

لِكُلِّ امْرِئٍ مِّنْهُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ شَأْنٌ يُغْنِيهِ

on that Day, to every one of them will his own state be of sufficient concern

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

وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ مُّسْفِرَةٌ

Some faces will on that Day be bright with happiness

Wujoohun yawma-ithin musfiratun

ضَاحِكَةٌ مُّسْتَبْشِرَةٌ

laughing, rejoicing at glad tidings

Dahikatun mustabshiratun

وَوُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ عَلَيْهَا غَبَرَةٌ

And some faces will on that Day with dust be covered

Wawujoohun yawma-ithin AAalayha ghabaratun

تَرْهَقُهَا قَتَرَةٌ

with darkness overspread

Tarhaquha qataratun

أُولَٰئِكَ هُمُ الْكَفَرَةُ الْفَجَرَةُ

these, these will be the ones who denied the truth and were immersed in iniquity

Ola-ika humu alkafaratu alfajaratu

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