He Frowned — N J Dawood 2014 Translation – Parallel Quran

1 He Frowned

عَبَسَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ

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HE¹ FROWNED and turned his bac

AAabasa watawalla

أَن جَاءَهُ الْأَعْمَىٰ

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when the blind man came towards him

An jaahu al-aAAma

وَمَا يُدْرِيكَ لَعَلَّهُ يَزَّكَّىٰ

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How could you¹ tell? He might have sought to purify himself

Wama yudreeka laAAallahu yazzakka

أَوْ يَذَّكَّرُ فَتَنفَعَهُ الذِّكْرَىٰ

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He might have remembered, and remembrance might have done him good

Aw yaththakkaru fatanfaAAahu alththikra

أَمَّا مَنِ اسْتَغْنَىٰ

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But to the wealthy ma

Amma mani istaghna

فَأَنتَ لَهُ تَصَدَّىٰ

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you were all attention

Faanta lahu tasadda

وَمَا عَلَيْكَ أَلَّا يَزَّكَّىٰ

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although the fault would not be yours if he remained uncleansed

Wama AAalayka alla yazzakka

وَأَمَّا مَن جَاءَكَ يَسْعَىٰ

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Yet to him that came to you with zea

Waamma man jaaka yasAAa

وَهُوَ يَخْشَىٰ

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فَأَنتَ عَنْهُ تَلَهَّىٰ

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you paid no heed

Faanta AAanhu talahha

كَلَّا إِنَّهَا تَذْكِرَةٌ

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No! This is an Admonition

Kalla innaha tathkiratun

فَمَن شَاءَ ذَكَرَهُ

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let him who will, bear it in mind

Faman shaa thakarahu

فِي صُحُفٍ مُّكَرَّمَةٍ

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It is set down on honoured pages

Fee suhufin mukarramatin

مَّرْفُوعَةٍ مُّطَهَّرَةٍ

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exalted and purified

MarfooAAatin mutahharatin

بِأَيْدِي سَفَرَةٍ

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by the hands of devout and gracious scribes

Bi-aydee safaratin

كِرَامٍ بَرَرَةٍ

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--(translation missing in source)-

Kiramin bararatin

قُتِلَ الْإِنسَانُ مَا أَكْفَرَهُ

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Let man perish! How ungrateful he is

Qutila al-insanu ma akfarahu

مِنْ أَيِّ شَيْءٍ خَلَقَهُ

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From what did He create him

Min ayyi shay-in khalaqahu

مِن نُّطْفَةٍ خَلَقَهُ فَقَدَّرَهُ

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From a little germ He created him and gave him due proportion

Min nutfatin khalaqahu faqaddarahu

ثُمَّ السَّبِيلَ يَسَّرَهُ

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He made his path smooth for him

Thumma alssabeela yassarahu

ثُمَّ أَمَاتَهُ فَأَقْبَرَهُ

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then caused him to die and stowed him in a grave

Thumma amatahu faaqbarahu

ثُمَّ إِذَا شَاءَ أَنشَرَهُ

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He will surely bring him back to life when He pleases

Thumma itha shaa ansharahu

كَلَّا لَمَّا يَقْضِ مَا أَمَرَهُ

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Yet he declines to do His bidding

Kalla lamma yaqdi ma amarahu

فَلْيَنظُرِ الْإِنسَانُ إِلَىٰ طَعَامِهِ

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Let man reflect on the food he eats

Falyanthuri al-insanu ila taAAamihi

أَنَّا صَبَبْنَا الْمَاءَ صَبًّا

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how We pour down the rain in torrent

Anna sababna almaa sabban

ثُمَّ شَقَقْنَا الْأَرْضَ شَقًّا

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and cleave the earth asunder

Thumma shaqaqna al-arda shaqqan

فَأَنبَتْنَا فِيهَا حَبًّا

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how We bring forth the corn

Faanbatna feeha habban

وَعِنَبًا وَقَضْبًا

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the grapes and the fresh vegetation

WaAAinaban waqadban

وَزَيْتُونًا وَنَخْلًا

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the olive and the palm

Wazaytoonan wanakhlan

وَحَدَائِقَ غُلْبًا

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Wahada-iqa ghulban

وَفَاكِهَةً وَأَبًّا

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the fruit-trees and the green pasture

Wafakihatan waabban

مَّتَاعًا لَّكُمْ وَلِأَنْعَامِكُمْ

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for you and for your cattle to delight in

MataAAan lakum wali-anAAamikum

فَإِذَا جَاءَتِ الصَّاخَّةُ

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But when the dread blast is sounded

Fa-itha jaati alssakhkhatu

يَوْمَ يَفِرُّ الْمَرْءُ مِنْ أَخِيهِ

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on that day each man will forsake his brother

Yawma yafirru almaro min akheehi

وَأُمِّهِ وَأَبِيهِ

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his mother and his father

Waommihi waabeehi

وَصَاحِبَتِهِ وَبَنِيهِ

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his consort and his children

Wasahibatihi wabaneehi

لِكُلِّ امْرِئٍ مِّنْهُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ شَأْنٌ يُغْنِيهِ

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for each one of them will on that day have enough sorrow of his own

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

وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ مُّسْفِرَةٌ

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On that day there shall be beaming faces

Wujoohun yawma-ithin musfiratun

ضَاحِكَةٌ مُّسْتَبْشِرَةٌ

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laughing and joyful

Dahikatun mustabshiratun

وَوُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ عَلَيْهَا غَبَرَةٌ

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On that day there shall be faces covered with dust

Wawujoohun yawma-ithin AAalayha ghabaratun

تَرْهَقُهَا قَتَرَةٌ

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veiled with darkness

Tarhaquha qataratun

أُولَٰئِكَ هُمُ الْكَفَرَةُ الْفَجَرَةُ

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These shall be the faces of the degenerate blasphemers

Ola-ika humu alkafaratu alfajaratu

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