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    He frowned • 42 verses

    بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ

    In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful

    1

    بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ عَبَسَ وَتَوَلَّىٰٓ

    The Prophet frowned and turned away

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    أَن جَآءَهُ ٱلْأَعْمَىٰ

    Because there came to him the blind man, [interrupting].

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    وَمَا يُدْرِيكَ لَعَلَّهُۥ يَزَّكَّىٰٓ

    But what would make you perceive, [O Muhammad], that perhaps he might be purified

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    أَوْ يَذَّكَّرُ فَتَنفَعَهُ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰٓ

    Or be reminded and the remembrance would benefit him?

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    أَمَّا مَنِ ٱسْتَغْنَىٰ

    As for he who thinks himself without need,

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    فَأَنتَ لَهُۥ تَصَدَّىٰ

    To him you give attention.

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    وَمَا عَلَيْكَ أَلَّا يَزَّكَّىٰ

    And not upon you [is any blame] if he will not be purified.

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    وَأَمَّا مَن جَآءَكَ يَسْعَىٰ

    But as for he who came to you striving [for knowledge]

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    وَهُوَ يَخْشَىٰ

    While he fears [Allah],

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    فَأَنتَ عَنْهُ تَلَهَّىٰ

    From him you are distracted.

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    11

    كَلَّآ إِنَّهَا تَذْكِرَةٌۭ

    No! Indeed, these verses are a reminder;

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    12

    فَمَن شَآءَ ذَكَرَهُۥ

    So whoever wills may remember it.

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    فِى صُحُفٍۢ مُّكَرَّمَةٍۢ

    [It is recorded] in honored sheets,

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    مَّرْفُوعَةٍۢ مُّطَهَّرَةٍۭ

    Exalted and purified,

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    بِأَيْدِى سَفَرَةٍۢ

    [Carried] by the hands of messenger-angels,

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    كِرَامٍۭ بَرَرَةٍۢ

    Noble and dutiful.

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    قُتِلَ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ مَآ أَكْفَرَهُۥ

    Cursed is man; how disbelieving is he.

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    مِنْ أَىِّ شَىْءٍ خَلَقَهُۥ

    From what substance did He create him?

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    مِن نُّطْفَةٍ خَلَقَهُۥ فَقَدَّرَهُۥ

    From a sperm-drop He created him and destined for him;

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    ثُمَّ ٱلسَّبِيلَ يَسَّرَهُۥ

    Then He eased the way for him;

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    21

    ثُمَّ أَمَاتَهُۥ فَأَقْبَرَهُۥ

    Then He causes his death and provides a grave for him.

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    ثُمَّ إِذَا شَآءَ أَنشَرَهُۥ

    Then when He wills, He will resurrect him.

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    كَلَّا لَمَّا يَقْضِ مَآ أَمَرَهُۥ

    No! Man has not yet accomplished what He commanded him.

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    فَلْيَنظُرِ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ إِلَىٰ طَعَامِهِۦٓ

    Then let mankind look at his food -

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    أَنَّا صَبَبْنَا ٱلْمَآءَ صَبًّۭا

    How We poured down water in torrents,

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    ثُمَّ شَقَقْنَا ٱلْأَرْضَ شَقًّۭا

    Then We broke open the earth, splitting [it with sprouts],

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    فَأَنۢبَتْنَا فِيهَا حَبًّۭا

    And caused to grow within it grain

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    وَعِنَبًۭا وَقَضْبًۭا

    And grapes and herbage

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    وَزَيْتُونًۭا وَنَخْلًۭا

    And olive and palm trees

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    وَحَدَآئِقَ غُلْبًۭا

    And gardens of dense shrubbery

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    وَفَٰكِهَةًۭ وَأَبًّۭا

    And fruit and grass -

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    مَّتَٰعًۭا لَّكُمْ وَلِأَنْعَٰمِكُمْ

    [As] enjoyment for you and your grazing livestock.

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    فَإِذَا جَآءَتِ ٱلصَّآخَّةُ

    But when there comes the Deafening Blast

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    يَوْمَ يَفِرُّ ٱلْمَرْءُ مِنْ أَخِيهِ

    On the Day a man will flee from his brother

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    وَأُمِّهِۦ وَأَبِيهِ

    And his mother and his father

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    وَصَٰحِبَتِهِۦ وَبَنِيهِ

    And his wife and his children,

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    لِكُلِّ ٱمْرِئٍۢ مِّنْهُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ شَأْنٌۭ يُغْنِيهِ

    For every man, that Day, will be a matter adequate for him.

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    وُجُوهٌۭ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ مُّسْفِرَةٌۭ

    [Some] faces, that Day, will be bright -

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    ضَاحِكَةٌۭ مُّسْتَبْشِرَةٌۭ

    Laughing, rejoicing at good news.

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    وَوُجُوهٌۭ يَوْمَئِذٍ عَلَيْهَا غَبَرَةٌۭ

    And [other] faces, that Day, will have upon them dust.

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    تَرْهَقُهَا قَتَرَةٌ

    Blackness will cover them.

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    أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْكَفَرَةُ ٱلْفَجَرَةُ

    Those are the disbelievers, the wicked ones.

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