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عَبَسَ وَتَوَلَّىٰٓ ١

He [i.e., the Prophet (ﷺ) ] frowned and turned away

أَن جَآءَهُ ٱلۡأَعۡمَىٰ ٢

Because there came to him the blind man,¹ [interrupting].

وَمَا يُدۡرِيكَ لَعَلَّهُۥ يَزَّكَّىٰٓ ٣

But what would make you perceive, [O Muḥammad], that perhaps he might be purified¹

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أَوۡ يَذَّكَّرُ فَتَنفَعَهُ ٱلذِّكۡرَىٰٓ ٤

Or be reminded and the remembrance would benefit him?

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أَمَّا مَنِ ٱسۡتَغۡنَىٰ ٥

As for he who thinks himself without need,¹

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فَأَنتَ لَهُۥ تَصَدَّىٰ ٦

To him you give attention.

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وَمَا عَلَيۡكَ أَلَّا يَزَّكَّىٰ ٧

And not upon you [is any blame] if he will not be purified.¹

وَأَمَّا مَن جَآءَكَ يَسۡعَىٰ ٨

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

وَهُوَ يَخۡشَىٰ ٩

While he fears [Allāh],

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فَأَنتَ عَنۡهُ تَلَهَّىٰ ١٠

From him you are distracted.

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كـَلَّآ إِنَّهَا تَذۡكِرَةٞ ١١

No! Indeed, they [i.e., these verses] are a reminder;

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فَمَن شَآءَ ذَكَرَهُۥ ١٢

So whoever wills may remember it.¹

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فِي صُحُفٖ مُّكَرَّمَةٖ ١٣

[It is recorded] in honored sheets,

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مَّرۡفُوعَةٖ مُّطَهَّرَةِۭ ١٤

Exalted and purified,

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بِأَيۡدِي سَفَرَةٖ ١٥

[Carried] by the hands of messenger-angels,

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كِرَامِۭ بَرَرَةٖ ١٦

Noble and dutiful.

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قُتِلَ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ مَآ أَكۡفَرَهُۥ ١٧

Destroyed [i.e., cursed] is man;¹ how disbelieving is he.

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مِنۡ أَيِّ شَيۡءٍ خَلَقَهُۥ ١٨

From what thing [i.e., substance] did He create him?

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مِن نُّطۡفَةٍ خَلَقَهُۥ فَقَدَّرَهُۥ ١٩

From a sperm-drop He created him and destined for him;¹

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ثُمَّ ٱلسَّبِيلَ يَسَّرَهُۥ ٢٠

Then He eased the way for him;¹

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ثُمَّ أَمَاتَهُۥ فَأَقۡبَرَهُۥ ٢١

Then He causes his death and provides a grave for him.¹

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ثُمَّ إِذَا شَآءَ أَنشَرَهُۥ ٢٢

Then when He wills, He will resurrect him.

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كـَلَّا لَمَّا يَقۡضِ مَآ أَمَرَهُۥ ٢٣

No! He [i.e., man] has not yet accomplished what He commanded him.

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فَلۡيَنظُرِ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ إِلَىٰ طَعَامِهِۦٓ ٢٤

Then let mankind look at his food -

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أَنَّا صَبَبۡنَا ٱلۡمَآءَ صَبّٗا ٢٥

How We poured down water in torrents,

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ثُمَّ شَقَقۡنَا ٱلۡأَرۡضَ شَقّٗا ٢٦

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

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فَأَنۢبَتۡنَا فِيهَا حَبّٗا ٢٧

And caused to grow within it grain

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وَعِنَبٗا وَقَضۡبٗا ٢٨

And grapes and herbage

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وَزَيۡتُونٗا وَنَخۡلٗا ٢٩

And olive and palm trees

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وَحَدَآئِقَ غُلۡبٗا ٣٠

And gardens of dense shrubbery

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وَفَٰكِهَةٗ وَأَبّٗا ٣١

And fruit and grass -

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مَّتَٰعٗا لَّكُمۡ وَلِأَنۡعَٰمِكُمۡ ٣٢

[As] enjoyment [i.e., provision] for you and your grazing livestock.

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فَإِذَا جَآءَتِ ٱلصَّآخَّةُ ٣٣

But when there comes the Deafening Blast¹

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يَوۡمَ يَفِرُّ ٱلۡمَرۡءُ مِنۡ أَخِيهِ ٣٤

On the Day a man will flee from his brother

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وَأُمِّهِۦ وَأَبِيهِ ٣٥

And his mother and his father

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وَصَٰحِبَتِهِۦ وَبَنِيهِ ٣٦

And his wife and his children,

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لِكُلِّ ٱمۡرِيٕٖ مِّنۡهُمۡ يَوۡمَئِذٖ شَأۡنٞ يُغۡنِيهِ ٣٧

For every man, that Day, will be a matter adequate for him.¹

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وُجُوهٞ يَوۡمَئِذٖ مُّسۡفِرَةٞ ٣٨

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

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ضَاحِكَةٞ مُّسۡتَبۡشِرَةٞ ٣٩

Laughing, rejoicing at good news.

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وَوُجُوهٞ يَوۡمَئِذٍ عَلَيۡهَا غَبَرَةٞ ٤٠

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

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تَرۡهَقُهَا قَتَرَةٌ ٤١

Blackness will cover them.

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أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلۡكَفَرَةُ ٱلۡفَجَرَةُ ٤٢

Those are the disbelievers, the wicked ones.