بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
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عَبَسَ وَتَوَلَّىٰٓ
`abese vetevellâ.
The Prophet frowned and turned away
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أَن جَآءَهُ ٱلْأَعْمَىٰ
en câehü-l'a`mâ.
Because there came to him the blind man, [interrupting].
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وَمَا يُدْرِيكَ لَعَلَّهُۥ يَزَّكَّىٰٓ
vemâ yüdrîke le`allehû yezzekkâ.
But what would make you perceive, [O Muhammad], that perhaps he might be purified
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أَوْ يَذَّكَّرُ فَتَنفَعَهُ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰٓ
ev yeẕẕekkeru fetenfe`ahü-ẕẕikrâ.
Or be reminded and the remembrance would benefit him?
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أَمَّا مَنِ ٱسْتَغْنَىٰ
emmâ meni-stagnâ.
As for he who thinks himself without need,
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فَأَنتَ لَهُۥ تَصَدَّىٰ
feente lehû teṣaddâ.
To him you give attention.
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وَمَا عَلَيْكَ أَلَّا يَزَّكَّىٰ
vemâ `aleyke ellâ yezzekkâ.
And not upon you [is any blame] if he will not be purified.
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وَأَمَّا مَن جَآءَكَ يَسْعَىٰ
veemmâ men câeke yes`â.
But as for he who came to you striving [for knowledge]
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وَهُوَ يَخْشَىٰ
vehüve yaḫşâ.
While he fears [Allah],
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فَأَنتَ عَنْهُ تَلَهَّىٰ
feente `anhü telehhâ.
From him you are distracted.
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كَلَّآ إِنَّهَا تَذْكِرَةٌۭ
kellâ innehâ teẕkirah.
No! Indeed, these verses are a reminder;
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فَمَن شَآءَ ذَكَرَهُۥ
femen şâe ẕekerah.
So whoever wills may remember it.
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فِى صُحُفٍۢ مُّكَرَّمَةٍۢ
fî ṣuḥufim mükerrameh.
[It is recorded] in honored sheets,
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مَّرْفُوعَةٍۢ مُّطَهَّرَةٍۭ
merfû`atim müṭahherah.
Exalted and purified,
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بِأَيْدِى سَفَرَةٍۢ
bieydî seferah.
[Carried] by the hands of messenger-angels,
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كِرَامٍۭ بَرَرَةٍۢ
kirâmim berarah.
Noble and dutiful.
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قُتِلَ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ مَآ أَكْفَرَهُۥ
ḳutile-l'insânü mâ ekferah.
Cursed is man; how disbelieving is he.
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مِنْ أَىِّ شَىْءٍ خَلَقَهُۥ
min eyyi şey'in ḫaleḳah.
From what substance did He create him?
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مِن نُّطْفَةٍ خَلَقَهُۥ فَقَدَّرَهُۥ
min nuṭfeh. ḫaleḳahû feḳadderah.
From a sperm-drop He created him and destined for him;
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ثُمَّ ٱلسَّبِيلَ يَسَّرَهُۥ
ŝümme-ssebîle yesserah.
Then He eased the way for him;
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ثُمَّ أَمَاتَهُۥ فَأَقْبَرَهُۥ
ŝümme emâtehû feaḳberah.
Then He causes his death and provides a grave for him.
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ثُمَّ إِذَا شَآءَ أَنشَرَهُۥ
ŝümme iẕâ şâe enşerah.
Then when He wills, He will resurrect him.
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كَلَّا لَمَّا يَقْضِ مَآ أَمَرَهُۥ
kellâ lemmâ yaḳḍi mâ emerah.
No! Man has not yet accomplished what He commanded him.
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فَلْيَنظُرِ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ إِلَىٰ طَعَامِهِۦٓ
felyenżuri-l'insânü ilâ ṭa`âmih.
Then let mankind look at his food -
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أَنَّا صَبَبْنَا ٱلْمَآءَ صَبًّۭا
ennâ ṣabebne-lmâe ṣabbâ.
How We poured down water in torrents,
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ثُمَّ شَقَقْنَا ٱلْأَرْضَ شَقًّۭا
ŝümme şaḳaḳne-l'arḍa şeḳḳâ.
Then We broke open the earth, splitting [it with sprouts],
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فَأَنۢبَتْنَا فِيهَا حَبًّۭا
feembetnâ fîhâ ḥabbâ.
And caused to grow within it grain
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وَعِنَبًۭا وَقَضْبًۭا
ve`inebev veḳaḍbâ.
And grapes and herbage
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وَزَيْتُونًۭا وَنَخْلًۭا
vezeytûnev venaḫlâ.
And olive and palm trees
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وَحَدَآئِقَ غُلْبًۭا
veḥadâiḳa gulbâ.
And gardens of dense shrubbery
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وَفَٰكِهَةًۭ وَأَبًّۭا
vefâkihetev veebbâ.
And fruit and grass -
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مَّتَٰعًۭا لَّكُمْ وَلِأَنْعَٰمِكُمْ
metâ`al leküm velien`âmiküm.
[As] enjoyment for you and your grazing livestock.
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فَإِذَا جَآءَتِ ٱلصَّآخَّةُ
feiẕâ câeti-ṣṣâḫḫah.
But when there comes the Deafening Blast
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يَوْمَ يَفِرُّ ٱلْمَرْءُ مِنْ أَخِيهِ
yevme yefirru-lmerü min eḫîh.
On the Day a man will flee from his brother
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وَأُمِّهِۦ وَأَبِيهِ
veümmihî veebîh.
And his mother and his father
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وَصَٰحِبَتِهِۦ وَبَنِيهِ
veṣâḥibetihî vebenîh.
And his wife and his children,
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لِكُلِّ ٱمْرِئٍۢ مِّنْهُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ شَأْنٌۭ يُغْنِيهِ
likülli-mriim minhüm yevmeiẕin şe'nüy yugnîh.
For every man, that Day, will be a matter adequate for him.
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وُجُوهٌۭ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ مُّسْفِرَةٌۭ
vucûhüy yevmeiẕim müsfirah.
[Some] faces, that Day, will be bright -
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ضَاحِكَةٌۭ مُّسْتَبْشِرَةٌۭ
ḍâḥiketüm müstebşirah.
Laughing, rejoicing at good news.
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وَوُجُوهٌۭ يَوْمَئِذٍ عَلَيْهَا غَبَرَةٌۭ
vevucûhüy yevmeiẕin `aleyhâ gaberah.
And [other] faces, that Day, will have upon them dust.
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تَرْهَقُهَا قَتَرَةٌ
terheḳuhâ ḳaterah.
Blackness will cover them.
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أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْكَفَرَةُ ٱلْفَجَرَةُ
ülâike hümü-lkeferatü-lfecerah.
Those are the disbelievers, the wicked ones.