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Translation of the meanings Surah: ‘Abasa   Ayah:
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‘Abasa

Ayah: 1

عَبَسَ وَتَوَلَّىٰٓ
He [i.e., the Prophet (ﷺ) ] frowned and turned away
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Ayah: 2

أَن جَآءَهُ ٱلۡأَعۡمَىٰ
Because there came to him the blind man,[1853] [interrupting].
[1853] ʿAbdullāh, the son of Umm Maktūm.
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Ayah: 3

وَمَا يُدۡرِيكَ لَعَلَّهُۥ يَزَّكَّىٰٓ
But what would make you perceive, [O Muḥammad], that perhaps he might be purified[1854]
[1854] As a result of what he learns from you.
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Ayah: 4

أَوۡ يَذَّكَّرُ فَتَنفَعَهُ ٱلذِّكۡرَىٰٓ
Or be reminded and the remembrance would benefit him?
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Ayah: 5

أَمَّا مَنِ ٱسۡتَغۡنَىٰ
As for he who thinks himself without need,[1855]
[1855] i.e., without need of faith or need of Allāh (subḥānahu wa taʿālā) . Here it is in reference to a certain influential member of the Quraysh whom the Prophet (ﷺ) had hoped to bring to Islām.
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Ayah: 6

فَأَنتَ لَهُۥ تَصَدَّىٰ
To him you give attention.
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Ayah: 7

وَمَا عَلَيۡكَ أَلَّا يَزَّكَّىٰ
And not upon you [is any blame] if he will not be purified.[1856]
[1856] The Prophet (ﷺ) was responsible only for conveying the message, not for ultimate guidance.
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Ayah: 8

وَأَمَّا مَن جَآءَكَ يَسۡعَىٰ
But as for he who came to you striving [for knowledge]
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Ayah: 9

وَهُوَ يَخۡشَىٰ
While he fears [Allāh],
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Ayah: 10

فَأَنتَ عَنۡهُ تَلَهَّىٰ
From him you are distracted.
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Ayah: 11

كَلَّآ إِنَّهَا تَذۡكِرَةٞ
No! Indeed, they [i.e., these verses] are a reminder;
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Ayah: 12

فَمَن شَآءَ ذَكَرَهُۥ
So whoever wills may remember it.[1857]
[1857] The revelation. Or "Him," i.e., Allāh (subḥānahu wa taʿālā) .
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Ayah: 13

فِي صُحُفٖ مُّكَرَّمَةٖ
[It is recorded] in honored sheets,
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Ayah: 14

مَّرۡفُوعَةٖ مُّطَهَّرَةِۭ
Exalted and purified,
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Ayah: 15

بِأَيۡدِي سَفَرَةٖ
[Carried] by the hands of messenger-angels,
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Ayah: 16

كِرَامِۭ بَرَرَةٖ
Noble and dutiful.
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Ayah: 17

قُتِلَ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ مَآ أَكۡفَرَهُۥ
Destroyed [i.e., cursed] is man;[1858] how disbelieving is he.
[1858] i.e., those who deny Allāh's message.
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Ayah: 18

مِنۡ أَيِّ شَيۡءٍ خَلَقَهُۥ
From what thing [i.e., substance] did He create him?
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Ayah: 19

مِن نُّطۡفَةٍ خَلَقَهُۥ فَقَدَّرَهُۥ
From a sperm-drop He created him and destined for him;[1859]
[1859] His proportions, provisions, life span, etc.
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Ayah: 20

ثُمَّ ٱلسَّبِيلَ يَسَّرَهُۥ
Then He eased the way for him;[1860]
[1860] Into this world (i.e., his birth) . It may also refer to life itself, which has been made easier by Allāh's guidance.
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Ayah: 21

ثُمَّ أَمَاتَهُۥ فَأَقۡبَرَهُۥ
Then He causes his death and provides a grave for him.[1861]
[1861] To conceal his decaying body.
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Ayah: 22

ثُمَّ إِذَا شَآءَ أَنشَرَهُۥ
Then when He wills, He will resurrect him.
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Ayah: 23

كَلَّا لَمَّا يَقۡضِ مَآ أَمَرَهُۥ
No! He [i.e., man] has not yet accomplished what He commanded him.
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Ayah: 24

فَلۡيَنظُرِ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ إِلَىٰ طَعَامِهِۦٓ
Then let mankind look at his food -
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Ayah: 25

أَنَّا صَبَبۡنَا ٱلۡمَآءَ صَبّٗا
How We poured down water in torrents,
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Ayah: 26

ثُمَّ شَقَقۡنَا ٱلۡأَرۡضَ شَقّٗا
Then We broke open the earth, splitting [it with sprouts],
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Ayah: 27

فَأَنۢبَتۡنَا فِيهَا حَبّٗا
And caused to grow within it grain
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Ayah: 28

وَعِنَبٗا وَقَضۡبٗا
And grapes and herbage
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Ayah: 29

وَزَيۡتُونٗا وَنَخۡلٗا
And olive and palm trees
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Ayah: 30

وَحَدَآئِقَ غُلۡبٗا
And gardens of dense shrubbery
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Ayah: 31

وَفَٰكِهَةٗ وَأَبّٗا
And fruit and grass -
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Ayah: 32

مَّتَٰعٗا لَّكُمۡ وَلِأَنۡعَٰمِكُمۡ
[As] enjoyment [i.e., provision] for you and your grazing livestock.
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Ayah: 33

فَإِذَا جَآءَتِ ٱلصَّآخَّةُ
But when there comes the Deafening Blast[1862]
[1862] The piercing blast of the Horn which signals resurrection. Aṣ-Ṣākhkhah is also a name for the Day of Resurrection.
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Ayah: 34

يَوۡمَ يَفِرُّ ٱلۡمَرۡءُ مِنۡ أَخِيهِ
On the Day a man will flee from his brother
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Ayah: 35

وَأُمِّهِۦ وَأَبِيهِ
And his mother and his father
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Ayah: 36

وَصَٰحِبَتِهِۦ وَبَنِيهِ
And his wife and his children,
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Ayah: 37

لِكُلِّ ٱمۡرِيٕٖ مِّنۡهُمۡ يَوۡمَئِذٖ شَأۡنٞ يُغۡنِيهِ
For every man, that Day, will be a matter adequate for him.[1863]
[1863] i.e., to occupy him. He will be concerned only with himself, thus forgetting all others.
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Ayah: 38

وُجُوهٞ يَوۡمَئِذٖ مُّسۡفِرَةٞ
[Some] faces, that Day, will be bright -
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Ayah: 39

ضَاحِكَةٞ مُّسۡتَبۡشِرَةٞ
Laughing, rejoicing at good news.
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Ayah: 40

وَوُجُوهٞ يَوۡمَئِذٍ عَلَيۡهَا غَبَرَةٞ
And [other] faces, that Day, will have upon them dust.
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Ayah: 41

تَرۡهَقُهَا قَتَرَةٌ
Blackness will cover them.
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Ayah: 42

أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلۡكَفَرَةُ ٱلۡفَجَرَةُ
Those are the disbelievers, the wicked ones.
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