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'Abasa · He Frowned

42 ayahs Makki Page 585 Juz 30
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
Translation
Madd (maddah sign)Ghunnah (doubled noon / meem)Qalqalah
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عَبَسَ وَتَوَلَّىٰٓ ﴿١﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallHe frowned and turned away

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أَن جَآءَهُ ٱلْأَعْمَىٰ ﴿٢﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallBecause the blind man came unto him.

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وَمَا يُدْرِيكَ لَعَلَّهُۥ يَزَّكَّىٰٓ ﴿٣﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallWhat could inform thee but that he might grow (in grace)

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أَوْ يَذَّكَّرُ فَتَنفَعَهُ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰٓ ﴿٤﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallOr take heed and so the reminder might avail him?

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أَمَّا مَنِ ٱسْتَغْنَىٰ ﴿٥﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAs for him who thinketh himself independent,

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فَأَنتَ لَهُۥ تَصَدَّىٰ ﴿٦﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallUnto him thou payest regard.

7
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وَمَا عَلَيْكَ أَلَّا يَزَّكَّىٰ ﴿٧﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallYet it is not thy concern if he grow not (in grace).

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وَأَمَّا مَن جَآءَكَ يَسْعَىٰ ﴿٨﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallBut as for him who cometh unto thee with earnest purpose

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وَهُوَ يَخْشَىٰ ﴿٩﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd hath fear,

10
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فَأَنتَ عَنْهُ تَلَهَّىٰ ﴿١٠﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallFrom him thou art distracted.

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كَلَّآ إِنَّهَا تَذْكِرَةٌ ﴿١١﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallNay, but verily it is an Admonishment,

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فَمَن شَآءَ ذَكَرَهُۥ ﴿١٢﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallSo let whosoever will pay heed to it,

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فِى صُحُفٍ مُّكَرَّمَةٍ ﴿١٣﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallOn honoured leaves

14
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مَّرْفُوعَةٍ مُّطَهَّرَةٍۭ ﴿١٤﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallExalted, purified,

15
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بِأَيْدِى سَفَرَةٍ ﴿١٥﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall(Set down) by scribes

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كِرَامٍۭ بَرَرَةٍ ﴿١٦﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallNoble and righteous.

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قُتِلَ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ مَآ أَكْفَرَهُۥ ﴿١٧﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallMan is (self-)destroyed: how ungrateful!

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مِنْ أَىِّ شَىْءٍ خَلَقَهُۥ ﴿١٨﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallFrom what thing doth He create him?

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مِن نُّطْفَةٍ خَلَقَهُۥ فَقَدَّرَهُۥ ﴿١٩﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallFrom a drop of seed. He createth him and proportioneth him,

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ثُمَّ ٱلسَّبِيلَ يَسَّرَهُۥ ﴿٢٠﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThen maketh the way easy for him,

21
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ثُمَّ أَمَاتَهُۥ فَأَقْبَرَهُۥ ﴿٢١﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThen causeth him to die, and burieth him;

22
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ثُمَّ إِذَا شَآءَ أَنشَرَهُۥ ﴿٢٢﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThen, when He will, He bringeth him again to life.

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كَلَّا لَمَّا يَقْضِ مَآ أَمَرَهُۥ ﴿٢٣﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallNay, but (man) hath not done what He commanded him.

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فَلْيَنظُرِ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ إِلَىٰ طَعَامِهِۦٓ ﴿٢٤﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallLet man consider his food:

25
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أَنَّا صَبَبْنَا ٱلْمَآءَ صَبًّا ﴿٢٥﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallHow We pour water in showers

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ثُمَّ شَقَقْنَا ٱلْأَرْضَ شَقًّا ﴿٢٦﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThen split the earth in clefts

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فَأَنۢبَتْنَا فِيهَا حَبًّا ﴿٢٧﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd cause the grain to grow therein

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وَعِنَبًا وَقَضْبًا ﴿٢٨﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd grapes and green fodder

29
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وَزَيْتُونًا وَنَخْلًا ﴿٢٩﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd olive-trees and palm-trees

30
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وَحَدَآئِقَ غُلْبًا ﴿٣٠﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd garden-closes of thick foliage

31
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وَفَـٰكِهَةً وَأَبًّا ﴿٣١﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd fruits and grasses:

32
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مَّتَـٰعًا لَّكُمْ وَلِأَنْعَـٰمِكُمْ ﴿٣٢﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallProvision for you and your cattle.

33
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فَإِذَا جَآءَتِ ٱلصَّآخَّةُ ﴿٣٣﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallBut when the Shout cometh

34
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يَوْمَ يَفِرُّ ٱلْمَرْءُ مِنْ أَخِيهِ ﴿٣٤﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallOn the day when a man fleeth from his brother

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وَأُمِّهِۦ وَأَبِيهِ ﴿٣٥﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd his mother and his father

36
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وَصَـٰحِبَتِهِۦ وَبَنِيهِ ﴿٣٦﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd his wife and his children,

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لِكُلِّ ٱمْرِئٍ مِّنْهُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ شَأْنٌ يُغْنِيهِ ﴿٣٧﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallEvery man that day will have concern enough to make him heedless (of others).

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وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ مُّسْفِرَةٌ ﴿٣٨﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallOn that day faces will be bright as dawn,

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ضَاحِكَةٌ مُّسْتَبْشِرَةٌ ﴿٣٩﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallLaughing, rejoicing at good news;

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وَوُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ عَلَيْهَا غَبَرَةٌ ﴿٤٠﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd other faces, on that day, with dust upon them,

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تَرْهَقُهَا قَتَرَةٌ ﴿٤١﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallVeiled in darkness,

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أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْكَفَرَةُ ٱلْفَجَرَةُ ﴿٤٢﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThose are the disbelievers, the wicked.

Mishary Rashid AlafasyMurattal · 'Abasa
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Quran text: Tanzil Quran Text (Uthmani), tanzil.net – CC BY 3.0, unchanged. Translation: The Meaning of the Glorious Koran, Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall – Public domain (published 1930).