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بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ عَبَسَ وَتَوَلَّىٰٓ
Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem
'Abasa wa tawallaa.
The Prophet frowned and turned away
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أَن جَآءَهُ ٱلْأَعْمَىٰ
An jaa-ahul 'a-maa
Because there came to him the blind man, [interrupting].
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وَمَا يُدْرِيكَ لَعَلَّهُۥ يَزَّكَّىٰٓ
Wa maa yudreeka la'allahu yaz zakkaa.
But what would make you perceive, [O Muhammad], that perhaps he might be purified
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أَوْ يَذَّكَّرُ فَتَنفَعَهُ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰٓ
Au yaz zak karu fatanfa 'ahuz zikraa.
Or be reminded and the remembrance would benefit him?
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أَمَّا مَنِ ٱسْتَغْنَىٰ
Amma manis taghnaa
As for he who thinks himself without need,
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فَأَنتَ لَهُۥ تَصَدَّىٰ
Fa-anta lahu tasaddaa
To him you give attention.
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وَمَا عَلَيْكَ أَلَّا يَزَّكَّىٰ
Wa ma 'alaika allaa yaz zakka.
And not upon you [is any blame] if he will not be purified.
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وَأَمَّا مَن جَآءَكَ يَسْعَىٰ
Wa amma man jaa-aka yas'a
But as for he who came to you striving [for knowledge]
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وَهُوَ يَخْشَىٰ
Wahuwa yakhshaa,
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فَأَنتَ عَنْهُ تَلَهَّىٰ
Fa-anta 'anhu talah haa.
From him you are distracted.
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كَلَّآ إِنَّهَا تَذْكِرَةٌۭ
Kalla innaha tazkirah
No! Indeed, these verses are a reminder
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فَمَن شَآءَ ذَكَرَهُۥ
Faman shaa a zakarah
So whoever wills may remember it.
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فِى صُحُفٍۢ مُّكَرَّمَةٍۢ
Fi suhufim mukar rama,
[It is recorded] in honored sheets,
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مَّرْفُوعَةٍۢ مُّطَهَّرَةٍۭ
Marfoo'atim mutah hara,
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بِأَيْدِى سَفَرَةٍۢ
Bi'aidee safara
[Carried] by the hands of messenger-angels,
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كِرَامٍۭ بَرَرَةٍۢ
Kiraamim bararah.
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قُتِلَ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ مَآ أَكْفَرَهُۥ
Qutilal-insanu maa akfarah.
Cursed is man
how disbelieving is he.
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مِنْ أَىِّ شَىْءٍ خَلَقَهُۥ
Min aiyyi shai-in Khalaq
From what substance did He create him?
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مِن نُّطْفَةٍ خَلَقَهُۥ فَقَدَّرَهُۥ
Min nutfah
khalaqahu faqad-darah.
From a sperm-drop He created him and destined for him
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ثُمَّ ٱلسَّبِيلَ يَسَّرَهُۥ
Thummas sabeela yas-sarah
Then He eased the way for him
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ثُمَّ أَمَاتَهُۥ فَأَقْبَرَهُۥ
Thumma amatahu fa-aqbarah
Then He causes his death and provides a grave for him.
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ثُمَّ إِذَا شَآءَ أَنشَرَهُۥ
Thumma iza shaa-a ansharah
Then when He wills, He will resurrect him.
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كَلَّا لَمَّا يَقْضِ مَآ أَمَرَهُۥ
Kalla lamma yaqdi maa amarah.
No! Man has not yet accomplished what He commanded him.
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فَلْيَنظُرِ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ إِلَىٰ طَعَامِهِۦٓ
Falyanzuril insanu ilaa ta-amih
Then let mankind look at his food -
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أَنَّا صَبَبْنَا ٱلْمَآءَ صَبًّۭا
Anna sabab nalmaa-a sabba.
How We poured down water in torrents,
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ثُمَّ شَقَقْنَا ٱلْأَرْضَ شَقًّۭا
Thumma sha qaqnal-arda shaqqa.
Then We broke open the earth, splitting [it with sprouts],
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فَأَنۢبَتْنَا فِيهَا حَبًّۭا
Fa ambatna feeha habba
And caused to grow within it grain
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وَعِنَبًۭا وَقَضْبًۭا
Wa 'inabaw-wa qadba
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وَزَيْتُونًۭا وَنَخْلًۭا
Wa zaitoonaw wanakh la'
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وَحَدَآئِقَ غُلْبًۭا
Wa hadaa-iqa ghulba
And gardens of dense shrubbery
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وَفَٰكِهَةًۭ وَأَبًّۭا
Wa faki hataw-wa abba.
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مَّتَٰعًۭا لَّكُمْ وَلِأَنْعَٰمِكُمْ
Mata'al-lakum wa li-an'amikum.
[As] enjoyment for you and your grazing livestock.
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فَإِذَا جَآءَتِ ٱلصَّآخَّةُ
Faiza jaa-atis saakhah.
But when there comes the Deafening Blast
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يَوْمَ يَفِرُّ ٱلْمَرْءُ مِنْ أَخِيهِ
Yauma yafir-rul mar-u min akheeh
On the Day a man will flee from his brother
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وَأُمِّهِۦ وَأَبِيهِ
Wa ummihee wa abeeh
And his mother and his father
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وَصَٰحِبَتِهِۦ وَبَنِيهِ
Wa sahi batihee wa baneeh.
And his wife and his children,
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لِكُلِّ ٱمْرِئٍۢ مِّنْهُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ شَأْنٌۭ يُغْنِيهِ
Likul limri-im-minuhm yaumaa-izin shaa nuy-yughneeh
For every man, that Day, will be a matter adequate for him.
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وُجُوهٌۭ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ مُّسْفِرَةٌۭ
Wujoo huny-yauma-izim-musfira
[Some] faces, that Day, will be bright -
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ضَاحِكَةٌۭ مُّسْتَبْشِرَةٌۭ
Dahi katum mustab shirah
Laughing, rejoicing at good news.
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وَوُجُوهٌۭ يَوْمَئِذٍ عَلَيْهَا غَبَرَةٌۭ
Wa wujoohuy yauma-izin 'alaiha ghabar a
And [other] faces, that Day, will have upon them dust.
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تَرْهَقُهَا قَتَرَةٌ
Tarhaquha qatarah.
Blackness will cover them.
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أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْكَفَرَةُ ٱلْفَجَرَةُ
Ulaa-ika humul-kafa ratul-fajarah.
Those are the disbelievers, the wicked ones.