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بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

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   عَبَسَ وَتَوَلَّىٰٓ

   The Prophet frowned and turned away

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   أَن جَآءَهُ ٱلۡأَعۡمَىٰ

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

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   وَمَا يُدۡرِيكَ لَعَلَّهُۥ يَزَّكَّىٰٓ

   But what would make you perceive, [O Muhammad], that perhaps he might be purified

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   أَوۡ يَذَّكَّرُ فَتَنفَعَهُ ٱلذِّكۡرَىٰٓ

   Or be reminded and the remembrance would benefit him

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   أَمَّا مَنِ ٱسۡتَغۡنَىٰ

   As for he who thinks himself without need

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   فَأَنتَ لَهُۥ تَصَدَّىٰ

   To him you give attention

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   وَمَا عَلَيۡكَ أَلَّا يَزَّكَّىٰ

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

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   وَأَمَّا مَن جَآءَكَ يَسۡعَىٰ

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

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   وَهُوَ يَخۡشَىٰ

   While he fears [Allah]

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    فَأَنتَ عَنۡهُ تَلَهَّىٰ

    From him you are distracted

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    كَلَّآ إِنَّهَا تَذۡكِرَةٞ

    No! Indeed, these verses are a reminder

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    فَمَن شَآءَ ذَكَرَهُۥ

    So whoever wills may remember it

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    فِي صُحُفٖ مُّكَرَّمَةٖ

    [It is recorded] in honored sheets

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    مَّرۡفُوعَةٖ مُّطَهَّرَةِۭ

    Exalted and purified

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    بِأَيۡدِي سَفَرَةٖ

    [Carried] by the hands of messenger-angels

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    كِرَامِۭ بَرَرَةٖ

    Noble and dutiful

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    قُتِلَ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ مَآ أَكۡفَرَهُۥ

    Cursed is man; how disbelieving is he

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    مِنۡ أَيِّ شَيۡءٍ خَلَقَهُۥ

    From what substance did He create him

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    مِن نُّطۡفَةٍ خَلَقَهُۥ فَقَدَّرَهُۥ

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

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    ثُمَّ ٱلسَّبِيلَ يَسَّرَهُۥ

    Then He eased the way for him

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    ثُمَّ أَمَاتَهُۥ فَأَقۡبَرَهُۥ

    Then He causes his death and provides a grave for him

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    ثُمَّ إِذَا شَآءَ أَنشَرَهُۥ

    Then when He wills, He will resurrect him

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    كَلَّا لَمَّا يَقۡضِ مَآ أَمَرَهُۥ

    No! Man has not yet accomplished what He commanded him

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    فَلۡيَنظُرِ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ إِلَىٰ طَعَامِهِۦٓ

    Then let mankind look at his food

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    أَنَّا صَبَبۡنَا ٱلۡمَآءَ صَبّٗا

    How We poured down water in torrents

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    ثُمَّ شَقَقۡنَا ٱلۡأَرۡضَ شَقّٗا

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

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    فَأَنۢبَتۡنَا فِيهَا حَبّٗا

    And caused to grow within it grain

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    وَعِنَبٗا وَقَضۡبٗا

    And grapes and herbage

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    وَزَيۡتُونٗا وَنَخۡلٗا

    And olive and palm trees

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    وَحَدَآئِقَ غُلۡبٗا

    And gardens of dense shrubbery

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    وَفَٰكِهَةٗ وَأَبّٗا

    And fruit and grass

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    مَّتَٰعٗا لَّكُمۡ وَلِأَنۡعَٰمِكُمۡ

    [As] enjoyment for you and your grazing livestock

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    فَإِذَا جَآءَتِ ٱلصَّآخَّةُ

    But when there comes the Deafening Blast

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    يَوۡمَ يَفِرُّ ٱلۡمَرۡءُ مِنۡ أَخِيهِ

    On the Day a man will flee from his brother

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    وَأُمِّهِۦ وَأَبِيهِ

    And his mother and his father

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    وَصَٰحِبَتِهِۦ وَبَنِيهِ

    And his wife and his children

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    لِكُلِّ ٱمۡرِيٕٖ مِّنۡهُمۡ يَوۡمَئِذٖ شَأۡنٞ يُغۡنِيهِ

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

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    وُجُوهٞ يَوۡمَئِذٖ مُّسۡفِرَةٞ

    [Some] faces, that Day, will be bright

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    ضَاحِكَةٞ مُّسۡتَبۡشِرَةٞ

    Laughing, rejoicing at good news

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    وَوُجُوهٞ يَوۡمَئِذٍ عَلَيۡهَا غَبَرَةٞ

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

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    تَرۡهَقُهَا قَتَرَةٌ

    Blackness will cover them

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    أُوْلَـٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلۡكَفَرَةُ ٱلۡفَجَرَةُ

    Those are the disbelievers, the wicked ones

Translation by Umm Muhammad (Saheeh International). Text from quran-json (Risan Bagja Pradana); Uthmani text from The Noble Qur'an Encyclopedia, translations from Tanzil.net, CC BY-SA 4.0, copied verbatim. Sources and licences.