سورةعبس {٨٠} 80. ´ABASA
عَبَسَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ {١} 1. He frowned/knit or contracted his brows and he turned away .
أَنْ جَاءَهُ الْأَعْمَىٰ {٢} 2. That (E) the blind (man) came to him.
وَمَا يُدْرِيكَ لَعَلَّهُ يَزَّكَّىٰ {٣} 3. And what makes you know/informs you maybe/perhaps he, he purifies/corrects (himself).
أَوْ يَذَّكَّرُ فَتَنْفَعَهُ الذِّكْرَىٰ {٤} 4. Or He mentions/remembers , so the remembrance/reminder benefits him .
أَمَّا مَنِ اسْتَغْنَىٰ {٥} 5. But/as for who availed/sufficed (rejected) .
فَأَنْتَ لَهُ تَصَدَّىٰ {٦} 6. So you are for him paying attention/being concerned with .
وَمَا عَلَيْكَ أَلَّا يَزَّكَّىٰ {٧} 7. And it (is) not on you that he not purifies/corrects (himself).
وَأَمَّا مَنْ جَاءَكَ يَسْعَىٰ {٨} 8. And but/as for who came to you striving/hastening .
وَهُوَ يَخْشَىٰ {٩} 9. And he fears.
فَأَنْتَ عَنْهُ تَلَهَّىٰ {١٠} 10. So you are from him distracted/preoccupied .
كَلَّا إِنَّهَا تَذْكِرَةٌ {١١} 11. No, but that it truly is a reminder.
فَمَنْ شَاءَ ذَكَرَهُ {١٢} 12. So who wanted/willed remembered/mentioned Him .
فِي صُحُفٍ مُكَرَّمَةٍ {١٣} 13. In honoured written pages/sheets (scriptures) .
مَرْفُوعَةٍ مُطَهَّرَةٍ {١٤} 14. Raised, purified .
بِأَيْدِي سَفَرَةٍ {١٥} 15. By messengers`/scribes`/writers` hands.
كِرَامٍ بَرَرَةٍ {١٦} 16. Honoured/generous , righteous/obedient .
قُتِلَ الْإِنْسَانُ مَا أَكْفَرَهُ {١٧} 17. Killed (`woe`) the human/mankind what made him more disbelieving (an expression)?
مِنْ أَيِّ شَيْءٍ خَلَقَهُ {١٨} 18. From what thing He created him?
مِنْ نُطْفَةٍ خَلَقَهُ فَقَدَّرَهُ {١٩} 19. From a drop/male`s or female`s secretion He created him, so He predestined/evaluated/estimated him.
ثُمَّ السَّبِيلَ يَسَّرَهُ {٢٠} 20. Then (to) the road/path He eased him.
ثُمَّ أَمَاتَهُ فَأَقْبَرَهُ {٢١} 21. Then He made him die, so He caused him to be buried in a grave .
ثُمَّ إِذَا شَاءَ أَنْشَرَهُ {٢٢} 22. Then when/if He willed/wanted/intended He revived/resurrected him .
كَلَّا لَمَّا يَقْضِ مَا أَمَرَهُ {٢٣} 23. No/but he did not (E) accomplish/execute what He ordered/commanded him.
فَلْيَنْظُرِ الْإِنْسَانُ إِلَىٰ طَعَامِهِ {٢٤} 24. So the human/mankind should look/watch to his food.
أَنَّا صَبَبْنَا الْمَاءَ صَبًّا {٢٥} 25. We (E), We poured/flowed the water pouring/flowing.
ثُمَّ شَقَقْنَا الْأَرْضَ شَقًّا {٢٦} 26. Then We split/cracked the earth/Planet Earth splitting/cracking .
فَأَنْبَتْنَا فِيهَا حَبًّا {٢٧} 27. So We sprouted/grew in it seeds/grains.
وَعِنَبًا وَقَضْبًا {٢٨} 28. And grapes and all trees and vegetation when it regrows for animal consumption i.e.) clover.
وَزَيْتُونًا وَنَخْلًا {٢٩} 29. And olives and palm trees.
وَحَدَائِقَ غُلْبًا {٣٠} 30. And dense/luxurious fenced gardens.
وَفَاكِهَةً وَأَبًّا {٣١} 31. And fruits and grass/hay/herbs.
مَتَاعًا لَكُمْ وَلِأَنْعَامِكُمْ {٣٢} 32. Enjoyment for you and for your camels/livestock.
فَإِذَا جَاءَتِ الصَّاخَّةُ {٣٣} 33. So when the Deafening Noise/Resurrection Day came.
يَوْمَ يَفِرُّ الْمَرْءُ مِنْ أَخِيهِ {٣٤} 34. A day/time the human/man escapes/flees from his brother.
وَأُمِّهِ وَأَبِيهِ {٣٥} 35. And his mother, and his father.
وَصَاحِبَتِهِ وَبَنِيهِ {٣٦} 36. And his wife/companion/friend, and his sons and daughters.
لِكُلِّ امْرِئٍ مِنْهُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ شَأْنٌ يُغْنِيهِ {٣٧} 37. To every/each human/man from them (on) that day (is) a matter/affair (that) suffices him (worries and keeps him busy).
وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ مُسْفِرَةٌ {٣٨} 38. Faces/fronts (on) that day, lit and shining .
ضَاحِكَةٌ مُسْتَبْشِرَةٌ {٣٩} 39. Laughing, cheerful/rejoiced .
وَوُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ عَلَيْهَا غَبَرَةٌ {٤٠} 40. And faces/fronts (on) that day, on it (is) dust.
تَرْهَقُهَا قَتَرَةٌ {٤١} 41. Smoke/dust burdens/depresses/oppresses it.
أُولَٰئِكَ هُمُ الْكَفَرَةُ الْفَجَرَةُ {٤٢} 42. Those, they are the disbelievers, the debauchers/corrupters.458
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