Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran - Surah 'Abasa, ayah 26

عَبَسَ وَتَوَلَّىٰٓ ١
He frowned and turned ˹his attention˺ away, 80:1
أَن جَآءَهُ ٱلۡأَعۡمَىٰ ٢
˹simply˺ because the blind man came to him ˹interrupting˺.1 80:2
وَمَا يُدۡرِيكَ لَعَلَّهُۥ يَزَّكَّىٰٓ ٣
You never know ˹O Prophet˺, perhaps he may be purified, 80:3
أَوۡ يَذَّكَّرُ فَتَنفَعَهُ ٱلذِّكۡرَىٰٓ ٤
or he may be mindful, benefitting from the reminder. 80:4
أَمَّا مَنِ ٱسۡتَغۡنَىٰ ٥
As for the one who was indifferent, 80:5
فَأَنتَ لَهُۥ تَصَدَّىٰ ٦
you gave him your ˹undivided˺ attention, 80:6
وَمَا عَلَيۡكَ أَلَّا يَزَّكَّىٰ ٧
even though you are not to blame if he would not be purified. 80:7
وَأَمَّا مَن جَآءَكَ يَسۡعَىٰ ٨
But as for the one who came to you, eager ˹to learn˺, 80:8
وَهُوَ يَخۡشَىٰ ٩
being in awe ˹of Allah˺, 80:9
فَأَنتَ عَنۡهُ تَلَهَّىٰ ١٠
you were inattentive to him. 80:10
كـَلَّآ إِنَّهَا تَذۡكِرَةٞ ١١
But no! This ˹revelation˺ is truly a reminder. 80:11
فَمَن شَآءَ ذَكَرَهُۥ ١٢
So let whoever wills be mindful of it. 80:12
فِي صُحُفٖ مُّكَرَّمَةٖ ١٣
It is ˹written˺ on pages held in honour— 80:13
مَّرۡفُوعَةٖ مُّطَهَّرَةِۭ ١٤
highly esteemed, purified— 80:14
بِأَيۡدِي سَفَرَةٖ ١٥
by the hands of angel-scribes, 80:15
كِرَامِۭ بَرَرَةٖ ١٦
honourable and virtuous. 80:16
قُتِلَ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ مَآ أَكۡفَرَهُۥ ١٧
Condemned are ˹disbelieving˺ humans! How ungrateful they are ˹to Allah˺! 80:17
مِنۡ أَيِّ شَيۡءٍ خَلَقَهُۥ ١٨
From what substance did He create them? 80:18
مِن نُّطۡفَةٍ خَلَقَهُۥ فَقَدَّرَهُۥ ١٩
He created them from a sperm-drop, and ordained their development. 80:19
ثُمَّ ٱلسَّبِيلَ يَسَّرَهُۥ ٢٠
Then He makes the way easy for them,1 80:20
ثُمَّ أَمَاتَهُۥ فَأَقۡبَرَهُۥ ٢١
then causes them to die and be buried.1 80:21
ثُمَّ إِذَا شَآءَ أَنشَرَهُۥ ٢٢
Then when He wills, He will resurrect them. 80:22
كـَلَّا لَمَّا يَقۡضِ مَآ أَمَرَهُۥ ٢٣
But no! They have failed to comply with what He ordered. 80:23
فَلۡيَنظُرِ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ إِلَىٰ طَعَامِهِۦٓ ٢٤
Let people then consider their food: 80:24
أَنَّا صَبَبۡنَا ٱلۡمَآءَ صَبّٗا ٢٥
how We pour down rain in abundance 80:25
ثُمَّ شَقَقۡنَا ٱلۡأَرۡضَ شَقّٗا ٢٦
and meticulously split the earth open ˹for sprouts˺, 80:26
فَأَنۢبَتۡنَا فِيهَا حَبّٗا ٢٧
causing grain to grow in it, 80:27
وَعِنَبٗا وَقَضۡبٗا ٢٨
as well as grapes and greens, 80:28
وَزَيۡتُونٗا وَنَخۡلٗا ٢٩
and olives and palm trees, 80:29
وَحَدَآئِقَ غُلۡبٗا ٣٠
and dense orchards, 80:30
وَفَٰكِهَةٗ وَأَبّٗا ٣١
and fruit and fodder— 80:31
مَّتَٰعٗا لَّكُمۡ وَلِأَنۡعَٰمِكُمۡ ٣٢
all as ˹a means of˺ sustenance for you and your animals. 80:32
فَإِذَا جَآءَتِ ٱلصَّآخَّةُ ٣٣
Then, when the Deafening Blast1 comes to pass— 80:33
يَوۡمَ يَفِرُّ ٱلۡمَرۡءُ مِنۡ أَخِيهِ ٣٤
on that Day every person will flee from their own siblings, 80:34
وَأُمِّهِۦ وَأَبِيهِ ٣٥
and ˹even˺ their mother and father, 80:35
وَصَٰحِبَتِهِۦ وَبَنِيهِ ٣٦
and ˹even˺ their spouse and children. 80:36
لِكُلِّ ٱمۡرِيٕٖ مِّنۡهُمۡ يَوۡمَئِذٖ شَأۡنٞ يُغۡنِيهِ ٣٧
For then everyone will have enough concern of their own. 80:37
وُجُوهٞ يَوۡمَئِذٖ مُّسۡفِرَةٞ ٣٨
On that Day ˹some˺ faces will be bright, 80:38
ضَاحِكَةٞ مُّسۡتَبۡشِرَةٞ ٣٩
laughing and rejoicing, 80:39
وَوُجُوهٞ يَوۡمَئِذٍ عَلَيۡهَا غَبَرَةٞ ٤٠
while ˹other˺ faces will be dusty, 80:40
تَرۡهَقُهَا قَتَرَةٌ ٤١
cast in gloom— 80:41
أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلۡكَفَرَةُ ٱلۡفَجَرَةُ ٤٢
those are the disbelievers, the ˹wicked˺ sinners. 80:42