مصحف الثريا

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ عَبَسَ وَتَوَلَّىٰٓ ۝١

HE FROWNED AND turned away,

أَن جَآءَهُ ٱلْأَعْمَىٰ ۝٢

Because a blind man came to him.

وَمَا يُدْرِيكَ لَعَلَّهُۥ يَزَّكَّىٰٓ ۝۳

What made you think that he will not grow in virtue,

أَوْ يَذَّكَّرُ فَتَنفَعَهُ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰٓ ۝٤

Or be admonished, and the admonition profit him?

أَمَّا مَنِ ٱسْتَغْنَىٰ ۝٥

As for him who is not in want of any thing,

فَأَنتَ لَهُۥ تَصَدَّىٰ ۝٦

You pay full attention,

وَمَا عَلَيْكَ أَلَّا يَزَّكَّىٰ ۝۷

Though it is not your concern if he should not grow (in fulness).

وَأَمَّا مَن جَآءَكَ يَسْعَىٰ ۝۸

As for him who comes to you striving (after goodness),

وَهُوَ يَخْشَىٰ ۝۹

And is also fearful (of God),

فَأَنتَ عَنْهُ تَلَهَّىٰ ۝١۰

You neglect.

كَلَّآ إِنَّهَا تَذْكِرَةٌۭ ۝١١

Assuredly this is a reminder

فَمَن شَآءَ ذَكَرَهُۥ ۝١٢

For any one who desires to bear it in mind,

فِى صُحُفٍۢ مُّكَرَّمَةٍۢ ۝١۳

(Contained) in honoured pages,

مَّرْفُوعَةٍۢ مُّطَهَّرَةٍۭ ۝١٤

Exalted and holy,

بِأَيْدِى سَفَرَةٍۢ ۝١٥

In the hands of scribes

كِرَامٍۭ بَرَرَةٍۢ ۝١٦

Noble and pious.

قُتِلَ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ مَآ أَكْفَرَهُۥ ۝١۷

Accursed is man. How ungrateful is he!

مِنْ أَىِّ شَىْءٍ خَلَقَهُۥ ۝١۸

Of what substance God created him?

مِن نُّطْفَةٍ خَلَقَهُۥ فَقَدَّرَهُۥ ۝١۹

From a single sperm He created, then proportioned him,

ثُمَّ ٱلسَّبِيلَ يَسَّرَهُۥ ۝٢۰

Then made his passage easy (at birth);

ثُمَّ أَمَاتَهُۥ فَأَقْبَرَهُۥ ۝٢١

He will then send him to death and have him laid in the grave.

ثُمَّ إِذَا شَآءَ أَنشَرَهُۥ ۝٢٢

Then He will raise him up again when He please.

كَلَّا لَمَّا يَقْضِ مَآ أَمَرَهُۥ ۝٢۳

But no. He has not fulfilled what was enjoined on him.

فَلْيَنظُرِ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ إِلَىٰ طَعَامِهِۦٓ ۝٢٤

Let man therefore consider (the sources of) his food.

أَنَّا صَبَبْنَا ٱلْمَآءَ صَبًّۭا ۝٢٥

We poured down rain abundantly,

ثُمَّ شَقَقْنَا ٱلْأَرْضَ شَقًّۭا ۝٢٦

Then We cracked the earth open under pressure (of germination)

فَأَنۢبَتْنَا فِيهَا حَبًّۭا ۝٢۷

And We made corn grow,

وَعِنَبًۭا وَقَضْبًۭا ۝٢۸

And grapes and herbage,

وَزَيْتُونًۭا وَنَخْلًۭا ۝٢۹

Olives and dates,

وَحَدَآئِقَ غُلْبًۭا ۝۳۰

Orchards thick with trees,

وَفَٰكِهَةًۭ وَأَبًّۭا ۝۳١

And fruits and fodder:

مَّتَٰعًۭا لَّكُمْ وَلِأَنْعَٰمِكُمْ ۝۳٢

A provision for you and your cattle.

فَإِذَا جَآءَتِ ٱلصَّآخَّةُ ۝۳۳

But when the great calamity comes

يَوْمَ يَفِرُّ ٱلْمَرْءُ مِنْ أَخِيهِ ۝۳٤

Man will fly from his brother,

وَأُمِّهِۦ وَأَبِيهِ ۝۳٥

Mother and father,

وَصَٰحِبَتِهِۦ وَبَنِيهِ ۝۳٦

As well as his wife and children.

لِكُلِّ ٱمْرِئٍۢ مِّنْهُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ شَأْنٌۭ يُغْنِيهِ ۝۳۷

Each man will have enough cares that day.

وُجُوهٌۭ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ مُّسْفِرَةٌۭ ۝۳۸

Many faces will that day be bright,

ضَاحِكَةٌۭ مُّسْتَبْشِرَةٌۭ ۝۳۹

Laughing and full of joy,

وَوُجُوهٌۭ يَوْمَئِذٍ عَلَيْهَا غَبَرَةٌۭ ۝٤۰

And many will be dust-begrimed,

تَرْهَقُهَا قَتَرَةٌ ۝٤١

Covered with the blackness (of shame):

أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْكَفَرَةُ ٱلْفَجَرَةُ ۝٤٢

They will be the unbelievers, transgressors.