| y_ali | asad | literal | tlt | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. * | (The Prophet) frowned and turned away, | HE FROWNED and turned away | He frowned/knit or contracted his brows and he turned away. | swr+ `bsi bsm allh alrHmn alrHym ? `bs wtwli | |||
| 2. * | Because there came to him the blind man (interrupting). | because the blind man approached him!* | That (E) the blind (man) came to him. | an ja'h ala`mi | |||
| 3. * | But what could tell thee but that perchance he might grow (in spiritual understanding)?- | Yet for all thou didst know, [O Muhammad,] he might perhaps have grown in purity, | And what makes you know/informs you maybe/perhaps he, he purifies/corrects (himself). | wmaydryk l`lh yzki | |||
| 4. * | Or that he might receive admonition, and the teaching might profit him? | or have been reminded [of the truth], and helped by this reminder. | Or He mentions/remembers, so the remembrance/reminder benefits him. | aw yXkr ftnf`h alXkri | |||
| 5. * | As to one who regards Himself as self-sufficient, | Now as for him who believes himself to be self-sufficient* - | But/as for who availed/sufficed (rejected). | ama mn astGni | |||
| 6. * | To him dost thou attend; | to him didst thou give thy whole attention, | So you are for him paying attention/being concerned with. | fant lh tSdi | |||
| 7. * | Though it is no blame to thee if he grow not (in spiritual understanding). | although thou art not accountable for his failure to attain to purity;* | And it (is) not on you that he not purifies/corrects (himself). | wma`lyk ala yzki | |||
| 8. * | But as to him who came to thee striving earnestly, | but as for him who came unto thee full of eagerness | And but/as for who came to you striving/hastening. | wama mn ja'k ys`i | |||
| 9. * | And with fear (in his heart), | and in awe [of God] | And he fears. | whw yK$i | |||
| 10. * | Of him wast thou unmindful. | him didst thou disregard! | So you are from him distracted/preoccupied. | fant `nh tlhi | |||
| 11. * | By no means (should it be so)! For it is indeed a Message of instruction: | NAY, VERILY, these [messages] are but a reminder:* | No, but that it truly is a reminder. | kla anha tXkr+ | |||
| 12. * | Therefore let whoso will, keep it in remembrance. | and so, whoever is willing may remember Him | So who wanted/willed remembered/mentioned Him. | fmn $a' Xkrh | |||
| 13. * | (It is) in Books held (greatly) in honour, | in [the light of His] revelations blest with dignity, | In honoured written pages/sheets (scriptures). | fy SHf mkrm+ | |||
| 14. * | Exalted (in dignity), kept pure and holy, | lofty and pure, | Raised, purified. | mrfw`+ mThr+ | |||
| 15. * | (Written) by the hands of scribes- | [borne] by the hands of messengers | By messengers'/scribes'/writers' hands. | baydy sfr+ | |||
| 16. * | Honourable and Pious and Just. | noble and most virtuous. | Honoured/generous, righteous/obedient. | kram brr+ | |||
| 17. * | Woe to man! What hath made him reject Allah. | [But only too often] man destroys himself:* how stubbornly does he deny the truth! | Killed ('woe') the human/mankind what made him more disbelieving (an expression)? | qtl alansan maakfrh | |||
| 18. * | From what stuff hath He created him? | [Does man ever consider] out of what substance [God] creates him? | From what thing He created him? | mn ay $Y Klqh | |||
| 19. * | From a sperm-drop: He hath created him, and then mouldeth him in due proportions; | Out of a drop of sperm He creates him, and thereupon determines his nature,* | From a drop/male's or female's secretion He created him, so He predestined/evaluated/estimated him. | mn nTf+ Klqh fqdrh | |||
| 20. * | Then doth He make His path smooth for him; | and then makes it easy for him to go through life;* | Then (to) the road/path He eased him. | xm alsbyl ysrh | |||
| 21. * | Then He causeth him to die, and putteth him in his grave; | and in the end He causes him to die and brings him to the grave; | Then He made him die, so He caused him to be buried in a grave. | xm amath faqbrh | |||
| 22. * | Then, when it is His Will, He will raise him up (again). | and then, if it be His will, He shall raise him again to life, | Then when/if He willed/wanted/intended He revived/resurrected him. | xm aXa $a' an$rh | |||
| 23. * | By no means hath he fulfilled what Allah hath commanded him. | Nay, but [man] has never yet fulfilled what He has enjoined upon him!* | No/but he did not (E) accomplish/execute what He ordered/commanded him. | kla lma yqD maamrh | |||
| 24. * | Then let man look at his food, (and how We provide it): | Let man, then, consider [the sources of] his food: | So the human/mankind should look/watch to his food. | flynZr alansan ali T`amh | |||
| 25. * | For that We pour forth water in abundance, | [how it is] that We pour down water, pouring it down abundantly; | We (E), We poured/flowed the water pouring/flowing. | ana Sbbna alma' Sba | |||
| 26. * | And We split the earth in fragments, | and then We cleave the earth [with new growth], cleaving it asunder, | Then We split/cracked the earth/Planet Earth splitting/cracking. | xm $qqna alarD $qa | |||
| 27. * | And produce therein corn, | and thereupon We cause grain to grow out of it, | So We sprouted/grew in it seeds/grains. | fanbtna fyha Hba | |||
| 28. * | And Grapes and nutritious plants, | and vines and edible plants, | And grapes and all trees and vegetation when it regrows for animal consumption i.e.) clover. | w`nba wqDba | |||
| 29. * | And Olives and Dates, | and olive trees and date-palms, | And olives and palm trees. | wzytwna wnKla | |||
| 30. * | And enclosed Gardens, dense with lofty trees, | and gardens dense with foliage, | And dense/luxurious fenced gardens. | wHdaYq Glba | |||
| 31. * | And fruits and fodder,- | and fruits and herbage, | And fruits and grass/hay/herbs. | wfakh+ waba | |||
| 32. * | For use and convenience to you and your cattle. | for you and for your animals to enjoy.* | Enjoyment for you and for your camels/livestock. | mta`a lkm wlan`amkm | |||
| 33. * | At length, when there comes the Deafening Noise,- | AND SO,* when the piercing call [of resurrection] is heard | So when the Deafening Noise/Resurrection Day came. | faXa ja't alSaK+ | |||
| 34. * | That Day shall a man flee from his own brother, | on a Day when everyone will [want to] flee from his brother, | A day/time the human/man escapes/flees from his brother. | ywm yfr almr' mn aKyh | |||
| 35. * | And from his mother and his father, | and from his mother and father, | And his mother, and his father. | wamh wabyh | |||
| 36. * | And from his wife and his children. | and from his spouse and his children: | And his wife/companion/friend, and his sons and daughters. | wSaHbth wbnyh | |||
| 37. * | Each one of them, that Day, will have enough concern (of his own) to make him indifferent to the others. | on that Day, to every one of them will his own state be of sufficient concern. | To every/each human/man from them (on) that day (is) a matter/affair (that) suffices him (worries and keeps him busy). | lkl amrY mnhm ywmYX $an yGnyh | |||
| 38. * | Some faces that Day will be beaming, | Some faces will on that Day be bright with happiness, | Faces/fronts (on) that day, lit and shining. | wjwh ywmYX msfr+ | |||
| 39. * | Laughing, rejoicing. | laughing, rejoicing at glad tidings. | Laughing, cheerful/rejoiced. | DaHk+ mstb$r+ | |||
| 40. * | And other faces that Day will be dust-stained, | And some faces will on that Day with dust be covered, | And faces/fronts (on) that day, on it (is) dust. | wwjwh ywmYX `lyha Gbr+ | |||
| 41. * | Blackness will cover them: | with darkness overspread: | Smoke/dust burdens/depresses/oppresses it. | trhqha qtr+ | |||
| 42. * | Such will be the Rejecters of Allah, the doers of iniquity. | these, these will be the ones who denied the truth and were immersed in iniquity! | Those, they are the disbelievers, the debauchers/corrupters.458 | awlYk hm alkfr+ alfjr+ | |||