Abasa

كَلَّآ إِنَّهَا تَذْكِرَةٌ

(11) No! Indeed, they [i.e., these verses] are a reminder;

فَمَن شَآءَ ذَكَرَهُۥ

(12) So whoever wills may remember it.[1857]

فِى صُحُفٍ مُّكَرَّمَةٍ

(13) [It is recorded] in honored sheets,

مَّرْفُوعَةٍ مُّطَهَّرَةٍۭ

(14) Exalted and purified,

بِأَيْدِى سَفَرَةٍ

(15) [Carried] by the hands of messenger-angels,

كِرَامٍۭ بَرَرَةٍ

(16) Noble and dutiful.

قُتِلَ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ مَآ أَكْفَرَهُۥ

(17) Destroyed [i.e., cursed] is man;[1858] how disbelieving is he.

مِنْ أَىِّ شَىْءٍ خَلَقَهُۥ

(18) From what thing [i.e., substance] did He create him?

مِن نُّطْفَةٍ خَلَقَهُۥ فَقَدَّرَهُۥ

(19) From a sperm-drop He created him and destined for him;[1859]

ثُمَّ ٱلسَّبِيلَ يَسَّرَهُۥ

(20) Then He eased the way for him;[1860]