Surah 'Abasa in Kinyarwanda: translation and audio

عَبَسَ وَتَوَلَّىٰٓ

Transliteration ʿabasa watawallā

Kinyarwanda (Intumwa Muhamadi) yazinze umunya inatera umugongo.

أَن جَآءَهُ ٱلْأَعْمَىٰ

Transliteration an jāahu l-aʿmā

Kinyarwanda Ubwo umuntu utabona (Abdullah bin Umm-Maktum) yari aje ayisanga (igihe yigishaga bamwe mu bikomerezwa by’Abakurayishi).

وَمَا يُدْرِيكَ لَعَلَّهُۥ يَزَّكَّىٰٓ

Transliteration wamā yud'rīka laʿallahu yazzakkā

Kinyarwanda Ese wabibwirwa n’iki? Wenda arashaka kwiyeza?

أَوْ يَذَّكَّرُ فَتَنفَعَهُ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰٓ

Transliteration aw yadhakkaru fatanfaʿahu l-dhik'rā

Kinyarwanda Cyangwa akakira urwibutso, hanyuma urwibutso rukamugirira akamaro?

أَمَّا مَنِ ٱسْتَغْنَىٰ

Transliteration ammā mani is'taghnā

Kinyarwanda Naho wa wundi wirata yumva ko adakeneye (kuyoboka),

فَأَنتَ لَهُۥ تَصَدَّىٰ

Transliteration fa-anta lahu taṣaddā

Kinyarwanda Ni we witaho,

وَمَا عَلَيْكَ أَلَّا يَزَّكَّىٰ

Transliteration wamā ʿalayka allā yazzakkā

Kinyarwanda Kandi nta cyo wabazwa aramutse atiyejeje (ngo ave mu buhakanyi, kuko wowe icyo ushinzwe ari ugusohoza ubutumwa bwa Allah gusa).

وَأَمَّا مَن جَآءَكَ يَسْعَىٰ

Transliteration wa-ammā man jāaka yasʿā

Kinyarwanda Ariko wa wundi uje akugana yihuta,

وَهُوَ يَخْشَىٰ

Transliteration wahuwa yakhshā

Kinyarwanda Kandi akaba atinya (Allah n’ibihano bye),

فَأَنتَ عَنْهُ تَلَهَّىٰ

Transliteration fa-anta ʿanhu talahhā

Kinyarwanda Uramwirengagiza (ukita ku bandi),

كَلَّآ إِنَّهَا تَذْكِرَةٌ

Transliteration kallā innahā tadhkiratun

Kinyarwanda Oya ntibikwiye! Mu by’ukuri (iyi Qur’an) ni urwibutso.

فَمَن شَآءَ ذَكَرَهُۥ

Transliteration faman shāa dhakarahu

Kinyarwanda Bityo, ubishaka nayizirikane.

فِى صُحُفٍ مُّكَرَّمَةٍ

Transliteration fī ṣuḥufin mukarramatin

Kinyarwanda (Iri) mu nyandiko zirinzwe mu cyubahiro (Lawuhul Mahfudh),

مَّرْفُوعَةٍ مُّطَهَّرَةٍۭ

Transliteration marfūʿatin muṭahharatin

Kinyarwanda Zubahitse kandi zejejwe,

بِأَيْدِى سَفَرَةٍ

Transliteration bi-aydī safaratin

Kinyarwanda Ziri mu maboko y’abanditsi (abamalayika bajyana ubutumwa ku bantu),

كِرَامٍۭ بَرَرَةٍ

Transliteration kirāmin bararatin

Kinyarwanda B’abanyacyubahiro kandi b’inyangamugayo.

قُتِلَ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ مَآ أَكْفَرَهُۥ

Transliteration qutila l-insānu mā akfarahu

Kinyarwanda Umuntu (w’umuhakanyi) navumwe! Mbega ukuntu ari umuhakanyi (w’indashima)!

مِنْ أَىِّ شَىْءٍ خَلَقَهُۥ

Transliteration min ayyi shayin khalaqahu

Kinyarwanda Ese (Allah) yamuremye mu ki?

مِن نُّطْفَةٍ خَلَقَهُۥ فَقَدَّرَهُۥ

Transliteration min nuṭ'fatin khalaqahu faqaddarahu

Kinyarwanda Yamuremye mu ntanga, arangije amugenera uko azabaho,

ثُمَّ ٱلسَّبِيلَ يَسَّرَهُۥ

Transliteration thumma l-sabīla yassarahu

Kinyarwanda Nuko amworohereza inzira (y’imibereho ye).

ثُمَّ أَمَاتَهُۥ فَأَقْبَرَهُۥ

Transliteration thumma amātahu fa-aqbarahu

Kinyarwanda Nyuma amugenera urupfu no gushyingurwa,

ثُمَّ إِذَا شَآءَ أَنشَرَهُۥ

Transliteration thumma idhā shāa ansharahu

Kinyarwanda Kandi igihe azabishakira azamuzura.

كَلَّا لَمَّا يَقْضِ مَآ أَمَرَهُۥ

Transliteration kallā lammā yaqḍi mā amarahu

Kinyarwanda Oya! Nyamara (umuntu) ntarakora ibyo yamutegetse.

فَلْيَنظُرِ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ إِلَىٰ طَعَامِهِۦٓ

Transliteration falyanẓuri l-insānu ilā ṭaʿāmihi

Kinyarwanda Ngaho umuntu niyitegereze amafunguro ye;

أَنَّا صَبَبْنَا ٱلْمَآءَ صَبًّا

Transliteration annā ṣababnā l-māa ṣabban

Kinyarwanda Uko tumanura amazi (mu kirere) yisuka ari menshi,

ثُمَّ شَقَقْنَا ٱلْأَرْضَ شَقًّا

Transliteration thumma shaqaqnā l-arḍa shaqqan

Kinyarwanda Nuko tugasatura ubutaka uko bikwiye (kugira ngo amazi abashe kubwinjiramo n’imbuto zimere),

فَأَنۢبَتْنَا فِيهَا حَبًّا

Transliteration fa-anbatnā fīhā ḥabban

Kinyarwanda Maze tukabumezamo impeke,

وَعِنَبًا وَقَضْبًا

Transliteration waʿinaban waqaḍban

Kinyarwanda N’imizabibu n’imboga,

وَزَيْتُونًا وَنَخْلًا

Transliteration wazaytūnan wanakhlan

Kinyarwanda N’imizeti n’imitende,

وَحَدَآئِقَ غُلْبًا

Transliteration waḥadāiqa ghul'ban

Kinyarwanda N’imirima igizwe n’ibiti by’inzitane,

وَفَـٰكِهَةً وَأَبًّا

Transliteration wafākihatan wa-abban

Kinyarwanda N’imbuto n’ubwatsi,

مَّتَـٰعًا لَّكُمْ وَلِأَنْعَـٰمِكُمْ

Transliteration matāʿan lakum wali-anʿāmikum

Kinyarwanda Kugira ngo bibagirire akamaro, mwe n’amatungo yanyu.

فَإِذَا جَآءَتِ ٱلصَّآخَّةُ

Transliteration fa-idhā jāati l-ṣākhatu

Kinyarwanda Ariko ubwo urusaku ruziba amatwi (impanda y’imperuka) ruzaza,

يَوْمَ يَفِرُّ ٱلْمَرْءُ مِنْ أَخِيهِ

Transliteration yawma yafirru l-maru min akhīhi

Kinyarwanda Uwo munsi umuntu azahunga umuvandimwe we,

وَأُمِّهِۦ وَأَبِيهِ

Transliteration wa-ummihi wa-abīhi

Kinyarwanda (Ahunge) nyina na se,

وَصَـٰحِبَتِهِۦ وَبَنِيهِ

Transliteration waṣāḥibatihi wabanīhi

Kinyarwanda N’umugore we n’abana be,

لِكُلِّ ٱمْرِئٍ مِّنْهُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ شَأْنٌ يُغْنِيهِ

Transliteration likulli im'ri-in min'hum yawma-idhin shanun yugh'nīhi

Kinyarwanda Kuri uwo munsi, buri muntu azaba afite ibimuhangayikishije (bituma atita ku bandi).

وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ مُّسْفِرَةٌ

Transliteration wujūhun yawma-idhin mus'firatun

Kinyarwanda Kuri uwo munsi, uburanga (bw’abemeramana) buzaba bwererana,

ضَاحِكَةٌ مُّسْتَبْشِرَةٌ

Transliteration ḍāḥikatun mus'tabshiratun

Kinyarwanda Bamwenyura, bishimiye inkuru nziza bahawe (y’Ijuru).

وَوُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ عَلَيْهَا غَبَرَةٌ

Transliteration wawujūhun yawma-idhin ʿalayhā ghabaratun

Kinyarwanda Naho uburanga (bw’abahakanyi) kuri uwo munsi buzaba bwuzuye umukungugu,

تَرْهَقُهَا قَتَرَةٌ

Transliteration tarhaquhā qataratun

Kinyarwanda Bwarenzwe n’umwijima.

أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْكَفَرَةُ ٱلْفَجَرَةُ

Transliteration ulāika humu l-kafaratu l-fajaratu

Kinyarwanda Abo ni bo bahakanyi b’inkozi z’ibibi.