Surah Abasa - English Translation by Abdel Haleem
عَبَسَ وَتَوَلَّىٰٓ
He frowned and turned away
Surah Abasa, Verse 1
أَن جَآءَهُ ٱلۡأَعۡمَىٰ
when the blind man came to him––
Surah Abasa, Verse 2
وَمَا يُدۡرِيكَ لَعَلَّهُۥ يَزَّكَّىٰٓ
for all you know, he might have grown in spirit
Surah Abasa, Verse 3
أَوۡ يَذَّكَّرُ فَتَنفَعَهُ ٱلذِّكۡرَىٰٓ
or taken note of something useful to him
Surah Abasa, Verse 4
أَمَّا مَنِ ٱسۡتَغۡنَىٰ
For the self-satisfied one
Surah Abasa, Verse 5
فَأَنتَ لَهُۥ تَصَدَّىٰ
you go out of your way––
Surah Abasa, Verse 6
وَمَا عَلَيۡكَ أَلَّا يَزَّكَّىٰ
though you are not to be blamed for his lack of spiritual growth––
Surah Abasa, Verse 7
وَأَمَّا مَن جَآءَكَ يَسۡعَىٰ
but from the one who has come to you full of eagerness
Surah Abasa, Verse 8
وَهُوَ يَخۡشَىٰ
and awe
Surah Abasa, Verse 9
فَأَنتَ عَنۡهُ تَلَهَّىٰ
you allow yourself to be distracted
Surah Abasa, Verse 10
كَلَّآ إِنَّهَا تَذۡكِرَةٞ
No indeed! This [Quran] is a lesson
Surah Abasa, Verse 11
فَمَن شَآءَ ذَكَرَهُۥ
from which those who wish to be taught should learn
Surah Abasa, Verse 12
فِي صُحُفٖ مُّكَرَّمَةٖ
[written] on honoured
Surah Abasa, Verse 13
مَّرۡفُوعَةٖ مُّطَهَّرَةِۭ
exalted, pure pages
Surah Abasa, Verse 14
بِأَيۡدِي سَفَرَةٖ
by the hands of
Surah Abasa, Verse 15
كِرَامِۭ بَرَرَةٖ
noble and virtuous scribes
Surah Abasa, Verse 16
قُتِلَ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ مَآ أَكۡفَرَهُۥ
Woe to man! How ungrateful he is
Surah Abasa, Verse 17
مِنۡ أَيِّ شَيۡءٍ خَلَقَهُۥ
From what thing does God create him
Surah Abasa, Verse 18
مِن نُّطۡفَةٍ خَلَقَهُۥ فَقَدَّرَهُۥ
He creates him from a droplet, He proportions him
Surah Abasa, Verse 19
ثُمَّ ٱلسَّبِيلَ يَسَّرَهُۥ
He makes the way easy for him
Surah Abasa, Verse 20
ثُمَّ أَمَاتَهُۥ فَأَقۡبَرَهُۥ
then He causes him to die and be buried
Surah Abasa, Verse 21
ثُمَّ إِذَا شَآءَ أَنشَرَهُۥ
When He wills, He will raise him up again
Surah Abasa, Verse 22
كَلَّا لَمَّا يَقۡضِ مَآ أَمَرَهُۥ
Yet mandoes not fulfil God’s commands
Surah Abasa, Verse 23
فَلۡيَنظُرِ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ إِلَىٰ طَعَامِهِۦٓ
Let man consider the food he eats
Surah Abasa, Verse 24
أَنَّا صَبَبۡنَا ٱلۡمَآءَ صَبّٗا
We pour down abundant water
Surah Abasa, Verse 25
ثُمَّ شَقَقۡنَا ٱلۡأَرۡضَ شَقّٗا
and cause the soil to split open
Surah Abasa, Verse 26
فَأَنۢبَتۡنَا فِيهَا حَبّٗا
We make grain grow
Surah Abasa, Verse 27
وَعِنَبٗا وَقَضۡبٗا
and vines, fresh vegetation
Surah Abasa, Verse 28
وَزَيۡتُونٗا وَنَخۡلٗا
olive trees, date palms
Surah Abasa, Verse 29
وَحَدَآئِقَ غُلۡبٗا
luscious gardens
Surah Abasa, Verse 30
وَفَٰكِهَةٗ وَأَبّٗا
fruits, and fodder
Surah Abasa, Verse 31
مَّتَٰعٗا لَّكُمۡ وَلِأَنۡعَٰمِكُمۡ
all for you and your livestock to enjoy
Surah Abasa, Verse 32
فَإِذَا جَآءَتِ ٱلصَّآخَّةُ
When the Deafening Blast comes––
Surah Abasa, Verse 33
يَوۡمَ يَفِرُّ ٱلۡمَرۡءُ مِنۡ أَخِيهِ
the Day man will flee from his own brother
Surah Abasa, Verse 34
وَأُمِّهِۦ وَأَبِيهِ
his mother, his father
Surah Abasa, Verse 35
وَصَٰحِبَتِهِۦ وَبَنِيهِ
his wife, his children
Surah Abasa, Verse 36
لِكُلِّ ٱمۡرِيٕٖ مِّنۡهُمۡ يَوۡمَئِذٖ شَأۡنٞ يُغۡنِيهِ
each of them will be absorbed in concerns of their own on that Day
Surah Abasa, Verse 37
وُجُوهٞ يَوۡمَئِذٖ مُّسۡفِرَةٞ
on that Day some faces will be beaming
Surah Abasa, Verse 38
ضَاحِكَةٞ مُّسۡتَبۡشِرَةٞ
laughing, and rejoicing
Surah Abasa, Verse 39
وَوُجُوهٞ يَوۡمَئِذٍ عَلَيۡهَا غَبَرَةٞ
but some faces will be dust-stained
Surah Abasa, Verse 40
تَرۡهَقُهَا قَتَرَةٌ
and covered in darkness
Surah Abasa, Verse 41
أُوْلَـٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلۡكَفَرَةُ ٱلۡفَجَرَةُ
those are the disbelievers, the licentious
Surah Abasa, Verse 42