Surah Abasa - English Translation by Abdul Majid Daryabadi
عَبَسَ وَتَوَلَّىٰٓ
He frowned and turned away
Surah Abasa, Verse 1
أَن جَآءَهُ ٱلۡأَعۡمَىٰ
Because there came Unto him a blind man
Surah Abasa, Verse 2
وَمَا يُدۡرِيكَ لَعَلَّهُۥ يَزَّكَّىٰٓ
How canst thou know, whether haply he might be cleansed
Surah Abasa, Verse 3
أَوۡ يَذَّكَّرُ فَتَنفَعَهُ ٱلذِّكۡرَىٰٓ
Or be admonished, so that the admonition might have profited him
Surah Abasa, Verse 4
أَمَّا مَنِ ٱسۡتَغۡنَىٰ
As for him who regardeth himself self-sufficient
Surah Abasa, Verse 5
فَأَنتَ لَهُۥ تَصَدَّىٰ
Unto him thou attendest
Surah Abasa, Verse 6
وَمَا عَلَيۡكَ أَلَّا يَزَّكَّىٰ
Whereas it is not on thee that he is not cleansed
Surah Abasa, Verse 7
وَأَمَّا مَن جَآءَكَ يَسۡعَىٰ
And as for him who cometh Unto thee running
Surah Abasa, Verse 8
وَهُوَ يَخۡشَىٰ
And he feareth
Surah Abasa, Verse 9
فَأَنتَ عَنۡهُ تَلَهَّىٰ
Him thou neglectest
Surah Abasa, Verse 10
كَلَّآ إِنَّهَا تَذۡكِرَةٞ
By no means! Verily it is an admonition
Surah Abasa, Verse 11
فَمَن شَآءَ ذَكَرَهُۥ
So whosoever willeth-let him be admonished therewlth
Surah Abasa, Verse 12
فِي صُحُفٖ مُّكَرَّمَةٖ
Inscribed in Writs honoured
Surah Abasa, Verse 13
مَّرۡفُوعَةٖ مُّطَهَّرَةِۭ
Exalted, Purified
Surah Abasa, Verse 14
بِأَيۡدِي سَفَرَةٖ
By the hands of scribes
Surah Abasa, Verse 15
كِرَامِۭ بَرَرَةٖ
Honourable and virtuous
Surah Abasa, Verse 16
قُتِلَ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ مَآ أَكۡفَرَهُۥ
Perish man! how ungrateful he is
Surah Abasa, Verse 17
مِنۡ أَيِّ شَيۡءٍ خَلَقَهُۥ
Of what thing hath He created him
Surah Abasa, Verse 18
مِن نُّطۡفَةٍ خَلَقَهُۥ فَقَدَّرَهُۥ
Of a drop of seed. He created him and formed him according to a measure
Surah Abasa, Verse 19
ثُمَّ ٱلسَّبِيلَ يَسَّرَهُۥ
Then the way He made easy
Surah Abasa, Verse 20
ثُمَّ أَمَاتَهُۥ فَأَقۡبَرَهُۥ
Then He caused him to die and made him to be buried
Surah Abasa, Verse 21
ثُمَّ إِذَا شَآءَ أَنشَرَهُۥ
Then when He listeth, He shall raise him to life
Surah Abasa, Verse 22
كَلَّا لَمَّا يَقۡضِ مَآ أَمَرَهُۥ
By no means He performed not that which He had commanded him
Surah Abasa, Verse 23
فَلۡيَنظُرِ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ إِلَىٰ طَعَامِهِۦٓ
Let man look at his food
Surah Abasa, Verse 24
أَنَّا صَبَبۡنَا ٱلۡمَآءَ صَبّٗا
It is We Who pour forth water, pouring
Surah Abasa, Verse 25
ثُمَّ شَقَقۡنَا ٱلۡأَرۡضَ شَقّٗا
Thereafter We cleave the earth in clefts
Surah Abasa, Verse 26
فَأَنۢبَتۡنَا فِيهَا حَبّٗا
Then We cause therein the grain to grow
Surah Abasa, Verse 27
وَعِنَبٗا وَقَضۡبٗا
And grapes and vegetables
Surah Abasa, Verse 28
وَزَيۡتُونٗا وَنَخۡلٗا
And olives and palms
Surah Abasa, Verse 29
وَحَدَآئِقَ غُلۡبٗا
And enclosed gardens luxuriant
Surah Abasa, Verse 30
وَفَٰكِهَةٗ وَأَبّٗا
And fruits and herbage
Surah Abasa, Verse 31
مَّتَٰعٗا لَّكُمۡ وَلِأَنۡعَٰمِكُمۡ
A provision for you and for your cattle
Surah Abasa, Verse 32
فَإِذَا جَآءَتِ ٱلصَّآخَّةُ
Then when cometh the Deafening Cry
Surah Abasa, Verse 33
يَوۡمَ يَفِرُّ ٱلۡمَرۡءُ مِنۡ أَخِيهِ
On the Day whereon a man shall flee from his brother
Surah Abasa, Verse 34
وَأُمِّهِۦ وَأَبِيهِ
And his mother and his father
Surah Abasa, Verse 35
وَصَٰحِبَتِهِۦ وَبَنِيهِ
And his wife and his sons
Surah Abasa, Verse 36
لِكُلِّ ٱمۡرِيٕٖ مِّنۡهُمۡ يَوۡمَئِذٖ شَأۡنٞ يُغۡنِيهِ
For every one of them on that Day shall be business enough to occupy
Surah Abasa, Verse 37
وُجُوهٞ يَوۡمَئِذٖ مُّسۡفِرَةٞ
Faces on that Day shall be beaming
Surah Abasa, Verse 38
ضَاحِكَةٞ مُّسۡتَبۡشِرَةٞ
Laughing, rejoicing
Surah Abasa, Verse 39
وَوُجُوهٞ يَوۡمَئِذٍ عَلَيۡهَا غَبَرَةٞ
And faces on that Day! upon them shall be gloom
Surah Abasa, Verse 40
تَرۡهَقُهَا قَتَرَةٌ
Dust shall cover them
Surah Abasa, Verse 41
أُوْلَـٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلۡكَفَرَةُ ٱلۡفَجَرَةُ
Those! they are the infidels, the ungodly
Surah Abasa, Verse 42