Surah Abasa - English Translation by Ahmed Ali
عَبَسَ وَتَوَلَّىٰٓ
HE FROWNED AND turned away
Surah Abasa, Verse 1
أَن جَآءَهُ ٱلۡأَعۡمَىٰ
Because a blind man came to him
Surah Abasa, Verse 2
وَمَا يُدۡرِيكَ لَعَلَّهُۥ يَزَّكَّىٰٓ
What made you think that he will not grow in virtue
Surah Abasa, Verse 3
أَوۡ يَذَّكَّرُ فَتَنفَعَهُ ٱلذِّكۡرَىٰٓ
Or be admonished, and the admonition profit him
Surah Abasa, Verse 4
أَمَّا مَنِ ٱسۡتَغۡنَىٰ
As for him who is not in want of any thing
Surah Abasa, Verse 5
فَأَنتَ لَهُۥ تَصَدَّىٰ
You pay full attention
Surah Abasa, Verse 6
وَمَا عَلَيۡكَ أَلَّا يَزَّكَّىٰ
Though it is not your concern if he should not grow (in fulness)
Surah Abasa, Verse 7
وَأَمَّا مَن جَآءَكَ يَسۡعَىٰ
As for him who comes to you striving (after goodness)
Surah Abasa, Verse 8
وَهُوَ يَخۡشَىٰ
And is also fearful (of God)
Surah Abasa, Verse 9
فَأَنتَ عَنۡهُ تَلَهَّىٰ
You neglect
Surah Abasa, Verse 10
كَلَّآ إِنَّهَا تَذۡكِرَةٞ
Assuredly this is a reminder
Surah Abasa, Verse 11
فَمَن شَآءَ ذَكَرَهُۥ
For any one who desires to bear it in mind
Surah Abasa, Verse 12
فِي صُحُفٖ مُّكَرَّمَةٖ
(Contained) in honoured pages
Surah Abasa, Verse 13
مَّرۡفُوعَةٖ مُّطَهَّرَةِۭ
Exalted and holy
Surah Abasa, Verse 14
بِأَيۡدِي سَفَرَةٖ
In the hands of scribes
Surah Abasa, Verse 15
كِرَامِۭ بَرَرَةٖ
Noble and pious
Surah Abasa, Verse 16
قُتِلَ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ مَآ أَكۡفَرَهُۥ
Accursed is man. How ungrateful is he
Surah Abasa, Verse 17
مِنۡ أَيِّ شَيۡءٍ خَلَقَهُۥ
Of what substance God created him
Surah Abasa, Verse 18
مِن نُّطۡفَةٍ خَلَقَهُۥ فَقَدَّرَهُۥ
From a single sperm He created, then proportioned him
Surah Abasa, Verse 19
ثُمَّ ٱلسَّبِيلَ يَسَّرَهُۥ
Then made his passage easy (at birth)
Surah Abasa, Verse 20
ثُمَّ أَمَاتَهُۥ فَأَقۡبَرَهُۥ
He will then send him to death and have him laid in the grave
Surah Abasa, Verse 21
ثُمَّ إِذَا شَآءَ أَنشَرَهُۥ
Then He will raise him up again when He please
Surah Abasa, Verse 22
كَلَّا لَمَّا يَقۡضِ مَآ أَمَرَهُۥ
But no. He has not fulfilled what was enjoined on him
Surah Abasa, Verse 23
فَلۡيَنظُرِ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ إِلَىٰ طَعَامِهِۦٓ
Let man therefore consider (the sources of) his food
Surah Abasa, Verse 24
أَنَّا صَبَبۡنَا ٱلۡمَآءَ صَبّٗا
We poured down rain abundantly
Surah Abasa, Verse 25
ثُمَّ شَقَقۡنَا ٱلۡأَرۡضَ شَقّٗا
Then We cracked the earth open under pressure (of germination)
Surah Abasa, Verse 26
فَأَنۢبَتۡنَا فِيهَا حَبّٗا
And We made corn grow
Surah Abasa, Verse 27
وَعِنَبٗا وَقَضۡبٗا
And grapes and herbage
Surah Abasa, Verse 28
وَزَيۡتُونٗا وَنَخۡلٗا
Olives and dates
Surah Abasa, Verse 29
وَحَدَآئِقَ غُلۡبٗا
Orchards thick with trees
Surah Abasa, Verse 30
وَفَٰكِهَةٗ وَأَبّٗا
And fruits and fodder
Surah Abasa, Verse 31
مَّتَٰعٗا لَّكُمۡ وَلِأَنۡعَٰمِكُمۡ
A provision for you and your cattle
Surah Abasa, Verse 32
فَإِذَا جَآءَتِ ٱلصَّآخَّةُ
But when the great calamity comes
Surah Abasa, Verse 33
يَوۡمَ يَفِرُّ ٱلۡمَرۡءُ مِنۡ أَخِيهِ
Man will fly from his brother
Surah Abasa, Verse 34
وَأُمِّهِۦ وَأَبِيهِ
Mother and father
Surah Abasa, Verse 35
وَصَٰحِبَتِهِۦ وَبَنِيهِ
As well as his wife and children
Surah Abasa, Verse 36
لِكُلِّ ٱمۡرِيٕٖ مِّنۡهُمۡ يَوۡمَئِذٖ شَأۡنٞ يُغۡنِيهِ
Each man will have enough cares that day
Surah Abasa, Verse 37
وُجُوهٞ يَوۡمَئِذٖ مُّسۡفِرَةٞ
Many faces will that day be bright
Surah Abasa, Verse 38
ضَاحِكَةٞ مُّسۡتَبۡشِرَةٞ
Laughing and full of joy
Surah Abasa, Verse 39
وَوُجُوهٞ يَوۡمَئِذٍ عَلَيۡهَا غَبَرَةٞ
And many will be dust-begrimed
Surah Abasa, Verse 40
تَرۡهَقُهَا قَتَرَةٌ
Covered with the blackness (of shame)
Surah Abasa, Verse 41
أُوْلَـٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلۡكَفَرَةُ ٱلۡفَجَرَةُ
They will be the unbelievers, transgressors
Surah Abasa, Verse 42