Surah Abasa - English Translation by Aisha Bewley
عَبَسَ وَتَوَلَّىٰٓ
He frowned and turned away
Surah Abasa, Verse 1
أَن جَآءَهُ ٱلۡأَعۡمَىٰ
because the blind man came to him
Surah Abasa, Verse 2
وَمَا يُدۡرِيكَ لَعَلَّهُۥ يَزَّكَّىٰٓ
But how do you know? Perhaps he would be purified
Surah Abasa, Verse 3
أَوۡ يَذَّكَّرُ فَتَنفَعَهُ ٱلذِّكۡرَىٰٓ
or reminded, and the reminder benefit him
Surah Abasa, Verse 4
أَمَّا مَنِ ٱسۡتَغۡنَىٰ
As for him who thinks himself self-sufficient
Surah Abasa, Verse 5
فَأَنتَ لَهُۥ تَصَدَّىٰ
you give him your complete attention
Surah Abasa, Verse 6
وَمَا عَلَيۡكَ أَلَّا يَزَّكَّىٰ
but it is not up to you whether or not he is purified
Surah Abasa, Verse 7
وَأَمَّا مَن جَآءَكَ يَسۡعَىٰ
But as for him who comes to you eagerly
Surah Abasa, Verse 8
وَهُوَ يَخۡشَىٰ
showing fearfulness
Surah Abasa, Verse 9
فَأَنتَ عَنۡهُ تَلَهَّىٰ
from him you are distracted
Surah Abasa, Verse 10
كَلَّآ إِنَّهَا تَذۡكِرَةٞ
No indeed! Truly it is a reminder
Surah Abasa, Verse 11
فَمَن شَآءَ ذَكَرَهُۥ
and whoever wills pays heed to it
Surah Abasa, Verse 12
فِي صُحُفٖ مُّكَرَّمَةٖ
Inscribed on Honoured Pages
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
noble, virtuous
Surah Abasa, Verse 16
قُتِلَ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ مَآ أَكۡفَرَهُۥ
Curse man for his ingratitude
Surah Abasa, Verse 17
مِنۡ أَيِّ شَيۡءٍ خَلَقَهُۥ
From what thing did He create him
Surah Abasa, Verse 18
مِن نُّطۡفَةٍ خَلَقَهُۥ فَقَدَّرَهُۥ
From a drop of sperm He created him and proportioned him
Surah Abasa, Verse 19
ثُمَّ ٱلسَّبِيلَ يَسَّرَهُۥ
Then He eases the way for him
Surah Abasa, Verse 20
ثُمَّ أَمَاتَهُۥ فَأَقۡبَرَهُۥ
Then He causes him to die and buries him
Surah Abasa, Verse 21
ثُمَّ إِذَا شَآءَ أَنشَرَهُۥ
Then, when He wills, He raises him from the dead
Surah Abasa, Verse 22
كَلَّا لَمَّا يَقۡضِ مَآ أَمَرَهُۥ
No indeed! He has not done what He ordered him
Surah Abasa, Verse 23
فَلۡيَنظُرِ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ إِلَىٰ طَعَامِهِۦٓ
Man has only to look at his food
Surah Abasa, Verse 24
أَنَّا صَبَبۡنَا ٱلۡمَآءَ صَبّٗا
We pour down plentiful water
Surah Abasa, Verse 25
ثُمَّ شَقَقۡنَا ٱلۡأَرۡضَ شَقّٗا
then split the earth into furrows
Surah Abasa, Verse 26
فَأَنۢبَتۡنَا فِيهَا حَبّٗا
Then We make grain grow in it
Surah Abasa, Verse 27
وَعِنَبٗا وَقَضۡبٗا
and grapes and herbs
Surah Abasa, Verse 28
وَزَيۡتُونٗا وَنَخۡلٗا
and olives and dates
Surah Abasa, Verse 29
وَحَدَآئِقَ غُلۡبٗا
and luxuriant gardens
Surah Abasa, Verse 30
وَفَٰكِهَةٗ وَأَبّٗا
and orchards and meadows
Surah Abasa, Verse 31
مَّتَٰعٗا لَّكُمۡ وَلِأَنۡعَٰمِكُمۡ
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 a man will 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 children
Surah Abasa, Verse 36
لِكُلِّ ٱمۡرِيٕٖ مِّنۡهُمۡ يَوۡمَئِذٖ شَأۡنٞ يُغۡنِيهِ
on that Day every man among them will have concerns enough of his own
Surah Abasa, Verse 37
وُجُوهٞ يَوۡمَئِذٖ مُّسۡفِرَةٞ
That Day some faces will be radiant
Surah Abasa, Verse 38
ضَاحِكَةٞ مُّسۡتَبۡشِرَةٞ
laughing, rejoicing
Surah Abasa, Verse 39
وَوُجُوهٞ يَوۡمَئِذٍ عَلَيۡهَا غَبَرَةٞ
That Day some faces will be dust-covered
Surah Abasa, Verse 40
تَرۡهَقُهَا قَتَرَةٌ
overcast with gloom
Surah Abasa, Verse 41
أُوْلَـٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلۡكَفَرَةُ ٱلۡفَجَرَةُ
Those are the dissolute kafirun
Surah Abasa, Verse 42