Surah Abasa - English Translation by Dr Munir Munshey
عَبَسَ وَتَوَلَّىٰٓ
He frowned and turned his face away
Surah Abasa, Verse 1
أَن جَآءَهُ ٱلۡأَعۡمَىٰ
Because a blind man came to him (and interrupted him)
Surah Abasa, Verse 2
وَمَا يُدۡرِيكَ لَعَلَّهُۥ يَزَّكَّىٰٓ
You don´t really know! Perhaps he would (shed his disbelief, and) grow in faith
Surah Abasa, Verse 3
أَوۡ يَذَّكَّرُ فَتَنفَعَهُ ٱلذِّكۡرَىٰٓ
He might heed (the warning); perhaps the reminder would benefit him
Surah Abasa, Verse 4
أَمَّا مَنِ ٱسۡتَغۡنَىٰ
(Instead), the one who displays indifference
Surah Abasa, Verse 5
فَأَنتَ لَهُۥ تَصَدَّىٰ
You attend to
Surah Abasa, Verse 6
وَمَا عَلَيۡكَ أَلَّا يَزَّكَّىٰ
It is not your failing if he fails to cleanse (himself of disbelief)
Surah Abasa, Verse 7
وَأَمَّا مَن جَآءَكَ يَسۡعَىٰ
But, from the one who seeks you eagerly
Surah Abasa, Verse 8
وَهُوَ يَخۡشَىٰ
And fears (Allah)
Surah Abasa, Verse 9
فَأَنتَ عَنۡهُ تَلَهَّىٰ
You divert your attention away
Surah Abasa, Verse 10
كَلَّآ إِنَّهَا تَذۡكِرَةٞ
No, in fact this _ (the Qur´an) _ is a reminder
Surah Abasa, Verse 11
فَمَن شَآءَ ذَكَرَهُۥ
Anyone who cares, may heed
Surah Abasa, Verse 12
فِي صُحُفٖ مُّكَرَّمَةٖ
(It is inscribed) in the honored record
Surah Abasa, Verse 13
مَّرۡفُوعَةٖ مُّطَهَّرَةِۭ
Sublime and held in high esteem
Surah Abasa, Verse 14
بِأَيۡدِي سَفَرَةٖ
Set down by scribes
Surah Abasa, Verse 15
كِرَامِۭ بَرَرَةٖ
Noble and virtuous
Surah Abasa, Verse 16
قُتِلَ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ مَآ أَكۡفَرَهُۥ
Man be damned! How ungrateful is he
Surah Abasa, Verse 17
مِنۡ أَيِّ شَيۡءٍ خَلَقَهُۥ
What was it, from which He created man
Surah Abasa, Verse 18
مِن نُّطۡفَةٍ خَلَقَهُۥ فَقَدَّرَهُۥ
From semen! He created man, then assigned his nature
Surah Abasa, Verse 19
ثُمَّ ٱلسَّبِيلَ يَسَّرَهُۥ
Then, He made the path (of righteousness) easy for him
Surah Abasa, Verse 20
ثُمَّ أَمَاتَهُۥ فَأَقۡبَرَهُۥ
Then He gave him death, and sent him to his grave
Surah Abasa, Verse 21
ثُمَّ إِذَا شَآءَ أَنشَرَهُۥ
And then He will, whenever He wills, bring him back to life
Surah Abasa, Verse 22
كَلَّا لَمَّا يَقۡضِ مَآ أَمَرَهُۥ
No! Man did not do what Allah commanded him to do
Surah Abasa, Verse 23
فَلۡيَنظُرِ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ إِلَىٰ طَعَامِهِۦٓ
Let man look at (the source of) his food
Surah Abasa, Verse 24
أَنَّا صَبَبۡنَا ٱلۡمَآءَ صَبّٗا
(To produce his food), We pour down plenty of water
Surah Abasa, Verse 25
ثُمَّ شَقَقۡنَا ٱلۡأَرۡضَ شَقّٗا
(Then) We split the ground and lay it open
Surah Abasa, Verse 26
فَأَنۢبَتۡنَا فِيهَا حَبّٗا
And out of it, We cause the grain to sprout
Surah Abasa, Verse 27
وَعِنَبٗا وَقَضۡبٗا
And the grapes and vegetables
Surah Abasa, Verse 28
وَزَيۡتُونٗا وَنَخۡلٗا
The olives and dates
Surah Abasa, Verse 29
وَحَدَآئِقَ غُلۡبٗا
Woodland with dense foliage
Surah Abasa, Verse 30
وَفَٰكِهَةٗ وَأَبّٗا
And the fruits and fodder
Surah Abasa, Verse 31
مَّتَٰعٗا لَّكُمۡ وَلِأَنۡعَٰمِكُمۡ
Such is your, and your livestock´s sustenance
Surah Abasa, Verse 32
فَإِذَا جَآءَتِ ٱلصَّآخَّةُ
When the deafening blare (of the trumpet) sounds
Surah Abasa, Verse 33
يَوۡمَ يَفِرُّ ٱلۡمَرۡءُ مِنۡ أَخِيهِ
Man will run away from his brother that day
Surah Abasa, Verse 34
وَأُمِّهِۦ وَأَبِيهِ
And his mother and father
Surah Abasa, Verse 35
وَصَٰحِبَتِهِۦ وَبَنِيهِ
And his wife and son
Surah Abasa, Verse 36
لِكُلِّ ٱمۡرِيٕٖ مِّنۡهُمۡ يَوۡمَئِذٖ شَأۡنٞ يُغۡنِيهِ
Everyone that day would have far too many concerns (of his own), to care about others
Surah Abasa, Verse 37
وُجُوهٞ يَوۡمَئِذٖ مُّسۡفِرَةٞ
Some faces that day, would glow
Surah Abasa, Verse 38
ضَاحِكَةٞ مُّسۡتَبۡشِرَةٞ
(With) happiness and joyful ecstasy
Surah Abasa, Verse 39
وَوُجُوهٞ يَوۡمَئِذٍ عَلَيۡهَا غَبَرَةٞ
While some faces that day would be covered with (grim and grimy) shades
Surah Abasa, Verse 40
تَرۡهَقُهَا قَتَرَةٌ
And overwhelmed by darkness
Surah Abasa, Verse 41
أُوْلَـٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلۡكَفَرَةُ ٱلۡفَجَرَةُ
Such would be the unbelievers, the obstinate (sinners)
Surah Abasa, Verse 42