Surah Abasa - English Translation by Hamid S Aziz
عَبَسَ وَتَوَلَّىٰٓ
He frowned and turned his back
Surah Abasa, Verse 1
أَن جَآءَهُ ٱلۡأَعۡمَىٰ
Because there came to him the blind man
Surah Abasa, Verse 2
وَمَا يُدۡرِيكَ لَعَلَّهُۥ يَزَّكَّىٰٓ
And what would make you know that he would grow (spiritually)
Surah Abasa, Verse 3
أَوۡ يَذَّكَّرُ فَتَنفَعَهُ ٱلذِّكۡرَىٰٓ
Or that he might become heedful so that the reminder should profit him
Surah Abasa, Verse 4
أَمَّا مَنِ ٱسۡتَغۡنَىٰ
As for him who considers himself independent (or self-sufficient)
Surah Abasa, Verse 5
فَأَنتَ لَهُۥ تَصَدَّىٰ
To him do you attend
Surah Abasa, Verse 6
وَمَا عَلَيۡكَ أَلَّا يَزَّكَّىٰ
Yet no blame is on you if he grow not (spiritually)
Surah Abasa, Verse 7
وَأَمَّا مَن جَآءَكَ يَسۡعَىٰ
And as to him who comes to you striving earnestly
Surah Abasa, Verse 8
وَهُوَ يَخۡشَىٰ
And with the fear of Allah in his heart
Surah Abasa, Verse 9
فَأَنتَ عَنۡهُ تَلَهَّىٰ
From him were you unmindful (or distracted)
Surah Abasa, Verse 10
كَلَّآ إِنَّهَا تَذۡكِرَةٞ
Nay! Verily, it is an admonishment (or a message of instructions)
Surah Abasa, Verse 11
فَمَن شَآءَ ذَكَرَهُۥ
So let whoever will pay heed to it
Surah Abasa, Verse 12
فِي صُحُفٖ مُّكَرَّمَةٖ
It is in honoured books
Surah Abasa, Verse 13
مَّرۡفُوعَةٖ مُّطَهَّرَةِۭ
Exalted, purified
Surah Abasa, Verse 14
بِأَيۡدِي سَفَرَةٖ
Set down by scribes
Surah Abasa, Verse 15
كِرَامِۭ بَرَرَةٖ
Noble and righteous
Surah Abasa, Verse 16
قُتِلَ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ مَآ أَكۡفَرَهُۥ
Cursed (self-destroyed) is man! How ungrateful (to Allah) is he
Surah Abasa, Verse 17
مِنۡ أَيِّ شَيۡءٍ خَلَقَهُۥ
Of what stuff did He create him
Surah Abasa, Verse 18
مِن نُّطۡفَةٍ خَلَقَهُۥ فَقَدَّرَهُۥ
Of a small seed; He created him, then gave him due proportions
Surah Abasa, Verse 19
ثُمَّ ٱلسَّبِيلَ يَسَّرَهُۥ
Then He made his way easy for him
Surah Abasa, Verse 20
ثُمَّ أَمَاتَهُۥ فَأَقۡبَرَهُۥ
Then He causes him to die and buries him in his grave
Surah Abasa, Verse 21
ثُمَّ إِذَا شَآءَ أَنشَرَهُۥ
Then when He wills, He will raise him to life again
Surah Abasa, Verse 22
كَلَّا لَمَّا يَقۡضِ مَآ أَمَرَهُۥ
Nay; but man has not done that which He bade him
Surah Abasa, Verse 23
فَلۡيَنظُرِ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ إِلَىٰ طَعَامِهِۦٓ
Then let man consider his food
Surah Abasa, Verse 24
أَنَّا صَبَبۡنَا ٱلۡمَآءَ صَبّٗا
That We pour down the water in abundance
Surah Abasa, Verse 25
ثُمَّ شَقَقۡنَا ٱلۡأَرۡضَ شَقّٗا
Then We cleave the earth
Surah Abasa, Verse 26
فَأَنۢبَتۡنَا فِيهَا حَبّٗا
Then We cause to grow therein the grain
Surah Abasa, Verse 27
وَعِنَبٗا وَقَضۡبٗا
And grapes and clover
Surah Abasa, Verse 28
وَزَيۡتُونٗا وَنَخۡلٗا
And the olive and the palm
Surah Abasa, Verse 29
وَحَدَآئِقَ غُلۡبٗا
And dense luxurious gardens
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
But when the Deafening Noise (cataclysm) comes
Surah Abasa, Verse 33
يَوۡمَ يَفِرُّ ٱلۡمَرۡءُ مِنۡ أَخِيهِ
The Day on which a man shall fly from his brother
Surah Abasa, Verse 34
وَأُمِّهِۦ وَأَبِيهِ
And his mother and his father
Surah Abasa, Verse 35
وَصَٰحِبَتِهِۦ وَبَنِيهِ
And his spouse and his children
Surah Abasa, Verse 36
لِكُلِّ ٱمۡرِيٕٖ مِّنۡهُمۡ يَوۡمَئِذٖ شَأۡنٞ يُغۡنِيهِ
Every man of them shall on that Day be occupied with concerns which will make him heedless of others
Surah Abasa, Verse 37
وُجُوهٞ يَوۡمَئِذٖ مُّسۡفِرَةٞ
Many faces on that Day shall be bright as dawn (or beaming with light)
Surah Abasa, Verse 38
ضَاحِكَةٞ مُّسۡتَبۡشِرَةٞ
Laughing, rejoicing
Surah Abasa, Verse 39
وَوُجُوهٞ يَوۡمَئِذٍ عَلَيۡهَا غَبَرَةٞ
And many faces on that Day, shall be covered with dust
Surah Abasa, Verse 40
تَرۡهَقُهَا قَتَرَةٌ
Veiled in darkness
Surah Abasa, Verse 41
أُوْلَـٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلۡكَفَرَةُ ٱلۡفَجَرَةُ
These are the disbelievers, the wicked
Surah Abasa, Verse 42