Surah Abasa - English Translation by John Medows Rodwell
عَبَسَ وَتَوَلَّىٰٓ
HE FROWNED, and he turned his back
Surah Abasa, Verse 1
أَن جَآءَهُ ٱلۡأَعۡمَىٰ
Because the blind man came to him
Surah Abasa, Verse 2
وَمَا يُدۡرِيكَ لَعَلَّهُۥ يَزَّكَّىٰٓ
But what assured thee that he would not be cleansed by the Faith
Surah Abasa, Verse 3
أَوۡ يَذَّكَّرُ فَتَنفَعَهُ ٱلذِّكۡرَىٰٓ
Or be warned, and the warning profit him
Surah Abasa, Verse 4
أَمَّا مَنِ ٱسۡتَغۡنَىٰ
As to him who is wealthy
Surah Abasa, Verse 5
فَأَنتَ لَهُۥ تَصَدَّىٰ
To him thou wast all attention
Surah Abasa, Verse 6
وَمَا عَلَيۡكَ أَلَّا يَزَّكَّىٰ
Yet is it not thy concern if he be not cleansed
Surah Abasa, Verse 7
وَأَمَّا مَن جَآءَكَ يَسۡعَىٰ
But as to him who cometh to thee in earnest
Surah Abasa, Verse 8
وَهُوَ يَخۡشَىٰ
And full of fears
Surah Abasa, Verse 9
فَأَنتَ عَنۡهُ تَلَهَّىٰ
Him dost thou neglect
Surah Abasa, Verse 10
كَلَّآ إِنَّهَا تَذۡكِرَةٞ
Nay! but it (the Koran) is a warning
Surah Abasa, Verse 11
فَمَن شَآءَ ذَكَرَهُۥ
And whoso is willing beareth it in mind
Surah Abasa, Verse 12
فِي صُحُفٖ مُّكَرَّمَةٖ
Written on honoured pages
Surah Abasa, Verse 13
مَّرۡفُوعَةٖ مُّطَهَّرَةِۭ
Exalted, purified
Surah Abasa, Verse 14
بِأَيۡدِي سَفَرَةٖ
By the hands of Scribes, honoured, righteous
Surah Abasa, Verse 15
كِرَامِۭ بَرَرَةٖ
Cursed be man! What hath made him unbelieving
Surah Abasa, Verse 16
قُتِلَ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ مَآ أَكۡفَرَهُۥ
Of what thing did God create him
Surah Abasa, Verse 17
مِنۡ أَيِّ شَيۡءٍ خَلَقَهُۥ
Out of moist germs
Surah Abasa, Verse 18
مِن نُّطۡفَةٍ خَلَقَهُۥ فَقَدَّرَهُۥ
He created him and fashioned him
Surah Abasa, Verse 19
ثُمَّ ٱلسَّبِيلَ يَسَّرَهُۥ
Then made him an easy passage from the womb
Surah Abasa, Verse 20
ثُمَّ أَمَاتَهُۥ فَأَقۡبَرَهُۥ
Then causeth him to die and burieth him
Surah Abasa, Verse 21
ثُمَّ إِذَا شَآءَ أَنشَرَهُۥ
Then, when he pleaseth, will raise him again to life
Surah Abasa, Verse 22
كَلَّا لَمَّا يَقۡضِ مَآ أَمَرَهُۥ
Aye! but man hath not yet fulfilled the bidding of his Lord
Surah Abasa, Verse 23
فَلۡيَنظُرِ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ إِلَىٰ طَعَامِهِۦٓ
Let man look at his food
Surah Abasa, Verse 24
أَنَّا صَبَبۡنَا ٱلۡمَآءَ صَبّٗا
It was We who rained down the copious rains
Surah Abasa, Verse 25
ثُمَّ شَقَقۡنَا ٱلۡأَرۡضَ شَقّٗا
Then cleft the earth with clefts
Surah Abasa, Verse 26
فَأَنۢبَتۡنَا فِيهَا حَبّٗا
And caused the upgrowth of the grain
Surah Abasa, Verse 27
وَعِنَبٗا وَقَضۡبٗا
And grapes and healing herbs
Surah Abasa, Verse 28
وَزَيۡتُونٗا وَنَخۡلٗا
And the olive and the palm
Surah Abasa, Verse 29
وَحَدَآئِقَ غُلۡبٗا
And enclosed gardens thick with trees
Surah Abasa, Verse 30
وَفَٰكِهَةٗ وَأَبّٗا
And fruits and herbage
Surah Abasa, Verse 31
مَّتَٰعٗا لَّكُمۡ وَلِأَنۡعَٰمِكُمۡ
For the service of yourselves and of your cattle
Surah Abasa, Verse 32
فَإِذَا جَآءَتِ ٱلصَّآخَّةُ
But when the stunning trumpet-blast shall arrive
Surah Abasa, Verse 33
يَوۡمَ يَفِرُّ ٱلۡمَرۡءُ مِنۡ أَخِيهِ
On that day shall a man fly 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
For every man of them on that day his own concerns shall be enough
Surah Abasa, Verse 37
وُجُوهٞ يَوۡمَئِذٖ مُّسۡفِرَةٞ
There shall be faces on that day radiant
Surah Abasa, Verse 38
ضَاحِكَةٞ مُّسۡتَبۡشِرَةٞ
Laughing and joyous
Surah Abasa, Verse 39
وَوُجُوهٞ يَوۡمَئِذٍ عَلَيۡهَا غَبَرَةٞ
And faces on that day with dust upon them
Surah Abasa, Verse 40
تَرۡهَقُهَا قَتَرَةٌ
Blackness shall cover them
Surah Abasa, Verse 41
أُوْلَـٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلۡكَفَرَةُ ٱلۡفَجَرَةُ
These are the Infidels, the Impure
Surah Abasa, Verse 42