Surah Abasa - English Translation by Literal
عَبَسَ وَتَوَلَّىٰٓ
He frowned/knit or contracted his brows and he turned away
Surah Abasa, Verse 1
أَن جَآءَهُ ٱلۡأَعۡمَىٰ
That (E) the blind (man) came to him
Surah Abasa, Verse 2
وَمَا يُدۡرِيكَ لَعَلَّهُۥ يَزَّكَّىٰٓ
And what makes you know/informs you maybe/perhaps he, he purifies/corrects (himself)
Surah Abasa, Verse 3
أَوۡ يَذَّكَّرُ فَتَنفَعَهُ ٱلذِّكۡرَىٰٓ
Or He mentions/remembers , so the remembrance/reminder benefits him
Surah Abasa, Verse 4
أَمَّا مَنِ ٱسۡتَغۡنَىٰ
But/as for who availed/sufficed (rejected)
Surah Abasa, Verse 5
فَأَنتَ لَهُۥ تَصَدَّىٰ
So you are for him paying attention/being concerned with
Surah Abasa, Verse 6
وَمَا عَلَيۡكَ أَلَّا يَزَّكَّىٰ
And it (is) not on you that he not purifies/corrects (himself)
Surah Abasa, Verse 7
وَأَمَّا مَن جَآءَكَ يَسۡعَىٰ
And but/as for who came to you striving/hastening
Surah Abasa, Verse 8
وَهُوَ يَخۡشَىٰ
And he fears
Surah Abasa, Verse 9
فَأَنتَ عَنۡهُ تَلَهَّىٰ
So you are from him distracted/preoccupied
Surah Abasa, Verse 10
كَلَّآ إِنَّهَا تَذۡكِرَةٞ
No, but that it truly is a reminder
Surah Abasa, Verse 11
فَمَن شَآءَ ذَكَرَهُۥ
So who wanted/willed remembered/mentioned Him
Surah Abasa, Verse 12
فِي صُحُفٖ مُّكَرَّمَةٖ
In honoured written pages/sheets (scriptures)
Surah Abasa, Verse 13
مَّرۡفُوعَةٖ مُّطَهَّرَةِۭ
Raised, purified
Surah Abasa, Verse 14
بِأَيۡدِي سَفَرَةٖ
By messengers`/scribes`/writers` hands
Surah Abasa, Verse 15
كِرَامِۭ بَرَرَةٖ
Honoured/generous , righteous/obedient
Surah Abasa, Verse 16
قُتِلَ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ مَآ أَكۡفَرَهُۥ
Killed (`woe`) the human/mankind what made him more disbelieving (an expression)
Surah Abasa, Verse 17
مِنۡ أَيِّ شَيۡءٍ خَلَقَهُۥ
From what thing He created him
Surah Abasa, Verse 18
مِن نُّطۡفَةٍ خَلَقَهُۥ فَقَدَّرَهُۥ
From a drop/male`s or female`s secretion He created him, so He predestined/evaluated/estimated him
Surah Abasa, Verse 19
ثُمَّ ٱلسَّبِيلَ يَسَّرَهُۥ
Then (to) the road/path He eased him
Surah Abasa, Verse 20
ثُمَّ أَمَاتَهُۥ فَأَقۡبَرَهُۥ
Then He made him die, so He caused him to be buried in a grave
Surah Abasa, Verse 21
ثُمَّ إِذَا شَآءَ أَنشَرَهُۥ
Then when/if He willed/wanted/intended He revived/resurrected him
Surah Abasa, Verse 22
كَلَّا لَمَّا يَقۡضِ مَآ أَمَرَهُۥ
No/but he did not (E) accomplish/execute what He ordered/commanded him
Surah Abasa, Verse 23
فَلۡيَنظُرِ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ إِلَىٰ طَعَامِهِۦٓ
So the human/mankind should look/watch to his food
Surah Abasa, Verse 24
أَنَّا صَبَبۡنَا ٱلۡمَآءَ صَبّٗا
We (E), We poured/flowed the water pouring/flowing
Surah Abasa, Verse 25
ثُمَّ شَقَقۡنَا ٱلۡأَرۡضَ شَقّٗا
Then We split/cracked the earth/Planet Earth splitting/cracking
Surah Abasa, Verse 26
فَأَنۢبَتۡنَا فِيهَا حَبّٗا
So We sprouted/grew in it seeds/grains
Surah Abasa, Verse 27
وَعِنَبٗا وَقَضۡبٗا
(And grapes and all trees and vegetation when it regrows for animal consumption i.e.) clover
Surah Abasa, Verse 28
وَزَيۡتُونٗا وَنَخۡلٗا
And olives and palm trees
Surah Abasa, Verse 29
وَحَدَآئِقَ غُلۡبٗا
And dense/luxurious fenced gardens
Surah Abasa, Verse 30
وَفَٰكِهَةٗ وَأَبّٗا
And fruits and grass/hay/herbs
Surah Abasa, Verse 31
مَّتَٰعٗا لَّكُمۡ وَلِأَنۡعَٰمِكُمۡ
Enjoyment for you and for your camels/livestock
Surah Abasa, Verse 32
فَإِذَا جَآءَتِ ٱلصَّآخَّةُ
So when the Deafening Noise/Resurrection Day came
Surah Abasa, Verse 33
يَوۡمَ يَفِرُّ ٱلۡمَرۡءُ مِنۡ أَخِيهِ
A day/time the human/man escapes/flees from his brother
Surah Abasa, Verse 34
وَأُمِّهِۦ وَأَبِيهِ
And his mother, and his father
Surah Abasa, Verse 35
وَصَٰحِبَتِهِۦ وَبَنِيهِ
And his wife/companion/friend, and his sons and daughters
Surah Abasa, Verse 36
لِكُلِّ ٱمۡرِيٕٖ مِّنۡهُمۡ يَوۡمَئِذٖ شَأۡنٞ يُغۡنِيهِ
To every/each human/man from them (on) that day (is) a matter/affair (that) suffices him (worries and keeps him busy)
Surah Abasa, Verse 37
وُجُوهٞ يَوۡمَئِذٖ مُّسۡفِرَةٞ
Faces/fronts (on) that day, lit and shining
Surah Abasa, Verse 38
ضَاحِكَةٞ مُّسۡتَبۡشِرَةٞ
Laughing, cheerful/rejoiced
Surah Abasa, Verse 39
وَوُجُوهٞ يَوۡمَئِذٍ عَلَيۡهَا غَبَرَةٞ
And faces/fronts (on) that day, on it (is) dust
Surah Abasa, Verse 40
تَرۡهَقُهَا قَتَرَةٌ
Smoke/dust burdens/depresses/oppresses it
Surah Abasa, Verse 41
أُوْلَـٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلۡكَفَرَةُ ٱلۡفَجَرَةُ
Those, they are the disbelievers, the debauchers/corrupters
Surah Abasa, Verse 42