Surah Abasa - English Translation by Mohammad Habib Shakir
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 purify himself
Surah Abasa, Verse 3
أَوۡ يَذَّكَّرُ فَتَنفَعَهُ ٱلذِّكۡرَىٰٓ
Or become reminded so that the reminder should profit him
Surah Abasa, Verse 4
أَمَّا مَنِ ٱسۡتَغۡنَىٰ
As for him who considers himself free from need (of you)
Surah Abasa, Verse 5
فَأَنتَ لَهُۥ تَصَدَّىٰ
To him do you address yourself
Surah Abasa, Verse 6
وَمَا عَلَيۡكَ أَلَّا يَزَّكَّىٰ
And no blame is on you if he would not purify himself
Surah Abasa, Verse 7
وَأَمَّا مَن جَآءَكَ يَسۡعَىٰ
And as to him who comes to you striving hard
Surah Abasa, Verse 8
وَهُوَ يَخۡشَىٰ
And he fears
Surah Abasa, Verse 9
فَأَنتَ عَنۡهُ تَلَهَّىٰ
From him will you divert yourself
Surah Abasa, Verse 10
كَلَّآ إِنَّهَا تَذۡكِرَةٞ
Nay! surely it is an admonishment
Surah Abasa, Verse 11
فَمَن شَآءَ ذَكَرَهُۥ
So let him who pleases mind it
Surah Abasa, Verse 12
فِي صُحُفٖ مُّكَرَّمَةٖ
In honored books
Surah Abasa, Verse 13
مَّرۡفُوعَةٖ مُّطَهَّرَةِۭ
Exalted, purified
Surah Abasa, Verse 14
بِأَيۡدِي سَفَرَةٖ
In the hands of scribes
Surah Abasa, Verse 15
كِرَامِۭ بَرَرَةٖ
Noble, virtuous
Surah Abasa, Verse 16
قُتِلَ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ مَآ أَكۡفَرَهُۥ
Cursed be man! how ungrateful is he
Surah Abasa, Verse 17
مِنۡ أَيِّ شَيۡءٍ خَلَقَهُۥ
Of what thing did He create him
Surah Abasa, Verse 18
مِن نُّطۡفَةٍ خَلَقَهُۥ فَقَدَّرَهُۥ
Of a small seed; He created him, then He made him according to a measure
Surah Abasa, Verse 19
ثُمَّ ٱلسَّبِيلَ يَسَّرَهُۥ
Then (as for) the way-- He has made it easy (for him)
Surah Abasa, Verse 20
ثُمَّ أَمَاتَهُۥ فَأَقۡبَرَهُۥ
Then He causes him to die, then assigns to him a grave
Surah Abasa, Verse 21
ثُمَّ إِذَا شَآءَ أَنشَرَهُۥ
Then when He pleases, He will raise him to life again
Surah Abasa, Verse 22
كَلَّا لَمَّا يَقۡضِ مَآ أَمَرَهُۥ
Nay; but he has not done what He bade him
Surah Abasa, Verse 23
فَلۡيَنظُرِ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ إِلَىٰ طَعَامِهِۦٓ
Then let man look to his food
Surah Abasa, Verse 24
أَنَّا صَبَبۡنَا ٱلۡمَآءَ صَبّٗا
That We pour down the water, pouring (it) down in abundance
Surah Abasa, Verse 25
ثُمَّ شَقَقۡنَا ٱلۡأَرۡضَ شَقّٗا
Then We cleave the earth, cleaving (it) asunder
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 thick 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 cry 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 son
Surah Abasa, Verse 36
لِكُلِّ ٱمۡرِيٕٖ مِّنۡهُمۡ يَوۡمَئِذٖ شَأۡنٞ يُغۡنِيهِ
Every man of them shall on that day have an affair which will occupy him
Surah Abasa, Verse 37
وُجُوهٞ يَوۡمَئِذٖ مُّسۡفِرَةٞ
(Many) faces on that day shall be bright
Surah Abasa, Verse 38
ضَاحِكَةٞ مُّسۡتَبۡشِرَةٞ
Laughing, joyous
Surah Abasa, Verse 39
وَوُجُوهٞ يَوۡمَئِذٍ عَلَيۡهَا غَبَرَةٞ
And (many) faces on that day, on them shall be dust
Surah Abasa, Verse 40
تَرۡهَقُهَا قَتَرَةٌ
Darkness shall cover them
Surah Abasa, Verse 41
أُوْلَـٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلۡكَفَرَةُ ٱلۡفَجَرَةُ
These are they who are unbelievers, the wicked
Surah Abasa, Verse 42