Surah Abasa - English Translation by Mohammad Shafi
عَبَسَ وَتَوَلَّىٰٓ
He frowned and turned away
Surah Abasa, Verse 1
أَن جَآءَهُ ٱلۡأَعۡمَىٰ
That the blind man came to him
Surah Abasa, Verse 2
وَمَا يُدۡرِيكَ لَعَلَّهُۥ يَزَّكَّىٰٓ
And what do you know? He might reform [to become a righteous man]
Surah Abasa, Verse 3
أَوۡ يَذَّكَّرُ فَتَنفَعَهُ ٱلذِّكۡرَىٰٓ
Or, he might deliberate and the deliberation might benefit him
Surah Abasa, Verse 4
أَمَّا مَنِ ٱسۡتَغۡنَىٰ
Now he who is well-to-do
Surah Abasa, Verse 5
فَأَنتَ لَهُۥ تَصَدَّىٰ
To him you pay attention
Surah Abasa, Verse 6
وَمَا عَلَيۡكَ أَلَّا يَزَّكَّىٰ
And [even when] it is not your responsibility if he would not reform
Surah Abasa, Verse 7
وَأَمَّا مَن جَآءَكَ يَسۡعَىٰ
And he who comes to you in earnest
Surah Abasa, Verse 8
وَهُوَ يَخۡشَىٰ
And fears (Allah)
Surah Abasa, Verse 9
فَأَنتَ عَنۡهُ تَلَهَّىٰ
By him then are you distracted
Surah Abasa, Verse 10
كَلَّآ إِنَّهَا تَذۡكِرَةٞ
No! [Your resentment at the blind man's intrusion is not right.] This [Qur'aan] is only an open source of divine Admonition to recite
Surah Abasa, Verse 11
فَمَن شَآءَ ذَكَرَهُۥ
So whoso wills may recite it and take heed from
Surah Abasa, Verse 12
فِي صُحُفٖ مُّكَرَّمَةٖ
In records honourable
Surah Abasa, Verse 13
مَّرۡفُوعَةٖ مُّطَهَّرَةِۭ
Exalted and purified
Surah Abasa, Verse 14
بِأَيۡدِي سَفَرَةٖ
By hands of 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
Out of what thing did He create him
Surah Abasa, Verse 18
مِن نُّطۡفَةٍ خَلَقَهُۥ فَقَدَّرَهُۥ
HE created him out of fertilized ovum and then moulded him in due proportion
Surah Abasa, Verse 19
ثُمَّ ٱلسَّبِيلَ يَسَّرَهُۥ
And then made the path of life convenient for him
Surah Abasa, Verse 20
ثُمَّ أَمَاتَهُۥ فَأَقۡبَرَهُۥ
And then He caused him to die and consigned him to dust
Surah Abasa, Verse 21
ثُمَّ إِذَا شَآءَ أَنشَرَهُۥ
And then, whenever He wishes, He will raise him back to life
Surah Abasa, Verse 22
كَلَّا لَمَّا يَقۡضِ مَآ أَمَرَهُۥ
No! Man did certainly not carry out what Allah had asked him to do
Surah Abasa, Verse 23
فَلۡيَنظُرِ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ إِلَىٰ طَعَامِهِۦٓ
Let man just look at his food
Surah Abasa, Verse 24
أَنَّا صَبَبۡنَا ٱلۡمَآءَ صَبّٗا
[To enable man to get his food] We poured water [rain] in showers
Surah Abasa, Verse 25
ثُمَّ شَقَقۡنَا ٱلۡأَرۡضَ شَقّٗا
And We pierced the soil, so that it got soaked [with rain water]
Surah Abasa, Verse 26
فَأَنۢبَتۡنَا فِيهَا حَبّٗا
Then We caused grain to grow therein
Surah Abasa, Verse 27
وَعِنَبٗا وَقَضۡبٗا
And grapevines and vegetables
Surah Abasa, Verse 28
وَزَيۡتُونٗا وَنَخۡلٗا
And olive-trees and palm-trees
Surah Abasa, Verse 29
وَحَدَآئِقَ غُلۡبٗا
And luxuriant orchards
Surah Abasa, Verse 30
وَفَٰكِهَةٗ وَأَبّٗا
And fruits and fodder
Surah Abasa, Verse 31
مَّتَٰعٗا لَّكُمۡ وَلِأَنۡعَٰمِكُمۡ
As provision for you and your cattle
Surah Abasa, Verse 32
فَإِذَا جَآءَتِ ٱلصَّآخَّةُ
Then as the deafening blast occurs
Surah Abasa, Verse 33
يَوۡمَ يَفِرُّ ٱلۡمَرۡءُ مِنۡ أَخِيهِ
On the Day when every man would flee 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
On that Day everyone among them will be preoccupied with his own individual concerns
Surah Abasa, Verse 37
وُجُوهٞ يَوۡمَئِذٖ مُّسۡفِرَةٞ
Faces that Day would be beaming
Surah Abasa, Verse 38
ضَاحِكَةٞ مُّسۡتَبۡشِرَةٞ
Cheerful and joyous
Surah Abasa, Verse 39
وَوُجُوهٞ يَوۡمَئِذٍ عَلَيۡهَا غَبَرَةٞ
Faces that Day would be gloomy
Surah Abasa, Verse 40
تَرۡهَقُهَا قَتَرَةٌ
Darkness covering them
Surah Abasa, Verse 41
أُوْلَـٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلۡكَفَرَةُ ٱلۡفَجَرَةُ
Those would be the ones suppressing the Truth, the ones wicked
Surah Abasa, Verse 42