Surah Abasa - English Translation by Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall
عَبَسَ وَتَوَلَّىٰٓ
He frowned and turned away
Surah Abasa, Verse 1
أَن جَآءَهُ ٱلۡأَعۡمَىٰ
Because the blind man came unto him
Surah Abasa, Verse 2
وَمَا يُدۡرِيكَ لَعَلَّهُۥ يَزَّكَّىٰٓ
What could inform thee but that he might grow (in grace)
Surah Abasa, Verse 3
أَوۡ يَذَّكَّرُ فَتَنفَعَهُ ٱلذِّكۡرَىٰٓ
Or take heed and so the reminder might avail him
Surah Abasa, Verse 4
أَمَّا مَنِ ٱسۡتَغۡنَىٰ
As for him who thinketh himself independent
Surah Abasa, Verse 5
فَأَنتَ لَهُۥ تَصَدَّىٰ
Unto him thou payest regard
Surah Abasa, Verse 6
وَمَا عَلَيۡكَ أَلَّا يَزَّكَّىٰ
Yet it is not thy concern if he grow not (in grace)
Surah Abasa, Verse 7
وَأَمَّا مَن جَآءَكَ يَسۡعَىٰ
But as for him who cometh unto thee with earnest purpose
Surah Abasa, Verse 8
وَهُوَ يَخۡشَىٰ
And hath fear
Surah Abasa, Verse 9
فَأَنتَ عَنۡهُ تَلَهَّىٰ
From him thou art distracted
Surah Abasa, Verse 10
كَلَّآ إِنَّهَا تَذۡكِرَةٞ
Nay, but verily it is an Admonishment
Surah Abasa, Verse 11
فَمَن شَآءَ ذَكَرَهُۥ
So let whosoever will pay heed to it
Surah Abasa, Verse 12
فِي صُحُفٖ مُّكَرَّمَةٖ
On honoured leaves
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
Man is (self-)destroyed: how ungrateful
Surah Abasa, Verse 17
مِنۡ أَيِّ شَيۡءٍ خَلَقَهُۥ
From what thing doth He create him
Surah Abasa, Verse 18
مِن نُّطۡفَةٍ خَلَقَهُۥ فَقَدَّرَهُۥ
From a drop of seed. He createth him and proportioneth him
Surah Abasa, Verse 19
ثُمَّ ٱلسَّبِيلَ يَسَّرَهُۥ
Then maketh the way easy for him
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 will, He bringeth him again to life
Surah Abasa, Verse 22
كَلَّا لَمَّا يَقۡضِ مَآ أَمَرَهُۥ
Nay, but (man) hath not done what He commanded him
Surah Abasa, Verse 23
فَلۡيَنظُرِ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ إِلَىٰ طَعَامِهِۦٓ
Let man consider his food
Surah Abasa, Verse 24
أَنَّا صَبَبۡنَا ٱلۡمَآءَ صَبّٗا
How We pour water in showers
Surah Abasa, Verse 25
ثُمَّ شَقَقۡنَا ٱلۡأَرۡضَ شَقّٗا
Then split the earth in clefts
Surah Abasa, Verse 26
فَأَنۢبَتۡنَا فِيهَا حَبّٗا
And cause the grain to grow therein
Surah Abasa, Verse 27
وَعِنَبٗا وَقَضۡبٗا
And grapes and green fodder
Surah Abasa, Verse 28
وَزَيۡتُونٗا وَنَخۡلٗا
And olive-trees and palm-trees
Surah Abasa, Verse 29
وَحَدَآئِقَ غُلۡبٗا
And garden-closes of thick foliage
Surah Abasa, Verse 30
وَفَٰكِهَةٗ وَأَبّٗا
And fruits and grasses
Surah Abasa, Verse 31
مَّتَٰعٗا لَّكُمۡ وَلِأَنۡعَٰمِكُمۡ
Provision for you and your cattle
Surah Abasa, Verse 32
فَإِذَا جَآءَتِ ٱلصَّآخَّةُ
But when the Shout cometh
Surah Abasa, Verse 33
يَوۡمَ يَفِرُّ ٱلۡمَرۡءُ مِنۡ أَخِيهِ
On the day when a man fleeth 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
Every man that day will have concern enough to make him heedless (of others)
Surah Abasa, Verse 37
وُجُوهٞ يَوۡمَئِذٖ مُّسۡفِرَةٞ
On that day faces will be bright as dawn
Surah Abasa, Verse 38
ضَاحِكَةٞ مُّسۡتَبۡشِرَةٞ
Laughing, rejoicing at good news
Surah Abasa, Verse 39
وَوُجُوهٞ يَوۡمَئِذٍ عَلَيۡهَا غَبَرَةٞ
And other faces, on that day, with dust upon them
Surah Abasa, Verse 40
تَرۡهَقُهَا قَتَرَةٌ
Veiled in darkness
Surah Abasa, Verse 41
أُوْلَـٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلۡكَفَرَةُ ٱلۡفَجَرَةُ
Those are the disbelievers, the wicked
Surah Abasa, Verse 42