Surah Abasa - English Translation by Mufti Taqi Usmani
عَبَسَ وَتَوَلَّىٰٓ
He (the Prophet) frowned and turned his face
Surah Abasa, Verse 1
أَن جَآءَهُ ٱلۡأَعۡمَىٰ
because the blind man came to him
Surah Abasa, Verse 2
وَمَا يُدۡرِيكَ لَعَلَّهُۥ يَزَّكَّىٰٓ
What could tell you (O prophet about the prospects of the blind man?) May be, (if you had attended him properly,) he would have attained purity
Surah Abasa, Verse 3
أَوۡ يَذَّكَّرُ فَتَنفَعَهُ ٱلذِّكۡرَىٰٓ
or have received the advice, and the advice would have benefited him
Surah Abasa, Verse 4
أَمَّا مَنِ ٱسۡتَغۡنَىٰ
As for the one who does not care (about faith)
Surah Abasa, Verse 5
فَأَنتَ لَهُۥ تَصَدَّىٰ
you are anxious to pursue him
Surah Abasa, Verse 6
وَمَا عَلَيۡكَ أَلَّا يَزَّكَّىٰ
while there is no blame on you, if he does not attain purity
Surah Abasa, Verse 7
وَأَمَّا مَن جَآءَكَ يَسۡعَىٰ
As regards the one who has come to you rushing eagerly
Surah Abasa, Verse 8
وَهُوَ يَخۡشَىٰ
while he fears (Allah)
Surah Abasa, Verse 9
فَأَنتَ عَنۡهُ تَلَهَّىٰ
to him you pay no heed
Surah Abasa, Verse 10
كَلَّآ إِنَّهَا تَذۡكِرَةٞ
Never! (you should never act in this way,) Indeed this (Qur’ān) is an advice
Surah Abasa, Verse 11
فَمَن شَآءَ ذَكَرَهُۥ
So, whoever so wills may pay heed to it
Surah Abasa, Verse 12
فِي صُحُفٖ مُّكَرَّمَةٖ
It is (recorded) in those scripts (of the Preserved Tablet) that are honoured
Surah Abasa, Verse 13
مَّرۡفُوعَةٖ مُّطَهَّرَةِۭ
exalted, purified
Surah Abasa, Verse 14
بِأَيۡدِي سَفَرَةٖ
in the hands of those scribes
Surah Abasa, Verse 15
كِرَامِۭ بَرَرَةٖ
who are honorable, righteous
Surah Abasa, Verse 16
قُتِلَ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ مَآ أَكۡفَرَهُۥ
Damned is the man! How ungrateful he is
Surah Abasa, Verse 17
مِنۡ أَيِّ شَيۡءٍ خَلَقَهُۥ
From which stuff did He (Allah) create him
Surah Abasa, Verse 18
مِن نُّطۡفَةٍ خَلَقَهُۥ فَقَدَّرَهُۥ
from a drop of semen! He created him, and designed him in due proportion
Surah Abasa, Verse 19
ثُمَّ ٱلسَّبِيلَ يَسَّرَهُۥ
then He made the way easy for him
Surah Abasa, Verse 20
ثُمَّ أَمَاتَهُۥ فَأَقۡبَرَهُۥ
Later, he made him die, and put him into grave
Surah Abasa, Verse 21
ثُمَّ إِذَا شَآءَ أَنشَرَهُۥ
Thereafter, when He will intend, He will raise him up
Surah Abasa, Verse 22
كَلَّا لَمَّا يَقۡضِ مَآ أَمَرَهُۥ
No! He has not yet fulfilled what He (Allah) had commanded him
Surah Abasa, Verse 23
فَلۡيَنظُرِ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ إِلَىٰ طَعَامِهِۦٓ
So, the man should consider his food
Surah Abasa, Verse 24
أَنَّا صَبَبۡنَا ٱلۡمَآءَ صَبّٗا
how well We poured water
Surah Abasa, Verse 25
ثُمَّ شَقَقۡنَا ٱلۡأَرۡضَ شَقّٗا
then how nicely We split the earth
Surah Abasa, Verse 26
فَأَنۢبَتۡنَا فِيهَا حَبّٗا
then We grew in it grain
Surah Abasa, Verse 27
وَعِنَبٗا وَقَضۡبٗا
and grapes and greens
Surah Abasa, Verse 28
وَزَيۡتُونٗا وَنَخۡلٗا
and olive and date-palms
Surah Abasa, Verse 29
وَحَدَآئِقَ غُلۡبٗا
and gardens, full of thick trees
Surah Abasa, Verse 30
وَفَٰكِهَةٗ وَأَبّٗا
and fruits and fodder
Surah Abasa, Verse 31
مَّتَٰعٗا لَّكُمۡ وَلِأَنۡعَٰمِكُمۡ
as a benefit for you and your cattle
Surah Abasa, Verse 32
فَإِذَا جَآءَتِ ٱلصَّآخَّةُ
So when the Deafening Noise will occur
Surah Abasa, Verse 33
يَوۡمَ يَفِرُّ ٱلۡمَرۡءُ مِنۡ أَخِيهِ
the Day when one will flee from his brother
Surah Abasa, Verse 34
وَأُمِّهِۦ وَأَبِيهِ
and from his mother and father
Surah Abasa, Verse 35
وَصَٰحِبَتِهِۦ وَبَنِيهِ
and from his wife and sons
Surah Abasa, Verse 36
لِكُلِّ ٱمۡرِيٕٖ مِّنۡهُمۡ يَوۡمَئِذٖ شَأۡنٞ يُغۡنِيهِ
every one of them will be too engaged in his own affairs to care for others
Surah Abasa, Verse 37
وُجُوهٞ يَوۡمَئِذٖ مُّسۡفِرَةٞ
Many faces, on that day, will be bright
Surah Abasa, Verse 38
ضَاحِكَةٞ مُّسۡتَبۡشِرَةٞ
laughing, rejoicing
Surah Abasa, Verse 39
وَوُجُوهٞ يَوۡمَئِذٍ عَلَيۡهَا غَبَرَةٞ
and many faces, on that day, will be stained with dust
Surah Abasa, Verse 40
تَرۡهَقُهَا قَتَرَةٌ
covered by darkness
Surah Abasa, Verse 41
أُوْلَـٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلۡكَفَرَةُ ٱلۡفَجَرَةُ
Those are the disbelievers, the nefarious
Surah Abasa, Verse 42