Surah Abasa - English Translation by Muhammad Asad
عَبَسَ وَتَوَلَّىٰٓ
HE FROWNED and turned away
Surah Abasa, Verse 1
أَن جَآءَهُ ٱلۡأَعۡمَىٰ
because the blind man approached him
Surah Abasa, Verse 2
وَمَا يُدۡرِيكَ لَعَلَّهُۥ يَزَّكَّىٰٓ
Yet for all thou didst know, [O Muhammad,] he might perhaps have grown in purity
Surah Abasa, Verse 3
أَوۡ يَذَّكَّرُ فَتَنفَعَهُ ٱلذِّكۡرَىٰٓ
or have been reminded [of the truth], and helped by this reminder
Surah Abasa, Verse 4
أَمَّا مَنِ ٱسۡتَغۡنَىٰ
Now as for him who believes himself to be self-sufficient
Surah Abasa, Verse 5
فَأَنتَ لَهُۥ تَصَدَّىٰ
to him didst thou give thy whole attention
Surah Abasa, Verse 6
وَمَا عَلَيۡكَ أَلَّا يَزَّكَّىٰ
although thou art not accountable for his failure to attain to purity
Surah Abasa, Verse 7
وَأَمَّا مَن جَآءَكَ يَسۡعَىٰ
but as for him who came unto thee full of eagerness
Surah Abasa, Verse 8
وَهُوَ يَخۡشَىٰ
and in awe [of God]
Surah Abasa, Verse 9
فَأَنتَ عَنۡهُ تَلَهَّىٰ
him didst thou disregard
Surah Abasa, Verse 10
كَلَّآ إِنَّهَا تَذۡكِرَةٞ
NAY, VERILY, these [messages] are but a reminder
Surah Abasa, Verse 11
فَمَن شَآءَ ذَكَرَهُۥ
and so, whoever is willing may remember Him
Surah Abasa, Verse 12
فِي صُحُفٖ مُّكَرَّمَةٖ
in [the light of His] revelations blest with dignity
Surah Abasa, Verse 13
مَّرۡفُوعَةٖ مُّطَهَّرَةِۭ
lofty and pure
Surah Abasa, Verse 14
بِأَيۡدِي سَفَرَةٖ
[borne] by the hands of messengers
Surah Abasa, Verse 15
كِرَامِۭ بَرَرَةٖ
noble and most virtuous
Surah Abasa, Verse 16
قُتِلَ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ مَآ أَكۡفَرَهُۥ
[But only too often] man destroys himself: how stubbornly does he deny the truth
Surah Abasa, Verse 17
مِنۡ أَيِّ شَيۡءٍ خَلَقَهُۥ
[Does man ever consider] out of what substance [God] creates him
Surah Abasa, Verse 18
مِن نُّطۡفَةٍ خَلَقَهُۥ فَقَدَّرَهُۥ
Out of a drop of sperm He creates him, and thereupon determines his nature
Surah Abasa, Verse 19
ثُمَّ ٱلسَّبِيلَ يَسَّرَهُۥ
and then makes it easy for him to go through life
Surah Abasa, Verse 20
ثُمَّ أَمَاتَهُۥ فَأَقۡبَرَهُۥ
and in the end He causes him to die and brings him to the grave
Surah Abasa, Verse 21
ثُمَّ إِذَا شَآءَ أَنشَرَهُۥ
and then, if it be His will, He shall raise him again to life
Surah Abasa, Verse 22
كَلَّا لَمَّا يَقۡضِ مَآ أَمَرَهُۥ
Nay, but [man] has never yet fulfilled what He has enjoined upon him
Surah Abasa, Verse 23
فَلۡيَنظُرِ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ إِلَىٰ طَعَامِهِۦٓ
Let man, then, consider [the sources of] his food
Surah Abasa, Verse 24
أَنَّا صَبَبۡنَا ٱلۡمَآءَ صَبّٗا
[how it is] that We pour down water, pouring it down abundantly
Surah Abasa, Verse 25
ثُمَّ شَقَقۡنَا ٱلۡأَرۡضَ شَقّٗا
and then We cleave the earth [with new growth], cleaving it asunder
Surah Abasa, Verse 26
فَأَنۢبَتۡنَا فِيهَا حَبّٗا
and thereupon We cause grain to grow out of it
Surah Abasa, Verse 27
وَعِنَبٗا وَقَضۡبٗا
and vines and edible plants
Surah Abasa, Verse 28
وَزَيۡتُونٗا وَنَخۡلٗا
and olive trees and date-palms
Surah Abasa, Verse 29
وَحَدَآئِقَ غُلۡبٗا
and gardens dense with foliage
Surah Abasa, Verse 30
وَفَٰكِهَةٗ وَأَبّٗا
and fruits and herbage
Surah Abasa, Verse 31
مَّتَٰعٗا لَّكُمۡ وَلِأَنۡعَٰمِكُمۡ
for you and for your animals to enjoy
Surah Abasa, Verse 32
فَإِذَا جَآءَتِ ٱلصَّآخَّةُ
AND SO, when the piercing call [of resurrection] is heard
Surah Abasa, Verse 33
يَوۡمَ يَفِرُّ ٱلۡمَرۡءُ مِنۡ أَخِيهِ
on a Day when everyone will [want to] 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 spouse and his children
Surah Abasa, Verse 36
لِكُلِّ ٱمۡرِيٕٖ مِّنۡهُمۡ يَوۡمَئِذٖ شَأۡنٞ يُغۡنِيهِ
on that Day, to every one of them will his own state be of sufficient concern
Surah Abasa, Verse 37
وُجُوهٞ يَوۡمَئِذٖ مُّسۡفِرَةٞ
Some faces will on that Day be bright with happiness
Surah Abasa, Verse 38
ضَاحِكَةٞ مُّسۡتَبۡشِرَةٞ
laughing, rejoicing at glad tidings
Surah Abasa, Verse 39
وَوُجُوهٞ يَوۡمَئِذٍ عَلَيۡهَا غَبَرَةٞ
And some faces will on that Day with dust be covered
Surah Abasa, Verse 40
تَرۡهَقُهَا قَتَرَةٌ
with darkness overspread
Surah Abasa, Verse 41
أُوْلَـٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلۡكَفَرَةُ ٱلۡفَجَرَةُ
these, these will be the ones who denied the truth and were immersed in iniquity
Surah Abasa, Verse 42