Surah Abasa - English Translation by Mustafa Khattab God Edition
عَبَسَ وَتَوَلَّىٰٓ
He frowned and turned ˹his attention˺ away
Surah Abasa, Verse 1
أَن جَآءَهُ ٱلۡأَعۡمَىٰ
˹simply˺ because the blind man came to him ˹interrupting˺
Surah Abasa, Verse 2
وَمَا يُدۡرِيكَ لَعَلَّهُۥ يَزَّكَّىٰٓ
You never know ˹O Prophet˺, perhaps he may be purified
Surah Abasa, Verse 3
أَوۡ يَذَّكَّرُ فَتَنفَعَهُ ٱلذِّكۡرَىٰٓ
or he may be mindful, benefitting from the reminder
Surah Abasa, Verse 4
أَمَّا مَنِ ٱسۡتَغۡنَىٰ
As for the one who was indifferent
Surah Abasa, Verse 5
فَأَنتَ لَهُۥ تَصَدَّىٰ
you gave him your ˹undivided˺ attention
Surah Abasa, Verse 6
وَمَا عَلَيۡكَ أَلَّا يَزَّكَّىٰ
even though you are not to blame if he would not be purified
Surah Abasa, Verse 7
وَأَمَّا مَن جَآءَكَ يَسۡعَىٰ
But as for the one who came to you, eager ˹to learn˺
Surah Abasa, Verse 8
وَهُوَ يَخۡشَىٰ
being in awe ˹of God˺
Surah Abasa, Verse 9
فَأَنتَ عَنۡهُ تَلَهَّىٰ
you were inattentive to him
Surah Abasa, Verse 10
كَلَّآ إِنَّهَا تَذۡكِرَةٞ
But no! This ˹revelation˺ is truly a reminder
Surah Abasa, Verse 11
فَمَن شَآءَ ذَكَرَهُۥ
So let whoever wills be mindful of it
Surah Abasa, Verse 12
فِي صُحُفٖ مُّكَرَّمَةٖ
It is ˹written˺ on pages held in honour—
Surah Abasa, Verse 13
مَّرۡفُوعَةٖ مُّطَهَّرَةِۭ
highly esteemed, purified—
Surah Abasa, Verse 14
بِأَيۡدِي سَفَرَةٖ
by the hands of angel-scribes
Surah Abasa, Verse 15
كِرَامِۭ بَرَرَةٖ
honourable and virtuous
Surah Abasa, Verse 16
قُتِلَ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ مَآ أَكۡفَرَهُۥ
Condemned are ˹disbelieving˺ humans! How ungrateful they are ˹to God˺
Surah Abasa, Verse 17
مِنۡ أَيِّ شَيۡءٍ خَلَقَهُۥ
From what substance did He create them
Surah Abasa, Verse 18
مِن نُّطۡفَةٍ خَلَقَهُۥ فَقَدَّرَهُۥ
He created them from a sperm-drop, and ordained their development
Surah Abasa, Verse 19
ثُمَّ ٱلسَّبِيلَ يَسَّرَهُۥ
Then He makes the way easy for them
Surah Abasa, Verse 20
ثُمَّ أَمَاتَهُۥ فَأَقۡبَرَهُۥ
then causes them to die and be buried
Surah Abasa, Verse 21
ثُمَّ إِذَا شَآءَ أَنشَرَهُۥ
Then when He wills, He will resurrect them
Surah Abasa, Verse 22
كَلَّا لَمَّا يَقۡضِ مَآ أَمَرَهُۥ
But no! They have failed to comply with what He ordered
Surah Abasa, Verse 23
فَلۡيَنظُرِ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ إِلَىٰ طَعَامِهِۦٓ
Let people then consider their food
Surah Abasa, Verse 24
أَنَّا صَبَبۡنَا ٱلۡمَآءَ صَبّٗا
how We pour down rain in abundance
Surah Abasa, Verse 25
ثُمَّ شَقَقۡنَا ٱلۡأَرۡضَ شَقّٗا
and meticulously split the earth open ˹for sprouts˺
Surah Abasa, Verse 26
فَأَنۢبَتۡنَا فِيهَا حَبّٗا
causing grain to grow in it
Surah Abasa, Verse 27
وَعِنَبٗا وَقَضۡبٗا
as well as grapes and greens
Surah Abasa, Verse 28
وَزَيۡتُونٗا وَنَخۡلٗا
and olives and palm trees
Surah Abasa, Verse 29
وَحَدَآئِقَ غُلۡبٗا
and dense orchards
Surah Abasa, Verse 30
وَفَٰكِهَةٗ وَأَبّٗا
and fruit and fodder—
Surah Abasa, Verse 31
مَّتَٰعٗا لَّكُمۡ وَلِأَنۡعَٰمِكُمۡ
all as ˹a means of˺ sustenance for you and your animals
Surah Abasa, Verse 32
فَإِذَا جَآءَتِ ٱلصَّآخَّةُ
Then, when the Deafening Blast comes to pass—
Surah Abasa, Verse 33
يَوۡمَ يَفِرُّ ٱلۡمَرۡءُ مِنۡ أَخِيهِ
on that Day every person will flee from their own siblings
Surah Abasa, Verse 34
وَأُمِّهِۦ وَأَبِيهِ
and ˹even˺ their mother and father
Surah Abasa, Verse 35
وَصَٰحِبَتِهِۦ وَبَنِيهِ
and ˹even˺ their spouse and children
Surah Abasa, Verse 36
لِكُلِّ ٱمۡرِيٕٖ مِّنۡهُمۡ يَوۡمَئِذٖ شَأۡنٞ يُغۡنِيهِ
For then everyone will have enough concern of their own
Surah Abasa, Verse 37
وُجُوهٞ يَوۡمَئِذٖ مُّسۡفِرَةٞ
On that Day ˹some˺ faces will be bright
Surah Abasa, Verse 38
ضَاحِكَةٞ مُّسۡتَبۡشِرَةٞ
laughing and rejoicing
Surah Abasa, Verse 39
وَوُجُوهٞ يَوۡمَئِذٍ عَلَيۡهَا غَبَرَةٞ
while ˹other˺ faces will be dusty
Surah Abasa, Verse 40
تَرۡهَقُهَا قَتَرَةٌ
cast in gloom—
Surah Abasa, Verse 41
أُوْلَـٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلۡكَفَرَةُ ٱلۡفَجَرَةُ
those are the disbelievers, the ˹wicked˺ sinners
Surah Abasa, Verse 42