Surah Abasa - English Translation by Safi Kaskas
عَبَسَ وَتَوَلَّىٰٓ
He frowned and turned away
Surah Abasa, Verse 1
أَن جَآءَهُ ٱلۡأَعۡمَىٰ
when the blind man approached him
Surah Abasa, Verse 2
وَمَا يُدۡرِيكَ لَعَلَّهُۥ يَزَّكَّىٰٓ
For all you know, he might be seeking to purify himself
Surah Abasa, Verse 3
أَوۡ يَذَّكَّرُ فَتَنفَعَهُ ٱلذِّكۡرَىٰٓ
or to be reminded and be helped by being reminded
Surah Abasa, Verse 4
أَمَّا مَنِ ٱسۡتَغۡنَىٰ
As for him who was indifferent
Surah Abasa, Verse 5
فَأَنتَ لَهُۥ تَصَدَّىٰ
you [Prophet] gave him your attention
Surah Abasa, Verse 6
وَمَا عَلَيۡكَ أَلَّا يَزَّكَّىٰ
Though it is not up to you whether or not he is purified
Surah Abasa, Verse 7
وَأَمَّا مَن جَآءَكَ يَسۡعَىٰ
As for him who came to you eagerly
Surah Abasa, Verse 8
وَهُوَ يَخۡشَىٰ
with God's fear in his heart
Surah Abasa, Verse 9
فَأَنتَ عَنۡهُ تَلَهَّىٰ
from him you are distracted
Surah Abasa, Verse 10
كَلَّآ إِنَّهَا تَذۡكِرَةٞ
Indeed this is a reminder
Surah Abasa, Verse 11
فَمَن شَآءَ ذَكَرَهُۥ
So, whoever wills may remember it
Surah Abasa, Verse 12
فِي صُحُفٖ مُّكَرَّمَةٖ
it is [written] on honored sheets
Surah Abasa, Verse 13
مَّرۡفُوعَةٖ مُّطَهَّرَةِۭ
Exalted and purified
Surah Abasa, Verse 14
بِأَيۡدِي سَفَرَةٖ
by the hands of scribes
Surah Abasa, Verse 15
كِرَامِۭ بَرَرَةٖ
honorable and virtuous
Surah Abasa, Verse 16
قُتِلَ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ مَآ أَكۡفَرَهُۥ
How regretful it is for people to have so much self-destructive ingratitude
Surah Abasa, Verse 17
مِنۡ أَيِّ شَيۡءٍ خَلَقَهُۥ
From what did He create him
Surah Abasa, Verse 18
مِن نُّطۡفَةٍ خَلَقَهُۥ فَقَدَّرَهُۥ
From a fertilized ovum He created him and proportioned him
Surah Abasa, Verse 19
ثُمَّ ٱلسَّبِيلَ يَسَّرَهُۥ
Then He eased the way for him
Surah Abasa, Verse 20
ثُمَّ أَمَاتَهُۥ فَأَقۡبَرَهُۥ
Then He causes him to die and to be buried
Surah Abasa, Verse 21
ثُمَّ إِذَا شَآءَ أَنشَرَهُۥ
Then when He wills, He will resurrect him
Surah Abasa, Verse 22
كَلَّا لَمَّا يَقۡضِ مَآ أَمَرَهُۥ
No! He did not fulfill what He has commanded him
Surah Abasa, Verse 23
فَلۡيَنظُرِ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ إِلَىٰ طَعَامِهِۦٓ
A human being has only to consider the food he eats
Surah Abasa, Verse 24
أَنَّا صَبَبۡنَا ٱلۡمَآءَ صَبّٗا
We poured down water in abundance
Surah Abasa, Verse 25
ثُمَّ شَقَقۡنَا ٱلۡأَرۡضَ شَقّٗا
and caused the soil to break open
Surah Abasa, Verse 26
فَأَنۢبَتۡنَا فِيهَا حَبّٗا
and grew grains in it
Surah Abasa, Verse 27
وَعِنَبٗا وَقَضۡبٗا
and grapes and legumes
Surah Abasa, Verse 28
وَزَيۡتُونٗا وَنَخۡلٗا
olive and dates
Surah Abasa, Verse 29
وَحَدَآئِقَ غُلۡبٗا
and luxurious gardens
Surah Abasa, Verse 30
وَفَٰكِهَةٗ وَأَبّٗا
and fruits and vegetable
Surah Abasa, Verse 31
مَّتَٰعٗا لَّكُمۡ وَلِأَنۡعَٰمِكُمۡ
for you and your livestock to enjoy
Surah Abasa, Verse 32
فَإِذَا جَآءَتِ ٱلصَّآخَّةُ
But when the Deafening Blast comes
Surah Abasa, Verse 33
يَوۡمَ يَفِرُّ ٱلۡمَرۡءُ مِنۡ أَخِيهِ
on the Day when a human being will flee from his brother
Surah Abasa, Verse 34
وَأُمِّهِۦ وَأَبِيهِ
his mother, his father
Surah Abasa, Verse 35
وَصَٰحِبَتِهِۦ وَبَنِيهِ
his wife and his children
Surah Abasa, Verse 36
لِكُلِّ ٱمۡرِيٕٖ مِّنۡهُمۡ يَوۡمَئِذٖ شَأۡنٞ يُغۡنِيهِ
every one of them, on that Day, will have enough to preoccupy him
Surah Abasa, Verse 37
وُجُوهٞ يَوۡمَئِذٖ مُّسۡفِرَةٞ
Faces on that Day will be beaming
Surah Abasa, Verse 38
ضَاحِكَةٞ مُّسۡتَبۡشِرَةٞ
laughing and rejoicing
Surah Abasa, Verse 39
وَوُجُوهٞ يَوۡمَئِذٍ عَلَيۡهَا غَبَرَةٞ
And [other] faces, on that Day, will be covered with dust
Surah Abasa, Verse 40
تَرۡهَقُهَا قَتَرَةٌ
overwhelmed by sorrow
Surah Abasa, Verse 41
أُوْلَـٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلۡكَفَرَةُ ٱلۡفَجَرَةُ
These are the unbelievers, the wicked ones
Surah Abasa, Verse 42