Surah Abasa - English Translation by Shabbir Ahmed
عَبَسَ وَتَوَلَّىٰٓ
Someone 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
How could you know that he might have grown in goodness
Surah Abasa, Verse 3
أَوۡ يَذَّكَّرُ فَتَنفَعَهُ ٱلذِّكۡرَىٰٓ
Or that he be enlightened and the Reminder might benefit him
Surah Abasa, Verse 4
أَمَّا مَنِ ٱسۡتَغۡنَىٰ
As for him who deems himself in no need of Guidance
Surah Abasa, Verse 5
فَأَنتَ لَهُۥ تَصَدَّىٰ
Unto him you give attention
Surah Abasa, Verse 6
وَمَا عَلَيۡكَ أَلَّا يَزَّكَّىٰ
Yet it is not your responsibility if he grows not in goodness
Surah Abasa, Verse 7
وَأَمَّا مَن جَآءَكَ يَسۡعَىٰ
But as for him who came to you in all eagerness
Surah Abasa, Verse 8
وَهُوَ يَخۡشَىٰ
And feared straying
Surah Abasa, Verse 9
فَأَنتَ عَنۡهُ تَلَهَّىٰ
Him did you disregard
Surah Abasa, Verse 10
كَلَّآ إِنَّهَا تَذۡكِرَةٞ
Nay, indeed this is an Advisory
Surah Abasa, Verse 11
فَمَن شَآءَ ذَكَرَهُۥ
So let him pay heed who will
Surah Abasa, Verse 12
فِي صُحُفٖ مُّكَرَّمَةٖ
In Scrolls Dignified
Surah Abasa, Verse 13
مَّرۡفُوعَةٖ مُّطَهَّرَةِۭ
Exalted, 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
Man destroys himself, how ungrateful, rejecting the Sublime Truth
Surah Abasa, Verse 17
مِنۡ أَيِّ شَيۡءٍ خَلَقَهُۥ
Out of what thing has He created him
Surah Abasa, Verse 18
مِن نُّطۡفَةٍ خَلَقَهُۥ فَقَدَّرَهُۥ
From the male and the female gametes He created him, and then fashioned him in due proportion
Surah Abasa, Verse 19
ثُمَّ ٱلسَّبِيلَ يَسَّرَهُۥ
And then makes the Way easy for him. (Endowed with faculties)
Surah Abasa, Verse 20
ثُمَّ أَمَاتَهُۥ فَأَقۡبَرَهُۥ
Then causes him to die and brings him to disintegrated states. ('Qabr' = Grave = Disintegrated state = The state of sleep between physical death and Resurrection)
Surah Abasa, Verse 21
ثُمَّ إِذَا شَآءَ أَنشَرَهُۥ
Then, when He will, He shall raise him to life again
Surah Abasa, Verse 22
كَلَّا لَمَّا يَقۡضِ مَآ أَمَرَهُۥ
Nay, man did not fulfill what He enjoined upon him
Surah Abasa, Verse 23
فَلۡيَنظُرِ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ إِلَىٰ طَعَامِهِۦٓ
Let man consider his food. (His own food has involved so many hands from the field to the mouth. Shouldn't he share Our provision with others)
Surah Abasa, Verse 24
أَنَّا صَبَبۡنَا ٱلۡمَآءَ صَبّٗا
How We pour water in showers
Surah Abasa, Verse 25
ثُمَّ شَقَقۡنَا ٱلۡأَرۡضَ شَقّٗا
And then We split the earth, split and cleave
Surah Abasa, Verse 26
فَأَنۢبَتۡنَا فِيهَا حَبّٗا
And cause the grain to grow therein
Surah Abasa, Verse 27
وَعِنَبٗا وَقَضۡبٗا
And vineyards, and fresh vegetation
Surah Abasa, Verse 28
وَزَيۡتُونٗا وَنَخۡلٗا
And olive trees and palm trees
Surah Abasa, Verse 29
وَحَدَآئِقَ غُلۡبٗا
And dense beautiful gardens
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 comes the Call
Surah Abasa, Verse 33
يَوۡمَ يَفِرُّ ٱلۡمَرۡءُ مِنۡ أَخِيهِ
On the Day when a man will flee 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
To everyone on that Day will be enough his own concern
Surah Abasa, Verse 37
وُجُوهٞ يَوۡمَئِذٖ مُّسۡفِرَةٞ
Some faces on that Day 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 some faces on that Day will have dust upon them
Surah Abasa, Verse 40
تَرۡهَقُهَا قَتَرَةٌ
With gloom overspread
Surah Abasa, Verse 41
أُوْلَـٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلۡكَفَرَةُ ٱلۡفَجَرَةُ
These, these will be the ones who denied the Truth and divided humanity
Surah Abasa, Verse 42