Surah Abasa - English Translation by Syed Vickar Ahamed
عَبَسَ وَتَوَلَّىٰٓ
He frowned and turned away
Surah Abasa, Verse 1
أَن جَآءَهُ ٱلۡأَعۡمَىٰ
Because there came to him (the Prophet), the blind man (breaking into the discussion)
Surah Abasa, Verse 2
وَمَا يُدۡرِيكَ لَعَلَّهُۥ يَزَّكَّىٰٓ
But what could tell you (O Prophet) but that he (the blind man) might by chance grow (in his understanding)
Surah Abasa, Verse 3
أَوۡ يَذَّكَّرُ فَتَنفَعَهُ ٱلذِّكۡرَىٰٓ
Or that he may receive guidance and the teachings that might profit him
Surah Abasa, Verse 4
أَمَّا مَنِ ٱسۡتَغۡنَىٰ
About the one who considers himself independent
Surah Abasa, Verse 5
فَأَنتَ لَهُۥ تَصَدَّىٰ
You attend to him
Surah Abasa, Verse 6
وَمَا عَلَيۡكَ أَلَّا يَزَّكَّىٰ
Even though there is no blame on you if he did not grow (in understanding)
Surah Abasa, Verse 7
وَأَمَّا مَن جَآءَكَ يَسۡعَىٰ
But to him (the blind man) who came to you with effort and sincerity
Surah Abasa, Verse 8
وَهُوَ يَخۡشَىٰ
And with fear (in his heart)
Surah Abasa, Verse 9
فَأَنتَ عَنۡهُ تَلَهَّىٰ
Were you (O Prophet!) unmindful in shifting your attention to another
Surah Abasa, Verse 10
كَلَّآ إِنَّهَا تَذۡكِرَةٞ
By no means (should it be so), because it is indeed a Message of Instruction
Surah Abasa, Verse 11
فَمَن شَآءَ ذَكَرَهُۥ
Therefore let anyone who makes up the mind, remember (and accept) it
Surah Abasa, Verse 12
فِي صُحُفٖ مُّكَرَّمَةٖ
(It is) in Books held in (great) honor
Surah Abasa, Verse 13
مَّرۡفُوعَةٖ مُّطَهَّرَةِۭ
Supreme (in dignity) kept pure and holy
Surah Abasa, Verse 14
بِأَيۡدِي سَفَرَةٖ
(Written) by the hands of holy scribes (writers) —
Surah Abasa, Verse 15
كِرَامِۭ بَرَرَةٖ
Blessed and just
Surah Abasa, Verse 16
قُتِلَ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ مَآ أَكۡفَرَهُۥ
Warning to man! What has made him reject Allah
Surah Abasa, Verse 17
مِنۡ أَيِّ شَيۡءٍ خَلَقَهُۥ
From what stuff has He (Allah) created him
Surah Abasa, Verse 18
مِن نُّطۡفَةٍ خَلَقَهُۥ فَقَدَّرَهُۥ
From a sperm-drop has He (Allah) created him, and then (He) makes him in proper size and shape
Surah Abasa, Verse 19
ثُمَّ ٱلسَّبِيلَ يَسَّرَهُۥ
Then He (Allah) makes the path smooth for him
Surah Abasa, Verse 20
ثُمَّ أَمَاتَهُۥ فَأَقۡبَرَهُۥ
Then He (Allah) causes him to die and puts him in his grave
Surah Abasa, Verse 21
ثُمَّ إِذَا شَآءَ أَنشَرَهُۥ
Then, when it is His (Allah’s) Will, He will raise him up (again)
Surah Abasa, Verse 22
كَلَّا لَمَّا يَقۡضِ مَآ أَمَرَهُۥ
By no means has he (man) fulfilled what Allah has commanded him to do
Surah Abasa, Verse 23
فَلۡيَنظُرِ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ إِلَىٰ طَعَامِهِۦٓ
Then let man look at his food, (how We provide it)
Surah Abasa, Verse 24
أَنَّا صَبَبۡنَا ٱلۡمَآءَ صَبّٗا
For that We pour forth water in plenty
Surah Abasa, Verse 25
ثُمَّ شَقَقۡنَا ٱلۡأَرۡضَ شَقّٗا
And We split the earth into pieces
Surah Abasa, Verse 26
فَأَنۢبَتۡنَا فِيهَا حَبّٗا
And produce from there corn
Surah Abasa, Verse 27
وَعِنَبٗا وَقَضۡبٗا
And grapes and plants to eat
Surah Abasa, Verse 28
وَزَيۡتُونٗا وَنَخۡلٗا
And olives and dates
Surah Abasa, Verse 29
وَحَدَآئِقَ غُلۡبٗا
And enclosed gardens thick with tall trees
Surah Abasa, Verse 30
وَفَٰكِهَةٗ وَأَبّٗا
And fruits and herbage (and the grasses)—
Surah Abasa, Verse 31
مَّتَٰعٗا لَّكُمۡ وَلِأَنۡعَٰمِكُمۡ
For you to use and (for your) help and for your cattle
Surah Abasa, Verse 32
فَإِذَا جَآءَتِ ٱلصَّآخَّةُ
At last! When there comes the deafening noise—
Surah Abasa, Verse 33
يَوۡمَ يَفِرُّ ٱلۡمَرۡءُ مِنۡ أَخِيهِ
That Day man will run away from his own brother
Surah Abasa, Verse 34
وَأُمِّهِۦ وَأَبِيهِ
And from his mother and his father
Surah Abasa, Verse 35
وَصَٰحِبَتِهِۦ وَبَنِيهِ
And from his wife and his children
Surah Abasa, Verse 36
لِكُلِّ ٱمۡرِيٕٖ مِّنۡهُمۡ يَوۡمَئِذٖ شَأۡنٞ يُغۡنِيهِ
On that Day each of the men, will have enough worry (of his own) to make him not mindful of the others
Surah Abasa, Verse 37
وُجُوهٞ يَوۡمَئِذٖ مُّسۡفِرَةٞ
Some faces that Day will be shining
Surah Abasa, Verse 38
ضَاحِكَةٞ مُّسۡتَبۡشِرَةٞ
Laughing, being happy
Surah Abasa, Verse 39
وَوُجُوهٞ يَوۡمَئِذٍ عَلَيۡهَا غَبَرَةٞ
And other faces that Day will be soiled with dust
Surah Abasa, Verse 40
تَرۡهَقُهَا قَتَرَةٌ
Blackness will cover them
Surah Abasa, Verse 41
أُوْلَـٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلۡكَفَرَةُ ٱلۡفَجَرَةُ
Such will be the rejecters of Allah, the unrighteous
Surah Abasa, Verse 42