Surah Abasa - English Translation by Talal Itani
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
But how do you know? Perhaps he was seeking to purify himself
Surah Abasa, Verse 3
أَوۡ يَذَّكَّرُ فَتَنفَعَهُ ٱلذِّكۡرَىٰٓ
Or be reminded, and the message would benefit him
Surah Abasa, Verse 4
أَمَّا مَنِ ٱسۡتَغۡنَىٰ
But as for him who was indifferent
Surah Abasa, Verse 5
فَأَنتَ لَهُۥ تَصَدَّىٰ
You gave him your attention
Surah Abasa, Verse 6
وَمَا عَلَيۡكَ أَلَّا يَزَّكَّىٰ
Though you are not liable if he does not purify himself
Surah Abasa, Verse 7
وَأَمَّا مَن جَآءَكَ يَسۡعَىٰ
But as for him who came to you seeking
Surah Abasa, Verse 8
وَهُوَ يَخۡشَىٰ
In awe
Surah Abasa, Verse 9
فَأَنتَ عَنۡهُ تَلَهَّىٰ
To him you were inattentive
Surah Abasa, Verse 10
كَلَّآ إِنَّهَا تَذۡكِرَةٞ
Do not. This is a Lesson
Surah Abasa, Verse 11
فَمَن شَآءَ ذَكَرَهُۥ
Whoever wills, shall remember it
Surah Abasa, Verse 12
فِي صُحُفٖ مُّكَرَّمَةٖ
On honorable pages
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
Noble and devoted
Surah Abasa, Verse 16
قُتِلَ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ مَآ أَكۡفَرَهُۥ
Perish man! How thankless he is
Surah Abasa, Verse 17
مِنۡ أَيِّ شَيۡءٍ خَلَقَهُۥ
From what did He create him
Surah Abasa, Verse 18
مِن نُّطۡفَةٍ خَلَقَهُۥ فَقَدَّرَهُۥ
From a sperm drop He created him, and enabled him
Surah Abasa, Verse 19
ثُمَّ ٱلسَّبِيلَ يَسَّرَهُۥ
Then He eased the way for him
Surah Abasa, Verse 20
ثُمَّ أَمَاتَهُۥ فَأَقۡبَرَهُۥ
Then He puts him to death, and buries him
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
But no, he did not fulfill what He has commanded him
Surah Abasa, Verse 23
فَلۡيَنظُرِ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ إِلَىٰ طَعَامِهِۦٓ
Let man consider his food
Surah Abasa, Verse 24
أَنَّا صَبَبۡنَا ٱلۡمَآءَ صَبّٗا
We pour down water in abundance
Surah Abasa, Verse 25
ثُمَّ شَقَقۡنَا ٱلۡأَرۡضَ شَقّٗا
Then crack the soil open
Surah Abasa, Verse 26
فَأَنۢبَتۡنَا فِيهَا حَبّٗا
And grow in it grains
Surah Abasa, Verse 27
وَعِنَبٗا وَقَضۡبٗا
And grapes and herbs
Surah Abasa, Verse 28
وَزَيۡتُونٗا وَنَخۡلٗا
And olives and dates
Surah Abasa, Verse 29
وَحَدَآئِقَ غُلۡبٗا
And luscious gardens
Surah Abasa, Verse 30
وَفَٰكِهَةٗ وَأَبّٗا
And fruits and vegetables
Surah Abasa, Verse 31
مَّتَٰعٗا لَّكُمۡ وَلِأَنۡعَٰمِكُمۡ
Enjoyment for you, and for your livestock
Surah Abasa, Verse 32
فَإِذَا جَآءَتِ ٱلصَّآخَّةُ
But when the Deafening Noise comes to pass
Surah Abasa, Verse 33
يَوۡمَ يَفِرُّ ٱلۡمَرۡءُ مِنۡ أَخِيهِ
The Day when a person 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 consort 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 radiant
Surah Abasa, Verse 38
ضَاحِكَةٞ مُّسۡتَبۡشِرَةٞ
Laughing and rejoicing
Surah Abasa, Verse 39
وَوُجُوهٞ يَوۡمَئِذٍ عَلَيۡهَا غَبَرَةٞ
And Faces on that Day will be covered with misery
Surah Abasa, Verse 40
تَرۡهَقُهَا قَتَرَةٌ
Overwhelmed by remorse
Surah Abasa, Verse 41
أُوْلَـٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلۡكَفَرَةُ ٱلۡفَجَرَةُ
These are the faithless, the vicious
Surah Abasa, Verse 42