Surah Abasa - English Translation by Tbirving
عَبَسَ وَتَوَلَّىٰٓ
He frowned and turned away
Surah Abasa, Verse 1
أَن جَآءَهُ ٱلۡأَعۡمَىٰ
because the blind man came to him
Surah Abasa, Verse 2
وَمَا يُدۡرِيكَ لَعَلَّهُۥ يَزَّكَّىٰٓ
What will make you realize that he may [yet] be purified (of disbelief)
Surah Abasa, Verse 3
أَوۡ يَذَّكَّرُ فَتَنفَعَهُ ٱلذِّكۡرَىٰٓ
or even reminded, and the Reminder may benefit him
Surah Abasa, Verse 4
أَمَّا مَنِ ٱسۡتَغۡنَىٰ
However anyone who seems indifferent
Surah Abasa, Verse 5
فَأَنتَ لَهُۥ تَصَدَّىٰ
you will attend to
Surah Abasa, Verse 6
وَمَا عَلَيۡكَ أَلَّا يَزَّكَّىٰ
It is not your concern whether he will purify himself (or not)
Surah Abasa, Verse 7
وَأَمَّا مَن جَآءَكَ يَسۡعَىٰ
Yet with someone who comes to you eagerly
Surah Abasa, Verse 8
وَهُوَ يَخۡشَىٰ
and anxiously
Surah Abasa, Verse 9
فَأَنتَ عَنۡهُ تَلَهَّىٰ
you act so distracted
Surah Abasa, Verse 10
كَلَّآ إِنَّهَا تَذۡكِرَةٞ
Indeed, it serves as a Reminder
Surah Abasa, Verse 11
فَمَن شَآءَ ذَكَرَهُۥ
Anyone who wishes should remember how it
Surah Abasa, Verse 12
فِي صُحُفٖ مُّكَرَّمَةٖ
[exists] on honored pages
Surah Abasa, Verse 13
مَّرۡفُوعَةٖ مُّطَهَّرَةِۭ
which are held aloft [for display], cleansed
Surah Abasa, Verse 14
بِأَيۡدِي سَفَرَةٖ
by the hands of noble, virtuous scribes
Surah Abasa, Verse 15
كِرَامِۭ بَرَرَةٖ
noble, virtuous
Surah Abasa, Verse 16
قُتِلَ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ مَآ أَكۡفَرَهُۥ
Let man be damned! What makes him act ungrateful
Surah Abasa, Verse 17
مِنۡ أَيِّ شَيۡءٍ خَلَقَهُۥ
From what sort of thing did He create him
Surah Abasa, Verse 18
مِن نُّطۡفَةٍ خَلَقَهُۥ فَقَدَّرَهُۥ
From a drop of semen has He created him and proportioned him
Surah Abasa, Verse 19
ثُمَّ ٱلسَّبِيلَ يَسَّرَهُۥ
Then He made the Way easy for him
Surah Abasa, Verse 20
ثُمَّ أَمَاتَهُۥ فَأَقۡبَرَهُۥ
next He will let him die and bury him
Surah Abasa, Verse 21
ثُمَّ إِذَا شَآءَ أَنشَرَهُۥ
Then [later on] He will raise him up again whenever He may wish
Surah Abasa, Verse 22
كَلَّا لَمَّا يَقۡضِ مَآ أَمَرَهُۥ
Of course he does not accomplish what He orders him to
Surah Abasa, Verse 23
فَلۡيَنظُرِ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ إِلَىٰ طَعَامِهِۦٓ
So let man look at his own food
Surah Abasa, Verse 24
أَنَّا صَبَبۡنَا ٱلۡمَآءَ صَبّٗا
We let water pour down abundantly
Surah Abasa, Verse 25
ثُمَّ شَقَقۡنَا ٱلۡأَرۡضَ شَقّٗا
then We split the earth right open
Surah Abasa, Verse 26
فَأَنۢبَتۡنَا فِيهَا حَبّٗا
and cause grain to sprout from it
Surah Abasa, Verse 27
وَعِنَبٗا وَقَضۡبٗا
and grapes and fodder
Surah Abasa, Verse 28
وَزَيۡتُونٗا وَنَخۡلٗا
olive trees, datepalms
Surah Abasa, Verse 29
وَحَدَآئِقَ غُلۡبٗا
and dense woodlots
Surah Abasa, Verse 30
وَفَٰكِهَةٗ وَأَبّٗا
and fruit[-trees) and pastures
Surah Abasa, Verse 31
مَّتَٰعٗا لَّكُمۡ وَلِأَنۡعَٰمِكُمۡ
as an enjoyment for both you and your livestock
Surah Abasa, Verse 32
فَإِذَا جَآءَتِ ٱلصَّآخَّةُ
When the uproar comes
Surah Abasa, Verse 33
يَوۡمَ يَفِرُّ ٱلۡمَرۡءُ مِنۡ أَخِيهِ
on a day when man will flee from his brother
Surah Abasa, Verse 34
وَأُمِّهِۦ وَأَبِيهِ
his mother and his father
Surah Abasa, Verse 35
وَصَٰحِبَتِهِۦ وَبَنِيهِ
his mate and his children
Surah Abasa, Verse 36
لِكُلِّ ٱمۡرِيٕٖ مِّنۡهُمۡ يَوۡمَئِذٖ شَأۡنٞ يُغۡنِيهِ
every last man among them will have enough concern that day to keep him occupied
Surah Abasa, Verse 37
وُجُوهٞ يَوۡمَئِذٖ مُّسۡفِرَةٞ
Some faces will be beaming on that day
Surah Abasa, Verse 38
ضَاحِكَةٞ مُّسۡتَبۡشِرَةٞ
laughing, rejoicing
Surah Abasa, Verse 39
وَوُجُوهٞ يَوۡمَئِذٍ عَلَيۡهَا غَبَرَةٞ
while other faces will be covered with grime on that day
Surah Abasa, Verse 40
تَرۡهَقُهَا قَتَرَةٌ
soot will overshadow them
Surah Abasa, Verse 41
أُوْلَـٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلۡكَفَرَةُ ٱلۡفَجَرَةُ
Those will be the shameless disbelievers
Surah Abasa, Verse 42