Surah Abasa - English Translation by The Study Quran
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
And what would apprise thee? Perhaps he would purify himself
Surah Abasa, Verse 3
أَوۡ يَذَّكَّرُ فَتَنفَعَهُ ٱلذِّكۡرَىٰٓ
or be reminded, such that the reminder might benefit him
Surah Abasa, Verse 4
أَمَّا مَنِ ٱسۡتَغۡنَىٰ
As for him who deems himself beyond need
Surah Abasa, Verse 5
فَأَنتَ لَهُۥ تَصَدَّىٰ
to him dost thou attend
Surah Abasa, Verse 6
وَمَا عَلَيۡكَ أَلَّا يَزَّكَّىٰ
though thou art not answerable, should he not be purified
Surah Abasa, Verse 7
وَأَمَّا مَن جَآءَكَ يَسۡعَىٰ
But as for him who came to thee striving earnestly
Surah Abasa, Verse 8
وَهُوَ يَخۡشَىٰ
while fearful
Surah Abasa, Verse 9
فَأَنتَ عَنۡهُ تَلَهَّىٰ
from him thou art diverted
Surah Abasa, Verse 10
كَلَّآ إِنَّهَا تَذۡكِرَةٞ
Nay! Truly it is a reminder—
Surah Abasa, Verse 11
فَمَن شَآءَ ذَكَرَهُۥ
so let whomsoever will, remember it—
Surah Abasa, Verse 12
فِي صُحُفٖ مُّكَرَّمَةٖ
on pages honored
Surah Abasa, Verse 13
مَّرۡفُوعَةٖ مُّطَهَّرَةِۭ
exalted and purified
Surah Abasa, Verse 14
بِأَيۡدِي سَفَرَةٖ
in the hands of scribes
Surah Abasa, Verse 15
كِرَامِۭ بَرَرَةٖ
noble and pious
Surah Abasa, Verse 16
قُتِلَ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ مَآ أَكۡفَرَهُۥ
May man perish! How ungrateful is he
Surah Abasa, Verse 17
مِنۡ أَيِّ شَيۡءٍ خَلَقَهُۥ
From what thing did He create him
Surah Abasa, Verse 18
مِن نُّطۡفَةٍ خَلَقَهُۥ فَقَدَّرَهُۥ
From a drop He created him, then proportioned him
Surah Abasa, Verse 19
ثُمَّ ٱلسَّبِيلَ يَسَّرَهُۥ
then He made the way easy for him
Surah Abasa, Verse 20
ثُمَّ أَمَاتَهُۥ فَأَقۡبَرَهُۥ
Then He caused him to die and buried him
Surah Abasa, Verse 21
ثُمَّ إِذَا شَآءَ أَنشَرَهُۥ
Then, when He willed, He resurrected him
Surah Abasa, Verse 22
كَلَّا لَمَّا يَقۡضِ مَآ أَمَرَهُۥ
Nay! But he has not accomplished what He commanded him
Surah Abasa, Verse 23
فَلۡيَنظُرِ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ إِلَىٰ طَعَامِهِۦٓ
So let man consider his food
Surah Abasa, Verse 24
أَنَّا صَبَبۡنَا ٱلۡمَآءَ صَبّٗا
that We pour down water in abundance
Surah Abasa, Verse 25
ثُمَّ شَقَقۡنَا ٱلۡأَرۡضَ شَقّٗا
then We split the earth in fissures
Surah Abasa, Verse 26
فَأَنۢبَتۡنَا فِيهَا حَبّٗا
and cause grains to grow therein
Surah Abasa, Verse 27
وَعِنَبٗا وَقَضۡبٗا
and vines and herbs
Surah Abasa, Verse 28
وَزَيۡتُونٗا وَنَخۡلٗا
and olives and date palms
Surah Abasa, Verse 29
وَحَدَآئِقَ غُلۡبٗا
and gardens densely planted
Surah Abasa, Verse 30
وَفَٰكِهَةٗ وَأَبّٗا
and fruit and pastures
Surah Abasa, Verse 31
مَّتَٰعٗا لَّكُمۡ وَلِأَنۡعَٰمِكُمۡ
as sustenance for you and for your flocks
Surah Abasa, Verse 32
فَإِذَا جَآءَتِ ٱلصَّآخَّةُ
So when the Piercing Cry does come
Surah Abasa, Verse 33
يَوۡمَ يَفِرُّ ٱلۡمَرۡءُ مِنۡ أَخِيهِ
that 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 spouse and his children
Surah Abasa, Verse 36
لِكُلِّ ٱمۡرِيٕٖ مِّنۡهُمۡ يَوۡمَئِذٖ شَأۡنٞ يُغۡنِيهِ
For every man that Day his affair shall suffice him
Surah Abasa, Verse 37
وُجُوهٞ يَوۡمَئِذٖ مُّسۡفِرَةٞ
Faces that Day shall be shining, radiant
Surah Abasa, Verse 38
ضَاحِكَةٞ مُّسۡتَبۡشِرَةٞ
laughing, joyous
Surah Abasa, Verse 39
وَوُجُوهٞ يَوۡمَئِذٍ عَلَيۡهَا غَبَرَةٞ
And faces that Day shall be covered with dust
Surah Abasa, Verse 40
تَرۡهَقُهَا قَتَرَةٌ
overspread with darkness
Surah Abasa, Verse 41
أُوْلَـٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلۡكَفَرَةُ ٱلۡفَجَرَةُ
Those, they are the disbelievers, the profligates
Surah Abasa, Verse 42