Surah Abasa - English Translation by Yusuf Ali Orig
عَبَسَ وَتَوَلَّىٰٓ
(The Prophet) frowned and turned away
Surah Abasa, Verse 1
أَن جَآءَهُ ٱلۡأَعۡمَىٰ
Because there came to him the blind man (interrupting)
Surah Abasa, Verse 2
وَمَا يُدۡرِيكَ لَعَلَّهُۥ يَزَّكَّىٰٓ
But what could tell thee but that perchance he might grow (in spiritual understanding)
Surah Abasa, Verse 3
أَوۡ يَذَّكَّرُ فَتَنفَعَهُ ٱلذِّكۡرَىٰٓ
Or that he might receive admonition, and the teaching might profit him
Surah Abasa, Verse 4
أَمَّا مَنِ ٱسۡتَغۡنَىٰ
As to one who regards Himself as self-sufficient
Surah Abasa, Verse 5
فَأَنتَ لَهُۥ تَصَدَّىٰ
To him dost thou attend
Surah Abasa, Verse 6
وَمَا عَلَيۡكَ أَلَّا يَزَّكَّىٰ
Though it is no blame to thee if he grow not (in spiritual understanding)
Surah Abasa, Verse 7
وَأَمَّا مَن جَآءَكَ يَسۡعَىٰ
But as to him who came to thee striving earnestly
Surah Abasa, Verse 8
وَهُوَ يَخۡشَىٰ
And with fear (in his heart)
Surah Abasa, Verse 9
فَأَنتَ عَنۡهُ تَلَهَّىٰ
Of him wast thou unmindful
Surah Abasa, Verse 10
كَلَّآ إِنَّهَا تَذۡكِرَةٞ
By no means (should it be so)! For it is indeed a Message of instruction
Surah Abasa, Verse 11
فَمَن شَآءَ ذَكَرَهُۥ
Therefore let whoso will, keep it in remembrance
Surah Abasa, Verse 12
فِي صُحُفٖ مُّكَرَّمَةٖ
(It is) in Books held (greatly) in honour
Surah Abasa, Verse 13
مَّرۡفُوعَةٖ مُّطَهَّرَةِۭ
Exalted (in dignity), kept pure and holy
Surah Abasa, Verse 14
بِأَيۡدِي سَفَرَةٖ
(Written) by the hands of scribes
Surah Abasa, Verse 15
كِرَامِۭ بَرَرَةٖ
Honourable and Pious and Just
Surah Abasa, Verse 16
قُتِلَ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ مَآ أَكۡفَرَهُۥ
Woe to man! What hath made him reject God
Surah Abasa, Verse 17
مِنۡ أَيِّ شَيۡءٍ خَلَقَهُۥ
From what stuff hath He created him
Surah Abasa, Verse 18
مِن نُّطۡفَةٍ خَلَقَهُۥ فَقَدَّرَهُۥ
From a sperm-drop: He hath created him, and then mouldeth him in due proportions
Surah Abasa, Verse 19
ثُمَّ ٱلسَّبِيلَ يَسَّرَهُۥ
Then doth He make His path smooth for him
Surah Abasa, Verse 20
ثُمَّ أَمَاتَهُۥ فَأَقۡبَرَهُۥ
Then He causeth him to die, and putteth him in his grave
Surah Abasa, Verse 21
ثُمَّ إِذَا شَآءَ أَنشَرَهُۥ
Then, when it is His Will, He will raise him up (again)
Surah Abasa, Verse 22
كَلَّا لَمَّا يَقۡضِ مَآ أَمَرَهُۥ
By no means hath he fulfilled what God hath commanded him
Surah Abasa, Verse 23
فَلۡيَنظُرِ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ إِلَىٰ طَعَامِهِۦٓ
Then let man look at his food, (and how We provide it)
Surah Abasa, Verse 24
أَنَّا صَبَبۡنَا ٱلۡمَآءَ صَبّٗا
For that We pour forth water in abundance
Surah Abasa, Verse 25
ثُمَّ شَقَقۡنَا ٱلۡأَرۡضَ شَقّٗا
And We split the earth in fragments
Surah Abasa, Verse 26
فَأَنۢبَتۡنَا فِيهَا حَبّٗا
And produce therein corn
Surah Abasa, Verse 27
وَعِنَبٗا وَقَضۡبٗا
And Grapes and nutritious plants
Surah Abasa, Verse 28
وَزَيۡتُونٗا وَنَخۡلٗا
And Olives and Dates
Surah Abasa, Verse 29
وَحَدَآئِقَ غُلۡبٗا
And enclosed Gardens, dense with lofty trees
Surah Abasa, Verse 30
وَفَٰكِهَةٗ وَأَبّٗا
And fruits and fodder
Surah Abasa, Verse 31
مَّتَٰعٗا لَّكُمۡ وَلِأَنۡعَٰمِكُمۡ
For use and convenience to you and your cattle
Surah Abasa, Verse 32
فَإِذَا جَآءَتِ ٱلصَّآخَّةُ
At length, when there comes the Deafening Noise
Surah Abasa, Verse 33
يَوۡمَ يَفِرُّ ٱلۡمَرۡءُ مِنۡ أَخِيهِ
That Day shall a man flee 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
Each one of them, that Day, will have enough concern (of his own) to make him indifferent to the others
Surah Abasa, Verse 37
وُجُوهٞ يَوۡمَئِذٖ مُّسۡفِرَةٞ
Some faces that Day will be beaming
Surah Abasa, Verse 38
ضَاحِكَةٞ مُّسۡتَبۡشِرَةٞ
Laughing, rejoicing
Surah Abasa, Verse 39
وَوُجُوهٞ يَوۡمَئِذٍ عَلَيۡهَا غَبَرَةٞ
And other faces that Day will be dust-stained
Surah Abasa, Verse 40
تَرۡهَقُهَا قَتَرَةٌ
Blackness will cover them
Surah Abasa, Verse 41
أُوْلَـٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلۡكَفَرَةُ ٱلۡفَجَرَةُ
Such will be the Rejecters of God, the doers of iniquity
Surah Abasa, Verse 42