Surah Abasa With English Translations

عَبَسَ وَ تَوَلّٰۤى(1)

He frowned and turned away (1)

اَنْ جَآءَهُ الْاَعْمٰىﭤ(2)

Because there came to him the blind man. (2)

وَ مَا یُدْرِیْكَ لَعَلَّهٗ یَزَّكّٰۤى(3)

But what would make you perceive? Perhaps he might be purified (3)

اَوْ یَذَّكَّرُ فَتَنْفَعَهُ الذِّكْرٰىﭤ(4)

Or be reminded and the remembrance benefit him. (4)

اَمَّا مَنِ اسْتَغْنٰى(5)

As for he who felt self-sufficient, (5)

فَاَنْتَ لَهٗ تَصَدّٰىﭤ(6)

To him you give attention. (6)

وَ مَا عَلَیْكَ اَلَّا یَزَّكّٰىﭤ(7)

And not upon you [is any blame] if he will not be purified. (7)

وَ اَمَّا مَنْ جَآءَكَ یَسْعٰى(8)

But as for he who came to you striving [for knowledge] (8)

وَ هُوَ یَخْشٰى(9)

While he fears [Allah], (9)

فَاَنْتَ عَنْهُ تَلَهّٰى(10)

From him you are diverted. (10)

كَلَّاۤ اِنَّهَا تَذْكِرَةٌ(11)

No! Indeed, it is a reminder, (11)

فَمَنْ شَآءَ ذَكَرَهٗﭥ(12)

So whoever wills may remember it. (12)

فِیْ صُحُفٍ مُّكَرَّمَةٍ(13)

[It is recorded] in honored sheets, (13)

مَّرْفُوْعَةٍ مُّطَهَّرَةٍۭۙ (14)

Exalted [in status], purified, (14)

بِاَیْدِیْ سَفَرَةٍ(15)

By the hands of messenger-angels, (15)

كِرَامٍۭ بَرَرَةٍﭤ(16)

Noble and righteous. (16)

قُتِلَ الْاِنْسَانُ مَاۤ اَكْفَرَهٗﭤ(17)

Cursed is man; how ungrateful is he! (17)

مِنْ اَیِّ شَیْءٍ خَلَقَهٗﭤ(18)

From what thing did He create him? (18)

مِنْ نُّطْفَةٍؕ-خَلَقَهٗ فَقَدَّرَهٗ(19)

From a sperm-drop He created him and destined for him [his due measure]. (19)

ثُمَّ السَّبِیْلَ یَسَّرَهٗ(20)

Then He made the way easy for him. (20)

ثُمَّ اَمَاتَهٗ فَاَقْبَرَهٗ(21)

Then He caused him to die and provided a grave for him. (21)

ثُمَّ اِذَا شَآءَ اَنْشَرَهٗﭤ(22)

Then when He wills, He will resurrect him. (22)

كَلَّا لَمَّا یَقْضِ مَاۤ اَمَرَهٗﭤ(23)

No! Man has not yet accomplished what He commanded him. (23)

فَلْیَنْظُرِ الْاِنْسَانُ اِلٰى طَعَامِهٖ(24)

Then let man look at his food - (24)

اَنَّا صَبَبْنَا الْمَآءَ صَبًّا(25)

That We pour down water in abundance (25)

ثُمَّ شَقَقْنَا الْاَرْضَ شَقًّا(26)

Then We break open the earth, splitting [it with sprouts], (26)

فَاَنْۢبَتْنَا فِیْهَا حَبًّا(27)

And cause to grow within it grain (27)

وَّ عِنَبًا وَّ قَضْبًا(28)

And grapes and herbage (28)

وَّ زَیْتُوْنًا وَّ نَخْلًا(29)

And olives and palm trees (29)

وَّ حَدَآىٕقَ غُلْبًا(30)

And enclosed gardens of dense shrubbery (30)

وَّ فَاكِهَةً وَّ اَبًّا(31)

And fruits and grass - (31)

مَّتَاعًا لَّكُمْ وَ لِاَنْعَامِكُمْﭤ(32)

As provision for you and your grazing livestock. (32)

فَاِذَا جَآءَتِ الصَّآخَّةُ(33)

But when there comes the Deafening Blast - (33)

یَوْمَ یَفِرُّ الْمَرْءُ مِنْ اَخِیْهِ(34)

The Day a man will flee from his brother (34)

وَ اُمِّهٖ وَ اَبِیْهِ(35)

And his mother and his father (35)

وَ صَاحِبَتِهٖ وَ بَنِیْهِﭤ(36)

And his wife and his children, (36)

لِكُلِّ امْرِئٍ مِّنْهُمْ یَوْمَىٕذٍ شَاْنٌ یُّغْنِیْهِﭤ(37)

For every person, that Day, will be a matter occupying him [enough]. (37)

وُجُوْهٌ یَّوْمَىٕذٍ مُّسْفِرَةٌ(38)

[Some] faces, that Day, will be bright, (38)

ضَاحِكَةٌ مُّسْتَبْشِرَةٌ(39)

Laughing, rejoicing. (39)

وَ وُجُوْهٌ یَّوْمَىٕذٍ عَلَیْهَا غَبَرَةٌ(40)

And [other] faces, that Day, will have upon them dust. (40)

تَرْهَقُهَا قَتَرَةٌﭤ(41)

Blackness will cover them. (41)

اُولٰٓىٕكَ هُمُ الْكَفَرَةُ الْفَجَرَةُ(42)

Those are the disbelievers, the wicked ones. (42)