Surah Abasa PDF – Arabic Text & English Translation

1

عَبَسَ وَتَوَلَّىٰٓ ١

He frowned and turned away

2

أَن جَآءَهُ ٱلۡأَعۡمَىٰ ٢

Because the blind man came unto him.

3

وَمَا يُدۡرِيكَ لَعَلَّهُۥ يَزَّكَّىٰٓ ٣

What could inform thee but that he might grow (in grace)

4

أَوۡ يَذَّكَّرُ فَتَنفَعَهُ ٱلذِّكۡرَىٰٓ ٤

Or take heed and so the reminder might avail him?

5

أَمَّا مَنِ ٱسۡتَغۡنَىٰ ٥

As for him who thinketh himself independent,

6

فَأَنتَ لَهُۥ تَصَدَّىٰ ٦

Unto him thou payest regard.

7

وَمَا عَلَيۡكَ أَلَّا يَزَّكَّىٰ ٧

Yet it is not thy concern if he grow not (in grace).

8

وَأَمَّا مَن جَآءَكَ يَسۡعَىٰ ٨

But as for him who cometh unto thee with earnest purpose

9

وَهُوَ يَخۡشَىٰ ٩

And hath fear,

10

فَأَنتَ عَنۡهُ تَلَهَّىٰ ١٠

From him thou art distracted.

11

كـَلَّآ إِنَّهَا تَذۡكِرَةٞ ١١

Nay, but verily it is an Admonishment,

12

فَمَن شَآءَ ذَكَرَهُۥ ١٢

So let whosoever will pay heed to it,

13

فِي صُحُفٖ مُّكَرَّمَةٖ ١٣

On honoured leaves

14

مَّرۡفُوعَةٖ مُّطَهَّرَةِۭ ١٤

Exalted, purified,

15

بِأَيۡدِي سَفَرَةٖ ١٥

(Set down) by scribes

16

كِرَامِۭ بَرَرَةٖ ١٦

Noble and righteous.

17

قُتِلَ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ مَآ أَكۡفَرَهُۥ ١٧

Man is (self-)destroyed: how ungrateful!

18

مِنۡ أَيِّ شَيۡءٍ خَلَقَهُۥ ١٨

From what thing doth He create him?

19

مِن نُّطۡفَةٍ خَلَقَهُۥ فَقَدَّرَهُۥ ١٩

From a drop of seed. He createth him and proportioneth him,

20

ثُمَّ ٱلسَّبِيلَ يَسَّرَهُۥ ٢٠

Then maketh the way easy for him,

21

ثُمَّ أَمَاتَهُۥ فَأَقۡبَرَهُۥ ٢١

Then causeth him to die, and burieth him;

22

ثُمَّ إِذَا شَآءَ أَنشَرَهُۥ ٢٢

Then, when He will, He bringeth him again to life.

23

كـَلَّا لَمَّا يَقۡضِ مَآ أَمَرَهُۥ ٢٣

Nay, but (man) hath not done what He commanded him.

24

فَلۡيَنظُرِ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ إِلَىٰ طَعَامِهِۦٓ ٢٤

Let man consider his food:

25

أَنَّا صَبَبۡنَا ٱلۡمَآءَ صَبّٗا ٢٥

How We pour water in showers

26

ثُمَّ شَقَقۡنَا ٱلۡأَرۡضَ شَقّٗا ٢٦

Then split the earth in clefts

27

فَأَنۢبَتۡنَا فِيهَا حَبّٗا ٢٧

And cause the grain to grow therein

28

وَعِنَبٗا وَقَضۡبٗا ٢٨

And grapes and green fodder

29

وَزَيۡتُونٗا وَنَخۡلٗا ٢٩

And olive-trees and palm-trees

30

وَحَدَآئِقَ غُلۡبٗا ٣٠

And garden-closes of thick foliage

31

وَفَٰكِهَةٗ وَأَبّٗا ٣١

And fruits and grasses:

32

مَّتَٰعٗا لَّكُمۡ وَلِأَنۡعَٰمِكُمۡ ٣٢

Provision for you and your cattle.

33

فَإِذَا جَآءَتِ ٱلصَّآخَّةُ ٣٣

But when the Shout cometh

34

يَوۡمَ يَفِرُّ ٱلۡمَرۡءُ مِنۡ أَخِيهِ ٣٤

On the day when a man fleeth from his brother

35

وَأُمِّهِۦ وَأَبِيهِ ٣٥

And his mother and his father

36

وَصَٰحِبَتِهِۦ وَبَنِيهِ ٣٦

And his wife and his children,

37

لِكُلِّ ٱمۡرِيٕٖ مِّنۡهُمۡ يَوۡمَئِذٖ شَأۡنٞ يُغۡنِيهِ ٣٧

Every man that day will have concern enough to make him heedless (of others).

38

وُجُوهٞ يَوۡمَئِذٖ مُّسۡفِرَةٞ ٣٨

On that day faces will be bright as dawn,

39

ضَاحِكَةٞ مُّسۡتَبۡشِرَةٞ ٣٩

Laughing, rejoicing at good news;

40

وَوُجُوهٞ يَوۡمَئِذٍ عَلَيۡهَا غَبَرَةٞ ٤٠

And other faces, on that day, with dust upon them,

41

تَرۡهَقُهَا قَتَرَةٌ ٤١

Veiled in darkness,

42

أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلۡكَفَرَةُ ٱلۡفَجَرَةُ ٤٢

Those are the disbelievers, the wicked.