Surah Abasa (1-42)

Read surah Abasa with English translation

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ

عَبَسَ وَ تَوَلّٰۤى(1) اَنْ جَآءَهُ الْاَعْمٰى(2) وَ مَا یُدْرِیْكَ لَعَلَّهٗ یَزَّكّٰۤى(3) اَوْ یَذَّكَّرُ فَتَنْفَعَهُ الذِّكْرٰى(4) اَمَّا مَنِ اسْتَغْنٰى(5) فَاَنْتَ لَهٗ تَصَدّٰى(6) وَ مَا عَلَیْكَ اَلَّا یَزَّكّٰى(7) وَ اَمَّا مَنْ جَآءَكَ یَسْعٰى(8) وَ هُوَ یَخْشٰى(9) فَاَنْتَ عَنْهُ تَلَهّٰى(10) كَلَّاۤ اِنَّهَا تَذْكِرَةٌ(11) فَمَنْ شَآءَ ذَكَرَهٗ(12) فِیْ صُحُفٍ مُّكَرَّمَةٍ(13) مَّرْفُوْعَةٍ مُّطَهَّرَةٍ(14) بِاَیْدِیْ سَفَرَةٍ(15) كِرَامٍۭ بَرَرَةٍ(16) قُتِلَ الْاِنْسَانُ مَاۤ اَكْفَرَهٗ(17) مِنْ اَیِّ شَیْءٍ خَلَقَهٗ(18) مِنْ نُّطْفَةٍؕ-خَلَقَهٗ فَقَدَّرَهٗ(19) ثُمَّ السَّبِیْلَ یَسَّرَهٗ(20) ثُمَّ اَمَاتَهٗ فَاَقْبَرَهٗ(21) ثُمَّ اِذَا شَآءَ اَنْشَرَهٗ(22) كَلَّا لَمَّا یَقْضِ مَاۤ اَمَرَهٗ(23) فَلْیَنْظُرِ الْاِنْسَانُ اِلٰى طَعَامِهٖ(24) اَنَّا صَبَبْنَا الْمَآءَ صَبًّا(25) ثُمَّ شَقَقْنَا الْاَرْضَ شَقًّا(26) فَاَنْۢبَتْنَا فِیْهَا حَبًّا(27) وَّ عِنَبًا وَّ قَضْبًا(28) وَّ زَیْتُوْنًا وَّ نَخْلًا(29) وَّ حَدَآىٕقَ غُلْبًا(30) وَّ فَاكِهَةً وَّ اَبًّا(31) مَّتَاعًا لَّكُمْ وَ لِاَنْعَامِكُمْ(32) فَاِذَا جَآءَتِ الصَّآخَّةُ(33) یَوْمَ یَفِرُّ الْمَرْءُ مِنْ اَخِیْهِ(34) وَ اُمِّهٖ وَ اَبِیْهِ(35) وَ صَاحِبَتِهٖ وَ بَنِیْهِ(36) لِكُلِّ امْرِئٍ مِّنْهُمْ یَوْمَىٕذٍ شَاْنٌ یُّغْنِیْهِ(37) وُجُوْهٌ یَّوْمَىٕذٍ مُّسْفِرَةٌ(38) ضَاحِكَةٌ مُّسْتَبْشِرَةٌ(39) وَ وُجُوْهٌ یَّوْمَىٕذٍ عَلَیْهَا غَبَرَةٌ(40) تَرْهَقُهَا قَتَرَةٌ(41) اُولٰٓىٕكَ هُمُ الْكَفَرَةُ الْفَجَرَةُ(42)

Surah Abasa English translation

He frowned and turned away (1) when the blind man approached him, (2) for how can you know that he might seek to purify himself, (3) or take heed and derive benefit from [Our] warning? (4) As for him who was indifferent, (5) you eagerly attended to him — (6) though you are not to be blamed if he would not purify himself — (7) but as for one who comes to you, eagerly (8) and in awe of God (9) you pay him no heed. (10) Indeed, this [Quran] is an admonition. (11) Let him who will, pay heed to it. (12) It is set down on honoured pages, (13) exalted and purified, (14) by the hands of (15) noble and virtuous scribes. (16) Woe to man! How ungrateful he is! (17) Of what [stuff] has He created him? (18) Out of a drop of sperm! He creates and proportions him, (19) He makes his path easy for him. (20) Then He causes him to die and be buried. (21) Then when He pleases, He will bring him back to life. (22) Yet man declines to do His bidding. (23) Let man reflect on the food he eats. (24) We let the rain pour down in torrents (25) and then We cleaved the earth asunder. (26) We make the grain grow out of it, (27) and grape vines and vegetables, (28) and olive trees and date palms (29) and burgeoning enclosed gardens (30) and fruits and fodder (31) as provision for you and for your cattle to enjoy. (32) But when the deafening blast is sounded, (33) on that Day a man shall flee from his own brother, (34) his mother, his father, (35) his wife and his sons: (36) on that Day every man among them will have enough concern of his own — (37) on that Day some faces will be beaming, (38) laughing, and rejoicing, (39) but some faces will be covered with dust (40) and overcast with gloom: (41) those will be ones who denied the truth and were immersed in iniquity. (42)