Surah 'Abasa

عَبَسَ وَتَوَلّٰۤی 1

He [i.e., the Prophet (ﷺ) ] frowned and turned away

اَنْ جَآءَهُ الْاَعْمٰى ۟ؕ 2

Because there came to him the blind man, [interrupting].

وَمَا یُدْرِیْكَ لَعَلَّهٗ یَزَّ 3

But what would make you perceive, [O Muḥammad], that perhaps he might be purified

اَوْ یَذَّكَّرُ فَتَنْفَعَهُ الذِّكْرٰى ۟ؕ 4

Or be reminded and the remembrance would benefit him?

اَمَّا مَنِ اسْتَغْنٰى 5

As for he who thinks himself without need,

فَاَنْتَ لَهٗ تَصَدّٰى ۟ؕ 6

To him you give attention.

وَمَا عَلَیْكَ اَلَّا یَزَّكّٰى ۟ؕ 7

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

وَاَمَّا مَنْ جَآءَكَ یَسْعٰى 8

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

وَهُوَ یَخْشٰى 9

While he fears [Allāh],

فَاَنْتَ عَنْهُ تَلَهّٰى 10

From him you are distracted.

كَلَّاۤ اِنَّهَا تَذْكِرَةٌ 11

No! Indeed, they [i.e., these verses] are a reminder;

فَمَنْ شَآءَ ذَكَرَهٗ 12

So whoever wills may remember it.

فِیْ صُحُفٍ مُّكَرَّمَةٍ 13

[It is recorded] in honored sheets,

مَّرْفُوْعَةٍ مُّطَهَّرَةٍۭ 14

Exalted and purified,

بِاَیْدِیْ سَفَرَةٍ 15

[Carried] by the hands of messenger-angels,

كِرَامٍ بَرَرَةٍ ۟ؕ 16

Noble and dutiful.

قُتِلَ الْاِنْسَانُ مَاۤ اَكْفَرَهٗ ۟ؕ 17

Destroyed [i.e., cursed] is man; how disbelieving is he.

مِنْ اَیِّ شَیْءٍ خَلَقَهٗ ۟ؕ 18

From what thing [i.e., substance] did He create him?

مِنْ نُّطْفَةٍ ؕ خَلَقَهٗ فَقَدَّرَهٗ 19

From a sperm-drop He created him and destined for him;

ثُمَّ السَّبِیْلَ یَسَّرَهٗ 20

Then He eased the way for him;

ثُمَّ اَمَاتَهٗ فَاَقْبَرَهٗ 21

Then He causes his death and provides a grave for him.

ثُمَّ اِذَا شَآءَ اَنْشَرَهٗ ۟ؕ 22

Then when He wills, He will resurrect him.

كَلَّا لَمَّا یَقْضِ مَاۤ اَمَرَهٗ ۟ؕ 23

No! He [i.e., man] has not yet accomplished what He commanded him.

فَلْیَنْظُرِ الْاِنْسَانُ اِلٰى طَعَامِهٖۤ 24

Then let mankind look at his food -

اَنَّا صَبَبْنَا الْمَآءَ صَبًّا 25

How We poured down water in torrents,

ثُمَّ شَقَقْنَا الْاَرْضَ شَقًّا 26

Then We broke open the earth, splitting [it with sprouts],

فَاَنْۢبَتْنَا فِیْهَا حَبًّا 27

And caused to grow within it grain

وَّعِنَبًا وَّقَضْبًا 28

And grapes and herbage

وَّزَیْتُوْنًا وَّنَخْلًا 29

And olive and palm trees

وَّحَدَآىِٕقَ غُلْبًا 30

And gardens of dense shrubbery

وَّفَاكِهَةً وَّاَبًّا 31

And fruit and grass -

مَّتَاعًا لَّكُمْ وَلِاَنْعَامِكُمْ ۟ؕ 32

[As] enjoyment [i.e., provision] for you and your grazing livestock.

فَاِذَا جَآءَتِ الصَّآخَّةُ ۟ؗ 33

But when there comes the Deafening Blast

یَوْمَ یَفِرُّ الْمَرْءُ مِنْ اَخِیْهِ 34

On the Day a man will flee from his brother

وَاُمِّهٖ وَاَبِیْهِ 35

And his mother and his father

وَصَاحِبَتِهٖ وَبَنِیْهِ ۟ؕ 36

And his wife and his children,

لِكُلِّ امْرِئٍ مِّنْهُمْ یَوْمَىِٕذٍ شَاْنٌ یُّغْنِیْهِ ۟ؕ 37

For every man, that Day, will be a matter adequate for him.

وُجُوْهٌ یَّوْمَىِٕذٍ مُّسْفِرَةٌ 38

[Some] faces, that Day, will be bright -

ضَاحِكَةٌ مُّسْتَبْشِرَةٌ 39

Laughing, rejoicing at good news.

وَوُجُوْهٌ یَّوْمَىِٕذٍ عَلَیْهَا غَبَرَةٌ 40

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

تَرْهَقُهَا قَتَرَةٌ ۟ؕ 41

Blackness will cover them.

اُولٰٓىِٕكَ هُمُ الْكَفَرَةُ الْفَجَرَةُ 42

Those are the disbelievers, the wicked ones.