عبس
Surah 'Abasa
“He Frowned” · 42 verses · Meccan · Revelation order: 24
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
عَبَسَ وَتَوَلَّىٰٓ
AAabasa watawalla
He [i.e., the Prophet (ﷺ) ] frowned and turned away
أَن جَآءَهُ ٱلْأَعْمَىٰ
An jaahu al-aAAma
Because there came to him the blind man, [interrupting].
وَمَا يُدْرِيكَ لَعَلَّهُۥ يَزَّكَّىٰٓ
Wama yudreeka laAAallahu yazzakka
But what would make you perceive, [O Muḥammad], that perhaps he might be purified
أَوْ يَذَّكَّرُ فَتَنفَعَهُ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰٓ
Aw yaththakkaru fatanfaAAahu aththikra
Or be reminded and the remembrance would benefit him?
أَمَّا مَنِ ٱسْتَغْنَىٰ
Amma mani istaghna
As for he who thinks himself without need,
فَأَنتَ لَهُۥ تَصَدَّىٰ
Faanta lahu tasadda
To him you give attention.
وَمَا عَلَيْكَ أَلَّا يَزَّكَّىٰ
Wama AAalayka alla yazzakka
And not upon you [is any blame] if he will not be purified.
وَأَمَّا مَن جَآءَكَ يَسْعَىٰ
Waamma man jaaka yasAAa
But as for he who came to you striving [for knowledge]
وَهُوَ يَخْشَىٰ
Wahuwa yakhsha
While he fears [Allāh],
فَأَنتَ عَنْهُ تَلَهَّىٰ
Faanta AAanhu talahha
From him you are distracted.
كَلَّآ إِنَّهَا تَذْكِرَةٌ
Kalla innaha tathkira
No! Indeed, they [i.e., these verses] are a reminder;
فَمَن شَآءَ ذَكَرَهُۥ
Faman shaa thakarah
So whoever wills may remember it.
فِى صُحُفٍ مُّكَرَّمَةٍ
Fee suhufin mukarrama
[It is recorded] in honored sheets,
مَّرْفُوعَةٍ مُّطَهَّرَةٍۭ
MarfooAAatin mutahhara
Exalted and purified,
بِأَيْدِى سَفَرَةٍ
Bi-aydee safara
[Carried] by the hands of messenger-angels,
كِرَامٍۭ بَرَرَةٍ
Kiramin barara
Noble and dutiful.
قُتِلَ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ مَآ أَكْفَرَهُۥ
Qutila al-insanu ma akfarah
Destroyed [i.e., cursed] is man; how disbelieving is he.
مِنْ أَىِّ شَىْءٍ خَلَقَهُۥ
Min ayyi shay-in khalaqah
From what thing [i.e., substance] did He create him?
مِن نُّطْفَةٍ خَلَقَهُۥ فَقَدَّرَهُۥ
Min nutfatin khalaqahu faqaddarah
From a sperm-drop He created him and destined for him;
ثُمَّ ٱلسَّبِيلَ يَسَّرَهُۥ
Thumma assabeela yassarah
Then He eased the way for him;
ثُمَّ أَمَاتَهُۥ فَأَقْبَرَهُۥ
Thumma amatahu faaqbarah
Then He causes his death and provides a grave for him.
ثُمَّ إِذَا شَآءَ أَنشَرَهُۥ
Thumma itha shaa ansharah
Then when He wills, He will resurrect him.
كَلَّا لَمَّا يَقْضِ مَآ أَمَرَهُۥ
Kalla lamma yaqdi maamarah
No! He [i.e., man] has not yet accomplished what He commanded him.
فَلْيَنظُرِ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ إِلَىٰ طَعَامِهِۦٓ
Falyanthuri al-insanuila taAAamih
Then let mankind look at his food -
أَنَّا صَبَبْنَا ٱلْمَآءَ صَبًّا
Anna sababna almaasabba
How We poured down water in torrents,
ثُمَّ شَقَقْنَا ٱلْأَرْضَ شَقًّا
Thumma shaqaqna al-arda shaqqa
Then We broke open the earth, splitting [it with sprouts],
فَأَنۢبَتْنَا فِيهَا حَبًّا
Faanbatna feeha habba
And caused to grow within it grain
وَعِنَبًا وَقَضْبًا
WaAAinaban waqadba
And grapes and herbage
وَزَيْتُونًا وَنَخْلًا
Wazaytoonan wanakhla
And olive and palm trees
وَحَدَآئِقَ غُلْبًا
Wahada-iqa ghulba
And gardens of dense shrubbery
وَفَـٰكِهَةً وَأَبًّا
Wafakihatan waabba
And fruit and grass -
مَّتَـٰعًا لَّكُمْ وَلِأَنْعَـٰمِكُمْ
MataAAan lakum wali-anAAamikum
[As] enjoyment [i.e., provision] for you and your grazing livestock.
فَإِذَا جَآءَتِ ٱلصَّآخَّةُ
Fa-itha jaati assakhkha
But when there comes the Deafening Blast
يَوْمَ يَفِرُّ ٱلْمَرْءُ مِنْ أَخِيهِ
Yawma yafirru almaro min akheeh
On the Day a man will flee from his brother
وَأُمِّهِۦ وَأَبِيهِ
Waommihi waabeeh
And his mother and his father
وَصَـٰحِبَتِهِۦ وَبَنِيهِ
Wasahibatihi wabaneeh
And his wife and his children,
لِكُلِّ ٱمْرِئٍ مِّنْهُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ شَأْنٌ يُغْنِيهِ
Likulli imri-in minhum yawma-ithinsha'nun yughneeh
For every man, that Day, will be a matter adequate for him.
وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ مُّسْفِرَةٌ
Wujoohun yawma-ithin musfira
[Some] faces, that Day, will be bright -
ضَاحِكَةٌ مُّسْتَبْشِرَةٌ
Dahikatun mustabshira
Laughing, rejoicing at good news.
وَوُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ عَلَيْهَا غَبَرَةٌ
Wawujoohun yawma-ithin AAalayhaghabara
And [other] faces, that Day, will have upon them dust.
تَرْهَقُهَا قَتَرَةٌ
Tarhaquha qatara
Blackness will cover them.
أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْكَفَرَةُ ٱلْفَجَرَةُ
Ola-ika humu alkafaratu alfajara
Those are the disbelievers, the wicked ones.