Surah 'Abasa: word by word, transliteration and English translation

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

Transliteration bis'mi l-lahi l-raḥmāni l-raḥīmi

English In the name of Allāh, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful.

1. بِسْمِbis'miIn (the) name
2. ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
3. ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِl-raḥmānithe Most Gracious
4. ٱلرَّحِيمِl-raḥīmithe Most Merciful

عَبَسَ وَتَوَلَّىٰٓ

Transliteration ʿabasa watawallā

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

1. عَبَسَʿabasaHe frowned
2. وَتَوَلَّىٰٓwatawallāand turned away

أَن جَآءَهُ ٱلْأَعْمَىٰ

Transliteration an jāahu l-aʿmā

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

1. أَنanBecause
2. جَآءَهُjāahucame to him
3. ٱلْأَعْمَىٰl-aʿmāthe blind man

وَمَا يُدْرِيكَ لَعَلَّهُۥ يَزَّكَّىٰٓ

Transliteration wamā yud'rīka laʿallahu yazzakkā

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

1. وَمَاwamāBut what
2. يُدْرِيكَyud'rīkawould make you know
3. لَعَلَّهُۥlaʿallahuthat he might
4. يَزَّكَّىٰٓyazzakkāpurify himself

أَوْ يَذَّكَّرُ فَتَنفَعَهُ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰٓ

Transliteration aw yadhakkaru fatanfaʿahu l-dhik'rā

English Or be reminded and the remembrance would benefit him?

1. أَوْawOr
2. يَذَّكَّرُyadhakkarube reminded
3. فَتَنفَعَهُfatanfaʿahuso would benefit him
4. ٱلذِّكْرَىٰٓl-dhik'rāthe reminder

أَمَّا مَنِ ٱسْتَغْنَىٰ

Transliteration ammā mani is'taghnā

English As for he who thinks himself without need,

1. أَمَّاammāAs for
2. مَنِmani(him) who
3. ٱسْتَغْنَىٰis'taghnāconsiders himself free from need

فَأَنتَ لَهُۥ تَصَدَّىٰ

Transliteration fa-anta lahu taṣaddā

English To him you give attention.

1. فَأَنتَfa-antaSo you
2. لَهُۥlahuto him
3. تَصَدَّىٰtaṣaddāgive attention

وَمَا عَلَيْكَ أَلَّا يَزَّكَّىٰ

Transliteration wamā ʿalayka allā yazzakkā

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

1. وَمَاwamāAnd not
2. عَلَيْكَʿalaykaupon you
3. أَلَّاallāthat not
4. يَزَّكَّىٰyazzakkāhe purifies himself

وَأَمَّا مَن جَآءَكَ يَسْعَىٰ

Transliteration wa-ammā man jāaka yasʿā

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

1. وَأَمَّاwa-ammāBut as for
2. مَنman(he) who
3. جَآءَكَjāakacame to you
4. يَسْعَىٰyasʿāstriving

وَهُوَ يَخْشَىٰ

Transliteration wahuwa yakhshā

English While he fears [Allāh],

1. وَهُوَwahuwaWhile he
2. يَخْشَىٰyakhshāfears

فَأَنتَ عَنْهُ تَلَهَّىٰ

Transliteration fa-anta ʿanhu talahhā

English From him you are distracted.

1. فَأَنتَfa-antaBut you
2. عَنْهُʿanhufrom him
3. تَلَهَّىٰtalahhā(are) distracted

كَلَّآ إِنَّهَا تَذْكِرَةٌ

Transliteration kallā innahā tadhkiratun

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

1. كَلَّآkallāNay
2. إِنَّهَاinnahāIndeed, it
3. تَذْكِرَةٌۭtadhkiratun(is) a reminder

فَمَن شَآءَ ذَكَرَهُۥ

Transliteration faman shāa dhakarahu

English So whoever wills may remember it.

1. فَمَنfamanSo whosoever
2. شَآءَshāawills
3. ذَكَرَهُۥdhakarahumay remember it

فِى صُحُفٍ مُّكَرَّمَةٍ

Transliteration fī ṣuḥufin mukarramatin

English [It is recorded] in honored sheets,

1. فِىfīIn
2. صُحُفٍۢṣuḥufinsheets
3. مُّكَرَّمَةٍۢmukarramatinhonored

مَّرْفُوعَةٍ مُّطَهَّرَةٍۭ

Transliteration marfūʿatin muṭahharatin

English Exalted and purified,

1. مَّرْفُوعَةٍۢmarfūʿatinExalted
2. مُّطَهَّرَةٍۭmuṭahharatinpurified

بِأَيْدِى سَفَرَةٍ

Transliteration bi-aydī safaratin

English [Carried] by the hands of messenger-angels,

1. بِأَيْدِىbi-aydīIn (the) hands
2. سَفَرَةٍۢsafaratin(of) scribes

كِرَامٍۭ بَرَرَةٍ

Transliteration kirāmin bararatin

English Noble and dutiful.

1. كِرَامٍۭkirāminNoble
2. بَرَرَةٍۢbararatindutiful

قُتِلَ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ مَآ أَكْفَرَهُۥ

Transliteration qutila l-insānu mā akfarahu

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

1. قُتِلَqutilaIs destroyed
2. ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُl-insānu[the] man
3. مَآmāhow
4. أَكْفَرَهُۥakfarahuungrateful is he

مِنْ أَىِّ شَىْءٍ خَلَقَهُۥ

Transliteration min ayyi shayin khalaqahu

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

1. مِنْminFrom
2. أَىِّayyiwhat
3. شَىْءٍshayinthing
4. خَلَقَهُۥkhalaqahuHe created him

مِن نُّطْفَةٍ خَلَقَهُۥ فَقَدَّرَهُۥ

Transliteration min nuṭ'fatin khalaqahu faqaddarahu

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

1. مِنminFrom
2. نُّطْفَةٍnuṭ'fatina semen-drop
3. خَلَقَهُۥkhalaqahuHe created him
4. فَقَدَّرَهُۥfaqaddarahuthen He proportioned him

ثُمَّ ٱلسَّبِيلَ يَسَّرَهُۥ

Transliteration thumma l-sabīla yassarahu

English Then He eased the way for him;

1. ثُمَّthummaThen
2. ٱلسَّبِيلَl-sabīlathe way
3. يَسَّرَهُۥyassarahuHe made easy for him

ثُمَّ أَمَاتَهُۥ فَأَقْبَرَهُۥ

Transliteration thumma amātahu fa-aqbarahu

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

1. ثُمَّthummaThen
2. أَمَاتَهُۥamātahuHe causes him to die
3. فَأَقْبَرَهُۥfa-aqbarahuand provides a grave for him

ثُمَّ إِذَا شَآءَ أَنشَرَهُۥ

Transliteration thumma idhā shāa ansharahu

English Then when He wills, He will resurrect him.

1. ثُمَّthummaThen
2. إِذَاidhāwhen
3. شَآءَshāaHe wills
4. أَنشَرَهُۥansharahuHe will resurrect him

كَلَّا لَمَّا يَقْضِ مَآ أَمَرَهُۥ

Transliteration kallā lammā yaqḍi mā amarahu

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

1. كَلَّاkallāNay
2. لَمَّاlammāNot
3. يَقْضِyaqḍihe has accomplished
4. مَآmāwhat
5. أَمَرَهُۥamarahuHe commanded him

فَلْيَنظُرِ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ إِلَىٰ طَعَامِهِۦٓ

Transliteration falyanẓuri l-insānu ilā ṭaʿāmihi

English Then let mankind look at his food -

1. فَلْيَنظُرِfalyanẓuriThen let look
2. ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُl-insānuthe man
3. إِلَىٰilāat
4. طَعَامِهِۦٓṭaʿāmihihis food

أَنَّا صَبَبْنَا ٱلْمَآءَ صَبًّا

Transliteration annā ṣababnā l-māa ṣabban

English How We poured down water in torrents,

1. اَنَّاannāThat [We]
2. صَبَبْنَاṣababnā[We] poured
3. ٱلْمَآءَl-māathe water
4. صَبًّۭاṣabban(in) abundance

ثُمَّ شَقَقْنَا ٱلْأَرْضَ شَقًّا

Transliteration thumma shaqaqnā l-arḍa shaqqan

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

1. ثُمَّthummaThen
2. شَقَقْنَاshaqaqnāWe cleaved
3. ٱلْأَرْضَl-arḍathe earth
4. شَقًّۭاshaqqansplitting

فَأَنۢبَتْنَا فِيهَا حَبًّا

Transliteration fa-anbatnā fīhā ḥabban

English And caused to grow within it grain

1. فَأَنۢبَتْنَاfa-anbatnāThen We caused to grow
2. فِيهَاfīhātherein
3. حَبًّۭاḥabbangrain

وَعِنَبًا وَقَضْبًا

Transliteration waʿinaban waqaḍban

English And grapes and herbage

1. وَعِنَبًۭاwaʿinabanAnd grapes
2. وَقَضْبًۭاwaqaḍbanand green fodder

وَزَيْتُونًا وَنَخْلًا

Transliteration wazaytūnan wanakhlan

English And olive and palm trees

1. وَزَيْتُونًۭاwazaytūnanAnd olive
2. وَنَخْلًۭاwanakhlanand date-palms

وَحَدَآئِقَ غُلْبًا

Transliteration waḥadāiqa ghul'ban

English And gardens of dense shrubbery

1. وَحَدَآئِقَwaḥadāiqaAnd gardens
2. غُلْبًۭاghul'ban(of) thick foliage

وَفَـٰكِهَةً وَأَبًّا

Transliteration wafākihatan wa-abban

English And fruit and grass -

1. وَفَـٰكِهَةًۭwafākihatanAnd fruits
2. وَأَبًّۭاwa-abbanand grass

مَّتَـٰعًا لَّكُمْ وَلِأَنْعَـٰمِكُمْ

Transliteration matāʿan lakum wali-anʿāmikum

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

1. مَّتَـٰعًۭاmatāʿan(As) a provision
2. لَّكُمْlakumfor you
3. وَلِأَنْعَـٰمِكُمْwali-anʿāmikumand for your cattle

فَإِذَا جَآءَتِ ٱلصَّآخَّةُ

Transliteration fa-idhā jāati l-ṣākhatu

English But when there comes the Deafening Blast

1. فَإِذَاfa-idhāBut when
2. جَآءَتِjāaticomes
3. ٱلصَّآخَّةُl-ṣākhatuthe Deafening Blast

يَوْمَ يَفِرُّ ٱلْمَرْءُ مِنْ أَخِيهِ

Transliteration yawma yafirru l-maru min akhīhi

English On the Day a man will flee from his brother

1. يَوْمَyawma(The) Day
2. يَفِرُّyafirruwill flee
3. ٱلْمَرْءُl-marua man
4. مِنْminfrom
5. أَخِيهِakhīhihis brother

وَأُمِّهِۦ وَأَبِيهِ

Transliteration wa-ummihi wa-abīhi

English And his mother and his father

1. وَأُمِّهِۦwa-ummihiAnd his mother
2. وَأَبِيهِwa-abīhiand his father

وَصَـٰحِبَتِهِۦ وَبَنِيهِ

Transliteration waṣāḥibatihi wabanīhi

English And his wife and his children,

1. وَصَـٰحِبَتِهِۦwaṣāḥibatihiAnd his wife
2. وَبَنِيهِwabanīhiand his children

لِكُلِّ ٱمْرِئٍ مِّنْهُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ شَأْنٌ يُغْنِيهِ

Transliteration likulli im'ri-in min'hum yawma-idhin shanun yugh'nīhi

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

1. لِكُلِّlikulliFor every
2. ٱمْرِئٍۢim'ri-inman
3. مِّنْهُمْmin'humamong them
4. يَوْمَئِذٍۢyawma-idhinthat Day
5. شَأْنٌۭshanun(will be) a matter
6. يُغْنِيهِyugh'nīhioccupying him

وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ مُّسْفِرَةٌ

Transliteration wujūhun yawma-idhin mus'firatun

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

1. وُجُوهٌۭwujūhunFaces
2. يَوْمَئِذٍۢyawma-idhinthat Day
3. مُّسْفِرَةٌۭmus'firatun(will be) bright

ضَاحِكَةٌ مُّسْتَبْشِرَةٌ

Transliteration ḍāḥikatun mus'tabshiratun

English Laughing, rejoicing at good news.

1. ضَاحِكَةٌۭḍāḥikatunLaughing
2. مُّسْتَبْشِرَةٌۭmus'tabshiratunrejoicing at good news

وَوُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ عَلَيْهَا غَبَرَةٌ

Transliteration wawujūhun yawma-idhin ʿalayhā ghabaratun

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

1. وَوُجُوهٌۭwawujūhunAnd faces
2. يَوْمَئِذٍyawma-idhinthat Day
3. عَلَيْهَاʿalayhāupon them
4. غَبَرَةٌۭghabaratun(will be) dust

تَرْهَقُهَا قَتَرَةٌ

Transliteration tarhaquhā qataratun

English Blackness will cover them.

1. تَرْهَقُهَاtarhaquhāWill cover them
2. قَتَرَةٌqataratundarkness

أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْكَفَرَةُ ٱلْفَجَرَةُ

Transliteration ulāika humu l-kafaratu l-fajaratu

English Those are the disbelievers, the wicked ones.

1. أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَulāikaThose
2. هُمُhumu[they]
3. ٱلْكَفَرَةُl-kafaratu(are) the disbelievers
4. ٱلْفَجَرَةُl-fajaratuthe wicked ones