Surah ‘Abasa (He Frowned) — Arabic text & English translation
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
وَمَا يُدْرِيكَ لَعَلَّهُۥ يَزَّكَّىٰٓ ٣
3. What could inform thee but that he might grow (in grace)
أَوْ يَذَّكَّرُ فَتَنفَعَهُ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰٓ ٤
4. Or take heed and so the reminder might avail him?
أَمَّا مَنِ ٱسْتَغْنَىٰ ٥
5. As for him who thinketh himself independent,
وَمَا عَلَيْكَ أَلَّا يَزَّكَّىٰ ٧
7. Yet it is not thy concern if he grow not (in grace).
وَأَمَّا مَن جَآءَكَ يَسْعَىٰ ٨
8. But as for him who cometh unto thee with earnest purpose
كَلَّآ إِنَّهَا تَذْكِرَةٌ ١١
11. Nay, but verily it is an Admonishment,
قُتِلَ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ مَآ أَكْفَرَهُۥ ١٧
17. Man is (self-)destroyed: how ungrateful!
مِن نُّطْفَةٍ خَلَقَهُۥ فَقَدَّرَهُۥ ١٩
19. From a drop of seed. He createth him and proportioneth him,
ثُمَّ أَمَاتَهُۥ فَأَقْبَرَهُۥ ٢١
21. Then causeth him to die, and burieth him;
ثُمَّ إِذَا شَآءَ أَنشَرَهُۥ ٢٢
22. Then, when He will, He bringeth him again to life.
كَلَّا لَمَّا يَقْضِ مَآ أَمَرَهُۥ ٢٣
23. Nay, but (man) hath not done what He commanded him.
فَلْيَنظُرِ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ إِلَىٰ طَعَامِهِۦٓ ٢٤
24. Let man consider his food:
مَّتَٰعًا لَّكُمْ وَلِأَنْعَٰمِكُمْ ٣٢
32. Provision for you and your cattle.
يَوْمَ يَفِرُّ ٱلْمَرْءُ مِنْ أَخِيهِ ٣٤
34. On the day when a man fleeth from his brother
لِكُلِّ ٱمْرِئٍ مِّنْهُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ شَأْنٌ يُغْنِيهِ ٣٧
37. Every man that day will have concern enough to make him heedless (of others).
وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ مُّسْفِرَةٌ ٣٨
38. On that day faces will be bright as dawn,
وَوُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ عَلَيْهَا غَبَرَةٌ ٤٠
40. And other faces, on that day, with dust upon them,
أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْكَفَرَةُ ٱلْفَجَرَةُ ٤٢
42. Those are the disbelievers, the wicked.
Quran text (Uthmani script) from the Tanzil Project — Tanzil Quran Text (Uthmani, Version 1.1), Copyright (C) 2007-2026 Tanzil Project, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0. English translation: M. M. Pickthall (public domain), text via Tanzil.net. Tap “Tafsir of this verse” for the tafsir from recognised books, with the source cited.