Abasa

Pickthall

1 In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. He frowned and turned away

Yusuf Ali

1 (The Prophet) frowned and turned away,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

1 In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. (The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم) frowned and turned away.

Pickthall

2 Because the blind man came unto him.

Yusuf Ali

2 Because there came to him the blind man (interrupting).

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

2 Because there came to him the blind man (i.e. 'Abdullah bin Umm-Maktum, who came to the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم while he was preaching to one or some of the Quraish chiefs).

Pickthall

3 What could inform thee but that he might grow (in grace)

Yusuf Ali

3 But what could tell thee but that perchance he might grow (in spiritual understanding)? -

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

3 And how can you know that he might become pure (from sins)?

Pickthall

4 Or take heed and so the reminder might avail him ?

Yusuf Ali

4 Or that he might receive admonition, and the teaching might profit him?

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

4 Or he might receive admonition, and the admonition might profit him?

Pickthall

5 As for him who thinketh himself independent,

Yusuf Ali

5 As to one who regards Himself as self - sufficient,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

5 As for him who thinks himself self-sufficient,

Pickthall

6 Unto him thou payest regard.

Yusuf Ali

6 To him dost thou attend;

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

6 To him you attend;

Pickthall

7 Yet it is not thy concern if he grow not (in grace).

Yusuf Ali

7 Though it is no blame to thee if he grow not (in spiritual understanding).

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

7 What does it matter to you if he will not become pure (from disbelief: you are only a Messenger, your duty is to convey the Message of Allah).

Pickthall

8 But as for him who cometh unto thee with earnest purpose

Yusuf Ali

8 But as to him who came to thee striving earnestly,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

8 But as to him who came to you running,

Pickthall

9 And hath fear,

Yusuf Ali

9 And with fear (in his heart),

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

9 And is afraid (of Allah and His punishment).

Pickthall

10 From him thou art distracted.

Yusuf Ali

10 Of him wast thou unmindful.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

10 Of him you are neglectful and divert your attention to another,

Pickthall

11 Nay, but verily it is an Admonishment,

Yusuf Ali

11 By no means (should it be so)! For it is indeed a Message of instruction:

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

11 Nay, (do not do like this); indeed it (this Qur'an) is an admonition.

Pickthall

12 So let whosoever will pay heed to it,

Yusuf Ali

12 Therefore let whoso will, keep it in remembrance.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

12 So whoever wills, let him pay attention to it.

Pickthall

13 On honoured leaves

Yusuf Ali

13 (It is) in Books held (greatly) in honour,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

13 (It is) in Records held (greatly) in honour (Al-Lauh Al-Mahfuz),

Pickthall

14 Exalted, purified,

Yusuf Ali

14 Exalted (in dignity), kept pure and holy,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

14 Exalted (in dignity), purified,

Pickthall

15 (Set down) by scribes

Yusuf Ali

15 (Written) by the hands of scribes -

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

15 In the hands of scribes (angels).

Pickthall

16 Noble and righteous.

Yusuf Ali

16 Honourable and Pious and Just.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

16 Honourable and obedient.

Pickthall

17 Man is (self - )destroyed: how ungrateful!

Yusuf Ali

17 Woe to man! What hath made him reject Allah;

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

17 Be cursed (the disbelieving) man! How ungrateful he is!

Pickthall

18 From what thing doth He create him ?

Yusuf Ali

18 From what stuff hath He created him?

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

18 From what thing did He create him?

Pickthall

19 From a drop of seed. He createth him and proportioneth him,

Yusuf Ali

19 From a sperm - drop: He hath created him, and then mouldeth him in due proportions;

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

19 From Nutfah (male and female semen drops) He created him and then set him in due proportion.

Pickthall

20 Then maketh the way easy for him,

Yusuf Ali

20 Then doth He make His path smooth for him;

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

20 Then He makes the Path easy for him.

Pickthall

21 Then causeth him to die, and burieth him;

Yusuf Ali

21 Then He causeth him to die, and putteth him in his grave;

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

21 Then He causes him to die and puts him in his grave.

Pickthall

22 Then, when He will, He bringeth him again to life.

Yusuf Ali

22 Then, when it is His Will, He will raise him up (again).

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

22 Then when it is His Will, He will resurrect him (again).

Pickthall

23 Nay, but (man) hath not done what He commanded him.

Yusuf Ali

23 By no means hath he fulfilled what Allah hath commanded him.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

23 Nay, but (man) has not done what He commanded him.

Pickthall

24 Let man consider his food:

Yusuf Ali

24 Then let man look at his food, (and how We provide it):

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

24 Then let man look at his food:

Pickthall

25 How We pour water in showers

Yusuf Ali

25 For that We pour forth water in abundance,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

25 We pour forth water in abundance.

Pickthall

26 Then split the earth in clefts

Yusuf Ali

26 And We split the earth in fragments,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

26 And We split the earth in clefts.

Pickthall

27 And cause the grain to grow therein

Yusuf Ali

27 And produce therein corn,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

27 And We cause therein the grain to grow,

Pickthall

28 And grapes and green fodder

Yusuf Ali

28 And Grapes and nutritious plants,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

28 And grapes and clover plants (i.e. green fodder for the cattle),

Pickthall

29 And olive - trees and palm - trees

Yusuf Ali

29 And Olives and Dates,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

29 And olives and date-palms,

Pickthall

30 And garden - closes of thick foliage

Yusuf Ali

30 And enclosed Gardens, dense with lofty trees,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

30 And gardens dense with many trees,

Pickthall

31 And fruits and grasses:

Yusuf Ali

31 And fruits and fodder, -

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

31 And fruits and herbage

Pickthall

32 Provision for you and your cattle.

Yusuf Ali

32 For use and convenience to you and your cattle.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

32 (To be) a provision and benefit for you and your cattle.

Pickthall

33 But when the Shout cometh

Yusuf Ali

33 At length, when there comes the Deafening Noise, -

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

33 Then when there comes As-Sakhkhah (the second blowing of the Trumpet on the Day of Resurrection)

Pickthall

34 On the day when a man fleeth from his brother

Yusuf Ali

34 That Day shall a man flee from his own brother,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

34 That Day shall a man flee from his brother,

Pickthall

35 And his mother and his father

Yusuf Ali

35 And from his mother and his father,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

35 And from his mother and his father,

Pickthall

36 And his wife and his children,

Yusuf Ali

36 And from his wife and his children.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

36 And from his wife and his children.

Pickthall

37 Every man that day will have concern enough to make him heedless (of others).

Yusuf Ali

37 Each one of them, that Day, will have enough concern (of his own) to make him indifferent to the others.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

37 Everyman that Day will have enough to make him careless of others.

Pickthall

38 On that day faces will be bright as dawn,

Yusuf Ali

38 Some faces that Day will be beaming,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

38 Some faces that Day will be bright (true believers of Islamic Monotheism),

Pickthall

39 Laughing, rejoicing at good news;

Yusuf Ali

39 Laughing, rejoicing.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

39 Laughing, rejoicing at good news (of Paradise).

Pickthall

40 And other faces, on that day, with dust upon them,

Yusuf Ali

40 And other faces that Day will be dust - stained,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

40 And other faces, that Day, will be dust-stained.

Pickthall

41 Veiled in darkness,

Yusuf Ali

41 Blackness will cover them:

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

41 Darkness will cover them.

Pickthall

42 Those are the disbelievers, the wicked.

Yusuf Ali

42 Such will be the Rejecters of Allah, the doers of iniquity.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

42 Such will be the Kafarah (disbelievers in Allah, in His Oneness, and in His Messenger Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم, etc.), the Fajarah (wicked evil doers).