Abasa

Shakir

1 He frowned and turned (his) back,

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,

Shakir

2 Because there came to him the blind man.

Pickthall

2 Because the blind man came unto him.

Yusuf Ali

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

Shakir

3 And what would make you know that he would purify himself,

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)? -

Shakir

4 Or become reminded so that the reminder should profit him?

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?

Shakir

5 As for him who considers himself free from need (of you),

Pickthall

5 As for him who thinketh himself independent,

Yusuf Ali

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

Shakir

6 To him do you address yourself.

Pickthall

6 Unto him thou payest regard.

Yusuf Ali

6 To him dost thou attend;

Shakir

7 And no blame is on you if he would not purify himself

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).

Shakir

8 And as to him who comes to you striving hard,

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,

Shakir

9 And he fears,

Pickthall

9 And hath fear,

Yusuf Ali

9 And with fear (in his heart),

Shakir

10 From him will you divert yourself.

Pickthall

10 From him thou art distracted.

Yusuf Ali

10 Of him wast thou unmindful.

Shakir

11 Nay! surely it is an admonishment.

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:

Shakir

12 So let him who pleases mind it.

Pickthall

12 So let whosoever will pay heed to it,

Yusuf Ali

12 Therefore let whoso will, keep it in remembrance.

Shakir

13 In honored books,

Pickthall

13 On honoured leaves

Yusuf Ali

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

Shakir

14 Exalted, purified,

Pickthall

14 Exalted, purified,

Yusuf Ali

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

Shakir

15 In the hands of scribes

Pickthall

15 (Set down) by scribes

Yusuf Ali

15 (Written) by the hands of scribes -

Shakir

16 Noble, virtuous.

Pickthall

16 Noble and righteous.

Yusuf Ali

16 Honourable and Pious and Just.

Shakir

17 Cursed be man! how ungrateful is he!

Pickthall

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Shakir

18 Of what thing did He create him?

Pickthall

18 From what thing doth He create him ?

Yusuf Ali

18 From what stuff hath He created him?

Shakir

19 Of a small seed; He created him, then He made him according to a measure,

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;

Shakir

20 Then (as for) the way - - He has made it easy (for him)

Pickthall

20 Then maketh the way easy for him,

Yusuf Ali

20 Then doth He make His path smooth for him;

Shakir

21 Then He causes him to die, then assigns to him a grave,

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;

Shakir

22 Then when He pleases, He will raise him to life again.

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).

Shakir

23 Nay; but he has not done what He bade him.

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.

Shakir

24 Then let man look to his food,

Pickthall

24 Let man consider his food:

Yusuf Ali

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

Shakir

25 That We pour down the water, pouring (it) down in abundance,

Pickthall

25 How We pour water in showers

Yusuf Ali

25 For that We pour forth water in abundance,

Shakir

26 Then We cleave the earth, cleaving (it) asunder,

Pickthall

26 Then split the earth in clefts

Yusuf Ali

26 And We split the earth in fragments,

Shakir

27 Then We cause to grow therein the grain,

Pickthall

27 And cause the grain to grow therein

Yusuf Ali

27 And produce therein corn,

Shakir

28 And grapes and clover,

Pickthall

28 And grapes and green fodder

Yusuf Ali

28 And Grapes and nutritious plants,

Shakir

29 And the olive and the palm,

Pickthall

29 And olive - trees and palm - trees

Yusuf Ali

29 And Olives and Dates,

Shakir

30 And thick gardens,

Pickthall

30 And garden - closes of thick foliage

Yusuf Ali

30 And enclosed Gardens, dense with lofty trees,

Shakir

31 And fruits and herbage

Pickthall

31 And fruits and grasses:

Yusuf Ali

31 And fruits and fodder, -

Shakir

32 A provision for you and for your cattle.

Pickthall

32 Provision for you and your cattle.

Yusuf Ali

32 For use and convenience to you and your cattle.

Shakir

33 But when the deafening cry comes,

Pickthall

33 But when the Shout cometh

Yusuf Ali

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

Shakir

34 The day on which a man shall fly from his brother,

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,

Shakir

35 And his mother and his father,

Pickthall

35 And his mother and his father

Yusuf Ali

35 And from his mother and his father,

Shakir

36 And his spouse and his son - -

Pickthall

36 And his wife and his children,

Yusuf Ali

36 And from his wife and his children.

Shakir

37 Every man of them shall on that day have an affair which will occupy him.

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.

Shakir

38 (Many) faces on that day shall be bright,

Pickthall

38 On that day faces will be bright as dawn,

Yusuf Ali

38 Some faces that Day will be beaming,

Shakir

39 Laughing, joyous.

Pickthall

39 Laughing, rejoicing at good news;

Yusuf Ali

39 Laughing, rejoicing.

Shakir

40 And (many) faces on that day, on them shall be dust,

Pickthall

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Shakir

41 Darkness shall cover them.

Pickthall

41 Veiled in darkness,

Yusuf Ali

41 Blackness will cover them:

Shakir

42 These are they who are unbelievers, the wicked.

Pickthall

42 Those are the disbelievers, the wicked.

Yusuf Ali

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