Surah 'Abasa (He Frowned)

Verses

1. عَبَسَ وَتَوَلَّىٰٓ

   He frowned and turned away

   80:1

2. أَن جَآءَهُ ٱلۡأَعۡمَىٰ

   Because the blind man came unto him

   80:2

3. وَمَا يُدۡرِيكَ لَعَلَّهُۥ يَزَّكَّىٰٓ

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

   80:3

4. أَوۡ يَذَّكَّرُ فَتَنفَعَهُ ٱلذِّكۡرَىٰٓ

   Or take heed and so the reminder might avail him

   80:4

5. أَمَّا مَنِ ٱسۡتَغۡنَىٰ

   As for him who thinketh himself independent

   80:5

6. فَأَنتَ لَهُۥ تَصَدَّىٰ

   Unto him thou payest regard

   80:6

7. وَمَا عَلَيۡكَ أَلَّا يَزَّكَّىٰ

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

   80:7

8. وَأَمَّا مَن جَآءَكَ يَسۡعَىٰ

   But as for him who cometh unto thee with earnest purpose

   80:8

9. وَهُوَ يَخۡشَىٰ

   And hath fear

   80:9

10. فَأَنتَ عَنۡهُ تَلَهَّىٰ

    From him thou art distracted

    80:10

11. كَلَّآ إِنَّهَا تَذۡكِرَةٞ

    Nay, but verily it is an Admonishment

    80:11

12. فَمَن شَآءَ ذَكَرَهُۥ

    So let whosoever will pay heed to it

    80:12

13. فِي صُحُفٖ مُّكَرَّمَةٖ

    On honoured leaves

    80:13

14. مَّرۡفُوعَةٖ مُّطَهَّرَةِۭ

    Exalted, purified

    80:14

15. بِأَيۡدِي سَفَرَةٖ

    (Set down) by scribes

    80:15

16. كِرَامِۭ بَرَرَةٖ

    Noble and righteous

    80:16

17. قُتِلَ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ مَآ أَكۡفَرَهُۥ

    Man is (self-)destroyed: how ungrateful

    80:17

18. مِنۡ أَيِّ شَيۡءٍ خَلَقَهُۥ

    From what thing doth He create him

    80:18

19. مِن نُّطۡفَةٍ خَلَقَهُۥ فَقَدَّرَهُۥ

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

    80:19

20. ثُمَّ ٱلسَّبِيلَ يَسَّرَهُۥ

    Then maketh the way easy for him

    80:20

21. ثُمَّ أَمَاتَهُۥ فَأَقۡبَرَهُۥ

    Then causeth him to die, and burieth him

    80:21

22. ثُمَّ إِذَا شَآءَ أَنشَرَهُۥ

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

    80:22

23. كَلَّا لَمَّا يَقۡضِ مَآ أَمَرَهُۥ

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

    80:23

24. فَلۡيَنظُرِ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ إِلَىٰ طَعَامِهِۦٓ

    Let man consider his food

    80:24

25. أَنَّا صَبَبۡنَا ٱلۡمَآءَ صَبّٗا

    How We pour water in showers

    80:25

26. ثُمَّ شَقَقۡنَا ٱلۡأَرۡضَ شَقّٗا

    Then split the earth in clefts

    80:26

27. فَأَنۢبَتۡنَا فِيهَا حَبّٗا

    And cause the grain to grow therein

    80:27

28. وَعِنَبٗا وَقَضۡبٗا

    And grapes and green fodder

    80:28

29. وَزَيۡتُونٗا وَنَخۡلٗا

    And olive-trees and palm-trees

    80:29

30. وَحَدَآئِقَ غُلۡبٗا

    And garden-closes of thick foliage

    80:30

31. وَفَٰكِهَةٗ وَأَبّٗا

    And fruits and grasses

    80:31

32. مَّتَٰعٗا لَّكُمۡ وَلِأَنۡعَٰمِكُمۡ

    Provision for you and your cattle

    80:32

33. فَإِذَا جَآءَتِ ٱلصَّآخَّةُ

    But when the Shout cometh

    80:33

34. يَوۡمَ يَفِرُّ ٱلۡمَرۡءُ مِنۡ أَخِيهِ

    On the day when a man fleeth from his brother

    80:34

35. وَأُمِّهِۦ وَأَبِيهِ

    And his mother and his father

    80:35

36. وَصَٰحِبَتِهِۦ وَبَنِيهِ

    And his wife and his children

    80:36

37. لِكُلِّ ٱمۡرِيٕٖ مِّنۡهُمۡ يَوۡمَئِذٖ شَأۡنٞ يُغۡنِيهِ

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

    80:37

38. وُجُوهٞ يَوۡمَئِذٖ مُّسۡفِرَةٞ

    On that day faces will be bright as dawn

    80:38

39. ضَاحِكَةٞ مُّسۡتَبۡشِرَةٞ

    Laughing, rejoicing at good news

    80:39

40. وَوُجُوهٞ يَوۡمَئِذٍ عَلَيۡهَا غَبَرَةٞ

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

    80:40

41. تَرۡهَقُهَا قَتَرَةٌ

    Veiled in darkness

    80:41

42. أُوْلَـٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلۡكَفَرَةُ ٱلۡفَجَرَةُ

    Those are the disbelievers, the wicked

    80:42