Surah 'Abasaعبس
He Frowned · 42 verses · Meccan
'Abasa (عبس): full text and translation
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عَبَسَ وَتَوَلَّىٰٓ ﴿١﴾
80:1 (The Prophet) frowned And turned away,
أَن جَآءَهُ ٱلْأَعْمَىٰ ﴿٢﴾
80:2 Because there came to him The blind man (interrupting).
وَمَا يُدْرِيكَ لَعَلَّهُۥ يَزَّكَّىٰٓ ﴿٣﴾
80:3 But what could tell thee But that perchance he might Grow (in spiritual understanding)?—
أَوْ يَذَّكَّرُ فَتَنفَعَهُ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰٓ ﴿٤﴾
80:4 Or that he might receive Admonition, and the teaching Might profit him?
أَمَّا مَنِ ٱسْتَغْنَىٰ ﴿٥﴾
80:5 As to one who regards Himself as self-sufficient,
فَأَنتَ لَهُۥ تَصَدَّىٰ ﴿٦﴾
80:6 To him dost thou attend;
وَمَا عَلَيْكَ أَلَّا يَزَّكَّىٰ ﴿٧﴾
80:7 Though it is no blame To thee if he grow not (In spiritual understanding).
وَأَمَّا مَن جَآءَكَ يَسْعَىٰ ﴿٨﴾
80:8 But as to him who came To thee striving earnestly,
وَهُوَ يَخْشَىٰ ﴿٩﴾
80:9 And with fear (In his heart),
فَأَنتَ عَنْهُ تَلَهَّىٰ ﴿١٠﴾
80:10 Of him wast thou unmindful.
كَلَّآ إِنَّهَا تَذْكِرَةٌ ﴿١١﴾
80:11 By no means (Should it be so)! For it is indeed A Message of instruction:
فَمَن شَآءَ ذَكَرَهُۥ ﴿١٢﴾
80:12 Therefore let whoso will, Keep it in remembrance.
فِى صُحُفٍ مُّكَرَّمَةٍ ﴿١٣﴾
80:13 (It is) in Books Held (greatly) in honour,
مَّرْفُوعَةٍ مُّطَهَّرَةٍۭ ﴿١٤﴾
80:14 Exalted (in dignity), Kept pure and holy,
بِأَيْدِى سَفَرَةٍ ﴿١٥﴾
80:15 (Written) by the hands Of scribes—
كِرَامٍۭ بَرَرَةٍ ﴿١٦﴾
80:16 Honourable and Pious and Just.
قُتِلَ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ مَآ أَكْفَرَهُۥ ﴿١٧﴾
80:17 Woe to man! What hath made him Reject God:
مِنْ أَىِّ شَىْءٍ خَلَقَهُۥ ﴿١٨﴾
80:18 From what stuff Hath He created him?
مِن نُّطْفَةٍ خَلَقَهُۥ فَقَدَّرَهُۥ ﴿١٩﴾
80:19 From a sperm-drop: He hath created him, and then Mouldeth him in due proportions;
ثُمَّ ٱلسَّبِيلَ يَسَّرَهُۥ ﴿٢٠﴾
80:20 Then doth He make His path smooth for him;
ثُمَّ أَمَاتَهُۥ فَأَقْبَرَهُۥ ﴿٢١﴾
80:21 Then He causeth him to die, And putteth him in his Grave;
ثُمَّ إِذَا شَآءَ أَنشَرَهُۥ ﴿٢٢﴾
80:22 Then, when it is His Will, He will Raise him up (again).
كَلَّا لَمَّا يَقْضِ مَآ أَمَرَهُۥ ﴿٢٣﴾
80:23 By no means hath he Fulfilled what God Hath commanded him.
فَلْيَنظُرِ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ إِلَىٰ طَعَامِهِۦٓ ﴿٢٤﴾
80:24 Then let man look At his Food, (And how We provide it):
أَنَّا صَبَبْنَا ٱلْمَآءَ صَبًّا ﴿٢٥﴾
80:25 For that We pour forth Water in abundance,
ثُمَّ شَقَقْنَا ٱلْأَرْضَ شَقًّا ﴿٢٦﴾
80:26 And We split the earth In fragments,
فَأَنۢبَتْنَا فِيهَا حَبًّا ﴿٢٧﴾
80:27 And produce therein Corn,
وَعِنَبًا وَقَضْبًا ﴿٢٨﴾
80:28 And Grapes and nutritious Plants,
وَزَيْتُونًا وَنَخْلًا ﴿٢٩﴾
80:29 And Olives and Dates,
وَحَدَآئِقَ غُلْبًا ﴿٣٠﴾
80:30 And enclosed Gardens, Dense with lofty trees,
وَفَـٰكِهَةً وَأَبًّا ﴿٣١﴾
80:31 And Fruits and Fodder,—
مَّتَـٰعًا لَّكُمْ وَلِأَنْعَـٰمِكُمْ ﴿٣٢﴾
80:32 For use and convenience To you and your cattle.
فَإِذَا جَآءَتِ ٱلصَّآخَّةُ ﴿٣٣﴾
80:33 At length, when there Comes the Deafening Noise,—
يَوْمَ يَفِرُّ ٱلْمَرْءُ مِنْ أَخِيهِ ﴿٣٤﴾
80:34 That Day shall a man Flee from his own brother,
وَأُمِّهِۦ وَأَبِيهِ ﴿٣٥﴾
80:35 And from his mother And his father,
وَصَـٰحِبَتِهِۦ وَبَنِيهِ ﴿٣٦﴾
80:36 And from his wife And his children.
لِكُلِّ ٱمْرِئٍ مِّنْهُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ شَأْنٌ يُغْنِيهِ ﴿٣٧﴾
80:37 Each one of them, That Day, will have Enough concern (of his own) To make him indifferent To the others,
وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ مُّسْفِرَةٌ ﴿٣٨﴾
80:38 Some Faces that Day Will be beaming,
ضَاحِكَةٌ مُّسْتَبْشِرَةٌ ﴿٣٩﴾
80:39 Laughing, rejoicing.
وَوُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ عَلَيْهَا غَبَرَةٌ ﴿٤٠﴾
80:40 And other faces that Day Will be dust-stained;
تَرْهَقُهَا قَتَرَةٌ ﴿٤١﴾
80:41 Blackness will cover them:
أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْكَفَرَةُ ٱلْفَجَرَةُ ﴿٤٢﴾
80:42 Such will be The Rejecters of God, The Doers of Iniquity.