Surah 80 · Meccan · 42 ayahs
عبس'Abasa
He Frowned
بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
- 80:1
عَبَسَ وَتَوَلَّىٰٓ
The Prophet frowned and turned away
- 80:2
أَن جَآءَهُ ٱلۡأَعۡمَىٰ
Because there came to him the blind man, [interrupting]
- 80:3
وَمَا يُدۡرِيكَ لَعَلَّهُۥ يَزَّكَّىٰٓ
But what would make you perceive, [O Muhammad], that perhaps he might be purified
- 80:4
أَوۡ يَذَّكَّرُ فَتَنفَعَهُ ٱلذِّكۡرَىٰٓ
Or be reminded and the remembrance would benefit him
- 80:5
أَمَّا مَنِ ٱسۡتَغۡنَىٰ
As for he who thinks himself without need
- 80:6
فَأَنتَ لَهُۥ تَصَدَّىٰ
To him you give attention
- 80:7
وَمَا عَلَيۡكَ أَلَّا يَزَّكَّىٰ
And not upon you [is any blame] if he will not be purified
- 80:8
وَأَمَّا مَن جَآءَكَ يَسۡعَىٰ
But as for he who came to you striving [for knowledge]
- 80:9
وَهُوَ يَخۡشَىٰ
While he fears [Allah]
- 80:10
فَأَنتَ عَنۡهُ تَلَهَّىٰ
From him you are distracted
- 80:11
كَلَّآ إِنَّهَا تَذۡكِرَةࣱ
No! Indeed, these verses are a reminder
- 80:12
فَمَن شَآءَ ذَكَرَهُۥ
So whoever wills may remember it
- 80:13
فِي صُحُفٖ مُّكَرَّمَةٖ
[It is recorded] in honored sheets
- 80:14
مَّرۡفُوعَةٖ مُّطَهَّرَةِۭ
Exalted and purified
- 80:15
بِأَيۡدِي سَفَرَةٖ
[Carried] by the hands of messenger-angels
- 80:16
كِرَامِۭ بَرَرَةٖ
Noble and dutiful
- 80:17
قُتِلَ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ مَآ أَكۡفَرَهُۥ
Cursed is man; how disbelieving is he
- 80:18
مِنۡ أَيِّ شَيۡءٍ خَلَقَهُۥ
From what substance did He create him
- 80:19
مِن نُّطۡفَةٍ خَلَقَهُۥ فَقَدَّرَهُۥ
From a sperm-drop He created him and destined for him
- 80:20
ثُمَّ ٱلسَّبِيلَ يَسَّرَهُۥ
Then He eased the way for him
- 80:21
ثُمَّ أَمَاتَهُۥ فَأَقۡبَرَهُۥ
Then He causes his death and provides a grave for him
- 80:22
ثُمَّ إِذَا شَآءَ أَنشَرَهُۥ
Then when He wills, He will resurrect him
- 80:23
كَلَّا لَمَّا يَقۡضِ مَآ أَمَرَهُۥ
No! Man has not yet accomplished what He commanded him
- 80:24
فَلۡيَنظُرِ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ إِلَىٰ طَعَامِهِۦٓ
Then let mankind look at his food
- 80:25
أَنَّا صَبَبۡنَا ٱلۡمَآءَ صَبّٗا
How We poured down water in torrents
- 80:26
ثُمَّ شَقَقۡنَا ٱلۡأَرۡضَ شَقّٗا
Then We broke open the earth, splitting [it with sprouts]
- 80:27
فَأَنۢبَتۡنَا فِيهَا حَبّٗا
And caused to grow within it grain
- 80:28
وَعِنَبٗا وَقَضۡبٗا
And grapes and herbage
- 80:29
وَزَيۡتُونٗا وَنَخۡلٗا
And olive and palm trees
- 80:30
وَحَدَآئِقَ غُلۡبٗا
And gardens of dense shrubbery
- 80:31
وَفَٰكِهَةٗ وَأَبّٗا
And fruit and grass
- 80:32
مَّتَٰعٗا لَّكُمۡ وَلِأَنۡعَٰمِكُمۡ
[As] enjoyment for you and your grazing livestock
- 80:33
فَإِذَا جَآءَتِ ٱلصَّآخَّةُ
But when there comes the Deafening Blast
- 80:34
يَوۡمَ يَفِرُّ ٱلۡمَرۡءُ مِنۡ أَخِيهِ
On the Day a man will flee from his brother
- 80:35
وَأُمِّهِۦ وَأَبِيهِ
And his mother and his father
- 80:36
وَصَٰحِبَتِهِۦ وَبَنِيهِ
And his wife and his children
- 80:37
لِكُلِّ ٱمۡرِيٕٖ مِّنۡهُمۡ يَوۡمَئِذٖ شَأۡنࣱ يُغۡنِيهِ
For every man, that Day, will be a matter adequate for him
- 80:38
وُجُوهࣱ يَوۡمَئِذٖ مُّسۡفِرَةࣱ
[Some] faces, that Day, will be bright
- 80:39
ضَاحِكَةࣱ مُّسۡتَبۡشِرَةࣱ
Laughing, rejoicing at good news
- 80:40
وَوُجُوهࣱ يَوۡمَئِذٍ عَلَيۡهَا غَبَرَةࣱ
And [other] faces, that Day, will have upon them dust
- 80:41
تَرۡهَقُهَا قَتَرَةٌ
Blackness will cover them
- 80:42
أُوْلَـٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلۡكَفَرَةُ ٱلۡفَجَرَةُ
Those are the disbelievers, the wicked ones
Arabic text: The Noble Qur'an Encyclopedia. Translations via Tanzil.net and QuranEnc.