Surah 'Abasa عبس

He Frowned · Chapter 80 · 42 verses · Meccan

Translation: Saheeh International

1. عَبَسَ وَتَوَلَّىٰٓ

   80:1 He [i.e., the Prophet (ﷺ) ] frowned and turned away

2. أَن جَآءَهُ ٱلْأَعْمَىٰ

   80:2 Because there came to him the blind man, [interrupting].

3. وَمَا يُدْرِيكَ لَعَلَّهُۥ يَزَّكَّىٰٓ

   80:3 But what would make you perceive, [O Muḥammad], that perhaps he might be purified

4. أَوْ يَذَّكَّرُ فَتَنفَعَهُ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰٓ

   80:4 Or be reminded and the remembrance would benefit him?

5. أَمَّا مَنِ ٱسْتَغْنَىٰ

   80:5 As for he who thinks himself without need,

6. فَأَنتَ لَهُۥ تَصَدَّىٰ

   80:6 To him you give attention.

7. وَمَا عَلَيْكَ أَلَّا يَزَّكَّىٰ

   80:7 And not upon you [is any blame] if he will not be purified.

8. وَأَمَّا مَن جَآءَكَ يَسْعَىٰ

   80:8 But as for he who came to you striving [for knowledge]

9. وَهُوَ يَخْشَىٰ

   80:9 While he fears [Allāh],

10. فَأَنتَ عَنْهُ تَلَهَّىٰ

    80:10 From him you are distracted.

11. كَلَّآ إِنَّهَا تَذْكِرَةٌ

    80:11 No! Indeed, they [i.e., these verses] are a reminder;

12. فَمَن شَآءَ ذَكَرَهُۥ

    80:12 So whoever wills may remember it.

13. فِى صُحُفٍ مُّكَرَّمَةٍ

    80:13 [It is recorded] in honored sheets,

14. مَّرْفُوعَةٍ مُّطَهَّرَةٍۭ

    80:14 Exalted and purified,

15. بِأَيْدِى سَفَرَةٍ

    80:15 [Carried] by the hands of messenger-angels,

16. كِرَامٍۭ بَرَرَةٍ

    80:16 Noble and dutiful.

17. قُتِلَ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ مَآ أَكْفَرَهُۥ

    80:17 Destroyed [i.e., cursed] is man; how disbelieving is he.

18. مِنْ أَىِّ شَىْءٍ خَلَقَهُۥ

    80:18 From what thing [i.e., substance] did He create him?

19. مِن نُّطْفَةٍ خَلَقَهُۥ فَقَدَّرَهُۥ

    80:19 From a sperm-drop He created him and destined for him;

20. ثُمَّ ٱلسَّبِيلَ يَسَّرَهُۥ

    80:20 Then He eased the way for him;

21. ثُمَّ أَمَاتَهُۥ فَأَقْبَرَهُۥ

    80:21 Then He causes his death and provides a grave for him.

22. ثُمَّ إِذَا شَآءَ أَنشَرَهُۥ

    80:22 Then when He wills, He will resurrect him.

23. كَلَّا لَمَّا يَقْضِ مَآ أَمَرَهُۥ

    80:23 No! He [i.e., man] has not yet accomplished what He commanded him.

24. فَلْيَنظُرِ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ إِلَىٰ طَعَامِهِۦٓ

    80:24 Then let mankind look at his food -

25. أَنَّا صَبَبْنَا ٱلْمَآءَ صَبًّا

    80:25 How We poured down water in torrents,

26. ثُمَّ شَقَقْنَا ٱلْأَرْضَ شَقًّا

    80:26 Then We broke open the earth, splitting [it with sprouts],

27. فَأَنۢبَتْنَا فِيهَا حَبًّا

    80:27 And caused to grow within it grain

28. وَعِنَبًا وَقَضْبًا

    80:28 And grapes and herbage

29. وَزَيْتُونًا وَنَخْلًا

    80:29 And olive and palm trees

30. وَحَدَآئِقَ غُلْبًا

    80:30 And gardens of dense shrubbery

31. وَفَـٰكِهَةً وَأَبًّا

    80:31 And fruit and grass -

32. مَّتَـٰعًا لَّكُمْ وَلِأَنْعَـٰمِكُمْ

    80:32 [As] enjoyment [i.e., provision] for you and your grazing livestock.

33. فَإِذَا جَآءَتِ ٱلصَّآخَّةُ

    80:33 But when there comes the Deafening Blast

34. يَوْمَ يَفِرُّ ٱلْمَرْءُ مِنْ أَخِيهِ

    80:34 On the Day a man will flee from his brother

35. وَأُمِّهِۦ وَأَبِيهِ

    80:35 And his mother and his father

36. وَصَـٰحِبَتِهِۦ وَبَنِيهِ

    80:36 And his wife and his children,

37. لِكُلِّ ٱمْرِئٍ مِّنْهُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ شَأْنٌ يُغْنِيهِ

    80:37 For every man, that Day, will be a matter adequate for him.

38. وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ مُّسْفِرَةٌ

    80:38 [Some] faces, that Day, will be bright -

39. ضَاحِكَةٌ مُّسْتَبْشِرَةٌ

    80:39 Laughing, rejoicing at good news.

40. وَوُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ عَلَيْهَا غَبَرَةٌ

    80:40 And [other] faces, that Day, will have upon them dust.

41. تَرْهَقُهَا قَتَرَةٌ

    80:41 Blackness will cover them.

42. أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْكَفَرَةُ ٱلْفَجَرَةُ

    80:42 Those are the disbelievers, the wicked ones.