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Surah 80 · 42 ayat

Abasa

He frowned

عبس

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

80:1

عَبَسَ وَتَوَلَّىٰٓ

MeaningHe frowned and turned away

80:2

أَن جَآءَهُ ٱلْأَعْمَىٰ

MeaningBecause the blind man came unto him.

80:3

وَمَا يُدْرِيكَ لَعَلَّهُۥ يَزَّكَّىٰٓ

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

80:4

أَوْ يَذَّكَّرُ فَتَنفَعَهُ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰٓ

MeaningOr take heed and so the reminder might avail him?

80:5

أَمَّا مَنِ ٱسْتَغْنَىٰ

MeaningAs for him who thinketh himself independent,

80:6

فَأَنتَ لَهُۥ تَصَدَّىٰ

MeaningUnto him thou payest regard.

80:7

وَمَا عَلَيْكَ أَلَّا يَزَّكَّىٰ

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

80:8

وَأَمَّا مَن جَآءَكَ يَسْعَىٰ

MeaningBut as for him who cometh unto thee with earnest purpose

80:9

وَهُوَ يَخْشَىٰ

MeaningAnd hath fear,

80:10

فَأَنتَ عَنْهُ تَلَهَّىٰ

MeaningFrom him thou art distracted.

80:11

كَلَّآ إِنَّهَا تَذْكِرَةٌ

MeaningNay, but verily it is an Admonishment,

80:12

فَمَن شَآءَ ذَكَرَهُۥ

MeaningSo let whosoever will pay heed to it,

80:13

فِى صُحُفٍ مُّكَرَّمَةٍ

MeaningOn honoured leaves

80:14

مَّرْفُوعَةٍ مُّطَهَّرَةٍۭ

MeaningExalted, purified,

80:15

بِأَيْدِى سَفَرَةٍ

Meaning(Set down) by scribes

80:16

كِرَامٍۭ بَرَرَةٍ

MeaningNoble and righteous.

80:17

قُتِلَ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ مَآ أَكْفَرَهُۥ

MeaningMan is (self-)destroyed: how ungrateful!

80:18

مِنْ أَىِّ شَىْءٍ خَلَقَهُۥ

MeaningFrom what thing doth He create him?

80:19

مِن نُّطْفَةٍ خَلَقَهُۥ فَقَدَّرَهُۥ

MeaningFrom a drop of seed. He createth him and proportioneth him,

80:20

ثُمَّ ٱلسَّبِيلَ يَسَّرَهُۥ

MeaningThen maketh the way easy for him,

80:21

ثُمَّ أَمَاتَهُۥ فَأَقْبَرَهُۥ

MeaningThen causeth him to die, and burieth him;

80:22

ثُمَّ إِذَا شَآءَ أَنشَرَهُۥ

MeaningThen, when He will, He bringeth him again to life.

80:23

كَلَّا لَمَّا يَقْضِ مَآ أَمَرَهُۥ

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

80:24

فَلْيَنظُرِ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ إِلَىٰ طَعَامِهِۦٓ

MeaningLet man consider his food:

80:25

أَنَّا صَبَبْنَا ٱلْمَآءَ صَبًّا

MeaningHow We pour water in showers

80:26

ثُمَّ شَقَقْنَا ٱلْأَرْضَ شَقًّا

MeaningThen split the earth in clefts

80:27

فَأَنۢبَتْنَا فِيهَا حَبًّا

MeaningAnd cause the grain to grow therein

80:28

وَعِنَبًا وَقَضْبًا

MeaningAnd grapes and green fodder

80:29

وَزَيْتُونًا وَنَخْلًا

MeaningAnd olive-trees and palm-trees

80:30

وَحَدَآئِقَ غُلْبًا

MeaningAnd garden-closes of thick foliage

80:31

وَفَـٰكِهَةً وَأَبًّا

MeaningAnd fruits and grasses:

80:32

مَّتَـٰعًا لَّكُمْ وَلِأَنْعَـٰمِكُمْ

MeaningProvision for you and your cattle.

80:33

فَإِذَا جَآءَتِ ٱلصَّآخَّةُ

MeaningBut when the Shout cometh

80:34

يَوْمَ يَفِرُّ ٱلْمَرْءُ مِنْ أَخِيهِ

MeaningOn the day when a man fleeth from his brother

80:35

وَأُمِّهِۦ وَأَبِيهِ

MeaningAnd his mother and his father

80:36

وَصَـٰحِبَتِهِۦ وَبَنِيهِ

MeaningAnd his wife and his children,

80:37

لِكُلِّ ٱمْرِئٍ مِّنْهُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ شَأْنٌ يُغْنِيهِ

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

80:38

وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ مُّسْفِرَةٌ

MeaningOn that day faces will be bright as dawn,

80:39

ضَاحِكَةٌ مُّسْتَبْشِرَةٌ

MeaningLaughing, rejoicing at good news;

80:40

وَوُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ عَلَيْهَا غَبَرَةٌ

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

80:41

تَرْهَقُهَا قَتَرَةٌ

MeaningVeiled in darkness,

80:42

أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْكَفَرَةُ ٱلْفَجَرَةُ

MeaningThose are the disbelievers, the wicked.

Sources & credits

Arabic source: Tanzil Quran Text 1.1. Verbatim Uthmani source text, used under CC BY 3.0. Check Tanzil for source updates.

Default English meaning: Marmaduke Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran (1930). The translation is presented separately from the Qur’an Arabic.

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