Quran · Surah
Surah 'Abasa (عبس) — He Frowned
Surah 80 · 42 verses · Meccan
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بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ عَبَسَ وَتَوَلَّىٰٓ
He frowned and turned ˹his attention˺ away
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أَن جَآءَهُ ٱلْأَعْمَىٰ
˹simply˺ because the blind man came to him ˹interrupting˺
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وَمَا يُدْرِيكَ لَعَلَّهُۥ يَزَّكَّىٰٓ
You never know ˹O Prophet˺, perhaps he may be purified
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أَوْ يَذَّكَّرُ فَتَنفَعَهُ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰٓ
or he may be mindful, benefitting from the reminder
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أَمَّا مَنِ ٱسْتَغْنَىٰ
As for the one who was indifferent
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فَأَنتَ لَهُۥ تَصَدَّىٰ
you gave him your ˹undivided˺ attention
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وَمَا عَلَيْكَ أَلَّا يَزَّكَّىٰ
even though you are not to blame if he would not be purified
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وَأَمَّا مَن جَآءَكَ يَسْعَىٰ
But as for the one who came to you, eager ˹to learn˺
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وَهُوَ يَخْشَىٰ
being in awe ˹of Allah˺
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فَأَنتَ عَنْهُ تَلَهَّىٰ
you were inattentive to him
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كَلَّآ إِنَّهَا تَذْكِرَةٌ
But no! This ˹revelation˺ is truly a reminder
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فَمَن شَآءَ ذَكَرَهُۥ
So let whoever wills be mindful of it
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فِى صُحُفٍ مُّكَرَّمَةٍ
It is ˹written˺ on pages held in honour—
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مَّرْفُوعَةٍ مُّطَهَّرَةٍۭ
highly esteemed, purified—
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بِأَيْدِى سَفَرَةٍ
by the hands of angel-scribes
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كِرَامٍۭ بَرَرَةٍ
honourable and virtuous
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قُتِلَ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ مَآ أَكْفَرَهُۥ
Condemned are ˹disbelieving˺ humans! How ungrateful they are ˹to Allah˺
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مِنْ أَىِّ شَىْءٍ خَلَقَهُۥ
From what substance did He create them
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مِن نُّطْفَةٍ خَلَقَهُۥ فَقَدَّرَهُۥ
He created them from a sperm-drop, and ordained their development
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ثُمَّ ٱلسَّبِيلَ يَسَّرَهُۥ
Then He makes the way easy for them
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ثُمَّ أَمَاتَهُۥ فَأَقْبَرَهُۥ
then causes them to die and be buried
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ثُمَّ إِذَا شَآءَ أَنشَرَهُۥ
Then when He wills, He will resurrect them
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كَلَّا لَمَّا يَقْضِ مَآ أَمَرَهُۥ
But no! They have failed to comply with what He ordered
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فَلْيَنظُرِ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ إِلَىٰ طَعَامِهِۦٓ
Let people then consider their food
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أَنَّا صَبَبْنَا ٱلْمَآءَ صَبًّا
how We pour down rain in abundance
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ثُمَّ شَقَقْنَا ٱلْأَرْضَ شَقًّا
and meticulously split the earth open ˹for sprouts˺
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فَأَنۢبَتْنَا فِيهَا حَبًّا
causing grain to grow in it
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وَعِنَبًا وَقَضْبًا
as well as grapes and greens
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وَزَيْتُونًا وَنَخْلًا
and olives and palm trees
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وَحَدَآئِقَ غُلْبًا
and dense orchards
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وَفَٰكِهَةً وَأَبًّا
and fruit and fodder—
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مَّتَٰعًا لَّكُمْ وَلِأَنْعَٰمِكُمْ
all as ˹a means of˺ sustenance for you and your animals
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فَإِذَا جَآءَتِ ٱلصَّآخَّةُ
Then, when the Deafening Blast comes to pass—
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يَوْمَ يَفِرُّ ٱلْمَرْءُ مِنْ أَخِيهِ
on that Day every person will flee from their own siblings
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وَأُمِّهِۦ وَأَبِيهِ
and ˹even˺ their mother and father
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وَصَٰحِبَتِهِۦ وَبَنِيهِ
and ˹even˺ their spouse and children
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لِكُلِّ ٱمْرِئٍ مِّنْهُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ شَأْنٌ يُغْنِيهِ
For then everyone will have enough concern of their own
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وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ مُّسْفِرَةٌ
On that Day ˹some˺ faces will be bright
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ضَاحِكَةٌ مُّسْتَبْشِرَةٌ
laughing and rejoicing
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وَوُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ عَلَيْهَا غَبَرَةٌ
while ˹other˺ faces will be dusty
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تَرْهَقُهَا قَتَرَةٌ
cast in gloom—
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أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْكَفَرَةُ ٱلْفَجَرَةُ
those are the disbelievers, the ˹wicked˺ sinners
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English translation: The Clear Quran (Dr. Mustafa Khattab). Arabic: Tanzil / Uthmani text.