80:1
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ عَبَسَ وَتَوَلَّىٰٓ
'Abasa wa tawallaa.
HE FROWNED and turned away
QUR’AN · SURAH 80
Abasa
He frowned · undefined verses · Meccan
Translation of meaning: Muhammad Asad. Transliteration is a learning aid; it cannot capture every Arabic sound. Recitation: Mishary Rashid Alafasy via Islamic Network. Recitation is streamed from Islamic Network and requires internet access.
80:2
أَن جَآءَهُ ٱلْأَعْمَىٰ
An jaa-ahul 'a-maa
because the blind man approached him!
80:3
وَمَا يُدْرِيكَ لَعَلَّهُۥ يَزَّكَّىٰٓ
Wa maa yudreeka la'allahu yaz zakkaa.
Yet for all thou didst know, [O Muhammad,] he might perhaps have grown in purity,
80:4
أَوْ يَذَّكَّرُ فَتَنفَعَهُ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰٓ
Au yaz zak karu fatanfa 'ahuz zikraa.
or have been reminded [of the truth], and helped by this reminder.
80:5
أَمَّا مَنِ ٱسْتَغْنَىٰ
Amma manis taghnaa
Now as for him who believes himself to be self-sufficient
80:6
فَأَنتَ لَهُۥ تَصَدَّىٰ
Fa-anta lahu tasaddaa
to him didst thou give thy whole attention,
80:7
وَمَا عَلَيْكَ أَلَّا يَزَّكَّىٰ
Wa ma 'alaika allaa yaz zakka.
although thou art not accountable for his failure to attain to purity;
80:8
وَأَمَّا مَن جَآءَكَ يَسْعَىٰ
Wa amma man jaa-aka yas'a
but as for him who came unto thee full of eagerness
80:9
وَهُوَ يَخْشَىٰ
Wahuwa yakhshaa,
and in awe [of God]
80:10
فَأَنتَ عَنْهُ تَلَهَّىٰ
Fa-anta 'anhu talah haa.
him didst thou disregard!
80:11
كَلَّآ إِنَّهَا تَذْكِرَةٌۭ
Kalla innaha tazkirah
NAY, VERILY, these [messages] are but a reminder:
80:12
فَمَن شَآءَ ذَكَرَهُۥ
Faman shaa a zakarah
and so, whoever is willing may remember Him
80:13
فِى صُحُفٍۢ مُّكَرَّمَةٍۢ
Fi suhufim mukar rama,
in [the light of His] revelations blest with dignity,
80:14
مَّرْفُوعَةٍۢ مُّطَهَّرَةٍۭ
Marfoo'atim mutah hara,
lofty and pure,
80:15
بِأَيْدِى سَفَرَةٍۢ
Bi'aidee safara
[borne] by the hands of messengers
80:16
كِرَامٍۭ بَرَرَةٍۢ
Kiraamim bararah.
noble and most virtuous.
80:17
قُتِلَ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ مَآ أَكْفَرَهُۥ
Qutilal-insanu maa akfarah.
[But only too often] man destroys himself: how stubbornly does he deny the truth!
80:18
مِنْ أَىِّ شَىْءٍ خَلَقَهُۥ
Min aiyyi shai-in Khalaq
[Does man ever consider] out of what substance [God] creates him?
80:19
مِن نُّطْفَةٍ خَلَقَهُۥ فَقَدَّرَهُۥ
Min nutfah; khalaqahu faqad-darah.
Out of a drop of sperm He creates him, and thereupon determines his nature,
80:20
ثُمَّ ٱلسَّبِيلَ يَسَّرَهُۥ
Thummas sabeela yas-sarah
and then makes it easy for him to go through life;
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Qur’an 80:1
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ عَبَسَ وَتَوَلَّىٰٓ
HE FROWNED and turned away
Qur’an 80:2
أَن جَآءَهُ ٱلْأَعْمَىٰ
because the blind man approached him!
Qur’an 80:3
وَمَا يُدْرِيكَ لَعَلَّهُۥ يَزَّكَّىٰٓ
Yet for all thou didst know, [O Muhammad,] he might perhaps have grown in purity,
Qur’an 80:4
أَوْ يَذَّكَّرُ فَتَنفَعَهُ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰٓ
or have been reminded [of the truth], and helped by this reminder.
Qur’an 80:5
أَمَّا مَنِ ٱسْتَغْنَىٰ
Now as for him who believes himself to be self-sufficient
Qur’an 80:6
فَأَنتَ لَهُۥ تَصَدَّىٰ
to him didst thou give thy whole attention,
Qur’an 80:7
وَمَا عَلَيْكَ أَلَّا يَزَّكَّىٰ
although thou art not accountable for his failure to attain to purity;
Qur’an 80:8
وَأَمَّا مَن جَآءَكَ يَسْعَىٰ
but as for him who came unto thee full of eagerness
Qur’an 80:9
وَهُوَ يَخْشَىٰ
and in awe [of God]
Qur’an 80:10
فَأَنتَ عَنْهُ تَلَهَّىٰ
him didst thou disregard!
Qur’an 80:11
كَلَّآ إِنَّهَا تَذْكِرَةٌۭ
NAY, VERILY, these [messages] are but a reminder:
Qur’an 80:12
فَمَن شَآءَ ذَكَرَهُۥ
and so, whoever is willing may remember Him
Qur’an 80:13
فِى صُحُفٍۢ مُّكَرَّمَةٍۢ
in [the light of His] revelations blest with dignity,
Qur’an 80:14
مَّرْفُوعَةٍۢ مُّطَهَّرَةٍۭ
lofty and pure,
Qur’an 80:15
بِأَيْدِى سَفَرَةٍۢ
[borne] by the hands of messengers
Qur’an 80:16
كِرَامٍۭ بَرَرَةٍۢ
noble and most virtuous.
Qur’an 80:17
قُتِلَ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ مَآ أَكْفَرَهُۥ
[But only too often] man destroys himself: how stubbornly does he deny the truth!
Qur’an 80:18
مِنْ أَىِّ شَىْءٍ خَلَقَهُۥ
[Does man ever consider] out of what substance [God] creates him?
Qur’an 80:19
مِن نُّطْفَةٍ خَلَقَهُۥ فَقَدَّرَهُۥ
Out of a drop of sperm He creates him, and thereupon determines his nature,
Qur’an 80:20
ثُمَّ ٱلسَّبِيلَ يَسَّرَهُۥ
and then makes it easy for him to go through life;
Qur’an 80:21
ثُمَّ أَمَاتَهُۥ فَأَقْبَرَهُۥ
and in the end He causes him to die and brings him to the grave;
Qur’an 80:22
ثُمَّ إِذَا شَآءَ أَنشَرَهُۥ
and then, if it be His will, He shall raise him again to life,
Qur’an 80:23
كَلَّا لَمَّا يَقْضِ مَآ أَمَرَهُۥ
Nay, but [man] has never yet fulfilled what He has enjoined upon him!
Qur’an 80:24
فَلْيَنظُرِ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ إِلَىٰ طَعَامِهِۦٓ
Let man, then, consider [the sources of] his food:
Qur’an 80:25
أَنَّا صَبَبْنَا ٱلْمَآءَ صَبًّۭا
[how it is] that We pour down water, pouring it down abundantly;
Qur’an 80:26
ثُمَّ شَقَقْنَا ٱلْأَرْضَ شَقًّۭا
and then We cleave the earth [with new growth], cleaving it asunder,
Qur’an 80:27
فَأَنۢبَتْنَا فِيهَا حَبًّۭا
and thereupon We cause grain to grow out of it,
Qur’an 80:28
وَعِنَبًۭا وَقَضْبًۭا
and vines and edible plants,
Qur’an 80:29
وَزَيْتُونًۭا وَنَخْلًۭا
and olive trees and date-palms,
Qur’an 80:30
وَحَدَآئِقَ غُلْبًۭا
and gardens dense with foliage,
Qur’an 80:31
وَفَٰكِهَةًۭ وَأَبًّۭا
and fruits and herbage,
Qur’an 80:32
مَّتَٰعًۭا لَّكُمْ وَلِأَنْعَٰمِكُمْ
for you and for your animals to enjoy.
Qur’an 80:33
فَإِذَا جَآءَتِ ٱلصَّآخَّةُ
AND SO, when the piercing call [of resurrection] is heard
Qur’an 80:34
يَوْمَ يَفِرُّ ٱلْمَرْءُ مِنْ أَخِيهِ
on a Day when everyone will [want to] flee from his brother,
Qur’an 80:35
وَأُمِّهِۦ وَأَبِيهِ
and from his mother and father,
Qur’an 80:36
وَصَٰحِبَتِهِۦ وَبَنِيهِ
and from his spouse and his children:
Qur’an 80:37
لِكُلِّ ٱمْرِئٍۢ مِّنْهُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ شَأْنٌۭ يُغْنِيهِ
on that Day, to every one of them will his own state be of sufficient concern.
Qur’an 80:38
وُجُوهٌۭ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ مُّسْفِرَةٌۭ
Some faces will on that Day be bright with happiness,
Qur’an 80:39
ضَاحِكَةٌۭ مُّسْتَبْشِرَةٌۭ
laughing, rejoicing at glad tidings.
Qur’an 80:40
وَوُجُوهٌۭ يَوْمَئِذٍ عَلَيْهَا غَبَرَةٌۭ
And some faces will on that Day with dust be covered,
Qur’an 80:41
تَرْهَقُهَا قَتَرَةٌ
with darkness overspread:
Qur’an 80:42
أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْكَفَرَةُ ٱلْفَجَرَةُ
these, these will be the ones who denied the truth and were immersed in iniquity!