سُورَةُ عَبَسَ

He Frowned

80:1

عَبَسَ وَتَوَلَّىٰٓ ١

He [the Prophet] frowned and turned away,

80:2

أَن جَآءَهُ ٱلۡأَعۡمَىٰ ٢

because there came to him the blind man [interrupting].¹

80:3

وَمَا يُدۡرِيكَ لَعَلَّهُۥ يَزَّكَّىٰٓ ٣

But what could tell you that by chance he might grow in purity?

80:4

أَوۡ يَذَّكَّرُ فَتَنفَعَهُ ٱلذِّكۡرَىٰٓ ٤

Or that he might receive Admonition, and the Reminder might profit him?

80:5

أَمَّا مَنِ ٱسۡتَغۡنَىٰ ٥

But as to the one who regards himself as self-sufficient,

80:6

فَأَنتَ لَهُۥ تَصَدَّىٰ ٦

to him you do attend;

80:7

وَمَا عَلَيۡكَ أَلَّا يَزَّكَّىٰ ٧

though it is no blame to you if he grows not in purity.

80:8

وَأَمَّا مَن جَآءَكَ يَسۡعَىٰ ٨

But as to him who came to you striving earnestly,

80:9

وَهُوَ يَخۡشَىٰ ٩

and he fears [Allāh in his heart],

80:10

فَأَنتَ عَنۡهُ تَلَهَّىٰ ١٠

of him you are unmindful.

80:11

كـَلَّآ إِنَّهَا تَذۡكِرَةٞ ١١

By no means [should it be so]! For it [the Qur’ān] is indeed a Reminder.

80:12

فَمَن شَآءَ ذَكَرَهُۥ ١٢

So, let whosoever will, keep it in remembrance.

80:13

فِي صُحُفٖ مُّكَرَّمَةٖ ١٣

[It is kept] in Books held [greatly] in honour,¹

80:14

مَّرۡفُوعَةٖ مُّطَهَّرَةِۭ ١٤

Exalted [in dignity], purified,

80:15

بِأَيۡدِي سَفَرَةٖ ١٥

[written] by the hands of scribes,¹

80:16

كِرَامِۭ بَرَرَةٖ ١٦

honourable and pious.

80:17

قُتِلَ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ مَآ أَكۡفَرَهُۥ ١٧

Woe to Man! What has made him reject [Allāh]?¹

80:18

مِنۡ أَيِّ شَيۡءٍ خَلَقَهُۥ ١٨

From what stuff has He created him?

80:19

مِن نُّطۡفَةٍ خَلَقَهُۥ فَقَدَّرَهُۥ ١٩

From a sperm-drop: He created him and then moulded him in due proportions;

80:20

ثُمَّ ٱلسَّبِيلَ يَسَّرَهُۥ ٢٠

Then He made [his] path smooth for him;

80:21

ثُمَّ أَمَاتَهُۥ فَأَقۡبَرَهُۥ ٢١

Then He caused him to die, and put him in his grave;

80:22

ثُمَّ إِذَا شَآءَ أَنشَرَهُۥ ٢٢

Then, when it is His Will, He will raise him up [again].

80:23

كـَلَّا لَمَّا يَقۡضِ مَآ أَمَرَهُۥ ٢٣

By no means has he [Man] fulfilled what [Allāh] has commanded him.

80:24

فَلۡيَنظُرِ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ إِلَىٰ طَعَامِهِۦٓ ٢٤

So let Man look at his food, [and how We provide it]:

80:25

أَنَّا صَبَبۡنَا ٱلۡمَآءَ صَبّٗا ٢٥

For [that] We pour forth water in abundance,

80:26

ثُمَّ شَقَقۡنَا ٱلۡأَرۡضَ شَقّٗا ٢٦

And We split the earth in fragments,

80:27

فَأَنۢبَتۡنَا فِيهَا حَبّٗا ٢٧

and produce therein grains,

80:28

وَعِنَبٗا وَقَضۡبٗا ٢٨

and grapes and the fresh vegetables,

80:29

وَزَيۡتُونٗا وَنَخۡلٗا ٢٩

and olives and dates,

80:30

وَحَدَآئِقَ غُلۡبٗا ٣٠

and enclosed orchards, dense with lofty trees,

80:31

وَفَٰكِهَةٗ وَأَبّٗا ٣١

and fruits and pastures,

80:32

مَّتَٰعٗا لَّكُمۡ وَلِأَنۡعَٰمِكُمۡ ٣٢

a provision for you and for your cattle.

80:33

فَإِذَا جَآءَتِ ٱلصَّآخَّةُ ٣٣

At length, when there comes the Deafening Noise,¹

80:34

يَوۡمَ يَفِرُّ ٱلۡمَرۡءُ مِنۡ أَخِيهِ ٣٤

the Day shall a man flee from his [own] brother,

80:35

وَأُمِّهِۦ وَأَبِيهِ ٣٥

and from his mother and his father,

80:36

وَصَٰحِبَتِهِۦ وَبَنِيهِ ٣٦

and from his wife and his children.

80:37

لِكُلِّ ٱمۡرِيٕٖ مِّنۡهُمۡ يَوۡمَئِذٖ شَأۡنٞ يُغۡنِيهِ ٣٧

Each man of them, that Day, will have enough concern [of his own] to make him indifferent [to others].

80:38

وُجُوهٞ يَوۡمَئِذٖ مُّسۡفِرَةٞ ٣٨

Some faces that Day will be shining [with delight],

80:39

ضَاحِكَةٞ مُّسۡتَبۡشِرَةٞ ٣٩

laughing, rejoicing.

80:40

وَوُجُوهٞ يَوۡمَئِذٍ عَلَيۡهَا غَبَرَةٞ ٤٠

And some other faces that Day will be dust-stained;

80:41

تَرۡهَقُهَا قَتَرَةٌ ٤١

a dark cloud will cover them:

80:42

أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلۡكَفَرَةُ ٱلۡفَجَرَةُ ٤٢

They are the Rejecters [of Allāh], the wicked.¹