Surah 80 · Meccan · 42 verses · Juz 30
'Abasa
عبس
He Frowned
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
عَبَسَ وَتَوَلَّىٰٓ ١
‘Abasa wa tawallā.
He [i.e., the Prophet (ﷺ) ] frowned and turned away
أَن جَآءَهُ ٱلْأَعْمَىٰ ٢
An jā'ahul-a‘mā.
Because there came to him the blind man, [interrupting].
وَمَا يُدْرِيكَ لَعَلَّهُۥ يَزَّكَّىٰٓ ٣
Wa mā yudrīka la‘allahū yazzakkā.
But what would make you perceive, [O Muḥammad], that perhaps he might be purified
أَوْ يَذَّكَّرُ فَتَنفَعَهُ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰٓ ٤
Au yażżakkaru fatanfa‘ahuż-żikrā.
Or be reminded and the remembrance would benefit him?
أَمَّا مَنِ ٱسْتَغْنَىٰ ٥
Ammā manistagnā.
As for he who thinks himself without need,
فَأَنتَ لَهُۥ تَصَدَّىٰ ٦
Fa anta lahū taṣaddā.
To him you give attention.
وَمَا عَلَيْكَ أَلَّا يَزَّكَّىٰ ٧
Wa mā ‘alaika allā yazzakkā.
And not upon you [is any blame] if he will not be purified.
وَأَمَّا مَن جَآءَكَ يَسْعَىٰ ٨
Wa ammā man jā'aka yas‘ā.
But as for he who came to you striving [for knowledge]
وَهُوَ يَخْشَىٰ ٩
Wa huwa yakhsyā.
While he fears [Allāh],
فَأَنتَ عَنْهُ تَلَهَّىٰ ١٠
Fa anta ‘anhu talahhā.
From him you are distracted.
كَلَّآ إِنَّهَا تَذْكِرَةٌ ١١
Kallā innahā tażkirah(tun).
No! Indeed, they [i.e., these verses] are a reminder;
فَمَن شَآءَ ذَكَرَهُۥ ١٢
Faman syā'a żakarah(ū).
So whoever wills may remember it.
فِى صُحُفٍ مُّكَرَّمَةٍ ١٣
Fī ṣuḥufim mukarrmah(tin).
[It is recorded] in honored sheets,
مَّرْفُوعَةٍ مُّطَهَّرَةٍۭ ١٤
Marfū‘atim muṭahharah(tin).
Exalted and purified,
بِأَيْدِى سَفَرَةٍ ١٥
Bi'aidī safarah(tin).
[Carried] by the hands of messenger-angels,
كِرَامٍۭ بَرَرَةٍ ١٦
Kirāmim bararah(tin).
Noble and dutiful.
قُتِلَ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ مَآ أَكْفَرَهُۥ ١٧
Qutilal-insānu mā akfarah(ū).
Destroyed [i.e., cursed] is man; how disbelieving is he.
مِنْ أَىِّ شَىْءٍ خَلَقَهُۥ ١٨
Min ayyi syai'in khalaqah(ū).
From what thing [i.e., substance] did He create him?
مِن نُّطْفَةٍ خَلَقَهُۥ فَقَدَّرَهُۥ ١٩
Min nuṭfah(tin), khalaqahū fa qaddarah(ū).
From a sperm-drop He created him and destined for him;
ثُمَّ ٱلسَّبِيلَ يَسَّرَهُۥ ٢٠
Ṡummas-sabīla yassarah(ū).
Then He eased the way for him;
ثُمَّ أَمَاتَهُۥ فَأَقْبَرَهُۥ ٢١
Ṡumma amātahū fa aqbarah(ū).
Then He causes his death and provides a grave for him.
ثُمَّ إِذَا شَآءَ أَنشَرَهُۥ ٢٢
Ṡumma iżā syā'a ansyarah(ū).
Then when He wills, He will resurrect him.
كَلَّا لَمَّا يَقْضِ مَآ أَمَرَهُۥ ٢٣
Kallā lammā yaqḍi mā amarah(ū).
No! He [i.e., man] has not yet accomplished what He commanded him.
فَلْيَنظُرِ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ إِلَىٰ طَعَامِهِۦٓ ٢٤
Falyanẓuril-insānu ilā ṭa‘āmih(ī).
Then let mankind look at his food -
أَنَّا صَبَبْنَا ٱلْمَآءَ صَبًّا ٢٥
Annā ṣababnal-mā'a ṣabbā(n).
How We poured down water in torrents,
ثُمَّ شَقَقْنَا ٱلْأَرْضَ شَقًّا ٢٦
Ṡumma syaqaqnal-arḍa syaqqā(n).
Then We broke open the earth, splitting [it with sprouts],
فَأَنۢبَتْنَا فِيهَا حَبًّا ٢٧
Fa'ambatnā fīhā ḥabbā(n).
And caused to grow within it grain
وَعِنَبًا وَقَضْبًا ٢٨
Wa ‘inabaw wa qaḍbā(n).
And grapes and herbage
وَزَيْتُونًا وَنَخْلًا ٢٩
Wa zaitūnaw wa nakhlā(n).
And olive and palm trees
وَحَدَآئِقَ غُلْبًا ٣٠
Wa ḥadā'iqa gulbā(n).
And gardens of dense shrubbery
وَفَـٰكِهَةً وَأَبًّا ٣١
Wa fākihataw wa abbā(n).
And fruit and grass -
مَّتَـٰعًا لَّكُمْ وَلِأَنْعَـٰمِكُمْ ٣٢
Matā‘al lakum wa li'an‘āmikum.
[As] enjoyment [i.e., provision] for you and your grazing livestock.
فَإِذَا جَآءَتِ ٱلصَّآخَّةُ ٣٣
Fa iżā jā'atiṣ-ṣākhkhah(tu).
But when there comes the Deafening Blast
يَوْمَ يَفِرُّ ٱلْمَرْءُ مِنْ أَخِيهِ ٣٤
Yauma yafirrul-mar'u min akhīh(i).
On the Day a man will flee from his brother
وَأُمِّهِۦ وَأَبِيهِ ٣٥
Wa ummihī wa abīh(i).
And his mother and his father
وَصَـٰحِبَتِهِۦ وَبَنِيهِ ٣٦
Wa ṣāḥibatihī wa banīh(i).
And his wife and his children,
لِكُلِّ ٱمْرِئٍ مِّنْهُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ شَأْنٌ يُغْنِيهِ ٣٧
Likullimri'im minhum yauma'iżin sya'nuy yugnīh(i).
For every man, that Day, will be a matter adequate for him.
وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ مُّسْفِرَةٌ ٣٨
Wujūhuy yauma'iżim musfirah(tun).
[Some] faces, that Day, will be bright -
ضَاحِكَةٌ مُّسْتَبْشِرَةٌ ٣٩
Ḍāḥikatum mustabsyirah(tun).
Laughing, rejoicing at good news.
وَوُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ عَلَيْهَا غَبَرَةٌ ٤٠
Wa wujūhuy yauma'iżin ‘alaihā gabarah(tun).
And [other] faces, that Day, will have upon them dust.
تَرْهَقُهَا قَتَرَةٌ ٤١
Tarhaquhā qatarah(tun).
Blackness will cover them.
أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْكَفَرَةُ ٱلْفَجَرَةُ ٤٢
Ulā'ika humul-kafaratul-fajarah(tu).
Those are the disbelievers, the wicked ones.
Arabic text: Uthmani script, Hafs, from Quran.com. Translation: Saheeh International, from Quran.com (footnotes not shown). Transliteration: equran.id. Recitation: Sheikh Mishary Rashid Alafasy, from everyayah.com. About the sources.