Surah Abasa (80)

80:1

عَبَسَ وَتَوَلَّىٰٓ

He [i.e., the Prophet (ﷺ) ] frowned and turned away

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80:2

أَن جَآءَهُ ٱلْأَعْمَىٰ

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

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80:3

وَمَا يُدْرِيكَ لَعَلَّهُۥ يَزَّكَّىٰٓ

But what would make you perceive, [O Muḥammad], that perhaps he might be purified 1

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80:4

أَوْ يَذَّكَّرُ فَتَنفَعَهُ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰٓ

Or be reminded and the remembrance would benefit him?

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80:5

أَمَّا مَنِ ٱسْتَغْنَىٰ

As for he who thinks himself without need, 1

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80:6

فَأَنتَ لَهُۥ تَصَدَّىٰ

To him you give attention.

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80:7

وَمَا عَلَيْكَ أَلَّا يَزَّكَّىٰ

And not upon you [is any blame] if he will not be purified. 1

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80:8

وَأَمَّا مَن جَآءَكَ يَسْعَىٰ

But as for he who came to you striving [for knowledge]

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80:9

وَهُوَ يَخْشَىٰ

While he fears [Allāh],

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80:10

فَأَنتَ عَنْهُ تَلَهَّىٰ

From him you are distracted.

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80:11

كَلَّآ إِنَّهَا تَذْكِرَةٌ

No! Indeed, they [i.e., these verses] are a reminder;

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80:12

فَمَن شَآءَ ذَكَرَهُۥ

So whoever wills may remember it. 1

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80:13

فِى صُحُفٍ مُّكَرَّمَةٍ

[It is recorded] in honored sheets,

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80:14

مَّرْفُوعَةٍ مُّطَهَّرَةٍۭ

Exalted and purified,

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80:15

بِأَيْدِى سَفَرَةٍ

[Carried] by the hands of messenger-angels,

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80:16

كِرَامٍۭ بَرَرَةٍ

Noble and dutiful.

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80:17

قُتِلَ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ مَآ أَكْفَرَهُۥ

Destroyed [i.e., cursed] is man; 1 how disbelieving is he.

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80:18

مِنْ أَىِّ شَىْءٍ خَلَقَهُۥ

From what thing [i.e., substance] did He create him?

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80:19

مِن نُّطْفَةٍ خَلَقَهُۥ فَقَدَّرَهُۥ

From a sperm-drop He created him and destined for him; 1

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80:20

ثُمَّ ٱلسَّبِيلَ يَسَّرَهُۥ

Then He eased the way for him; 1

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80:21

ثُمَّ أَمَاتَهُۥ فَأَقْبَرَهُۥ

Then He causes his death and provides a grave for him. 1

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80:22

ثُمَّ إِذَا شَآءَ أَنشَرَهُۥ

Then when He wills, He will resurrect him.

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80:23

كَلَّا لَمَّا يَقْضِ مَآ أَمَرَهُۥ

No! He [i.e., man] has not yet accomplished what He commanded him.

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80:24

فَلْيَنظُرِ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ إِلَىٰ طَعَامِهِۦٓ

Then let mankind look at his food -

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80:25

أَنَّا صَبَبْنَا ٱلْمَآءَ صَبًّا

How We poured down water in torrents,

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80:26

ثُمَّ شَقَقْنَا ٱلْأَرْضَ شَقًّا

Then We broke open the earth, splitting [it with sprouts],

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80:27

فَأَنۢبَتْنَا فِيهَا حَبًّا

And caused to grow within it grain

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80:28

وَعِنَبًا وَقَضْبًا

And grapes and herbage

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80:29

وَزَيْتُونًا وَنَخْلًا

And olive and palm trees

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80:30

وَحَدَآئِقَ غُلْبًا

And gardens of dense shrubbery

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80:31

وَفَـٰكِهَةً وَأَبًّا

And fruit and grass -

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80:32

مَّتَـٰعًا لَّكُمْ وَلِأَنْعَـٰمِكُمْ

[As] enjoyment [i.e., provision] for you and your grazing livestock.

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80:33

فَإِذَا جَآءَتِ ٱلصَّآخَّةُ

But when there comes the Deafening Blast 1

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80:34

يَوْمَ يَفِرُّ ٱلْمَرْءُ مِنْ أَخِيهِ

On the Day a man will flee from his brother

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80:35

وَأُمِّهِۦ وَأَبِيهِ

And his mother and his father

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80:36

وَصَـٰحِبَتِهِۦ وَبَنِيهِ

And his wife and his children,

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80:37

لِكُلِّ ٱمْرِئٍ مِّنْهُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ شَأْنٌ يُغْنِيهِ

For every man, that Day, will be a matter adequate for him. 1

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80:38

وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ مُّسْفِرَةٌ

[Some] faces, that Day, will be bright -

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80:39

ضَاحِكَةٌ مُّسْتَبْشِرَةٌ

Laughing, rejoicing at good news.

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80:40

وَوُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ عَلَيْهَا غَبَرَةٌ

And [other] faces, that Day, will have upon them dust.

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80:41

تَرْهَقُهَا قَتَرَةٌ

Blackness will cover them.

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80:42

أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْكَفَرَةُ ٱلْفَجَرَةُ

Those are the disbelievers, the wicked ones.

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