Quran 80, Abasa (He Frowned)

80:1He frowned and turned away

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ عَبَسَ وَتَوَلَّى

80:2Because the blind man came unto him.

أَنْ جَاءَهُ الْأَعْمَى

80:3What could inform thee but that he might grow (in grace)

وَمَا يُدْرِيكَ لَعَلَّهُ يَزَّكَّى

80:4Or take heed and so the reminder might avail him?

أَوْ يَذَّكَّرُ فَتَنْفَعَهُ الذِّكْرَى

80:5As for him who thinketh himself independent,

أَمَّا مَنِ اسْتَغْنَى

80:6Unto him thou payest regard.

فَأَنْتَ لَهُ تَصَدَّى

80:7Yet it is not thy concern if he grow not (in grace).

وَمَا عَلَيْكَ أَلَّا يَزَّكَّى

80:8But as for him who cometh unto thee with earnest purpose

وَأَمَّا مَنْ جَاءَكَ يَسْعَى

80:10From him thou art distracted.

فَأَنْتَ عَنْهُ تَلَهَّى

80:11Nay, but verily it is an Admonishment,

كَلَّا إِنَّهَا تَذْكِرَةٌ

80:12So let whosoever will pay heed to it,

فَمَنْ شَاءَ ذَكَرَهُ

80:13On honoured leaves

فِي صُحُفٍ مُكَرَّمَةٍ

80:16Noble and righteous.

كِرَامٍ بَرَرَةٍ

80:17Man is (self-)destroyed: how ungrateful!

قُتِلَ الْإِنْسَانُ مَا أَكْفَرَهُ

80:18From what thing doth He create him?

مِنْ أَيِّ شَيْءٍ خَلَقَهُ

80:19From a drop of seed. He createth him and proportioneth him,

مِنْ نُطْفَةٍ خَلَقَهُ فَقَدَّرَهُ

80:20Then maketh the way easy for him,

ثُمَّ السَّبِيلَ يَسَّرَهُ

80:21Then causeth him to die, and burieth him;

ثُمَّ أَمَاتَهُ فَأَقْبَرَهُ

80:22Then, when He will, He bringeth him again to life.

ثُمَّ إِذَا شَاءَ أَنْشَرَهُ

80:23Nay, but (man) hath not done what He commanded him.

كَلَّا لَمَّا يَقْضِ مَا أَمَرَهُ

80:24Let man consider his food:

فَلْيَنْظُرِ الْإِنْسَانُ إِلَى طَعَامِهِ

80:25How We pour water in showers

أَنَّا صَبَبْنَا الْمَاءَ صَبًّا

80:26Then split the earth in clefts

ثُمَّ شَقَقْنَا الْأَرْضَ شَقًّا

80:27And cause the grain to grow therein

فَأَنْبَتْنَا فِيهَا حَبًّا

80:28And grapes and green fodder

وَعِنَبًا وَقَضْبًا

80:29And olive-trees and palm-trees

وَزَيْتُونًا وَنَخْلًا

80:30And garden-closes of thick foliage

وَحَدَائِقَ غُلْبًا

80:31And fruits and grasses:

وَفَاكِهَةً وَأَبًّا

80:32Provision for you and your cattle.

مَتَاعًا لَكُمْ وَلِأَنْعَامِكُمْ

80:33But when the Shout cometh

فَإِذَا جَاءَتِ الصَّاخَّةُ

80:34On the day when a man fleeth from his brother

يَوْمَ يَفِرُّ الْمَرْءُ مِنْ أَخِيهِ

80:35And his mother and his father

وَأُمِّهِ وَأَبِيهِ

80:36And his wife and his children,

وَصَاحِبَتِهِ وَبَنِيهِ

80:37Every man that day will have concern enough to make him heedless (of others).

لِكُلِّ امْرِئٍ مِنْهُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ شَأْنٌ يُغْنِيهِ

80:38On that day faces will be bright as dawn,

وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ مُسْفِرَةٌ

80:39Laughing, rejoicing at good news;

ضَاحِكَةٌ مُسْتَبْشِرَةٌ

80:40And other faces, on that day, with dust upon them,

وَوُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ عَلَيْهَا غَبَرَةٌ

80:42Those are the disbelievers, the wicked.

أُولَئِكَ هُمُ الْكَفَرَةُ الْفَجَرَةُ

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