Surah Abasa (He Frowned)
سُورَةُ عَبَسَ · Surah 80 · Meccan · 42 verses
Themes: blind man incident, human ingratitude.
Topics in Surah Abasa
Study guides that discuss verses of this surah, most connected first.
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- The Last Day (Al-Yawm al-Akhir) (10 verses)
- Weakness (Da'f) (10 verses)
- Cosmic Signs (Ayat Kawniyyah) (9 verses)
- Eating (Akl) (9 verses)
- Economy (Iqtisad) (9 verses)
- Vegetation (Nabat) (9 verses)
- The Heavens (Sama') (9 verses)
- Food (Ta'am) (9 verses)
- Water (Ma') (8 verses)
- Subservience (Taskhir) (6 verses)
- The Holy Quran (Al-Qur'an al-Karim) (6 verses)
- Debate (Jidal) (5 verses)
- Elevation (Rif'ah) (4 verses)
- Recompense (Jaza) (4 verses)
Read Surah Abasa with English translation
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80:1
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ عَبَسَ وَتَوَلَّىٰٓ
He frowned and turned away
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80:2
أَن جَآءَهُ ٱلْأَعْمَىٰ
when the blind man came to him––
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80:3
وَمَا يُدْرِيكَ لَعَلَّهُۥ يَزَّكَّىٰٓ
for all you know, he might have grown in spirit,
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80:4
أَوْ يَذَّكَّرُ فَتَنفَعَهُ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰٓ
or taken note of something useful to him.
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80:5
أَمَّا مَنِ ٱسْتَغْنَىٰ
For the self-satisfied one
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80:6
فَأَنتَ لَهُۥ تَصَدَّىٰ
you go out of your way––
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80:7
وَمَا عَلَيْكَ أَلَّا يَزَّكَّىٰ
though you are not to be blamed for his lack of spiritual growth––
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80:8
وَأَمَّا مَن جَآءَكَ يَسْعَىٰ
but from the one who has come to you full of eagerness
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80:9
وَهُوَ يَخْشَىٰ
and awe
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80:10
فَأَنتَ عَنْهُ تَلَهَّىٰ
you allow yourself to be distracted.
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80:11
كَلَّآ إِنَّهَا تَذْكِرَةٌۭ
No indeed! This [Quran] is a lesson
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80:12
فَمَن شَآءَ ذَكَرَهُۥ
from which those who wish to be taught should learn,
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80:13
فِى صُحُفٍۢ مُّكَرَّمَةٍۢ
[written] on honoured,
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80:14
مَّرْفُوعَةٍۢ مُّطَهَّرَةٍۭ
exalted, pure pages,
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80:15
بِأَيْدِى سَفَرَةٍۢ
by the hands of
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80:16
كِرَامٍۭ بَرَرَةٍۢ
noble and virtuous scribes.
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80:17
قُتِلَ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ مَآ أَكْفَرَهُۥ
Woe to man! How ungrateful he is!
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80:18
مِنْ أَىِّ شَىْءٍ خَلَقَهُۥ
From what thing does God create him?
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80:19
مِن نُّطْفَةٍ خَلَقَهُۥ فَقَدَّرَهُۥ
He creates him from a droplet, He proportions him,
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80:20
ثُمَّ ٱلسَّبِيلَ يَسَّرَهُۥ
He makes the way easy for him,
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80:21
ثُمَّ أَمَاتَهُۥ فَأَقْبَرَهُۥ
then He causes him to die and be buried.
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80:22
ثُمَّ إِذَا شَآءَ أَنشَرَهُۥ
When He wills, He will raise him up again.
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80:23
كَلَّا لَمَّا يَقْضِ مَآ أَمَرَهُۥ
Yet man does not fulfil God’s commands.
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80:24
فَلْيَنظُرِ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ إِلَىٰ طَعَامِهِۦٓ
Let man consider the food he eats!
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80:25
أَنَّا صَبَبْنَا ٱلْمَآءَ صَبًّۭا
We pour down abundant water
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80:26
ثُمَّ شَقَقْنَا ٱلْأَرْضَ شَقًّۭا
and cause the soil to split open.
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80:27
فَأَنۢبَتْنَا فِيهَا حَبًّۭا
We make grain grow,
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80:28
وَعِنَبًۭا وَقَضْبًۭا
and vines, fresh vegetation,
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80:29
وَزَيْتُونًۭا وَنَخْلًۭا
olive trees, date palms,
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80:30
وَحَدَآئِقَ غُلْبًۭا
luscious gardens,
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80:31
وَفَٰكِهَةًۭ وَأَبًّۭا
fruits, and fodder:
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80:32
مَّتَٰعًۭا لَّكُمْ وَلِأَنْعَٰمِكُمْ
all for you and your livestock to enjoy.
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80:33
فَإِذَا جَآءَتِ ٱلصَّآخَّةُ
When the Deafening Blast comes––
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80:34
يَوْمَ يَفِرُّ ٱلْمَرْءُ مِنْ أَخِيهِ
the Day man will flee from his own brother,
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80:35
وَأُمِّهِۦ وَأَبِيهِ
his mother, his father,
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80:36
وَصَٰحِبَتِهِۦ وَبَنِيهِ
his wife, his children:
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80:37
لِكُلِّ ٱمْرِئٍۢ مِّنْهُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ شَأْنٌۭ يُغْنِيهِ
each of them will be absorbed in concerns of their own on that Day-
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80:38
وُجُوهٌۭ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ مُّسْفِرَةٌۭ
on that Day some faces will be beaming,
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80:39
ضَاحِكَةٌۭ مُّسْتَبْشِرَةٌۭ
laughing, and rejoicing,
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80:40
وَوُجُوهٌۭ يَوْمَئِذٍ عَلَيْهَا غَبَرَةٌۭ
but some faces will be dust-stained
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80:41
تَرْهَقُهَا قَتَرَةٌ
and covered in darkness:
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80:42
أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْكَفَرَةُ ٱلْفَجَرَةُ
those are the disbelievers, the licentious.
English translation: M.A.S. Abdel Haleem.