Chapter 80 of the Quran
Surah 'Abasa (He Frowned)
عبس
Surah 'Abasa is the 80th chapter of the Holy Quran. It contains 42 ayahs and was revealed in Makkah.
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Ayah 1
عَبَسَ وَتَوَلَّىٰٓ
He [i.e., the Prophet (ﷺ) ] frowned and turned away
Ayah 2
أَن جَآءَهُ ٱلْأَعْمَىٰ
Because there came to him the blind man, [interrupting].
Ayah 3
وَمَا يُدْرِيكَ لَعَلَّهُۥ يَزَّكَّىٰٓ
But what would make you perceive, [O Muḥammad], that perhaps he might be purified
Ayah 4
أَوْ يَذَّكَّرُ فَتَنفَعَهُ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰٓ
Or be reminded and the remembrance would benefit him?
Ayah 5
أَمَّا مَنِ ٱسْتَغْنَىٰ
As for he who thinks himself without need,
Ayah 6
فَأَنتَ لَهُۥ تَصَدَّىٰ
To him you give attention.
Ayah 7
وَمَا عَلَيْكَ أَلَّا يَزَّكَّىٰ
And not upon you [is any blame] if he will not be purified.
Ayah 8
وَأَمَّا مَن جَآءَكَ يَسْعَىٰ
But as for he who came to you striving [for knowledge]
Ayah 9
وَهُوَ يَخْشَىٰ
While he fears [Allāh],
Ayah 10
فَأَنتَ عَنْهُ تَلَهَّىٰ
From him you are distracted.
Ayah 11
كَلَّآ إِنَّهَا تَذْكِرَةٌ
No! Indeed, they [i.e., these verses] are a reminder;
Ayah 12
فَمَن شَآءَ ذَكَرَهُۥ
So whoever wills may remember it.
Ayah 13
فِى صُحُفٍ مُّكَرَّمَةٍ
[It is recorded] in honored sheets,
Ayah 14
مَّرْفُوعَةٍ مُّطَهَّرَةٍۭ
Exalted and purified,
Ayah 15
بِأَيْدِى سَفَرَةٍ
[Carried] by the hands of messenger-angels,
Ayah 16
كِرَامٍۭ بَرَرَةٍ
Noble and dutiful.
Ayah 17
قُتِلَ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ مَآ أَكْفَرَهُۥ
Destroyed [i.e., cursed] is man; how disbelieving is he.
Ayah 18
مِنْ أَىِّ شَىْءٍ خَلَقَهُۥ
From what thing [i.e., substance] did He create him?
Ayah 19
مِن نُّطْفَةٍ خَلَقَهُۥ فَقَدَّرَهُۥ
From a sperm-drop He created him and destined for him;
Ayah 20
ثُمَّ ٱلسَّبِيلَ يَسَّرَهُۥ
Then He eased the way for him;
Ayah 21
ثُمَّ أَمَاتَهُۥ فَأَقْبَرَهُۥ
Then He causes his death and provides a grave for him.
Ayah 22
ثُمَّ إِذَا شَآءَ أَنشَرَهُۥ
Then when He wills, He will resurrect him.
Ayah 23
كَلَّا لَمَّا يَقْضِ مَآ أَمَرَهُۥ
No! He [i.e., man] has not yet accomplished what He commanded him.
Ayah 24
فَلْيَنظُرِ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ إِلَىٰ طَعَامِهِۦٓ
Then let mankind look at his food -
Ayah 25
أَنَّا صَبَبْنَا ٱلْمَآءَ صَبًّا
How We poured down water in torrents,
Ayah 26
ثُمَّ شَقَقْنَا ٱلْأَرْضَ شَقًّا
Then We broke open the earth, splitting [it with sprouts],
Ayah 27
فَأَنۢبَتْنَا فِيهَا حَبًّا
And caused to grow within it grain
Ayah 28
وَعِنَبًا وَقَضْبًا
And grapes and herbage
Ayah 29
وَزَيْتُونًا وَنَخْلًا
And olive and palm trees
Ayah 30
وَحَدَآئِقَ غُلْبًا
And gardens of dense shrubbery
Ayah 31
وَفَـٰكِهَةً وَأَبًّا
And fruit and grass -
Ayah 32
مَّتَـٰعًا لَّكُمْ وَلِأَنْعَـٰمِكُمْ
[As] enjoyment [i.e., provision] for you and your grazing livestock.
Ayah 33
فَإِذَا جَآءَتِ ٱلصَّآخَّةُ
But when there comes the Deafening Blast
Ayah 34
يَوْمَ يَفِرُّ ٱلْمَرْءُ مِنْ أَخِيهِ
On the Day a man will flee from his brother
Ayah 35
وَأُمِّهِۦ وَأَبِيهِ
And his mother and his father
Ayah 36
وَصَـٰحِبَتِهِۦ وَبَنِيهِ
And his wife and his children,
Ayah 37
لِكُلِّ ٱمْرِئٍ مِّنْهُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ شَأْنٌ يُغْنِيهِ
For every man, that Day, will be a matter adequate for him.
Ayah 38
وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ مُّسْفِرَةٌ
[Some] faces, that Day, will be bright -
Ayah 39
ضَاحِكَةٌ مُّسْتَبْشِرَةٌ
Laughing, rejoicing at good news.
Ayah 40
وَوُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ عَلَيْهَا غَبَرَةٌ
And [other] faces, that Day, will have upon them dust.
Ayah 41
تَرْهَقُهَا قَتَرَةٌ
Blackness will cover them.
Ayah 42
أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْكَفَرَةُ ٱلْفَجَرَةُ
Those are the disbelievers, the wicked ones.