Surah 'Abasa (He Frowned)

عَبَسَ وَتَوَلَّىٰٓ

80:1 He frowned and turned ˹his attention˺ away,

أَن جَآءَهُ ٱلْأَعْمَىٰ

80:2 ˹simply˺ because the blind man came to him ˹interrupting˺.

وَمَا يُدْرِيكَ لَعَلَّهُۥ يَزَّكَّىٰٓ

80:3 You never know ˹O Prophet˺, perhaps he may be purified,

أَوْ يَذَّكَّرُ فَتَنفَعَهُ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰٓ

80:4 or he may be mindful, benefitting from the reminder.

أَمَّا مَنِ ٱسْتَغْنَىٰ

80:5 As for the one who was indifferent,

فَأَنتَ لَهُۥ تَصَدَّىٰ

80:6 you gave him your ˹undivided˺ attention,

وَمَا عَلَيْكَ أَلَّا يَزَّكَّىٰ

80:7 even though you are not to blame if he would not be purified.

وَأَمَّا مَن جَآءَكَ يَسْعَىٰ

80:8 But as for the one who came to you, eager ˹to learn˺,

وَهُوَ يَخْشَىٰ

80:9 being in awe ˹of Allah˺,

فَأَنتَ عَنْهُ تَلَهَّىٰ

80:10 you were inattentive to him.

كَلَّآ إِنَّهَا تَذْكِرَةٌ

80:11 But no! This ˹revelation˺ is truly a reminder.

فَمَن شَآءَ ذَكَرَهُۥ

80:12 So let whoever wills be mindful of it.

فِى صُحُفٍ مُّكَرَّمَةٍ

80:13 It is ˹written˺ on pages held in honour—

مَّرْفُوعَةٍ مُّطَهَّرَةٍۭ

80:14 highly esteemed, purified—

بِأَيْدِى سَفَرَةٍ

80:15 by the hands of angel-scribes,

كِرَامٍۭ بَرَرَةٍ

80:16 honourable and virtuous.

قُتِلَ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ مَآ أَكْفَرَهُۥ

80:17 Condemned are ˹disbelieving˺ humans! How ungrateful they are ˹to Allah˺!

مِنْ أَىِّ شَىْءٍ خَلَقَهُۥ

80:18 From what substance did He create them?

مِن نُّطْفَةٍ خَلَقَهُۥ فَقَدَّرَهُۥ

80:19 He created them from a sperm-drop, and ordained their development.

ثُمَّ ٱلسَّبِيلَ يَسَّرَهُۥ

80:20 Then He makes the way easy for them,

ثُمَّ أَمَاتَهُۥ فَأَقْبَرَهُۥ

80:21 then causes them to die and be buried.

ثُمَّ إِذَا شَآءَ أَنشَرَهُۥ

80:22 Then when He wills, He will resurrect them.

كَلَّا لَمَّا يَقْضِ مَآ أَمَرَهُۥ

80:23 But no! They have failed to comply with what He ordered.

فَلْيَنظُرِ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ إِلَىٰ طَعَامِهِۦٓ

80:24 Let people then consider their food:

أَنَّا صَبَبْنَا ٱلْمَآءَ صَبًّا

80:25 how We pour down rain in abundance

ثُمَّ شَقَقْنَا ٱلْأَرْضَ شَقًّا

80:26 and meticulously split the earth open ˹for sprouts˺,

فَأَنۢبَتْنَا فِيهَا حَبًّا

80:27 causing grain to grow in it,

وَعِنَبًا وَقَضْبًا

80:28 as well as grapes and greens,

وَزَيْتُونًا وَنَخْلًا

80:29 and olives and palm trees,

وَحَدَآئِقَ غُلْبًا

80:30 and dense orchards,

وَفَـٰكِهَةً وَأَبًّا

80:31 and fruit and fodder—

مَّتَـٰعًا لَّكُمْ وَلِأَنْعَـٰمِكُمْ

80:32 all as ˹a means of˺ sustenance for you and your animals.

فَإِذَا جَآءَتِ ٱلصَّآخَّةُ

80:33 Then, when the Deafening Blast comes to pass—

يَوْمَ يَفِرُّ ٱلْمَرْءُ مِنْ أَخِيهِ

80:34 on that Day every person will flee from their own siblings,

وَأُمِّهِۦ وَأَبِيهِ

80:35 and ˹even˺ their mother and father,

وَصَـٰحِبَتِهِۦ وَبَنِيهِ

80:36 and ˹even˺ their spouse and children.

لِكُلِّ ٱمْرِئٍ مِّنْهُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ شَأْنٌ يُغْنِيهِ

80:37 For then everyone will have enough concern of their own.

وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ مُّسْفِرَةٌ

80:38 On that Day ˹some˺ faces will be bright,

ضَاحِكَةٌ مُّسْتَبْشِرَةٌ

80:39 laughing and rejoicing,

وَوُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ عَلَيْهَا غَبَرَةٌ

80:40 while ˹other˺ faces will be dusty,

تَرْهَقُهَا قَتَرَةٌ

80:41 cast in gloom—

أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْكَفَرَةُ ٱلْفَجَرَةُ

80:42 those are the disbelievers, the ˹wicked˺ sinners.