Surah 'Abasa

بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

1. عَبَسَ وَتَوَلَّىٰٓ١

   80:1

   ʿabasa watawallā

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

2. أَن جَآءَهُ ٱلۡأَعۡمَىٰ٢

   80:2

   an jāahu l-aʿmā

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

3. وَمَا يُدۡرِيكَ لَعَلَّهُۥ يَزَّكَّىٰٓ٣

   80:3

   wamā yud'rīka laʿallahu yazzakkā

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

4. أَوۡ يَذَّكَّرُ فَتَنفَعَهُ ٱلذِّكۡرَىٰٓ٤

   80:4

   aw yadhakkaru fatanfaʿahu l-dhik'rā

   Or be reminded and the remembrance would benefit him?

5. أَمَّا مَنِ ٱسۡتَغۡنَىٰ٥

   80:5

   ammā mani is'taghnā

   As for he who thinks himself without need,

6. فَأَنتَ لَهُۥ تَصَدَّىٰ٦

   80:6

   fa-anta lahu taṣaddā

   To him you give attention.

7. وَمَا عَلَيۡكَ أَلَّا يَزَّكَّىٰ٧

   80:7

   wamā ʿalayka allā yazzakkā

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

8. وَأَمَّا مَن جَآءَكَ يَسۡعَىٰ٨

   80:8

   wa-ammā man jāaka yasʿā

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

9. وَهُوَ يَخۡشَىٰ٩

   80:9

   wahuwa yakhshā

   While he fears [Allāh],

10. فَأَنتَ عَنۡهُ تَلَهَّىٰ١٠

    80:10

    fa-anta ʿanhu talahhā

    From him you are distracted.

11. كـَلَّآ إِنَّهَا تَذۡكِرَةٞ١١

    80:11

    kallā innahā tadhkiratun

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

12. فَمَن شَآءَ ذَكَرَهُۥ١٢

    80:12

    faman shāa dhakarahu

    So whoever wills may remember it.

13. فِي صُحُفٖ مُّكَرَّمَةٖ١٣

    80:13

    fī ṣuḥufin mukarramatin

    [It is recorded] in honored sheets,

14. مَّرۡفُوعَةٖ مُّطَهَّرَةِۭ١٤

    80:14

    marfūʿatin muṭahharatin

    Exalted and purified,

15. بِأَيۡدِي سَفَرَةٖ١٥

    80:15

    bi-aydī safaratin

    [Carried] by the hands of messenger-angels,

16. كِرَامِۭ بَرَرَةٖ١٦

    80:16

    kirāmin bararatin

    Noble and dutiful.

17. قُتِلَ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ مَآ أَكۡفَرَهُۥ١٧

    80:17

    qutila l-insānu mā akfarahu

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

18. مِنۡ أَيِّ شَيۡءٍ خَلَقَهُۥ١٨

    80:18

    min ayyi shayin khalaqahu

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

19. مِن نُّطۡفَةٍ خَلَقَهُۥ فَقَدَّرَهُۥ١٩

    80:19

    min nuṭ'fatin khalaqahu faqaddarahu

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

20. ثُمَّ ٱلسَّبِيلَ يَسَّرَهُۥ٢٠

    80:20

    thumma l-sabīla yassarahu

    Then He eased the way for him;

21. ثُمَّ أَمَاتَهُۥ فَأَقۡبَرَهُۥ٢١

    80:21

    thumma amātahu fa-aqbarahu

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

22. ثُمَّ إِذَا شَآءَ أَنشَرَهُۥ٢٢

    80:22

    thumma idhā shāa ansharahu

    Then when He wills, He will resurrect him.

23. كـَلَّا لَمَّا يَقۡضِ مَآ أَمَرَهُۥ٢٣

    80:23

    kallā lammā yaqḍi mā amarahu

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

24. فَلۡيَنظُرِ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ إِلَىٰ طَعَامِهِۦٓ٢٤

    80:24

    falyanẓuri l-insānu ilā ṭaʿāmihi

    Then let mankind look at his food -

25. أَنَّا صَبَبۡنَا ٱلۡمَآءَ صَبّٗا٢٥

    80:25

    annā ṣababnā l-māa ṣabban

    How We poured down water in torrents,

26. ثُمَّ شَقَقۡنَا ٱلۡأَرۡضَ شَقّٗا٢٦

    80:26

    thumma shaqaqnā l-arḍa shaqqan

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

27. فَأَنۢبَتۡنَا فِيهَا حَبّٗا٢٧

    80:27

    fa-anbatnā fīhā ḥabban

    And caused to grow within it grain

28. وَعِنَبٗا وَقَضۡبٗا٢٨

    80:28

    waʿinaban waqaḍban

    And grapes and herbage

29. وَزَيۡتُونٗا وَنَخۡلٗا٢٩

    80:29

    wazaytūnan wanakhlan

    And olive and palm trees

30. وَحَدَآئِقَ غُلۡبٗا٣٠

    80:30

    waḥadāiqa ghul'ban

    And gardens of dense shrubbery

31. وَفَٰكِهَةٗ وَأَبّٗا٣١

    80:31

    wafākihatan wa-abban

    And fruit and grass -

32. مَّتَٰعٗا لَّكُمۡ وَلِأَنۡعَٰمِكُمۡ٣٢

    80:32

    matāʿan lakum wali-anʿāmikum

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

33. فَإِذَا جَآءَتِ ٱلصَّآخَّةُ٣٣

    80:33

    fa-idhā jāati l-ṣākhatu

    But when there comes the Deafening Blast

34. يَوۡمَ يَفِرُّ ٱلۡمَرۡءُ مِنۡ أَخِيهِ٣٤

    80:34

    yawma yafirru l-maru min akhīhi

    On the Day a man will flee from his brother

35. وَأُمِّهِۦ وَأَبِيهِ٣٥

    80:35

    wa-ummihi wa-abīhi

    And his mother and his father

36. وَصَٰحِبَتِهِۦ وَبَنِيهِ٣٦

    80:36

    waṣāḥibatihi wabanīhi

    And his wife and his children,

37. لِكُلِّ ٱمۡرِيٕٖ مِّنۡهُمۡ يَوۡمَئِذٖ شَأۡنٞ يُغۡنِيهِ٣٧

    80:37

    likulli im'ri-in min'hum yawma-idhin shanun yugh'nīhi

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

38. وُجُوهٞ يَوۡمَئِذٖ مُّسۡفِرَةٞ٣٨

    80:38

    wujūhun yawma-idhin mus'firatun

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

39. ضَاحِكَةٞ مُّسۡتَبۡشِرَةٞ٣٩

    80:39

    ḍāḥikatun mus'tabshiratun

    Laughing, rejoicing at good news.

40. وَوُجُوهٞ يَوۡمَئِذٍ عَلَيۡهَا غَبَرَةٞ٤٠

    80:40

    wawujūhun yawma-idhin ʿalayhā ghabaratun

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

41. تَرۡهَقُهَا قَتَرَةٌ٤١

    80:41

    tarhaquhā qataratun

    Blackness will cover them.

42. أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلۡكَفَرَةُ ٱلۡفَجَرَةُ٤٢

    80:42

    ulāika humu l-kafaratu l-fajaratu

    Those are the disbelievers, the wicked ones.