Chapter 80 Meccan
80

'Abasa

عَبَسَ
The Opening
Verses 42
Revealed in Mecca
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أَعُوذُ بِاللَّهِ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ الرَّجِيمِ
I seek refuge in Allah from Satan, the accursed one
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَـٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
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عَبَسَ وَتَوَلَّىٰٓ ﴿1﴾
80:1
He frowned and turned ˹his attention˺ away,
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أَن جَآءَهُ ٱلْأَعْمَىٰ ﴿2﴾
80:2
˹simply˺ because the blind man came to him ˹interrupting˺.1
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وَمَا يُدْرِيكَ لَعَلَّهُۥ يَزَّكَّىٰٓ ﴿3﴾
80:3
You never know ˹O Prophet˺, perhaps he may be purified,
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أَوْ يَذَّكَّرُ فَتَنفَعَهُ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰٓ ﴿4﴾
80:4
or he may be mindful, benefitting from the reminder.
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أَمَّا مَنِ ٱسْتَغْنَىٰ ﴿5﴾
80:5
As for the one who was indifferent,
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فَأَنتَ لَهُۥ تَصَدَّىٰ ﴿6﴾
80:6
you gave him your ˹undivided˺ attention,
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وَمَا عَلَيْكَ أَلَّا يَزَّكَّىٰ ﴿7﴾
80:7
even though you are not to blame if he would not be purified.
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وَأَمَّا مَن جَآءَكَ يَسْعَىٰ ﴿8﴾
80:8
But as for the one who came to you, eager ˹to learn˺,
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وَهُوَ يَخْشَىٰ ﴿9﴾
80:9
being in awe ˹of Allah˺,
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فَأَنتَ عَنْهُ تَلَهَّىٰ ﴿10﴾
80:10
you were inattentive to him.
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كَلَّآ إِنَّهَا تَذْكِرَةٌۭ ﴿11﴾
80:11
But no! This ˹revelation˺ is truly a reminder.
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فَمَن شَآءَ ذَكَرَهُۥ ﴿12﴾
80:12
So let whoever wills be mindful of it.
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فِى صُحُفٍۢ مُّكَرَّمَةٍۢ ﴿13﴾
80:13
It is ˹written˺ on pages held in honour—
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مَّرْفُوعَةٍۢ مُّطَهَّرَةٍۭ ﴿14﴾
80:14
highly esteemed, purified—
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بِأَيْدِى سَفَرَةٍۢ ﴿15﴾
80:15
by the hands of angel-scribes,
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كِرَامٍۭ بَرَرَةٍۢ ﴿16﴾
80:16
honourable and virtuous.
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قُتِلَ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ مَآ أَكْفَرَهُۥ ﴿17﴾
80:17
Condemned are ˹disbelieving˺ humans! How ungrateful they are ˹to Allah˺!
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مِنْ أَىِّ شَىْءٍ خَلَقَهُۥ ﴿18﴾
80:18
From what substance did He create them?
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مِن نُّطْفَةٍ خَلَقَهُۥ فَقَدَّرَهُۥ ﴿19﴾
80:19
He created them from a sperm-drop, and ordained their development.
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ثُمَّ ٱلسَّبِيلَ يَسَّرَهُۥ ﴿20﴾
80:20
Then He makes the way easy for them,1
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ثُمَّ أَمَاتَهُۥ فَأَقْبَرَهُۥ ﴿21﴾
80:21
then causes them to die and be buried.1
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ثُمَّ إِذَا شَآءَ أَنشَرَهُۥ ﴿22﴾
80:22
Then when He wills, He will resurrect them.
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كَلَّا لَمَّا يَقْضِ مَآ أَمَرَهُۥ ﴿23﴾
80:23
But no! They have failed to comply with what He ordered.
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فَلْيَنظُرِ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ إِلَىٰ طَعَامِهِۦٓ ﴿24﴾
80:24
Let people then consider their food:
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اَنَّا صَبَبْنَا ٱلْمَآءَ صَبًّۭا ﴿25﴾
80:25
how We pour down rain in abundance
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ثُمَّ شَقَقْنَا ٱلْأَرْضَ شَقًّۭا ﴿26﴾
80:26
and meticulously split the earth open ˹for sprouts˺,
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فَأَنۢبَتْنَا فِيهَا حَبًّۭا ﴿27﴾
80:27
causing grain to grow in it,
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وَعِنَبًۭا وَقَضْبًۭا ﴿28﴾
80:28
as well as grapes and greens,
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وَزَيْتُونًۭا وَنَخْلًۭا ﴿29﴾
80:29
and olives and palm trees,
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وَحَدَآئِقَ غُلْبًۭا ﴿30﴾
80:30
and dense orchards,
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