عَبَسَ وَتَوَلَّىٰٓ
AAabasa watawalla
He [i.e., the Prophet (ﷺ) ] frowned and turned away
He (the Prophet) frowned and turned his face,
Surah 80
'Abasa
He Frowned
42 verses · Makkan · revealed 24th
عبس
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
أَن جَآءَهُ ٱلْأَعْمَىٰ
An jaahu al-aAAma
Because there came to him the blind man, [interrupting].
because the blind man came to him!
وَمَا يُدْرِيكَ لَعَلَّهُۥ يَزَّكَّىٰٓ
Wama yudreeka laAAallahu yazzakka
But what would make you perceive, [O Muḥammad], that perhaps he might be purified
What could tell you (O prophet about the prospects of the blind man?) May be, (if you had attended him properly,) he would have attained purity,
أَوْ يَذَّكَّرُ فَتَنفَعَهُ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰٓ
Aw yaththakkaru fatanfaAAahu aththikra
Or be reminded and the remembrance would benefit him?
or have received the advice, and the advice would have benefited him.
أَمَّا مَنِ ٱسْتَغْنَىٰ
Amma mani istaghna
As for he who thinks himself without need,
As for the one who does not care (about faith),
فَأَنتَ لَهُۥ تَصَدَّىٰ
Faanta lahu tasadda
To him you give attention.
you are anxious to pursue him,
وَمَا عَلَيْكَ أَلَّا يَزَّكَّىٰ
Wama AAalayka alla yazzakka
And not upon you [is any blame] if he will not be purified.
while there is no blame on you, if he does not attain purity.
وَأَمَّا مَن جَآءَكَ يَسْعَىٰ
Waamma man jaaka yasAAa
But as for he who came to you striving [for knowledge]
As regards the one who has come to you rushing eagerly,
وَهُوَ يَخْشَىٰ
Wahuwa yakhsha
While he fears [Allāh],
while he fears (Allah),
فَأَنتَ عَنْهُ تَلَهَّىٰ
Faanta AAanhu talahha
From him you are distracted.
to him you pay no heed!
كَلَّآ إِنَّهَا تَذْكِرَةٌ
Kalla innaha tathkira
No! Indeed, they [i.e., these verses] are a reminder;
Never! (you should never act in this way,) Indeed this (Qur’ān) is an advice.
فَمَن شَآءَ ذَكَرَهُۥ
Faman shaa thakarah
So whoever wills may remember it.
So, whoever so wills may pay heed to it.
فِى صُحُفٍ مُّكَرَّمَةٍ
Fee suhufin mukarrama
[It is recorded] in honored sheets,
It is (recorded) in those scripts (of the Preserved Tablet) that are honoured,
مَّرْفُوعَةٍ مُّطَهَّرَةٍۭ
MarfooAAatin mutahhara
Exalted and purified,
exalted, purified,
بِأَيْدِى سَفَرَةٍ
Bi-aydee safara
[Carried] by the hands of messenger-angels,
in the hands of those scribes
كِرَامٍۭ بَرَرَةٍ
Kiramin barara
Noble and dutiful.
who are honorable, righteous.
قُتِلَ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ مَآ أَكْفَرَهُۥ
Qutila al-insanu ma akfarah
Destroyed [i.e., cursed] is man; how disbelieving is he.
Damned is the man! How ungrateful he is!
مِنْ أَىِّ شَىْءٍ خَلَقَهُۥ
Min ayyi shay-in khalaqah
From what thing [i.e., substance] did He create him?
From which stuff did He (Allah) create him?
مِن نُّطْفَةٍ خَلَقَهُۥ فَقَدَّرَهُۥ
Min nutfatin khalaqahu faqaddarah
From a sperm-drop He created him and destined for him;
from a drop of semen! He created him, and designed him in due proportion,
ثُمَّ ٱلسَّبِيلَ يَسَّرَهُۥ
Thumma assabeela yassarah
Then He eased the way for him;
then He made the way easy for him,
ثُمَّ أَمَاتَهُۥ فَأَقْبَرَهُۥ
Thumma amatahu faaqbarah
Then He causes his death and provides a grave for him.
Later, he made him die, and put him into grave,
ثُمَّ إِذَا شَآءَ أَنشَرَهُۥ
Thumma itha shaa ansharah
Then when He wills, He will resurrect him.
Thereafter, when He will intend, He will raise him up.
كَلَّا لَمَّا يَقْضِ مَآ أَمَرَهُۥ
Kalla lamma yaqdi maamarah
No! He [i.e., man] has not yet accomplished what He commanded him.
No! He has not yet fulfilled what He (Allah) had commanded him.
فَلْيَنظُرِ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ إِلَىٰ طَعَامِهِۦٓ
Falyanthuri al-insanuila taAAamih
Then let mankind look at his food -
So, the man should consider his food,
أَنَّا صَبَبْنَا ٱلْمَآءَ صَبًّا
Anna sababna almaasabba
How We poured down water in torrents,
how well We poured water,
ثُمَّ شَقَقْنَا ٱلْأَرْضَ شَقًّا
Thumma shaqaqna al-arda shaqqa
Then We broke open the earth, splitting [it with sprouts],
then how nicely We split the earth,
فَأَنۢبَتْنَا فِيهَا حَبًّا
Faanbatna feeha habba
And caused to grow within it grain
then We grew in it grain,
وَعِنَبًا وَقَضْبًا
WaAAinaban waqadba
And grapes and herbage
and grapes and greens,
وَزَيْتُونًا وَنَخْلًا
Wazaytoonan wanakhla
And olive and palm trees
and olive and date-palms,
وَحَدَآئِقَ غُلْبًا
Wahada-iqa ghulba
And gardens of dense shrubbery
and gardens, full of thick trees,
وَفَـٰكِهَةً وَأَبًّا
Wafakihatan waabba
And fruit and grass -
and fruits and fodder,
مَّتَـٰعًا لَّكُمْ وَلِأَنْعَـٰمِكُمْ
MataAAan lakum wali-anAAamikum
[As] enjoyment [i.e., provision] for you and your grazing livestock.
as a benefit for you and your cattle.
فَإِذَا جَآءَتِ ٱلصَّآخَّةُ
Fa-itha jaati assakhkha
But when there comes the Deafening Blast
So when the Deafening Noise will occur,
يَوْمَ يَفِرُّ ٱلْمَرْءُ مِنْ أَخِيهِ
Yawma yafirru almaro min akheeh
On the Day a man will flee from his brother
the Day when one will flee from his brother,
وَأُمِّهِۦ وَأَبِيهِ
Waommihi waabeeh
And his mother and his father
and from his mother and father,
وَصَـٰحِبَتِهِۦ وَبَنِيهِ
Wasahibatihi wabaneeh
And his wife and his children,
and from his wife and sons,
لِكُلِّ ٱمْرِئٍ مِّنْهُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ شَأْنٌ يُغْنِيهِ
Likulli imri-in minhum yawma-ithinsha/nun yughneeh
For every man, that Day, will be a matter adequate for him.
every one of them will be too engaged in his own affairs to care for others.
وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ مُّسْفِرَةٌ
Wujoohun yawma-ithin musfira
[Some] faces, that Day, will be bright -
Many faces, on that day, will be bright,
ضَاحِكَةٌ مُّسْتَبْشِرَةٌ
Dahikatun mustabshira
Laughing, rejoicing at good news.
laughing, rejoicing,
وَوُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ عَلَيْهَا غَبَرَةٌ
Wawujoohun yawma-ithin AAalayhaghabara
And [other] faces, that Day, will have upon them dust.
and many faces, on that day, will be stained with dust,
تَرْهَقُهَا قَتَرَةٌ
Tarhaquha qatara
Blackness will cover them.
covered by darkness.
أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْكَفَرَةُ ٱلْفَجَرَةُ
Ola-ika humu alkafaratu alfajara
Those are the disbelievers, the wicked ones.
Those are the disbelievers, the nefarious.