Chapter 80

He frownedAbasa (عبس)

42 verses • revealed at Meccan

1 عَبَسَ وَتَوَلَّىٰٓ
(The Prophet) frowned and turned away,
2 أَن جَآءَهُ ٱلْأَعْمَىٰ
Because there came to him the blind man (interrupting).
3 وَمَا يُدْرِيكَ لَعَلَّهُۥ يَزَّكَّىٰٓ
But what could tell thee but that perchance he might grow (in spiritual understanding)?-
4 أَوْ يَذَّكَّرُ فَتَنفَعَهُ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰٓ
Or that he might receive admonition, and the teaching might profit him?
5 أَمَّا مَنِ ٱسْتَغْنَىٰ
As to one who regards Himself as self-sufficient,
6 فَأَنتَ لَهُۥ تَصَدَّىٰ
To him dost thou attend;
7 وَمَا عَلَيْكَ أَلَّا يَزَّكَّىٰ
Though it is no blame to thee if he grow not (in spiritual understanding).
8 وَأَمَّا مَن جَآءَكَ يَسْعَىٰ
But as to him who came to thee striving earnestly,
9 وَهُوَ يَخْشَىٰ
And with fear (in his heart),
10 فَأَنتَ عَنْهُ تَلَهَّىٰ
Of him wast thou unmindful.
11 كَلَّآ إِنَّهَا تَذْكِرَةٌ
By no means (should it be so)! For it is indeed a Message of instruction:
12 فَمَن شَآءَ ذَكَرَهُۥ
Therefore let whoso will, keep it in remembrance.
13 فِى صُحُفٍ مُّكَرَّمَةٍ
(It is) in Books held (greatly) in honour,
14 مَّرْفُوعَةٍ مُّطَهَّرَةٍۭ
Exalted (in dignity), kept pure and holy,
15 بِأَيْدِى سَفَرَةٍ
(Written) by the hands of scribes-
16 كِرَامٍۭ بَرَرَةٍ
Honourable and Pious and Just.
17 قُتِلَ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ مَآ أَكْفَرَهُۥ
Woe to man! What hath made him reject Allah;
18 مِنْ أَىِّ شَىْءٍ خَلَقَهُۥ
From what stuff hath He created him?
19 مِن نُّطْفَةٍ خَلَقَهُۥ فَقَدَّرَهُۥ
From a sperm-drop: He hath created him, and then mouldeth him in due proportions;
20 ثُمَّ ٱلسَّبِيلَ يَسَّرَهُۥ
Then doth He make His path smooth for him;
21 ثُمَّ أَمَاتَهُۥ فَأَقْبَرَهُۥ
Then He causeth him to die, and putteth him in his grave;
22 ثُمَّ إِذَا شَآءَ أَنشَرَهُۥ
Then, when it is His Will, He will raise him up (again).
23 كَلَّا لَمَّا يَقْضِ مَآ أَمَرَهُۥ
By no means hath he fulfilled what Allah hath commanded him.
24 فَلْيَنظُرِ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ إِلَىٰ طَعَامِهِۦٓ
Then let man look at his food, (and how We provide it):
25 أَنَّا صَبَبْنَا ٱلْمَآءَ صَبًّا
For that We pour forth water in abundance,
26 ثُمَّ شَقَقْنَا ٱلْأَرْضَ شَقًّا
And We split the earth in fragments,
27 فَأَنۢبَتْنَا فِيهَا حَبًّا
And produce therein corn,
28 وَعِنَبًا وَقَضْبًا
And Grapes and nutritious plants,
29 وَزَيْتُونًا وَنَخْلًا
And Olives and Dates,
30 وَحَدَآئِقَ غُلْبًا
And enclosed Gardens, dense with lofty trees,
31 وَفَٰكِهَةً وَأَبًّا
And fruits and fodder,-
32 مَّتَٰعًا لَّكُمْ وَلِأَنْعَٰمِكُمْ
For use and convenience to you and your cattle.
33 فَإِذَا جَآءَتِ ٱلصَّآخَّةُ
At length, when there comes the Deafening Noise,-
34 يَوْمَ يَفِرُّ ٱلْمَرْءُ مِنْ أَخِيهِ
That Day shall a man flee from his own brother,
35 وَأُمِّهِۦ وَأَبِيهِ
And from his mother and his father,
36 وَصَٰحِبَتِهِۦ وَبَنِيهِ
And from his wife and his children.
37 لِكُلِّ ٱمْرِئٍ مِّنْهُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ شَأْنٌ يُغْنِيهِ
Each one of them, that Day, will have enough concern (of his own) to make him indifferent to the others.
38 وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ مُّسْفِرَةٌ
Some faces that Day will be beaming,
39 ضَاحِكَةٌ مُّسْتَبْشِرَةٌ
Laughing, rejoicing.
40 وَوُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ عَلَيْهَا غَبَرَةٌ
And other faces that Day will be dust-stained,
41 تَرْهَقُهَا قَتَرَةٌ
Blackness will cover them:
42 أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْكَفَرَةُ ٱلْفَجَرَةُ
Such will be the Rejecters of Allah, the doers of iniquity.