Surah Abasa — He Frowned

عَبَسَ وَتَوَلَّىٰٓ 80:1

AAabasa watawalla

He frowned and turned away

أَن جَآءَهُ ٱلْأَعْمَىٰ 80:2

An jaahu al-aAAma

Because the blind man came unto him.

وَمَا يُدْرِيكَ لَعَلَّهُۥ يَزَّكَّىٰٓ 80:3

Wama yudreeka laAAallahu yazzakka

What could inform thee but that he might grow (in grace)

أَوْ يَذَّكَّرُ فَتَنفَعَهُ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰٓ 80:4

Aw yaththakkaru fatanfaAAahu aththikra

Or take heed and so the reminder might avail him?

أَمَّا مَنِ ٱسْتَغْنَىٰ 80:5

Amma mani istaghna

As for him who thinketh himself independent,

فَأَنتَ لَهُۥ تَصَدَّىٰ 80:6

Faanta lahu tasadda

Unto him thou payest regard.

وَمَا عَلَيْكَ أَلَّا يَزَّكَّىٰ 80:7

Wama AAalayka alla yazzakka

Yet it is not thy concern if he grow not (in grace).

وَأَمَّا مَن جَآءَكَ يَسْعَىٰ 80:8

Waamma man jaaka yasAAa

But as for him who cometh unto thee with earnest purpose

وَهُوَ يَخْشَىٰ 80:9

Wahuwa yakhsha

And hath fear,

فَأَنتَ عَنْهُ تَلَهَّىٰ 80:10

Faanta AAanhu talahha

From him thou art distracted.

كَلَّآ إِنَّهَا تَذْكِرَةٌ 80:11

Kalla innaha tathkira

Nay, but verily it is an Admonishment,

فَمَن شَآءَ ذَكَرَهُۥ 80:12

Faman shaa thakarah

So let whosoever will pay heed to it,

فِى صُحُفٍ مُّكَرَّمَةٍ 80:13

Fee suhufin mukarrama

On honoured leaves

مَّرْفُوعَةٍ مُّطَهَّرَةٍۭ 80:14

MarfooAAatin mutahhara

Exalted, purified,

بِأَيْدِى سَفَرَةٍ 80:15

Bi-aydee safara

(Set down) by scribes

كِرَامٍۭ بَرَرَةٍ 80:16

Kiramin barara

Noble and righteous.

قُتِلَ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ مَآ أَكْفَرَهُۥ 80:17

Qutila al-insanu ma akfarah

Man is (self-)destroyed: how ungrateful!

مِنْ أَىِّ شَىْءٍ خَلَقَهُۥ 80:18

Min ayyi shay-in khalaqah

From what thing doth He create him?

مِن نُّطْفَةٍ خَلَقَهُۥ فَقَدَّرَهُۥ 80:19

Min nutfatin khalaqahu faqaddarah

From a drop of seed. He createth him and proportioneth him,

ثُمَّ ٱلسَّبِيلَ يَسَّرَهُۥ 80:20

Thumma assabeela yassarah

Then maketh the way easy for him,

ثُمَّ أَمَاتَهُۥ فَأَقْبَرَهُۥ 80:21

Thumma amatahu faaqbarah

Then causeth him to die, and burieth him;

ثُمَّ إِذَا شَآءَ أَنشَرَهُۥ 80:22

Thumma itha shaa ansharah

Then, when He will, He bringeth him again to life.

كَلَّا لَمَّا يَقْضِ مَآ أَمَرَهُۥ 80:23

Kalla lamma yaqdi maamarah

Nay, but (man) hath not done what He commanded him.

فَلْيَنظُرِ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ إِلَىٰ طَعَامِهِۦٓ 80:24

Falyanthuri al-insanuila taAAamih

Let man consider his food:

أَنَّا صَبَبْنَا ٱلْمَآءَ صَبًّا 80:25

Anna sababna almaasabba

How We pour water in showers

ثُمَّ شَقَقْنَا ٱلْأَرْضَ شَقًّا 80:26

Thumma shaqaqna al-arda shaqqa

Then split the earth in clefts

فَأَنۢبَتْنَا فِيهَا حَبًّا 80:27

Faanbatna feeha habba

And cause the grain to grow therein

وَعِنَبًا وَقَضْبًا 80:28

WaAAinaban waqadba

And grapes and green fodder

وَزَيْتُونًا وَنَخْلًا 80:29

Wazaytoonan wanakhla

And olive-trees and palm-trees

وَحَدَآئِقَ غُلْبًا 80:30

Wahada-iqa ghulba

And garden-closes of thick foliage

وَفَـٰكِهَةً وَأَبًّا 80:31

Wafakihatan waabba

And fruits and grasses:

مَّتَـٰعًا لَّكُمْ وَلِأَنْعَـٰمِكُمْ 80:32

MataAAan lakum wali-anAAamikum

Provision for you and your cattle.

فَإِذَا جَآءَتِ ٱلصَّآخَّةُ 80:33

Fa-itha jaati assakhkha

But when the Shout cometh

يَوْمَ يَفِرُّ ٱلْمَرْءُ مِنْ أَخِيهِ 80:34

Yawma yafirru almaro min akheeh

On the day when a man fleeth from his brother

وَأُمِّهِۦ وَأَبِيهِ 80:35

Waommihi waabeeh

And his mother and his father

وَصَـٰحِبَتِهِۦ وَبَنِيهِ 80:36

Wasahibatihi wabaneeh

And his wife and his children,

لِكُلِّ ٱمْرِئٍ مِّنْهُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ شَأْنٌ يُغْنِيهِ 80:37

Likulli imri-in minhum yawma-ithinsha/nun yughneeh

Every man that day will have concern enough to make him heedless (of others).

وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ مُّسْفِرَةٌ 80:38

Wujoohun yawma-ithin musfira

On that day faces will be bright as dawn,

ضَاحِكَةٌ مُّسْتَبْشِرَةٌ 80:39

Dahikatun mustabshira

Laughing, rejoicing at good news;

وَوُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ عَلَيْهَا غَبَرَةٌ 80:40

Wawujoohun yawma-ithin AAalayhaghabara

And other faces, on that day, with dust upon them,

تَرْهَقُهَا قَتَرَةٌ 80:41

Tarhaquha qatara

Veiled in darkness,

أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْكَفَرَةُ ٱلْفَجَرَةُ 80:42

Ola-ika humu alkafaratu alfajara

Those are the disbelievers, the wicked.