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CHAPTER 80 · 42 VERSES

Surah 'Abasa

Arabic text and English translation

Translation by Talal Itani, ClearQuran.com · CC BY-ND 4.0. A translation conveys meanings; it does not replace the Arabic Quran.

عَبَسَ وَتَوَلَّىٰٓ

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He frowned and turned away.

أَن جَآءَهُ ٱلْأَعْمَىٰ

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When the blind man approached him.

وَمَا يُدْرِيكَ لَعَلَّهُۥ يَزَّكَّىٰٓ

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But how do you know? Perhaps he was seeking to purify himself.

أَوْ يَذَّكَّرُ فَتَنفَعَهُ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰٓ

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Or be reminded, and the message would benefit him.

أَمَّا مَنِ ٱسْتَغْنَىٰ

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But as for him who was indifferent.

فَأَنتَ لَهُۥ تَصَدَّىٰ

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You gave him your attention.

وَمَا عَلَيْكَ أَلَّا يَزَّكَّىٰ

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Though you are not liable if he does not purify himself.

وَأَمَّا مَن جَآءَكَ يَسْعَىٰ

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But as for him who came to you seeking.

وَهُوَ يَخْشَىٰ

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In awe.

فَأَنتَ عَنْهُ تَلَهَّىٰ

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To him you were inattentive.

كَلَّآ إِنَّهَا تَذْكِرَةٌ

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Do not. This is a lesson.

فَمَن شَآءَ ذَكَرَهُۥ

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Whoever wills, shall remember it.

فِى صُحُفٍ مُّكَرَّمَةٍ

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On honorable pages.

مَّرْفُوعَةٍ مُّطَهَّرَةٍۭ

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Exalted and purified.

بِأَيْدِى سَفَرَةٍ

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By the hands of scribes.

كِرَامٍۭ بَرَرَةٍ

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Noble and devoted.

قُتِلَ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ مَآ أَكْفَرَهُۥ

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Perish man! How thankless he is!

مِنْ أَىِّ شَىْءٍ خَلَقَهُۥ

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From what did He create him?

مِن نُّطْفَةٍ خَلَقَهُۥ فَقَدَّرَهُۥ

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From a sperm drop He created him, and enabled him.

ثُمَّ ٱلسَّبِيلَ يَسَّرَهُۥ

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Then He eased the way for him.

ثُمَّ أَمَاتَهُۥ فَأَقْبَرَهُۥ

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Then He puts him to death, and buries him.

ثُمَّ إِذَا شَآءَ أَنشَرَهُۥ

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Then, when He wills, He will resurrect him.

كَلَّا لَمَّا يَقْضِ مَآ أَمَرَهُۥ

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But no, he did not fulfill what He has commanded him.

فَلْيَنظُرِ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ إِلَىٰ طَعَامِهِۦٓ

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Let man consider his food.

أَنَّا صَبَبْنَا ٱلْمَآءَ صَبًّا

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We pour down water in abundance.

ثُمَّ شَقَقْنَا ٱلْأَرْضَ شَقًّا

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Then crack the soil open.

فَأَنۢبَتْنَا فِيهَا حَبًّا

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And grow in it grains.

وَعِنَبًا وَقَضْبًا

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And grapes and herbs.

وَزَيْتُونًا وَنَخْلًا

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And olives and dates.

وَحَدَآئِقَ غُلْبًا

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And luscious gardens.

وَفَـٰكِهَةً وَأَبًّا

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And fruits and vegetables.

مَّتَـٰعًا لَّكُمْ وَلِأَنْعَـٰمِكُمْ

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Enjoyment for you, and for your livestock.

فَإِذَا جَآءَتِ ٱلصَّآخَّةُ

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But when the Deafening Noise comes to pass.

يَوْمَ يَفِرُّ ٱلْمَرْءُ مِنْ أَخِيهِ

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The Day when a person will flee from his brother.

وَأُمِّهِۦ وَأَبِيهِ

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And his mother and his father.

وَصَـٰحِبَتِهِۦ وَبَنِيهِ

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And his consort and his children.

لِكُلِّ ٱمْرِئٍ مِّنْهُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ شَأْنٌ يُغْنِيهِ

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Every one of them, on that Day, will have enough to preoccupy him.

وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ مُّسْفِرَةٌ

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Faces on that Day will be radiant.

ضَاحِكَةٌ مُّسْتَبْشِرَةٌ

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Laughing and rejoicing.

وَوُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ عَلَيْهَا غَبَرَةٌ

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And faces on that Day will be covered with misery.

تَرْهَقُهَا قَتَرَةٌ

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Overwhelmed by remorse.

أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْكَفَرَةُ ٱلْفَجَرَةُ

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These are the faithless, the vicious.

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