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'Abasa

He Frowned42 Versesmakkah

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ

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80:1
عَبَسَ
He frowned
وَتَوَلَّىٰٓ
and turned away
١
He [i.e., the Prophet (ﷺ) ] frowned and turned away
80:2
أَن
Because
جَآءَهُ
came to him
ٱلۡأَعۡمَىٰ
the blind man
٢
Because there came to him the blind man,1 [interrupting].
80:3
وَمَا
But what
يُدۡرِيكَ
would make you know
لَعَلَّهُۥ
that he might
يَزَّكَّىٰٓ
purify himself
٣
But what would make you perceive, [O Muḥammad], that perhaps he might be purified1
80:4
أَوۡ
Or
يَذَّكَّرُ
be reminded
فَتَنفَعَهُ
so would benefit him
ٱلذِّكۡرَىٰٓ
the reminder
٤
Or be reminded and the remembrance would benefit him?
80:5
أَمَّا
As for
مَنِ
(him) who
ٱسۡتَغۡنَىٰ
considers himself free from need
٥
As for he who thinks himself without need,1
80:6
فَأَنتَ
So you
لَهُۥ
to him
تَصَدَّىٰ
give attention
٦
To him you give attention.
80:7
وَمَا
And not
عَلَيۡكَ
upon you
أَلَّا
that not
يَزَّكَّىٰ
he purifies himself
٧
And not upon you [is any blame] if he will not be purified.1
80:8
وَأَمَّا
But as for
مَن
(he) who
جَآءَكَ
came to you
يَسۡعَىٰ
striving
٨
But as for he who came to you striving [for knowledge]
80:9
وَهُوَ
While he
يَخۡشَىٰ
fears
٩
While he fears [Allāh],
80:10
فَأَنتَ
But you
عَنۡهُ
from him
تَلَهَّىٰ
(are) distracted
١٠
From him you are distracted.
80:11
كَلَّآ
Nay
إِنَّهَا
Indeed, it
تَذۡكِرَةٌ
(is) a reminder
١١
No! Indeed, they [i.e., these verses] are a reminder;
80:12
فَمَن
So whosoever
شَآءَ
wills
ذَكَرَهُۥ
may remember it
١٢
So whoever wills may remember it.1
80:13
فِى
In
صُحُفٍ
sheets
مُّكَرَّمَةٍ
honored
١٣
[It is recorded] in honored sheets,
80:14
مَّرۡفُوعَةٍ
Exalted
مُّطَهَّرَةِۭ
purified
١٤
Exalted and purified,
80:15
بِأَيۡدِى
In (the) hands
سَفَرَةٍ
(of) scribes
١٥
[Carried] by the hands of messenger-angels,
80:16
كِرَامِۭ
Noble
بَرَرَةٍ
dutiful
١٦
Noble and dutiful.
80:17
قُتِلَ
Is destroyed
ٱلۡإِنسَـٰنُ
[the] man
مَآ
how
أَكۡفَرَهُۥ
ungrateful is he
١٧
Destroyed [i.e., cursed] is man;1 how disbelieving is he.
80:18
مِنۡ
From
أَىِّ
what
شَىۡءٍ
thing
خَلَقَهُۥ
He created him
١٨
From what thing [i.e., substance] did He create him?
80:19
مِن
From
نُّطۡفَةٍ
a semen-drop
خَلَقَهُۥ
He created him
فَقَدَّرَهُۥ
then He proportioned him
١٩
From a sperm-drop He created him and destined for him;1
80:20
ثُمَّ
Then
ٱلسَّبِيلَ
the way
يَسَّرَهُۥ
He made easy for him
٢٠
Then He eased the way for him;1
80:21
ثُمَّ
Then
أَمَاتَهُۥ
He causes him to die
فَأَقۡبَرَهُۥ
and provides a grave for him
٢١
Then He causes his death and provides a grave for him.1
80:22
ثُمَّ
Then
إِذَا
when
شَآءَ
He wills
أَنشَرَهُۥ
He will resurrect him
٢٢
Then when He wills, He will resurrect him.
80:23
كَلَّا
Nay
لَمَّا
Not
يَقۡضِ
he has accomplished
مَآ
what
أَمَرَهُۥ
He commanded him
٢٣
No! He [i.e., man] has not yet accomplished what He commanded him.
80:24
فَلۡيَنظُرِ
Then let look
ٱلۡإِنسَـٰنُ
the man
إِلَىٰ
at
طَعَامِهِۦٓ
his food
٢٤
Then let mankind look at his food -
80:25
أَنَّا
That [We]
صَبَبۡنَا
[We] poured
ٱلۡمَآءَ
the water
صَبًّا
(in) abundance
٢٥
How We poured down water in torrents,
80:26
ثُمَّ
Then
شَقَقۡنَا
We cleaved
ٱلۡأَرۡضَ
the earth
شَقًّا
splitting
٢٦
Then We broke open the earth, splitting [it with sprouts],
80:27
فَأَنۢبَتۡنَا
Then We caused to grow
فِيهَا
therein
حَبًّا
grain
٢٧
And caused to grow within it grain
80:28
وَعِنَبًا
And grapes
وَقَضۡبًا
and green fodder
٢٨
And grapes and herbage
80:29
وَزَيۡتُونًا
And olive
وَنَخۡلاً
and date-palms
٢٩
And olive and palm trees
80:30
وَحَدَآئِقَ
And gardens
غُلۡبًا
(of) thick foliage
٣٠
And gardens of dense shrubbery
80:31
وَفَـٰكِهَةً
And fruits
وَأَبًّا
and grass
٣١
And fruit and grass -
80:32
مَّتَـٰعًا
(As) a provision
لَّكُمۡ
for you
وَلِأَنۡعَـٰمِكُمۡ
and for your cattle
٣٢
[As] enjoyment [i.e., provision] for you and your grazing livestock.
80:33
فَإِذَا
But when
جَآءَتِ
comes
ٱلصَّآخَّةُ
the Deafening Blast
٣٣
But when there comes the Deafening Blast1
80:34
يَوۡمَ
(The) Day
يَفِرُّ
will flee
ٱلۡمَرۡءُ
a man
مِنۡ
from
أَخِيهِ
his brother
٣٤
On the Day a man will flee from his brother
80:35
وَأُمِّهِۦ
And his mother
وَأَبِيهِ
and his father
٣٥
And his mother and his father
80:36
وَصَـٰحِبَتِهِۦ
And his wife
وَبَنِيهِ
and his children
٣٦
And his wife and his children,
80:37
لِكُلِّ
For every
ٱمۡرِىٍٕ
man
مِّنۡهُمۡ
among them
يَوۡمَئِذٍ
that Day
شَأۡنٌ
(will be) a matter
يُغۡنِيهِ
occupying him
٣٧
For every man, that Day, will be a matter adequate for him.1
80:38
وُجُوهٌ
Faces
يَوۡمَئِذٍ
that Day
مُّسۡفِرَةٌ
(will be) bright
٣٨
[Some] faces, that Day, will be bright -
80:39
ضَاحِكَةٌ
Laughing
مُّسۡتَبۡشِرَةٌ
rejoicing at good news
٣٩
Laughing, rejoicing at good news.
80:40
وَوُجُوهٌ
And faces
يَوۡمَئِذٍ
that Day
عَلَيۡهَا
upon them
غَبَرَةٌ
(will be) dust
٤٠
And [other] faces, that Day, will have upon them dust.
80:41
تَرۡهَقُهَا
Will cover them
قَتَرَةٌ
darkness
٤١
Blackness will cover them.
80:42
أُوۡلَـٰٓئِكَ
Those
هُمُ
[they]
ٱلۡكَفَرَةُ
(are) the disbelievers
ٱلۡفَجَرَةُ
the wicked ones
٤٢
Those are the disbelievers, the wicked ones.
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