Surah Abasa

Verse 80:1

عَبَسَ وَتَوَلّٰۤی ۟ۙ

ʻABASA wa-tawallaa,

He frowned and turned ˹his attention˺ away,

Verse 80:2

اَنْ جَآءَهُ الْاَعْمٰى ۟ؕ

ʹAñ jaaa-ʹahul ʹaʻmaa.

˹simply˺ because the blind man came to him ˹interrupting˺.

Verse 80:3

وَمَا یُدْرِیْكَ لَعَلَّهٗ یَزَّ ۟ۙ

Wa-maa yudreeka laʻallahoo yaz-zakkaa?―

You never know ˹O Prophet˺, perhaps he may be purified,

Verse 80:4

اَوْ یَذَّكَّرُ فَتَنْفَعَهُ الذِّكْرٰى ۟ؕ

ʹAw yaẓ-ẓak-karu fatañfaʻahuẓ Ẓikraa?

or he may be mindful, benefitting from the reminder.

Verse 80:5

اَمَّا مَنِ اسْتَغْنٰى ۟ۙ

ʹAmmaa manis tag̣naa,

As for the one who was indifferent,

Verse 80:6

فَاَنْتَ لَهٗ تَصَدّٰى ۟ؕ

Faʹañta lahoo taṣaddaa;

you gave him your ˹undivided˺ attention,

Verse 80:7

وَمَا عَلَیْكَ اَلَّا یَزَّكّٰى ۟ؕ

Wa-maa ʻalayka ʹallaa yaz-zakkaa.

even though you are not to blame if he would not be purified.

Verse 80:8

وَاَمَّا مَنْ جَآءَكَ یَسْعٰى ۟ۙ

Wa-ʹammaa mañ jaaa-ʹaka yasʻaa,

But as for the one who came to you, eager ˹to learn˺,

Verse 80:9

وَهُوَ یَخْشٰى ۟ۙ

Wa-huwa yakhshaa,

being in awe ˹of Allah˺,

Verse 80:10

فَاَنْتَ عَنْهُ تَلَهّٰى ۟ۚ

Faʹañta ʻanhu talahhaa.

you were inattentive to him.

Verse 80:11

كَلَّاۤ اِنَّهَا تَذْكِرَةٌ ۟ۚ

Kallaaa ʹinnahaa Taẓkirah:

But no! This ˹revelation˺ is truly a reminder.

Verse 80:12

فَمَنْ شَآءَ ذَكَرَهٗ ۟ۘ

Famañ shaaʹa ẓakarah.

So let whoever wills be mindful of it.

Verse 80:13

فِیْ صُحُفٍ مُّكَرَّمَةٍ ۟ۙ

Fee ṣuḥufim mukarramah,

It is ˹written˺ on pages held in honour—

Verse 80:14

مَّرْفُوْعَةٍ مُّطَهَّرَةٍۭ ۟ۙ

Marfooʻatim muṭahharah,

highly esteemed, purified—

Verse 80:15

بِاَیْدِیْ سَفَرَةٍ ۟ۙ

Biʹaydee safarah―

by the hands of angel-scribes,

Verse 80:16

كِرَامٍ بَرَرَةٍ ۟ؕ

Kiraamim bararah.

honourable and virtuous.

Verse 80:17

قُتِلَ الْاِنْسَانُ مَاۤ اَكْفَرَهٗ ۟ؕ

Q̣utilal ʹiñsaanu maaa ʹakfarah?

Condemned are ˹disbelieving˺ humans! How ungrateful they are ˹to Allah˺!

Verse 80:18

مِنْ اَیِّ شَیْءٍ خَلَقَهٗ ۟ؕ

Min ʹayyi shayʹin khalaq̣ah?

From what substance did He create them?

Verse 80:19

مِنْ نُّطْفَةٍ ؕ خَلَقَهٗ فَقَدَّرَهٗ ۟ۙ

Min nuṭfah: khalaq̣ahoo faq̣addarah;

He created them from a sperm-drop, and ordained their development.

Verse 80:20

ثُمَّ السَّبِیْلَ یَسَّرَهٗ ۟ۙ

S̤ummas sabeela yas-sarah;

Then He makes the way easy for them,

Verse 80:21

ثُمَّ اَمَاتَهٗ فَاَقْبَرَهٗ ۟ۙ

S̤umma ʹamaatahoo faʹaq̣barah;

then causes them to die and be buried.

Verse 80:22

ثُمَّ اِذَا شَآءَ اَنْشَرَهٗ ۟ؕ

S̤umma ʹiẓaa shaaaʹa ʹañsharah.

Then when He wills, He will resurrect them.

Verse 80:23

كَلَّا لَمَّا یَقْضِ مَاۤ اَمَرَهٗ ۟ؕ

Kallaa lammaa yaq̣ḍi maaa ʹamarah.

But no! They have failed to comply with what He ordered.

Verse 80:24

فَلْیَنْظُرِ الْاِنْسَانُ اِلٰى طَعَامِهٖۤ ۟ۙ

Falyañz̤̣uril ʹiñsaanu ʹilaa Ṭaʻaamih:

Let people then consider their food:

Verse 80:25

اَنَّا صَبَبْنَا الْمَآءَ صَبًّا ۟ۙ

ʹAnnaa ṣabab nalmaaaʹa ṣabbaa,

how We pour down rain in abundance

Verse 80:26

ثُمَّ شَقَقْنَا الْاَرْضَ شَقًّا ۟ۙ

S̤umma sha-q̣aq̣nal ʹarḍa shaq̣q̣aa;

and meticulously split the earth open ˹for sprouts˺,

Verse 80:27

فَاَنْۢبَتْنَا فِیْهَا حَبًّا ۟ۙ

Faʹambatnaa feehaa Ḥabbaa,

causing grain to grow in it,

Verse 80:28

وَّعِنَبًا وَّقَضْبًا ۟ۙ

Wa-ʻinabañw Waq̣aḍbaa,

as well as grapes and greens,

Verse 80:29

وَّزَیْتُوْنًا وَّنَخْلًا ۟ۙ

Wa-zaytoonañw Wanakhlaa,

and olives and palm trees,

Verse 80:30

وَّحَدَآىِٕقَ غُلْبًا ۟ۙ

Wa-ḥadaaaʹiq̣a g̣ulbaa,

and dense orchards,

Verse 80:31

وَّفَاكِهَةً وَّاَبًّا ۟ۙ

Wa-faaki-hatañw Waʹabbaa,

and fruit and fodder—

Verse 80:32

مَّتَاعًا لَّكُمْ وَلِاَنْعَامِكُمْ ۟ؕ

Mataaʻal lakum wa-liʹanʻaamikum.

all as ˹a means of˺ sustenance for you and your animals.

Verse 80:33

فَاِذَا جَآءَتِ الصَّآخَّةُ ۟ؗ

Faʹiẓaa jaaa-ʹatiṣ Ṣaaakhkhah,―

Then, when the Deafening Blast comes to pass—

Verse 80:34

یَوْمَ یَفِرُّ الْمَرْءُ مِنْ اَخِیْهِ ۟ۙ

Yawma yafirrul mar-ʹu min ʹakheeh,

on that Day every person will flee from their own siblings,

Verse 80:35

وَاُمِّهٖ وَاَبِیْهِ ۟ۙ

Wa-ʹummihee wa-ʹabeeh,

and ˹even˺ their mother and father,

Verse 80:36

وَصَاحِبَتِهٖ وَبَنِیْهِ ۟ؕ

Wa-ṣaaḥi-batihee wa-baneeh.

and ˹even˺ their spouse and children.

Verse 80:37

لِكُلِّ امْرِئٍ مِّنْهُمْ یَوْمَىِٕذٍ شَاْنٌ یُّغْنِیْهِ ۟ؕ

Likul lim-riʹim minhum Yawmaʹiẓiñ shaʹnuñy yug̣neeh.

For then everyone will have enough concern of their own.

Verse 80:38

وُجُوْهٌ یَّوْمَىِٕذٍ مُّسْفِرَةٌ ۟ۙ

Wujoohuñy Yawmaʹiẓim musfirah,

On that Day ˹some˺ faces will be bright,

Verse 80:39

ضَاحِكَةٌ مُّسْتَبْشِرَةٌ ۟ۚ

Ḍaaḥikatum mustabshirah.

laughing and rejoicing,

Verse 80:40

وَوُجُوْهٌ یَّوْمَىِٕذٍ عَلَیْهَا غَبَرَةٌ ۟ۙ

Wa-wujoohuñy Yawmaʹiẓin ʻalayhaa g̣abarah;

while ˹other˺ faces will be dusty,

Verse 80:41

تَرْهَقُهَا قَتَرَةٌ ۟ؕ

Tarhaq̣uhaa q̣atarah:

cast in gloom—

Verse 80:42

اُولٰٓىِٕكَ هُمُ الْكَفَرَةُ الْفَجَرَةُ ۟۠

ʹUlaaaʹika humul kafaratul Fajarah.

those are the disbelievers, the ˹wicked˺ sinners.