Surah 80 of 114 · Makki
Surah Abasa (He Frowned)
سُورَةُ عَبَسَ
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
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عَبَسَ وَتَوَلَّىٰٓ
عَبَسَʿabasaHe frownedوَتَوَلَّىٰٓwatawallāand turned away
The Prophet frowned and turned away
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أَن جَآءَهُ ٱلْأَعْمَىٰ
أَنanBecauseجَآءَهُjāahucame to himٱلْأَعْمَىٰl-aʿmāthe blind man
Because there came to him the blind man, [interrupting]
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وَمَا يُدْرِيكَ لَعَلَّهُۥ يَزَّكَّىٰٓ
وَمَاwamāBut whatيُدْرِيكَyud'rīkawould make you knowلَعَلَّهُۥlaʿallahuthat he mightيَزَّكَّىٰٓyazzakkāpurify himself
But what would make you perceive, [O Muhammad], that perhaps he might be purified
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أَوْ يَذَّكَّرُ فَتَنفَعَهُ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰٓ
أَوْawOrيَذَّكَّرُyadhakkarube remindedفَتَنفَعَهُfatanfaʿahuso would benefit himٱلذِّكْرَىٰٓl-dhik'rāthe reminder
Or be reminded and the remembrance would benefit him
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أَمَّا مَنِ ٱسْتَغْنَىٰ
أَمَّاammāAs forمَنِmani(him) whoٱسْتَغْنَىٰis'taghnāconsiders himself free from need
As for he who thinks himself without need
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فَأَنتَ لَهُۥ تَصَدَّىٰ
فَأَنتَfa-antaSo youلَهُۥlahuto himتَصَدَّىٰtaṣaddāgive attention
To him you give attention
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وَمَا عَلَيْكَ أَلَّا يَزَّكَّىٰ
وَمَاwamāAnd notعَلَيْكَʿalaykaupon youأَلَّاallāthat notيَزَّكَّىٰyazzakkāhe purifies himself
And not upon you [is any blame] if he will not be purified
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وَأَمَّا مَن جَآءَكَ يَسْعَىٰ
وَأَمَّاwa-ammāBut as forمَنman(he) whoجَآءَكَjāakacame to youيَسْعَىٰyasʿāstriving
But as for he who came to you striving [for knowledge]
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وَهُوَ يَخْشَىٰ
وَهُوَwahuwaWhile heيَخْشَىٰyakhshāfears
While he fears [Allah]
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فَأَنتَ عَنْهُ تَلَهَّىٰ
فَأَنتَfa-antaBut youعَنْهُʿanhufrom himتَلَهَّىٰtalahhā(are) distracted
From him you are distracted
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كَلَّآ إِنَّهَا تَذْكِرَةٌۭ
كَلَّآkallāNayإِنَّهَاinnahāIndeed, itتَذْكِرَةٌۭtadhkiratun(is) a reminder
No! Indeed, these verses are a reminder
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فَمَن شَآءَ ذَكَرَهُۥ
فَمَنfamanSo whosoeverشَآءَshāawillsذَكَرَهُۥdhakarahumay remember it
So whoever wills may remember it
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فِى صُحُفٍۢ مُّكَرَّمَةٍۢ
فِىfīInصُحُفٍۢṣuḥufinsheetsمُّكَرَّمَةٍۢmukarramatinhonored
[It is recorded] in honored sheets
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مَّرْفُوعَةٍۢ مُّطَهَّرَةٍۭ
مَّرْفُوعَةٍۢmarfūʿatinExaltedمُّطَهَّرَةٍۭmuṭahharatinpurified
Exalted and purified
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بِأَيْدِى سَفَرَةٍۢ
بِأَيْدِىbi-aydīIn (the) handsسَفَرَةٍۢsafaratin(of) scribes
[Carried] by the hands of messenger-angels
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كِرَامٍۭ بَرَرَةٍۢ
كِرَامٍۭkirāminNobleبَرَرَةٍۢbararatindutiful
Noble and dutiful
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قُتِلَ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ مَآ أَكْفَرَهُۥ
قُتِلَqutilaIs destroyedٱلْإِنسَـٰنُl-insānu[the] manمَآmāhowأَكْفَرَهُۥakfarahuungrateful is he
Cursed is man; how disbelieving is he
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مِنْ أَىِّ شَىْءٍ خَلَقَهُۥ
مِنْminFromأَىِّayyiwhatشَىْءٍshayinthingخَلَقَهُۥkhalaqahuHe created him
From what substance did He create him
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مِن نُّطْفَةٍ خَلَقَهُۥ فَقَدَّرَهُۥ
مِنminFromنُّطْفَةٍnuṭ'fatina semen-dropخَلَقَهُۥkhalaqahuHe created himفَقَدَّرَهُۥfaqaddarahuthen He proportioned him
From a sperm-drop He created him and destined for him
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ثُمَّ ٱلسَّبِيلَ يَسَّرَهُۥ
ثُمَّthummaThenٱلسَّبِيلَl-sabīlathe wayيَسَّرَهُۥyassarahuHe made easy for him
Then He eased the way for him
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ثُمَّ أَمَاتَهُۥ فَأَقْبَرَهُۥ
ثُمَّthummaThenأَمَاتَهُۥamātahuHe causes him to dieفَأَقْبَرَهُۥfa-aqbarahuand provides a grave for him
Then He causes his death and provides a grave for him
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ثُمَّ إِذَا شَآءَ أَنشَرَهُۥ
ثُمَّthummaThenإِذَاidhāwhenشَآءَshāaHe willsأَنشَرَهُۥansharahuHe will resurrect him
Then when He wills, He will resurrect him
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كَلَّا لَمَّا يَقْضِ مَآ أَمَرَهُۥ
كَلَّاkallāNayلَمَّاlammāNotيَقْضِyaqḍihe has accomplishedمَآmāwhatأَمَرَهُۥamarahuHe commanded him
No! Man has not yet accomplished what He commanded him
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فَلْيَنظُرِ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ إِلَىٰ طَعَامِهِۦٓ
فَلْيَنظُرِfalyanẓuriThen let lookٱلْإِنسَـٰنُl-insānuthe manإِلَىٰilāatطَعَامِهِۦٓṭaʿāmihihis food
Then let mankind look at his food
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اَنَّا صَبَبْنَا ٱلْمَآءَ صَبًّۭا
اَنَّاannāThat [We]صَبَبْنَاṣababnā[We] pouredٱلْمَآءَl-māathe waterصَبًّۭاṣabban(in) abundance
How We poured down water in torrents
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ثُمَّ شَقَقْنَا ٱلْأَرْضَ شَقًّۭا
ثُمَّthummaThenشَقَقْنَاshaqaqnāWe cleavedٱلْأَرْضَl-arḍathe earthشَقًّۭاshaqqansplitting
Then We broke open the earth, splitting [it with sprouts]
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فَأَنۢبَتْنَا فِيهَا حَبًّۭا
فَأَنۢبَتْنَاfa-anbatnāThen We caused to growفِيهَاfīhāthereinحَبًّۭاḥabbangrain
And caused to grow within it grain
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وَعِنَبًۭا وَقَضْبًۭا
وَعِنَبًۭاwaʿinabanAnd grapesوَقَضْبًۭاwaqaḍbanand green fodder
And grapes and herbage
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وَزَيْتُونًۭا وَنَخْلًۭا
وَزَيْتُونًۭاwazaytūnanAnd oliveوَنَخْلًۭاwanakhlanand date-palms
And olive and palm trees
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وَحَدَآئِقَ غُلْبًۭا
وَحَدَآئِقَwaḥadāiqaAnd gardensغُلْبًۭاghul'ban(of) thick foliage
And gardens of dense shrubbery
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وَفَـٰكِهَةًۭ وَأَبًّۭا
وَفَـٰكِهَةًۭwafākihatanAnd fruitsوَأَبًّۭاwa-abbanand grass
And fruit and grass
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مَّتَـٰعًۭا لَّكُمْ وَلِأَنْعَـٰمِكُمْ
مَّتَـٰعًۭاmatāʿan(As) a provisionلَّكُمْlakumfor youوَلِأَنْعَـٰمِكُمْwali-anʿāmikumand for your cattle
[As] enjoyment for you and your grazing livestock
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فَإِذَا جَآءَتِ ٱلصَّآخَّةُ
فَإِذَاfa-idhāBut whenجَآءَتِjāaticomesٱلصَّآخَّةُl-ṣākhatuthe Deafening Blast
But when there comes the Deafening Blast
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يَوْمَ يَفِرُّ ٱلْمَرْءُ مِنْ أَخِيهِ
يَوْمَyawma(The) Dayيَفِرُّyafirruwill fleeٱلْمَرْءُl-marua manمِنْminfromأَخِيهِakhīhihis brother
On the Day a man will flee from his brother
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وَأُمِّهِۦ وَأَبِيهِ
وَأُمِّهِۦwa-ummihiAnd his motherوَأَبِيهِwa-abīhiand his father
And his mother and his father
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وَصَـٰحِبَتِهِۦ وَبَنِيهِ
وَصَـٰحِبَتِهِۦwaṣāḥibatihiAnd his wifeوَبَنِيهِwabanīhiand his children
And his wife and his children
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لِكُلِّ ٱمْرِئٍۢ مِّنْهُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ شَأْنٌۭ يُغْنِيهِ
لِكُلِّlikulliFor everyٱمْرِئٍۢim'ri-inmanمِّنْهُمْmin'humamong themيَوْمَئِذٍۢyawma-idhinthat Dayشَأْنٌۭshanun(will be) a matterيُغْنِيهِyugh'nīhioccupying him
For every man, that Day, will be a matter adequate for him
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وُجُوهٌۭ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ مُّسْفِرَةٌۭ
وُجُوهٌۭwujūhunFacesيَوْمَئِذٍۢyawma-idhinthat Dayمُّسْفِرَةٌۭmus'firatun(will be) bright
[Some] faces, that Day, will be bright
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ضَاحِكَةٌۭ مُّسْتَبْشِرَةٌۭ
ضَاحِكَةٌۭḍāḥikatunLaughingمُّسْتَبْشِرَةٌۭmus'tabshiratunrejoicing at good news
Laughing, rejoicing at good news
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وَوُجُوهٌۭ يَوْمَئِذٍ عَلَيْهَا غَبَرَةٌۭ
وَوُجُوهٌۭwawujūhunAnd facesيَوْمَئِذٍyawma-idhinthat Dayعَلَيْهَاʿalayhāupon themغَبَرَةٌۭghabaratun(will be) dust
And [other] faces, that Day, will have upon them dust
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تَرْهَقُهَا قَتَرَةٌ
تَرْهَقُهَاtarhaquhāWill cover themقَتَرَةٌqataratundarkness
Blackness will cover them
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أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْكَفَرَةُ ٱلْفَجَرَةُ
أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَulāikaThoseهُمُhumu[they]ٱلْكَفَرَةُl-kafaratu(are) the disbelieversٱلْفَجَرَةُl-fajaratuthe wicked ones
Those are the disbelievers, the wicked ones