He Frowned
'Abasa
80:1
بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
In the Name of Allah—the Most Compassionate, Most Merciful.
...
80:2
عَبَسَ وَتَوَلَّىٰٓ
He frowned and turned ˹his attention˺ away,
...
80:3
أَن جَآءَهُ ٱلۡأَعۡمَىٰ
˹simply˺ because the blind man came to him ˹interrupting˺.
...
80:4
وَمَا يُدۡرِيكَ لَعَلَّهُۥ يَزَّكَّىٰٓ
You never know ˹O Prophet˺, perhaps he may be purified,
...
80:5
أَوۡ يَذَّكَّرُ فَتَنفَعَهُ ٱلذِّكۡرَىٰٓ
or he may be mindful, benefitting from the reminder.
...
80:6
أَمَّا مَنِ ٱسۡتَغۡنَىٰ
As for the one who was indifferent,
...
80:7
فَأَنتَ لَهُۥ تَصَدَّىٰ
you gave him your ˹undivided˺ attention,
...
80:8
وَمَا عَلَيۡكَ أَلَّا يَزَّكَّىٰ
even though you are not to blame if he would not be purified.
...
80:9
وَأَمَّا مَن جَآءَكَ يَسۡعَىٰ
But as for the one who came to you, eager ˹to learn˺,
...
80:10
وَهُوَ يَخۡشَىٰ
being in awe ˹of Allah˺,
...
80:11
فَأَنتَ عَنۡهُ تَلَهَّىٰ
you were inattentive to him.
...
80:12
كَلَّآ إِنَّهَا تَذۡكِرَةٞ
But no! This ˹revelation˺ is truly a reminder.
...
80:13
فَمَن شَآءَ ذَكَرَهُۥ
So let whoever wills be mindful of it.
...
80:14
فِي صُحُفٖ مُّكَرَّمَةٖ
It is ˹written˺ on pages held in honour—
...
80:15
مَّرۡفُوعَةٖ مُّطَهَّرَةِۭ
highly esteemed, purified—
...
80:16
بِأَيۡدِي سَفَرَةٖ
by the hands of angel-scribes,
...
80:17
كِرَامِۭ بَرَرَةٖ
honourable and virtuous.
...
80:18
قُتِلَ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ مَآ أَكۡفَرَهُۥ
Condemned are ˹disbelieving˺ humans! How ungrateful they are ˹to Allah˺!
...
80:19
مِنۡ أَيِّ شَيۡءٍ خَلَقَهُۥ
From what substance did He create them?
...
80:20
مِن نُّطۡفَةٍ خَلَقَهُۥ فَقَدَّرَهُۥ
He created them from a sperm-drop, and ordained their development.
...
80:21
ثُمَّ ٱلسَّبِيلَ يَسَّرَهُۥ
Then He makes the way easy for them,
...
80:22
ثُمَّ أَمَاتَهُۥ فَأَقۡبَرَهُۥ
then causes them to die and be buried.
...
80:23
ثُمَّ إِذَا شَآءَ أَنشَرَهُۥ
Then when He wills, He will resurrect them.
...
80:24
كَلَّا لَمَّا يَقۡضِ مَآ أَمَرَهُۥ
But no! They have failed to comply with what He ordered.
...
80:25
فَلۡيَنظُرِ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ إِلَىٰ طَعَامِهِۦٓ
Let people then consider their food:
...
80:26
أَنَّا صَبَبۡنَا ٱلۡمَآءَ صَبّٗا
how We pour down rain in abundance
...
80:27
ثُمَّ شَقَقۡنَا ٱلۡأَرۡضَ شَقّٗا
and meticulously split the earth open ˹for sprouts˺,
...
80:28
فَأَنۢبَتۡنَا فِيهَا حَبّٗا
causing grain to grow in it,
...
80:29
وَعِنَبٗا وَقَضۡبٗا
as well as grapes and greens,
...
80:30
وَزَيۡتُونٗا وَنَخۡلٗا
and olives and palm trees,
...
80:31
وَحَدَآئِقَ غُلۡبٗا
and dense orchards,
...
80:32
وَفَٰكِهَةٗ وَأَبّٗا
and fruit and fodder—
...
80:33
مَّتَٰعٗا لَّكُمۡ وَلِأَنۡعَٰمِكُمۡ
all as ˹a means of˺ sustenance for you and your animals.
...
80:34
فَإِذَا جَآءَتِ ٱلصَّآخَّةُ
Then, when the Deafening Blast comes to pass—
...
80:35
يَوۡمَ يَفِرُّ ٱلۡمَرۡءُ مِنۡ أَخِيهِ
on that Day every person will flee from their own siblings,
...
80:36
وَأُمِّهِۦ وَأَبِيهِ
and ˹even˺ their mother and father,
...
80:37
وَصَٰحِبَتِهِۦ وَبَنِيهِ
and ˹even˺ their spouse and children.
...
80:38
لِكُلِّ ٱمۡرِيٕٖ مِّنۡهُمۡ يَوۡمَئِذٖ شَأۡنٞ يُغۡنِيهِ
For then everyone will have enough concern of their own.
...
80:39
وُجُوهٞ يَوۡمَئِذٖ مُّسۡفِرَةٞ
On that Day ˹some˺ faces will be bright,
...
80:40
ضَاحِكَةٞ مُّسۡتَبۡشِرَةٞ
laughing and rejoicing,
...
80:41
وَوُجُوهٞ يَوۡمَئِذٍ عَلَيۡهَا غَبَرَةٞ
while ˹other˺ faces will be dusty,
...
80:42
تَرۡهَقُهَا قَتَرَةٌ
cast in gloom—
...
80:43
أُوْلَـٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلۡكَفَرَةُ ٱلۡفَجَرَةُ
those are the disbelievers, the ˹wicked˺ sinners.
...