80

He Frowned

80:1

عَبَسَ وَتَوَلَّىٰٓ
He frowned and turned ˹his attention˺ away,
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80:2

أَن جَآءَهُ ٱلۡأَعۡمَىٰ
˹simply˺ because the blind man came to him ˹interrupting˺.
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80:3

وَمَا يُدۡرِيكَ لَعَلَّهُۥ يَزَّكَّىٰٓ
You never know ˹O Prophet˺, perhaps he may be purified,
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80:4

أَوۡ يَذَّكَّرُ فَتَنفَعَهُ ٱلذِّكۡرَىٰٓ
or he may be mindful, benefitting from the reminder.
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80:5

أَمَّا مَنِ ٱسۡتَغۡنَىٰ
As for the one who was indifferent,
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80:6

فَأَنتَ لَهُۥ تَصَدَّىٰ
you gave him your ˹undivided˺ attention,
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80:7

وَمَا عَلَيۡكَ أَلَّا يَزَّكَّىٰ
even though you are not to blame if he would not be purified.
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80:8

وَأَمَّا مَن جَآءَكَ يَسۡعَىٰ
But as for the one who came to you, eager ˹to learn˺,
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80:9

وَهُوَ يَخۡشَىٰ
being in awe ˹of Allah˺,
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80:10

فَأَنتَ عَنۡهُ تَلَهَّىٰ
you were inattentive to him.
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80:11

كَلَّآ إِنَّهَا تَذۡكِرَةٞ
But no! This ˹revelation˺ is truly a reminder.
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80:12

فَمَن شَآءَ ذَكَرَهُۥ
So let whoever wills be mindful of it.
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80:13

فِي صُحُفٖ مُّكَرَّمَةٖ
It is ˹written˺ on pages held in honour—
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80:14

مَّرۡفُوعَةٖ مُّطَهَّرَةِۭ
highly esteemed, purified—
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80:15

بِأَيۡدِي سَفَرَةٖ
by the hands of angel-scribes,
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80:16

كِرَامِۭ بَرَرَةٖ
honourable and virtuous.
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80:17

قُتِلَ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ مَآ أَكۡفَرَهُۥ
Condemned are ˹disbelieving˺ humans! How ungrateful they are ˹to Allah˺!
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80:18

مِنۡ أَيِّ شَيۡءٍ خَلَقَهُۥ
From what substance did He create them?
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80:19

مِن نُّطۡفَةٍ خَلَقَهُۥ فَقَدَّرَهُۥ
He created them from a sperm-drop, and ordained their development.
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80:20

ثُمَّ ٱلسَّبِيلَ يَسَّرَهُۥ
Then He makes the way easy for them,
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80:21

ثُمَّ أَمَاتَهُۥ فَأَقۡبَرَهُۥ
then causes them to die and be buried.
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80:22

ثُمَّ إِذَا شَآءَ أَنشَرَهُۥ
Then when He wills, He will resurrect them.
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80:23

كَلَّا لَمَّا يَقۡضِ مَآ أَمَرَهُۥ
But no! They have failed to comply with what He ordered.
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80:24

فَلۡيَنظُرِ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ إِلَىٰ طَعَامِهِۦٓ
Let people then consider their food:
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80:25

أَنَّا صَبَبۡنَا ٱلۡمَآءَ صَبّٗا
how We pour down rain in abundance
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80:26

ثُمَّ شَقَقۡنَا ٱلۡأَرۡضَ شَقّٗا
and meticulously split the earth open ˹for sprouts˺,
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80:27

فَأَنۢبَتۡنَا فِيهَا حَبّٗا
causing grain to grow in it,
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80:28

وَعِنَبٗا وَقَضۡبٗا
as well as grapes and greens,
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80:29

وَزَيۡتُونٗا وَنَخۡلٗا
and olives and palm trees,
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80:30

وَحَدَآئِقَ غُلۡبٗا
and dense orchards,
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80:31

وَفَٰكِهَةٗ وَأَبّٗا
and fruit and fodder—
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80:32

مَّتَٰعٗا لَّكُمۡ وَلِأَنۡعَٰمِكُمۡ
all as ˹a means of˺ sustenance for you and your animals.
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80:33

فَإِذَا جَآءَتِ ٱلصَّآخَّةُ
Then, when the Deafening Blast comes to pass—
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80:34

يَوۡمَ يَفِرُّ ٱلۡمَرۡءُ مِنۡ أَخِيهِ
on that Day every person will flee from their own siblings,
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80:35

وَأُمِّهِۦ وَأَبِيهِ
and ˹even˺ their mother and father,
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80:36

وَصَٰحِبَتِهِۦ وَبَنِيهِ
and ˹even˺ their spouse and children.
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80:37

لِكُلِّ ٱمۡرِيٕٖ مِّنۡهُمۡ يَوۡمَئِذٖ شَأۡنٞ يُغۡنِيهِ
For then everyone will have enough concern of their own.
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80:38

وُجُوهٞ يَوۡمَئِذٖ مُّسۡفِرَةٞ
On that Day ˹some˺ faces will be bright,
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80:39

ضَاحِكَةٞ مُّسۡتَبۡشِرَةٞ
laughing and rejoicing,
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80:40

وَوُجُوهٞ يَوۡمَئِذٍ عَلَيۡهَا غَبَرَةٞ
while ˹other˺ faces will be dusty,
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80:41

تَرۡهَقُهَا قَتَرَةٌ
cast in gloom—
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80:42

أُوْلَـٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلۡكَفَرَةُ ٱلۡفَجَرَةُ
those are the disbelievers, the ˹wicked˺ sinners.
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