ʿAbasa · He frowned

The tafsir of this chapter is being written. The Arabic and its translation are here in full.

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

1. 80:1

   عَبَسَ وَتَوَلَّىٰٓ ﴿١﴾

   He frowned and turned away.

2. 80:2

   أَن جَآءَهُ ٱلْأَعْمَىٰ ﴿٢﴾

   When the blind man approached him.

3. 80:3

   وَمَا يُدْرِيكَ لَعَلَّهُۥ يَزَّكَّىٰٓ ﴿٣﴾

   And how do you know, maybe he would purify himself,

4. 80:4

   أَوْ يَذَّكَّرُ فَتَنفَعَهُ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰٓ ﴿٤﴾

   or take admonition, and the admonition would benefit him!

5. 80:5

   أَمَّا مَنِ ٱسْتَغْنَىٰ ﴿٥﴾

   But as for someone who is self-complacent.

6. 80:6

   فَأَنتَ لَهُۥ تَصَدَّىٰ ﴿٦﴾

   You attend to him.

7. 80:7

   وَمَا عَلَيْكَ أَلَّا يَزَّكَّىٰ ﴿٧﴾

   Though you are not liable if he does not purify himself.

8. 80:8

   وَأَمَّا مَن جَآءَكَ يَسْعَىٰ ﴿٨﴾

   But he who comes hurrying to you.

9. 80:9

   وَهُوَ يَخْشَىٰ ﴿٩﴾

   While he fears [Allah].

10. 80:10

    فَأَنتَ عَنْهُ تَلَهَّىٰ ﴿١٠﴾

    You are neglectful of him.

11. 80:11

    كَلَّآ إِنَّهَا تَذْكِرَةٌ ﴿١١﴾

    No indeed! These [verses of the Quran] are a reminder –

12. 80:12

    فَمَن شَآءَ ذَكَرَهُۥ ﴿١٢﴾

    so let anyone who wishes remember.

13. 80:13

    فِى صُحُفٍ مُّكَرَّمَةٍ ﴿١٣﴾

    In honoured scriptures,

14. 80:14

    مَّرْفُوعَةٍ مُّطَهَّرَةٍۭ ﴿١٤﴾

    exalted and purified.

15. 80:15

    بِأَيْدِى سَفَرَةٍ ﴿١٥﴾

    In the hands of envoys.

16. 80:16

    كِرَامٍۭ بَرَرَةٍ ﴿١٦﴾

    Noble and pious.

17. 80:17

    قُتِلَ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ مَآ أَكْفَرَهُۥ ﴿١٧﴾

    Perish man! How ungrateful is he!

18. 80:18

    مِنْ أَىِّ شَىْءٍ خَلَقَهُۥ ﴿١٨﴾

    From what has He created him?

19. 80:19

    مِن نُّطْفَةٍ خَلَقَهُۥ فَقَدَّرَهُۥ ﴿١٩﴾

    He has created him from a drop of [seminal] fluid, and then proportioned him.

20. 80:20

    ثُمَّ ٱلسَّبِيلَ يَسَّرَهُۥ ﴿٢٠﴾

    Then He made the way easy for him.

21. 80:21

    ثُمَّ أَمَاتَهُۥ فَأَقْبَرَهُۥ ﴿٢١﴾

    Then He made him die and buried him.

22. 80:22

    ثُمَّ إِذَا شَآءَ أَنشَرَهُۥ ﴿٢٢﴾

    And then, when He wished, resurrected him.

23. 80:23

    كَلَّا لَمَّا يَقْضِ مَآ أَمَرَهُۥ ﴿٢٣﴾

    No indeed! He has not yet carried out what He had commanded him.

24. 80:24

    فَلْيَنظُرِ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ إِلَىٰ طَعَامِهِۦٓ ﴿٢٤﴾

    So let man observe his food.

25. 80:25

    أَنَّا صَبَبْنَا ٱلْمَآءَ صَبًّا ﴿٢٥﴾

    We poured down water plenteously.

26. 80:26

    ثُمَّ شَقَقْنَا ٱلْأَرْضَ شَقًّا ﴿٢٦﴾

    Then We split the earth into fissures.

27. 80:27

    فَأَنۢبَتْنَا فِيهَا حَبًّا ﴿٢٧﴾

    And made the grain grow in it.

28. 80:28

    وَعِنَبًا وَقَضْبًا ﴿٢٨﴾

    And vines and vegetables.

29. 80:29

    وَزَيْتُونًا وَنَخْلًا ﴿٢٩﴾

    Olives and date palms.

30. 80:30

    وَحَدَآئِقَ غُلْبًا ﴿٣٠﴾

    And densely-planted gardens.

31. 80:31

    وَفَٰكِهَةً وَأَبًّا ﴿٣١﴾

    Fruits and pastures.

32. 80:32

    مَّتَٰعًا لَّكُمْ وَلِأَنْعَٰمِكُمْ ﴿٣٢﴾

    As a sustenance for you and your livestock.

33. 80:33

    فَإِذَا جَآءَتِ ٱلصَّآخَّةُ ﴿٣٣﴾

    So when the deafening cry comes.

34. 80:34

    يَوْمَ يَفِرُّ ٱلْمَرْءُ مِنْ أَخِيهِ ﴿٣٤﴾

    The day when a man will evade his brother,

35. 80:35

    وَأُمِّهِۦ وَأَبِيهِ ﴿٣٥﴾

    his mother and his father,

36. 80:36

    وَصَٰحِبَتِهِۦ وَبَنِيهِ ﴿٣٦﴾

    his spouse and his sons.

37. 80:37

    لِكُلِّ ٱمْرِئٍ مِّنْهُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ شَأْنٌ يُغْنِيهِ ﴿٣٧﴾

    That day each of them will have a task to keep him preoccupied.

38. 80:38

    وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ مُّسْفِرَةٌ ﴿٣٨﴾

    That day some faces will be bright,

39. 80:39

    ضَاحِكَةٌ مُّسْتَبْشِرَةٌ ﴿٣٩﴾

    laughing and joyous.

40. 80:40

    وَوُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ عَلَيْهَا غَبَرَةٌ ﴿٤٠﴾

    And some faces on that day will be covered with dust,

41. 80:41

    تَرْهَقُهَا قَتَرَةٌ ﴿٤١﴾

    overcast with gloom.

42. 80:42

    أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْكَفَرَةُ ٱلْفَجَرَةُ ﴿٤٢﴾

    It is they who are the faithless, the vicious.