# Surah Abasa (عَبَس) — He frowned

> **Chapter 80 of the Holy Quran** · **42 Verses** · **Meccan Revelation**

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- **Reciter**: Sheikh Mishary Rashid Al-Afasy
- **Script**: Authentic Uthmanic Arabic Script (Hafs 'an 'Asim)
- **English Translation**: Saheeh International (100+ additional languages available on the interactive web reader)

## Complete Quran Text & English Translation (42 Verses)

### Verse 80:1

عَبَسَ وَتَوَلَّىٰٓ

The Prophet frowned and turned away

### Verse 80:2

أَن جَآءَهُ ٱلۡأَعۡمَىٰ

Because there came to him the blind man, [interrupting]

### Verse 80:3

وَمَا يُدۡرِيكَ لَعَلَّهُۥ يَزَّكَّىٰٓ

But what would make you perceive, [O Muhammad], that perhaps he might be purified

### Verse 80:4

أَوۡ يَذَّكَّرُ فَتَنفَعَهُ ٱلذِّكۡرَىٰٓ

Or be reminded and the remembrance would benefit him

### Verse 80:5

أَمَّا مَنِ ٱسۡتَغۡنَىٰ

As for he who thinks himself without need

### Verse 80:6

فَأَنتَ لَهُۥ تَصَدَّىٰ

To him you give attention

### Verse 80:7

وَمَا عَلَيۡكَ أَلَّا يَزَّكَّىٰ

And not upon you [is any blame] if he will not be purified

### Verse 80:8

وَأَمَّا مَن جَآءَكَ يَسۡعَىٰ

But as for he who came to you striving [for knowledge]

### Verse 80:9

وَهُوَ يَخۡشَىٰ

While he fears [Allah]

### Verse 80:10

فَأَنتَ عَنۡهُ تَلَهَّىٰ

From him you are distracted

### Verse 80:11

كَلَّآ إِنَّهَا تَذۡكِرَةࣱ‏

No! Indeed, these verses are a reminder

### Verse 80:12

فَمَن شَآءَ ذَكَرَهُۥ

So whoever wills may remember it

### Verse 80:13

فِي صُحُفࣲ مُّكَرَّمَةࣲ‏

[It is recorded] in honored sheets

### Verse 80:14

مَّرۡفُوعَةࣲ مُّطَهَّرَةِۭ

Exalted and purified

### Verse 80:15

بِأَيۡدِي سَفَرَةࣲ‏

[Carried] by the hands of messenger-angels

### Verse 80:16

كِرَامِۭ بَرَرَةࣲ‏

Noble and dutiful

### Verse 80:17

قُتِلَ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ مَآ أَكۡفَرَهُۥ

Cursed is man; how disbelieving is he

### Verse 80:18

مِنۡ أَيِّ شَيۡءٍ خَلَقَهُۥ

From what substance did He create him

### Verse 80:19

مِن نُّطۡفَةٍ خَلَقَهُۥ فَقَدَّرَهُۥ

From a sperm-drop He created him and destined for him

### Verse 80:20

ثُمَّ ٱلسَّبِيلَ يَسَّرَهُۥ

Then He eased the way for him

### Verse 80:21

ثُمَّ أَمَاتَهُۥ فَأَقۡبَرَهُۥ

Then He causes his death and provides a grave for him

### Verse 80:22

ثُمَّ إِذَا شَآءَ أَنشَرَهُۥ

Then when He wills, He will resurrect him

### Verse 80:23

كَلَّا لَمَّا يَقۡضِ مَآ أَمَرَهُۥ

No! Man has not yet accomplished what He commanded him

### Verse 80:24

فَلۡيَنظُرِ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ إِلَىٰ طَعَامِهِۦٓ

Then let mankind look at his food

### Verse 80:25

أَنَّا صَبَبۡنَا ٱلۡمَآءَ صَبࣰّ ا

How We poured down water in torrents

### Verse 80:26

ثُمَّ شَقَقۡنَا ٱلۡأَرۡضَ شَقࣰّ ا

Then We broke open the earth, splitting [it with sprouts]

### Verse 80:27

فَأَنۢبَتۡنَا فِيهَا حَبࣰّ ا

And caused to grow within it grain

### Verse 80:28

وَعِنَبࣰ ا وَقَضۡبࣰ ا

And grapes and herbage

### Verse 80:29

وَزَيۡتُونࣰ ا وَنَخۡلࣰ ا

And olive and palm trees

### Verse 80:30

وَحَدَآئِقَ غُلۡبࣰ ا

And gardens of dense shrubbery

### Verse 80:31

وَفَٰكِهَةࣰ وَأَبࣰّ ا

And fruit and grass

### Verse 80:32

مَّتَٰعࣰ ا لَّكُمۡ وَلِأَنۡعَٰمِكُمۡ

[As] enjoyment for you and your grazing livestock

### Verse 80:33

فَإِذَا جَآءَتِ ٱلصَّآخَّةُ

But when there comes the Deafening Blast

### Verse 80:34

يَوۡمَ يَفِرُّ ٱلۡمَرۡءُ مِنۡ أَخِيهِ

On the Day a man will flee from his brother

### Verse 80:35

وَأُمِّهِۦ وَأَبِيهِ

And his mother and his father

### Verse 80:36

وَصَٰحِبَتِهِۦ وَبَنِيهِ

And his wife and his children

### Verse 80:37

لِكُلِّ ٱمۡرِيࣲٕ مِّنۡهُمۡ يَوۡمَئِذࣲ شَأۡنࣱ يُغۡنِيهِ

For every man, that Day, will be a matter adequate for him

### Verse 80:38

وُجُوهࣱ يَوۡمَئِذࣲ مُّسۡفِرَةࣱ‏

[Some] faces, that Day, will be bright

### Verse 80:39

ضَاحِكَةࣱ مُّسۡتَبۡشِرَةࣱ‏

Laughing, rejoicing at good news

### Verse 80:40

وَوُجُوهࣱ يَوۡمَئِذٍ عَلَيۡهَا غَبَرَةࣱ‏

And [other] faces, that Day, will have upon them dust

### Verse 80:41

تَرۡهَقُهَا قَتَرَةٌ

Blackness will cover them

### Verse 80:42

أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلۡكَفَرَةُ ٱلۡفَجَرَةُ

Those are the disbelievers, the wicked ones