80:1
عَبَسَ وَتَوَلَّىٰٓ 
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Saheeh International
The Prophet frowned and turned away
Transliteration (Aisan) · Aisan Transliteration
ʿabasa watawallā
Surah 80 · 42 verses
'Abasa
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About Surah 'Abasa
Surah 'Abasa (عبس) is the 80th chapter of the Quran and contains 42 verses; its English name is “He Frowned”. It is classified as a Meccan surah. Read the Arabic text below with transliteration and the Sahih International English translation, then use the translation selector for other available languages.
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80:2
أَن جَآءَهُ ٱلْأَعْمَىٰ 2
Saheeh International
Because there came to him the blind man, [interrupting].
Transliteration (Aisan) · Aisan Transliteration
an jāahu l-aʿmā
80:3
وَمَا يُدْرِيكَ لَعَلَّهُۥ يَزَّكَّىٰٓ 3
Saheeh International
But what would make you perceive, [O Muhammad], that perhaps he might be purified
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wamā yud'rīka laʿallahu yazzakkā
80:4
أَوْ يَذَّكَّرُ فَتَنفَعَهُ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰٓ 4
Saheeh International
Or be reminded and the remembrance would benefit him?
Transliteration (Aisan) · Aisan Transliteration
aw yadhakkaru fatanfaʿahu l-dhik'rā
80:5
أَمَّا مَنِ ٱسْتَغْنَىٰ 5
Saheeh International
As for he who thinks himself without need,
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ammā mani is'taghnā
80:6
فَأَنتَ لَهُۥ تَصَدَّىٰ 6
Saheeh International
To him you give attention.
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fa-anta lahu taṣaddā
80:7
وَمَا عَلَيْكَ أَلَّا يَزَّكَّىٰ 7
Saheeh International
And not upon you [is any blame] if he will not be purified.
Transliteration (Aisan) · Aisan Transliteration
wamā ʿalayka allā yazzakkā
80:8
وَأَمَّا مَن جَآءَكَ يَسْعَىٰ 8
Saheeh International
But as for he who came to you striving [for knowledge]
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wa-ammā man jāaka yasʿā
80:9
وَهُوَ يَخْشَىٰ 9
Saheeh International
While he fears [Allah],
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wahuwa yakhshā
80:10
فَأَنتَ عَنْهُ تَلَهَّىٰ 10
Saheeh International
From him you are distracted.
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fa-anta ʿanhu talahhā
80:11
كَلَّآ إِنَّهَا تَذْكِرَةٌ 11
Saheeh International
No! Indeed, these verses are a reminder;
Transliteration (Aisan) · Aisan Transliteration
kallā innahā tadhkiratun
80:12
فَمَن شَآءَ ذَكَرَهُۥ 12
Saheeh International
So whoever wills may remember it.
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faman shāa dhakarahu
80:13
فِى صُحُفٍ مُّكَرَّمَةٍ 13
Saheeh International
[It is recorded] in honored sheets,
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fī ṣuḥufin mukarramatin
80:14
مَّرْفُوعَةٍ مُّطَهَّرَةٍۭ 14
Saheeh International
Exalted and purified,
Transliteration (Aisan) · Aisan Transliteration
marfūʿatin muṭahharatin
80:15
بِأَيْدِى سَفَرَةٍ 15
Saheeh International
[Carried] by the hands of messenger-angels,
Transliteration (Aisan) · Aisan Transliteration
bi-aydī safaratin
80:16
كِرَامٍۭ بَرَرَةٍ 16
Saheeh International
Noble and dutiful.
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kirāmin bararatin
80:17
قُتِلَ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ مَآ أَكْفَرَهُۥ 17
Saheeh International
Cursed is man; how disbelieving is he.
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qutila l-insānu mā akfarahu
80:18
مِنْ أَىِّ شَىْءٍ خَلَقَهُۥ 18
Saheeh International
From what substance did He create him?
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min ayyi shayin khalaqahu
80:19
مِن نُّطْفَةٍ خَلَقَهُۥ فَقَدَّرَهُۥ 19
Saheeh International
From a sperm-drop He created him and destined for him;
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min nuṭ'fatin khalaqahu faqaddarahu
80:20
ثُمَّ ٱلسَّبِيلَ يَسَّرَهُۥ 20
Saheeh International
Then He eased the way for him;
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thumma l-sabīla yassarahu
80:21
ثُمَّ أَمَاتَهُۥ فَأَقْبَرَهُۥ 21
Saheeh International
Then He causes his death and provides a grave for him.
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thumma amātahu fa-aqbarahu
80:22
ثُمَّ إِذَا شَآءَ أَنشَرَهُۥ 22
Saheeh International
Then when He wills, He will resurrect him.
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thumma idhā shāa ansharahu
80:23
كَلَّا لَمَّا يَقْضِ مَآ أَمَرَهُۥ 23
Saheeh International
No! Man has not yet accomplished what He commanded him.
Transliteration (Aisan) · Aisan Transliteration
kallā lammā yaqḍi mā amarahu
80:24
فَلْيَنظُرِ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ إِلَىٰ طَعَامِهِۦٓ 24
Saheeh International
Then let mankind look at his food -
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falyanẓuri l-insānu ilā ṭaʿāmihi
80:25
أَنَّا صَبَبْنَا ٱلْمَآءَ صَبًّا 25
Saheeh International
How We poured down water in torrents,
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annā ṣababnā l-māa ṣabban
80:26
ثُمَّ شَقَقْنَا ٱلْأَرْضَ شَقًّا 26
Saheeh International
Then We broke open the earth, splitting [it with sprouts],
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thumma shaqaqnā l-arḍa shaqqan
80:27
فَأَنۢبَتْنَا فِيهَا حَبًّا 27
Saheeh International
And caused to grow within it grain
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fa-anbatnā fīhā ḥabban
80:28
وَعِنَبًا وَقَضْبًا 28
Saheeh International
And grapes and herbage
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waʿinaban waqaḍban
80:29
وَزَيْتُونًا وَنَخْلًا 29
Saheeh International
And olive and palm trees
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wazaytūnan wanakhlan
80:30
وَحَدَآئِقَ غُلْبًا 30
Saheeh International
And gardens of dense shrubbery
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waḥadāiqa ghul'ban
80:31
وَفَٰكِهَةً وَأَبًّا 31
Saheeh International
And fruit and grass -
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wafākihatan wa-abban
80:32
مَّتَٰعًا لَّكُمْ وَلِأَنْعَٰمِكُمْ 32
Saheeh International
[As] enjoyment for you and your grazing livestock.
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matāʿan lakum wali-anʿāmikum
80:33
فَإِذَا جَآءَتِ ٱلصَّآخَّةُ 33
Saheeh International
But when there comes the Deafening Blast
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fa-idhā jāati l-ṣākhatu
80:34
يَوْمَ يَفِرُّ ٱلْمَرْءُ مِنْ أَخِيهِ 34
Saheeh International
On the Day a man will flee from his brother
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yawma yafirru l-maru min akhīhi
80:35
وَأُمِّهِۦ وَأَبِيهِ 35
Saheeh International
And his mother and his father
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wa-ummihi wa-abīhi
80:36
وَصَٰحِبَتِهِۦ وَبَنِيهِ 36
Saheeh International
And his wife and his children,
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waṣāḥibatihi wabanīhi
80:37
لِكُلِّ ٱمْرِئٍ مِّنْهُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ شَأْنٌ يُغْنِيهِ 37
Saheeh International
For every man, that Day, will be a matter adequate for him.
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likulli im'ri-in min'hum yawma-idhin shanun yugh'nīhi
80:38
وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ مُّسْفِرَةٌ 38
Saheeh International
[Some] faces, that Day, will be bright -
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wujūhun yawma-idhin mus'firatun
80:39
ضَاحِكَةٌ مُّسْتَبْشِرَةٌ 39
Saheeh International
Laughing, rejoicing at good news.
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ḍāḥikatun mus'tabshiratun
80:40
وَوُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ عَلَيْهَا غَبَرَةٌ 40
Saheeh International
And [other] faces, that Day, will have upon them dust.
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wawujūhun yawma-idhin ʿalayhā ghabaratun
80:41
تَرْهَقُهَا قَتَرَةٌ 41
Saheeh International
Blackness will cover them.
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tarhaquhā qataratun
80:42
أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْكَفَرَةُ ٱلْفَجَرَةُ 42
Saheeh International
Those are the disbelievers, the wicked ones.
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ulāika humu l-kafaratu l-fajaratu