English translation: The Meaning of the Glorious Koran, Marmaduke Pickthall
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Surah 80 عبس
42 Verses
Meccan
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَـٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
عَبَسَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ Verse 1
He frowned and turned away
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أَن جَاءَهُ الْأَعْمَىٰ Verse 2
Because the blind man came unto him.
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وَمَا يُدْرِيكَ لَعَلَّهُ يَزَّكَّىٰ Verse 3
What could inform thee but that he might grow (in grace)
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أَوْ يَذَّكَّرُ فَتَنفَعَهُ الذِّكْرَىٰ Verse 4
Or take heed and so the reminder might avail him?
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أَمَّا مَنِ اسْتَغْنَىٰ Verse 5
As for him who thinketh himself independent,
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فَأَنتَ لَهُ تَصَدَّىٰ Verse 6
Unto him thou payest regard.
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وَمَا عَلَيْكَ أَلَّا يَزَّكَّىٰ Verse 7
Yet it is not thy concern if he grow not (in grace).
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وَأَمَّا مَن جَاءَكَ يَسْعَىٰ Verse 8
But as for him who cometh unto thee with earnest purpose
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وَهُوَ يَخْشَىٰ Verse 9
And hath fear,
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فَأَنتَ عَنْهُ تَلَهَّىٰ Verse 10
From him thou art distracted.
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كَلَّا إِنَّهَا تَذْكِرَةٌ Verse 11
Nay, but verily it is an Admonishment,
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فَمَن شَاءَ ذَكَرَهُ Verse 12
So let whosoever will pay heed to it,
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فِي صُحُفٍ مُّكَرَّمَةٍ Verse 13
On honoured leaves
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مَّرْفُوعَةٍ مُّطَهَّرَةٍ Verse 14
Exalted, purified,
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بِأَيْدِي سَفَرَةٍ Verse 15
(Set down) by scribes
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كِرَامٍ بَرَرَةٍ Verse 16
Noble and righteous.
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قُتِلَ الْإِنسَانُ مَا أَكْفَرَهُ Verse 17
Man is (self-)destroyed: how ungrateful!
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مِنْ أَيِّ شَيْءٍ خَلَقَهُ Verse 18
From what thing doth He create him?
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مِن نُّطْفَةٍ خَلَقَهُ فَقَدَّرَهُ Verse 19
From a drop of seed. He createth him and proportioneth him,
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ثُمَّ السَّبِيلَ يَسَّرَهُ Verse 20
Then maketh the way easy for him,
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ثُمَّ أَمَاتَهُ فَأَقْبَرَهُ Verse 21
Then causeth him to die, and burieth him;
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ثُمَّ إِذَا شَاءَ أَنشَرَهُ Verse 22
Then, when He will, He bringeth him again to life.
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كَلَّا لَمَّا يَقْضِ مَا أَمَرَهُ Verse 23
Nay, but (man) hath not done what He commanded him.
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فَلْيَنظُرِ الْإِنسَانُ إِلَىٰ طَعَامِهِ Verse 24
Let man consider his food:
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أَنَّا صَبَبْنَا الْمَاءَ صَبًّا Verse 25
How We pour water in showers
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ثُمَّ شَقَقْنَا الْأَرْضَ شَقًّا Verse 26
Then split the earth in clefts
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فَأَنبَتْنَا فِيهَا حَبًّا Verse 27
And cause the grain to grow therein
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وَعِنَبًا وَقَضْبًا Verse 28
And grapes and green fodder
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وَزَيْتُونًا وَنَخْلًا Verse 29
And olive-trees and palm-trees
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وَحَدَائِقَ غُلْبًا Verse 30
And garden-closes of thick foliage
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وَفَاكِهَةً وَأَبًّا Verse 31
And fruits and grasses:
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مَّتَاعًا لَّكُمْ وَلِأَنْعَامِكُمْ Verse 32
Provision for you and your cattle.
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فَإِذَا جَاءَتِ الصَّاخَّةُ Verse 33
But when the Shout cometh
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يَوْمَ يَفِرُّ الْمَرْءُ مِنْ أَخِيهِ Verse 34
On the day when a man fleeth from his brother
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وَأُمِّهِ وَأَبِيهِ Verse 35
And his mother and his father
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وَصَاحِبَتِهِ وَبَنِيهِ Verse 36
And his wife and his children,
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لِكُلِّ امْرِئٍ مِّنْهُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ شَأْنٌ يُغْنِيهِ Verse 37
Every man that day will have concern enough to make him heedless (of others).
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وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ مُّسْفِرَةٌ Verse 38
On that day faces will be bright as dawn,
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ضَاحِكَةٌ مُّسْتَبْشِرَةٌ Verse 39
Laughing, rejoicing at good news;
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وَوُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ عَلَيْهَا غَبَرَةٌ Verse 40
And other faces, on that day, with dust upon them,
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تَرْهَقُهَا قَتَرَةٌ Verse 41
Veiled in darkness,
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أُولَـٰئِكَ هُمُ الْكَفَرَةُ الْفَجَرَةُ Verse 42
Those are the disbelievers, the wicked.
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