Ayah 1Verse 1
عَبَسَ وَتَوَلَّىٰٓ
The Prophet frowned and turned away
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عبس
He Frowned • 42 verses • meccan
Ayah 2Verse 2
أَن جَآءَهُ ٱلۡأَعۡمَىٰ
Because there came to him the blind man, [interrupting]
Ayah 3Verse 3
وَمَا يُدۡرِيكَ لَعَلَّهُۥ يَزَّكَّىٰٓ
But what would make you perceive, [O Muhammad], that perhaps he might be purified
Ayah 4Verse 4
أَوۡ يَذَّكَّرُ فَتَنفَعَهُ ٱلذِّكۡرَىٰٓ
Or be reminded and the remembrance would benefit him
Ayah 5Verse 5
أَمَّا مَنِ ٱسۡتَغۡنَىٰ
As for he who thinks himself without need
Ayah 6Verse 6
فَأَنتَ لَهُۥ تَصَدَّىٰ
To him you give attention
Ayah 7Verse 7
وَمَا عَلَيۡكَ أَلَّا يَزَّكَّىٰ
And not upon you [is any blame] if he will not be purified
Ayah 8Verse 8
وَأَمَّا مَن جَآءَكَ يَسۡعَىٰ
But as for he who came to you striving [for knowledge]
Ayah 9Verse 9
وَهُوَ يَخۡشَىٰ
While he fears [Allah]
Ayah 10Verse 10
فَأَنتَ عَنۡهُ تَلَهَّىٰ
From him you are distracted
Ayah 11Verse 11
كَلَّآ إِنَّهَا تَذۡكِرَةٞ
No! Indeed, these verses are a reminder
Ayah 12Verse 12
فَمَن شَآءَ ذَكَرَهُۥ
So whoever wills may remember it
Ayah 13Verse 13
فِي صُحُفٖ مُّكَرَّمَةٖ
[It is recorded] in honored sheets
Ayah 14Verse 14
مَّرۡفُوعَةٖ مُّطَهَّرَةِۭ
Exalted and purified
Ayah 15Verse 15
بِأَيۡدِي سَفَرَةٖ
[Carried] by the hands of messenger-angels
Ayah 16Verse 16
كِرَامِۭ بَرَرَةٖ
Noble and dutiful
Ayah 17Verse 17
قُتِلَ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ مَآ أَكۡفَرَهُۥ
Cursed is man; how disbelieving is he
Ayah 18Verse 18
مِنۡ أَيِّ شَيۡءٍ خَلَقَهُۥ
From what substance did He create him
Ayah 19Verse 19
مِن نُّطۡفَةٍ خَلَقَهُۥ فَقَدَّرَهُۥ
From a sperm-drop He created him and destined for him
Ayah 20Verse 20
ثُمَّ ٱلسَّبِيلَ يَسَّرَهُۥ
Then He eased the way for him
Ayah 21Verse 21
ثُمَّ أَمَاتَهُۥ فَأَقۡبَرَهُۥ
Then He causes his death and provides a grave for him
Ayah 22Verse 22
ثُمَّ إِذَا شَآءَ أَنشَرَهُۥ
Then when He wills, He will resurrect him
Ayah 23Verse 23
كَلَّا لَمَّا يَقۡضِ مَآ أَمَرَهُۥ
No! Man has not yet accomplished what He commanded him
Ayah 24Verse 24
فَلۡيَنظُرِ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ إِلَىٰ طَعَامِهِۦٓ
Then let mankind look at his food
Ayah 25Verse 25
أَنَّا صَبَبۡنَا ٱلۡمَآءَ صَبّٗا
How We poured down water in torrents
Ayah 26Verse 26
ثُمَّ شَقَقۡنَا ٱلۡأَرۡضَ شَقّٗا
Then We broke open the earth, splitting [it with sprouts]
Ayah 27Verse 27
فَأَنۢبَتۡنَا فِيهَا حَبّٗا
And caused to grow within it grain
Ayah 28Verse 28
وَعِنَبٗا وَقَضۡبٗا
And grapes and herbage
Ayah 29Verse 29
وَزَيۡتُونٗا وَنَخۡلٗا
And olive and palm trees
Ayah 30Verse 30
وَحَدَآئِقَ غُلۡبٗا
And gardens of dense shrubbery
Ayah 31Verse 31
وَفَٰكِهَةٗ وَأَبّٗا
And fruit and grass
Ayah 32Verse 32
مَّتَٰعٗا لَّكُمۡ وَلِأَنۡعَٰمِكُمۡ
[As] enjoyment for you and your grazing livestock
Ayah 33Verse 33
فَإِذَا جَآءَتِ ٱلصَّآخَّةُ
But when there comes the Deafening Blast
Ayah 34Verse 34
يَوۡمَ يَفِرُّ ٱلۡمَرۡءُ مِنۡ أَخِيهِ
On the Day a man will flee from his brother
Ayah 35Verse 35
وَأُمِّهِۦ وَأَبِيهِ
And his mother and his father
Ayah 36Verse 36
وَصَٰحِبَتِهِۦ وَبَنِيهِ
And his wife and his children
Ayah 37Verse 37
لِكُلِّ ٱمۡرِيٕٖ مِّنۡهُمۡ يَوۡمَئِذٖ شَأۡنٞ يُغۡنِيهِ
For every man, that Day, will be a matter adequate for him
Ayah 38Verse 38
وُجُوهٞ يَوۡمَئِذٖ مُّسۡفِرَةٞ
[Some] faces, that Day, will be bright
Ayah 39Verse 39
ضَاحِكَةٞ مُّسۡتَبۡشِرَةٞ
Laughing, rejoicing at good news
Ayah 40Verse 40
وَوُجُوهٞ يَوۡمَئِذٍ عَلَيۡهَا غَبَرَةٞ
And [other] faces, that Day, will have upon them dust
Ayah 41Verse 41
تَرۡهَقُهَا قَتَرَةٌ
Blackness will cover them
Ayah 42Verse 42
أُوْلَـٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلۡكَفَرَةُ ٱلۡفَجَرَةُ
Those are the disbelievers, the wicked ones