سُورَةُ عَبَسَ
Surah 'Abasa (He frowned) – Arabic, Translation & Audio
Surah 'Abasa is the 80th surah (chapter) of the Quran. Its name means “He frowned”. It has 42 ayahs (verses), is a Meccan surah (revealed in Makkah) and is found in Juz 30 of the Quran. Below you can read the full Arabic text with English translation and transliteration, and listen to each ayah.
| Surah number | 80 of 114 |
|---|---|
| Arabic name | عبس |
| English meaning | He frowned |
| Number of ayahs | 42 |
| Revelation | Meccan (Makkah) |
| Order of revelation | 24 (traditional chronology) |
| Juz (part) | 30 |
| Mushaf pages | 585 (604-page Madinah mushaf) |
| Verses of prostration | None |
| Begins with Bismillah | Yes – recited before ayah 1 (not numbered) |
Read Surah 'Abasa in Arabic with English translation
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
Bismillaahir Rahmaanir Raheem
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
عَبَسَ وَتَوَلَّىٰٓ ﴿١﴾
'Abasa wa tawallaa.
He frowned and turned away
أَن جَآءَهُ ٱلْأَعْمَىٰ ﴿٢﴾
An jaa-ahul 'a-maa
Because the blind man came unto him.
وَمَا يُدْرِيكَ لَعَلَّهُۥ يَزَّكَّىٰٓ ﴿٣﴾
Wa maa yudreeka la'allahu yaz zakkaa.
What could inform thee but that he might grow (in grace)
أَوْ يَذَّكَّرُ فَتَنفَعَهُ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰٓ ﴿٤﴾
Au yaz zak karu fatanfa 'ahuz zikraa.
Or take heed and so the reminder might avail him?
أَمَّا مَنِ ٱسْتَغْنَىٰ ﴿٥﴾
Amma manis taghnaa
As for him who thinketh himself independent,
فَأَنتَ لَهُۥ تَصَدَّىٰ ﴿٦﴾
Fa-anta lahu tasaddaa
Unto him thou payest regard.
وَمَا عَلَيْكَ أَلَّا يَزَّكَّىٰ ﴿٧﴾
Wa ma 'alaika allaa yaz zakka.
Yet it is not thy concern if he grow not (in grace).
وَأَمَّا مَن جَآءَكَ يَسْعَىٰ ﴿٨﴾
Wa amma man jaa-aka yas'a
But as for him who cometh unto thee with earnest purpose
وَهُوَ يَخْشَىٰ ﴿٩﴾
Wahuwa yakhshaa,
And hath fear,
فَأَنتَ عَنْهُ تَلَهَّىٰ ﴿١٠﴾
Fa-anta 'anhu talah haa.
From him thou art distracted.
كَلَّآ إِنَّهَا تَذْكِرَةٌۭ ﴿١١﴾
Kalla innaha tazkirah
Nay, but verily it is an Admonishment,
فَمَن شَآءَ ذَكَرَهُۥ ﴿١٢﴾
Faman shaa a zakarah
So let whosoever will pay heed to it,
فِى صُحُفٍۢ مُّكَرَّمَةٍۢ ﴿١٣﴾
Fi suhufim mukar rama,
On honoured leaves
مَّرْفُوعَةٍۢ مُّطَهَّرَةٍۭ ﴿١٤﴾
Marfoo'atim mutah hara,
Exalted, purified,
بِأَيْدِى سَفَرَةٍۢ ﴿١٥﴾
Bi'aidee safara
(Set down) by scribes
كِرَامٍۭ بَرَرَةٍۢ ﴿١٦﴾
Kiraamim bararah.
Noble and righteous.
قُتِلَ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ مَآ أَكْفَرَهُۥ ﴿١٧﴾
Qutilal-insanu maa akfarah.
Man is (self-)destroyed: how ungrateful!
مِنْ أَىِّ شَىْءٍ خَلَقَهُۥ ﴿١٨﴾
Min aiyyi shai-in Khalaq
From what thing doth He create him?
مِن نُّطْفَةٍ خَلَقَهُۥ فَقَدَّرَهُۥ ﴿١٩﴾
Min nutfah; khalaqahu faqad-darah.
From a drop of seed. He createth him and proportioneth him,
ثُمَّ ٱلسَّبِيلَ يَسَّرَهُۥ ﴿٢٠﴾
Thummas sabeela yas-sarah
Then maketh the way easy for him,
ثُمَّ أَمَاتَهُۥ فَأَقْبَرَهُۥ ﴿٢١﴾
Thumma amatahu fa-aqbarah
Then causeth him to die, and burieth him;
Surah 'Abasa, continued from ayah 22
ثُمَّ إِذَا شَآءَ أَنشَرَهُۥ ﴿٢٢﴾
Thumma iza shaa-a ansharah
Then, when He will, He bringeth him again to life.
كَلَّا لَمَّا يَقْضِ مَآ أَمَرَهُۥ ﴿٢٣﴾
Kalla lamma yaqdi maa amarah.
Nay, but (man) hath not done what He commanded him.
فَلْيَنظُرِ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ إِلَىٰ طَعَامِهِۦٓ ﴿٢٤﴾
Falyanzuril insanu ilaa ta-amih
Let man consider his food:
أَنَّا صَبَبْنَا ٱلْمَآءَ صَبًّۭا ﴿٢٥﴾
Anna sabab nalmaa-a sabba.
How We pour water in showers
ثُمَّ شَقَقْنَا ٱلْأَرْضَ شَقًّۭا ﴿٢٦﴾
Thumma sha qaqnal-arda shaqqa.
Then split the earth in clefts
فَأَنۢبَتْنَا فِيهَا حَبًّۭا ﴿٢٧﴾
Fa ambatna feeha habba
And cause the grain to grow therein
وَعِنَبًۭا وَقَضْبًۭا ﴿٢٨﴾
Wa 'inabaw-wa qadba
And grapes and green fodder
وَزَيْتُونًۭا وَنَخْلًۭا ﴿٢٩﴾
Wa zaitoonaw wanakh la'
And olive-trees and palm-trees
وَحَدَآئِقَ غُلْبًۭا ﴿٣٠﴾
Wa hadaa-iqa ghulba
And garden-closes of thick foliage
وَفَٰكِهَةًۭ وَأَبًّۭا ﴿٣١﴾
Wa faki hataw-wa abba.
And fruits and grasses:
مَّتَٰعًۭا لَّكُمْ وَلِأَنْعَٰمِكُمْ ﴿٣٢﴾
Mata'al-lakum wa li-an'amikum.
Provision for you and your cattle.
فَإِذَا جَآءَتِ ٱلصَّآخَّةُ ﴿٣٣﴾
Faiza jaa-atis saakhah.
But when the Shout cometh
يَوْمَ يَفِرُّ ٱلْمَرْءُ مِنْ أَخِيهِ ﴿٣٤﴾
Yauma yafir-rul mar-u min akheeh
On the day when a man fleeth from his brother
وَأُمِّهِۦ وَأَبِيهِ ﴿٣٥﴾
Wa ummihee wa abeeh
And his mother and his father
وَصَٰحِبَتِهِۦ وَبَنِيهِ ﴿٣٦﴾
Wa sahi batihee wa baneeh.
And his wife and his children,
لِكُلِّ ٱمْرِئٍۢ مِّنْهُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ شَأْنٌۭ يُغْنِيهِ ﴿٣٧﴾
Likul limri-im-minuhm yaumaa-izin shaa nuy-yughneeh
Every man that day will have concern enough to make him heedless (of others).
وُجُوهٌۭ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ مُّسْفِرَةٌۭ ﴿٣٨﴾
Wujoo huny-yauma-izim-musfira;
On that day faces will be bright as dawn,
ضَاحِكَةٌۭ مُّسْتَبْشِرَةٌۭ ﴿٣٩﴾
Dahi katum mustab shirah
Laughing, rejoicing at good news;
وَوُجُوهٌۭ يَوْمَئِذٍ عَلَيْهَا غَبَرَةٌۭ ﴿٤٠﴾
Wa wujoohuy yauma-izin 'alaiha ghabar a
And other faces, on that day, with dust upon them,
تَرْهَقُهَا قَتَرَةٌ ﴿٤١﴾
Tarhaquha qatarah.
Veiled in darkness,
أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْكَفَرَةُ ٱلْفَجَرَةُ ﴿٤٢﴾
Ulaa-ika humul-kafa ratul-fajarah.
Those are the disbelievers, the wicked.
Arabic text: Uthmani script (Tanzil). English translation: Marmaduke Pickthall (1930, public domain). Transliteration: English transliteration from the Al Quran Cloud API, in a simple English spelling (it writes the Arabic letter dhal as “z”, while the duas on this site write it as “dh”). Audio: Mishary Rashid Alafasy. A translation conveys the meaning of the Quran; it is not the Quran itself.
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