Abasa (80) — Qur'an in English

Surah Abasa (80) of the Holy Qur'an, in the respected public domain Pickthall translation. It opens: “He frowned and turned away” — the complete text of all 42 verses is below, free to read online, no account needed.

1He frowned and turned away

2Because the blind man came unto him

3What could inform thee but that he might grow (in grace)

4Or take heed and so the reminder might avail him

5As for him who thinketh himself independent

6Unto him thou payest regard

7Yet it is not thy concern if he grow not (in grace)

8But as for him who cometh unto thee with earnest purpose

9And hath fear

10From him thou art distracted

11Nay, but verily it is an Admonishment

12So let whosoever will pay heed to it

13On honoured leaves

14Exalted, purified

15(Set down) by scribes

16Noble and righteous

17Man is (self-)destroyed: how ungrateful

18From what thing doth He create him

19From a drop of seed. He createth him and proportioneth him

20Then maketh the way easy for him

21Then causeth him to die, and burieth him

22Then, when He will, He bringeth him again to life

23Nay, but (man) hath not done what He commanded him

24Let man consider his food

25How We pour water in showers

26Then split the earth in clefts

27And cause the grain to grow therein

28And grapes and green fodder

29And olive-trees and palm-trees

30And garden-closes of thick foliage

31And fruits and grasses

32Provision for you and your cattle

33But when the Shout cometh

34On the day when a man fleeth from his brother

35And his mother and his father

36And his wife and his children

37Every man that day will have concern enough to make him heedless (of others)

38On that day faces will be bright as dawn

39Laughing, rejoicing at good news

40And other faces, on that day, with dust upon them

41Veiled in darkness

42Those are the disbelievers, the wicked

42 verses · Pickthall translation (public domain)

80. Abasa

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