| | Muhammad Asad rendition of Surah He Frowned(`Abasa)
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| 80:1 | | HE FROWNED and turned awa |
| 80:1 | | HE FROWNED and turned awa |
| 80:2 | | because the blind man approached him |
| 80:2 | | because the blind man approached him |
| 80:3 | | Yet for all thou didst know, [O Muhammad,] he might perhaps have grown in purity |
| 80:3 | | Yet for all thou didst know, [O Muhammad,] he might perhaps have grown in purity |
| 80:4 | | or have been reminded [of the truth], and helped by this reminder |
| 80:4 | | or have been reminded [of the truth], and helped by this reminder |
| 80:5 | | Now as for him who believes himself to be self-sufficien |
| 80:5 | | Now as for him who believes himself to be self-sufficien |
| 80:6 | | to him didst thou give thy whole attention |
| 80:6 | | to him didst thou give thy whole attention |
| 80:7 | | although thou art not accountable for his failure to attain to purity |
| 80:7 | | although thou art not accountable for his failure to attain to purity |
| 80:8 | | but as for him who came unto thee full of eagernes |
| 80:8 | | but as for him who came unto thee full of eagernes |
| 80:9 | | and in awe [of God] |
| 80:9 | | and in awe [of God] |
| 80:10 | | him didst thou disregard |
| 80:10 | | him didst thou disregard |
| 80:11 | | NAY, VERILY, these [messages] are but a reminder |
| 80:11 | | NAY, VERILY, these [messages] are but a reminder |
| 80:12 | | and so, whoever is willing may remember Hi |
| 80:12 | | and so, whoever is willing may remember Hi |
| 80:13 | | in [the light of His] revelations blest with dignity |
| 80:13 | | in [the light of His] revelations blest with dignity |
| 80:14 | | lofty and pure |
| 80:14 | | lofty and pure |
| 80:15 | | [borne] by the hands of messenger |
| 80:15 | | [borne] by the hands of messenger |
| 80:16 | | noble and most virtuous |
| 80:16 | | noble and most virtuous |
| 80:17 | | [But only too often] man destroys himself: how stubbornly does he deny the truth |
| 80:17 | | [But only too often] man destroys himself: how stubbornly does he deny the truth |
| 80:18 | | [Does man ever consider] out of what substance [God] creates him |
| 80:18 | | [Does man ever consider] out of what substance [God] creates him |
| 80:19 | | Out of a drop of sperm He creates him, and thereupon determines his nature |
| 80:19 | | Out of a drop of sperm He creates him, and thereupon determines his nature |
| 80:20 | | and then makes it easy for him to go through life |
| 80:20 | | and then makes it easy for him to go through life |
| 80:21 | | and in the end He causes him to die and brings him to the grave |
| 80:21 | | and in the end He causes him to die and brings him to the grave |
| 80:22 | | and then, if it be His will, He shall raise him again to life |
| 80:22 | | and then, if it be His will, He shall raise him again to life |
| 80:23 | | Nay, but [man] has never yet fulfilled what He has enjoined upon him |
| 80:23 | | Nay, but [man] has never yet fulfilled what He has enjoined upon him |
| 80:24 | | Let man, then, consider [the sources of] his food |
| 80:24 | | Let man, then, consider [the sources of] his food |
| 80:25 | | [how it is] that We pour down water, pouring it down abundantly |
| 80:25 | | [how it is] that We pour down water, pouring it down abundantly |
| 80:26 | | and then We cleave the earth [with new growth], cleaving it asunder |
| 80:26 | | and then We cleave the earth [with new growth], cleaving it asunder |
| 80:27 | | and thereupon We cause grain to grow out of it |
| 80:27 | | and thereupon We cause grain to grow out of it |
| 80:28 | | and vines and edible plants |
| 80:28 | | and vines and edible plants |
| 80:29 | | and olive trees and date-palms |
| 80:29 | | and olive trees and date-palms |
| 80:30 | | and gardens dense with foliage |
| 80:30 | | and gardens dense with foliage |
| 80:31 | | and fruits and herbage |
| 80:31 | | and fruits and herbage |
| 80:32 | | for you and for your animals to enjoy |
| 80:32 | | for you and for your animals to enjoy |
| 80:33 | | AND SO, when the piercing call [of resurrection] is hear |
| 80:33 | | AND SO, when the piercing call [of resurrection] is hear |
| 80:34 | | on a Day when everyone will [want to] flee from his brother |
| 80:34 | | on a Day when everyone will [want to] flee from his brother |
| 80:35 | | and from his mother and father |
| 80:35 | | and from his mother and father |
| 80:36 | | and from his spouse and his children |
| 80:36 | | and from his spouse and his children |
| 80:37 | | on that Day, to every one of them will his own state be of sufficient concern |
| 80:37 | | on that Day, to every one of them will his own state be of sufficient concern |
| 80:38 | | Some faces will on that Day be bright with happiness |
| 80:38 | | Some faces will on that Day be bright with happiness |
| 80:39 | | laughing, rejoicing at glad tidings |
| 80:39 | | laughing, rejoicing at glad tidings |
| 80:40 | | And some faces will on that Day with dust be covered |
| 80:40 | | And some faces will on that Day with dust be covered |
| 80:41 | | with darkness overspread |
| 80:41 | | with darkness overspread |
| 80:42 | | these, these will be the ones who denied the truth and were immersed in iniquity |
| 80:42 | | these, these will be the ones who denied the truth and were immersed in iniquity |
