Surah 'Abasa

عبس

Full text, transliteration, translation and color-coded tajweed

42 verses
Meccan
Juz 30
Page 585
3 min 42 s to listen
88 tajweed rules

More facts

133 words
Order of revelation: 24

'Abasa (عبس) is surah 80 of the Quran: Meccan, 42 verses, in juz 30, page 585 of the Madani Mushaf. Listening takes 3 min 42 s with al-Husary's teaching recitation. Here is the full text of 'Abasa with color-coded tajweed, transliteration, translation of the meaning and an explanation of each verse.

The full text of 'Abasa

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

عَبَسَ وَتَوَلَّىٰٓ ﴿١﴾

ʿabasa watawallā

He [i.e., the Prophet (ﷺ) ] frowned and turned away
أَن جَآءَهُ ٱلْأَعْمَىٰ ﴿٢﴾

an jā'ahu l-aʿmā

Because there came to him the blind man, [interrupting].

ʿAbdullāh, the son of Umm Maktūm.
وَمَا يُدْرِيكَ لَعَلَّهُۥ يَزَّكَّىٰٓ ﴿٣﴾

wamā yudrīka laʿallahū yazzakkā

But what would make you perceive, [O Muḥammad], that perhaps he might be purified

As a result of what he learns from you.
أَوْ يَذَّكَّرُ فَتَنفَعَهُ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰٓ ﴿٤﴾

aw yadhdhakkaru fatanfaʿahu dh-dhikrā

Or be reminded and the remembrance would benefit him?
أَمَّا مَنِ ٱسْتَغْنَىٰ ﴿٥﴾

ammā mani staghnā

As for he who thinks himself without need,

i.e., without need of faith or need of Allāh (subḥānahu wa taʿālā). Here it is in reference to a certain influential member of the Quraysh whom the Prophet (ﷺ) had hoped to bring to Islām.
فَأَنتَ لَهُۥ تَصَدَّىٰ ﴿٦﴾

fa'anta lahū taṣaddā

To him you give attention.
وَمَا عَلَيْكَ أَلَّا يَزَّكَّىٰ ﴿٧﴾

wamā ʿalayka 'allā yazzakkā

And not upon you [is any blame] if he will not be purified.

The Prophet (ﷺ) was responsible only for conveying the message, not for ultimate guidance.
وَأَمَّا مَن جَآءَكَ يَسْعَىٰ ﴿٨﴾

wa'ammā man jā'aka yasʿā

But as for he who came to you striving [for knowledge]
وَهُوَ يَخْشَىٰ ﴿٩﴾

wahuwa yakhshā

While he fears [Allāh],
فَأَنتَ عَنْهُ تَلَهَّىٰ ﴿١٠﴾

fa'anta ʿanhu talahhā

From him you are distracted.
كَلَّآ إِنَّهَا تَذْكِرَةٌ ﴿١١﴾

kallā 'innahā tadhkirah

No! Indeed, they [i.e., these verses] are a reminder;
فَمَن شَآءَ ذَكَرَهُۥ ﴿١٢﴾

faman shā'a dhakarah

So whoever wills may remember it.

The revelation. Or "Him," i.e., Allāh (subḥānahu wa taʿālā).
فِى صُحُفٍ مُّكَرَّمَةٍ ﴿١٣﴾

fī ṣuḥufim mukarramah

[It is recorded] in honored sheets,
مَّرْفُوعَةٍ مُّطَهَّرَةٍۭ ﴿١٤﴾

marfūʿatim muṭahharah

Exalted and purified,
بِأَيْدِى سَفَرَةٍ ﴿١٥﴾

bi'aydī safarah

[Carried] by the hands of messenger-angels,
كِرَامٍۭ بَرَرَةٍ ﴿١٦﴾

kirāmim bararah

Noble and dutiful.
قُتِلَ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ مَآ أَكْفَرَهُۥ ﴿١٧﴾

qutila l-insānu mā 'akfarah

Destroyed [i.e., cursed] is man; how disbelieving is he.

i.e., those who deny Allāh's message.
مِنْ أَىِّ شَىْءٍ خَلَقَهُۥ ﴿١٨﴾

min 'ayyi shay'in khalaqah

From what thing [i.e., substance] did He create him?
مِن نُّطْفَةٍ خَلَقَهُۥ فَقَدَّرَهُۥ ﴿١٩﴾

min nuṭfatin khalaqahū faqaddarah

From a sperm-drop He created him and destined for him;

His proportions, provisions, life span, etc.
ثُمَّ ٱلسَّبِيلَ يَسَّرَهُۥ ﴿٢٠﴾

thumma s-sabīla yassarah

Then He eased the way for him;

Into this world (i.e., his birth). It may also refer to life itself, which has been made easier by Allāh's guidance.
ثُمَّ أَمَاتَهُۥ فَأَقْبَرَهُۥ ﴿٢١﴾

thumma 'amātahū fa'aqbarah

Then He causes his death and provides a grave for him.

To conceal his decaying body.
ثُمَّ إِذَا شَآءَ أَنشَرَهُۥ ﴿٢٢﴾

thumma 'idhā shā'a 'ansharah

Then when He wills, He will resurrect him.
كَلَّا لَمَّا يَقْضِ مَآ أَمَرَهُۥ ﴿٢٣﴾

kallā lammā yaqḍi mā 'amarah

No! He [i.e., man] has not yet accomplished what He commanded him.
فَلْيَنظُرِ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ إِلَىٰ طَعَامِهِۦٓ ﴿٢٤﴾

falyanẓuri l-insānu 'ilā ṭaʿāmih

Then let mankind look at his food -
أَنَّا صَبَبْنَا ٱلْمَآءَ صَبًّا ﴿٢٥﴾

annā ṣababna l-mā'a ṣabbā

How We poured down water in torrents,
ثُمَّ شَقَقْنَا ٱلْأَرْضَ شَقًّا ﴿٢٦﴾

thumma shaqaqna l-arḍa shaqqā

Then We broke open the earth, splitting [it with sprouts],
فَأَنۢبَتْنَا فِيهَا حَبًّا ﴿٢٧﴾

fa'ambatnā fīhā ḥabbā

And caused to grow within it grain
وَعِنَبًا وَقَضْبًا ﴿٢٨﴾

waʿinabaw waqaḍbā

And grapes and herbage
وَزَيْتُونًا وَنَخْلًا ﴿٢٩﴾

wazaytūnaw wanakhlā

And olive and palm trees
وَحَدَآئِقَ غُلْبًا ﴿٣٠﴾

waḥadā'iqa ghulbā

And gardens of dense shrubbery
وَفَـٰكِهَةً وَأَبًّا ﴿٣١﴾

wafākihataw wa'abbā

And fruit and grass -
مَّتَـٰعًا لَّكُمْ وَلِأَنْعَـٰمِكُمْ ﴿٣٢﴾

matāʿal lakum wali'anʿāmikum

[As] enjoyment [i.e., provision] for you and your grazing livestock.
فَإِذَا جَآءَتِ ٱلصَّآخَّةُ ﴿٣٣﴾

fa'idhā jā'ati ṣ-ṣākhkhah

But when there comes the Deafening Blast

The piercing blast of the Horn which signals resurrection. Aṣ-Ṣākhkhah is also a name for the Day of Resurrection.
يَوْمَ يَفِرُّ ٱلْمَرْءُ مِنْ أَخِيهِ ﴿٣٤﴾

yawma yafirru l-mar'u min 'akhīh

On the Day a man will flee from his brother
وَأُمِّهِۦ وَأَبِيهِ ﴿٣٥﴾

wa'ummihī wa'abīh

And his mother and his father
وَصَـٰحِبَتِهِۦ وَبَنِيهِ ﴿٣٦﴾

waṣāḥibatihī wabanīh

And his wife and his children,
لِكُلِّ ٱمْرِئٍ مِّنْهُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ شَأْنٌ يُغْنِيهِ ﴿٣٧﴾

likulli mri'im minhum yawma'idhin sha'nuy yughnīh

For every man, that Day, will be a matter adequate for him.

i.e., to occupy him. He will be concerned only with himself, thus forgetting all others.
وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ مُّسْفِرَةٌ ﴿٣٨﴾

wujūhuy yawma'idhim musfirah

[Some] faces, that Day, will be bright -
ضَاحِكَةٌ مُّسْتَبْشِرَةٌ ﴿٣٩﴾

ḍāḥikatum mustabshirah

Laughing, rejoicing at good news.
وَوُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ عَلَيْهَا غَبَرَةٌ ﴿٤٠﴾

wawujūhuy yawma'idhin ʿalayhā ghabarah

And [other] faces, that Day, will have upon them dust.
تَرْهَقُهَا قَتَرَةٌ ﴿٤١﴾

tarhaquhā qatarah

Blackness will cover them.
أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْكَفَرَةُ ٱلْفَجَرَةُ ﴿٤٢﴾

ulā'ika humu l-kafaratu l-fajarah

Those are the disbelievers, the wicked ones.

In the transliteration, “|”: the reciter stops; “·”: sakt, a brief cut without taking a breath.

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Tajweed in 'Abasa, by the numbers

The 88 color-coded rules of 'Abasa, from most to least frequent
Rule	Count	Examples
Hamzat al-Wasl	13	ٱلْأَعْمَىٰ80:2 ٱلذِّكْرَىٰٓ80:4
Idgham with Ghunnah	12	صُحُفٍ80:13 مَّرْفُوعَةٍ80:14
Madd Tabee'ee	12	لَعَلَّهُۥ80:3 لَهُۥ80:6
Ikhfa	11	أَن80:2 فَتَنفَعَهُ80:4
Ghunnah	10	أَمَّا80:5 وَأَمَّا80:8
Madd Muttasil	8	جَآءَهُ80:2 جَآءَكَ80:8
Qalqalah	7	يُدْرِيكَ80:3 نُّطْفَةٍ80:19
Madd at a stop	4	أَخِيهِ80:34 وَأَبِيهِ80:35
Lam Shamsiyyah	3	ٱلذِّكْرَىٰٓ80:4 ٱلسَّبِيلَ80:20
Madd Munfasil	3	كَلَّآ80:11 مَآ80:17
Iqlab	2	كِرَامٍۭ80:16 فَأَنۢبَتْنَا80:27
Idgham without Ghunnah	1	مَّتَـٰعًا80:32
Madd Lazim	1	ٱلصَّآخَّةُ80:33
Unpronounced letter	1	أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ80:42

Surah 'Abasa tajweed, verse by verse

The meaning of 'Abasa, verse by verse

Show the meaning of the 42 verses

80:1
The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) frowned and turned away.
80:2
Because of the arrival of ‘Abdullah ibn Umm Maktūm who came asking for guidance. He was blind, and had come when the Messenger (peace be upon him) was busy with the seniors of the idolaters, hoping they would be guided.
80:3
O Messenger! What do you know, maybe this blind man may be purified of his sins?
80:4
Or that he may take heed of the advices he hears from you and benefit from them?
80:5
As for those who feel they have no need to bring faith in what you have brought, due to the wealth they possess.
80:6
You persevere behind them and are attentive to them.
80:7
What blame will there be on you if he is not purified of his sins by not repenting to Allah?
80:8
As for the one who comes to you running, searching for goodness.
80:9
And he fears his Lord.
80:10
You are preoccupied from him with others i.e. the senior idolaters.
80:11
It should not be like that; it is only admonition and a reminder for those who pay attention.
80:12
So whoever wishes to remember Allah should remember Him, and take heed of what is in this Qur’ān.
80:13
Because this Qur’ān is in blessed scrolls, with the angels.
80:14
They are raised on a high place, pure; no dirt or filth reaches them.
80:15
And they are in the hands of Messengers among the angels.
80:16
They are honourable in the eyes of their Lord, frequent performers of goodness and obedience.
80:17
The disbelieving human is cursed; how severe is his disbelief in Allah!
80:18
What substance did Allah create him from, that he has the right to display arrogance on earth and disbelieve in Him?!
80:19
He created him from a small amount of fluid, and managed his creation in stages.
80:20
Then after these stages, He made the exit from his mother’s belly easy for him.
80:21
Then, after spending the amount of life decreed for him, Allah caused death upon him and made a grave for him wherein he remains until he is resurrected.
80:22
Then, when He wishes, He will resurrect him for accounting and requital.
80:23
It is not like this disbeliever imagines: that he has fulfilled the rights of Allah upon him, because he has not fulfilled the obligatory actions Allah put upon him.
80:24
So the human who disbelieves in Allah should look at the food he eats: how did he come to acquire it?
80:25
It originates from the rain descending from the sky with force and in abundance.
80:26
Then, I split open the earth, so it springs forth with plants.
80:27
I then make grains grow on it, i.e. wheat, corn etc.
80:28
And I make fresh grapes and fodder grow on it, so it can be feed for your livestock.
80:29
And I also make olives and date palms grow on it.
80:30
I also make abundant gardens and trees grow on it.
80:31
And I make fruits grow on it, together with things your livestock graze.
80:32
For your benefit, and the benefit of your livestock.
80:33
So when the great shriek will come that will deafen the ears i.e. the second blowing.
80:34
On that day a person will run from his brother.
80:35
And he will run from his parents.
80:36
And he will run from his wife and children.
80:37
Each one of them will be in a state where he will be preoccupied from them due to the extreme anxiety on that day.
80:38
The faces of the fortunate ones that day will be bright.
80:39
Laughing in happiness due to what Allah has prepared for them out of His mercy.
80:40
And the faces of the wretched people will have dust on them on that day.
80:41
Darkness will come over them.
80:42
Those described above in that state will be the ones who combined disbelief and transgression.

Frequently asked questions

How many verses are in Surah 'Abasa?

42 verses and 133 words. It starts in juz 30 and covers page 585 of the Madani Mushaf.

Is 'Abasa Meccan or Medinan?

Meccan, according to the classification of the Madani Mushaf. In the order of revelation, it comes 24th.

How long does it take to listen to 'Abasa?

3 min 42 s with al-Husary's teaching recitation (al-Mushaf al-Mu'allim), which is slower than a usual recitation.

Which tajweed rules are in 'Abasa?

88 rules are color-coded on this page. The most frequent in 'Abasa: Hamzat al-Wasl (13), Idgham with Ghunnah (12) and Madd Tabee'ee (12).

How can I practice reciting Surah 'Abasa and get corrected?

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