ʿAbasa

Reciter: Mishary Rashid Alafasy

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

1. 80:1

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   عَبَسَ وَتَوَلَّىٰٓ ١

   ʿabasa watawallā

   He [i.e., the Prophet (ﷺ) ] frowned and turned away

2. 80:2

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   أَن جَآءَهُ ٱلْأَعْمَىٰ ٢

   an jāahu l-aʿmā

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

3. 80:3

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   وَمَا يُدْرِيكَ لَعَلَّهُۥ يَزَّكَّىٰٓ ٣

   wamā yud'rīka laʿallahu yazzakkā

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

4. 80:4

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   أَوْ يَذَّكَّرُ فَتَنفَعَهُ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰٓ ٤

   aw yadhakkaru fatanfaʿahu l-dhik'rā

   Or be reminded and the remembrance would benefit him?

5. 80:5

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   أَمَّا مَنِ ٱسْتَغْنَىٰ ٥

   ammā mani is'taghnā

   As for he who thinks himself without need,

6. 80:6

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   فَأَنتَ لَهُۥ تَصَدَّىٰ ٦

   fa-anta lahu taṣaddā

   To him you give attention.

7. 80:7

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   وَمَا عَلَيْكَ أَلَّا يَزَّكَّىٰ ٧

   wamā ʿalayka allā yazzakkā

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

8. 80:8

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   وَأَمَّا مَن جَآءَكَ يَسْعَىٰ ٨

   wa-ammā man jāaka yasʿā

   But as for he who came to you striving [for knowledge]

9. 80:9

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   وَهُوَ يَخْشَىٰ ٩

   wahuwa yakhshā

   While he fears [Allāh],

10. 80:10

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    فَأَنتَ عَنْهُ تَلَهَّىٰ ١٠

    fa-anta ʿanhu talahhā

    From him you are distracted.

11. 80:11

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    كَلَّآ إِنَّهَا تَذْكِرَةٌۭ ١١

    kallā innahā tadhkiratun

    No! Indeed, they [i.e., these verses] are a reminder;

12. 80:12

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    فَمَن شَآءَ ذَكَرَهُۥ ١٢

    faman shāa dhakarahu

    So whoever wills may remember it.

13. 80:13

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    فِى صُحُفٍۢ مُّكَرَّمَةٍۢ ١٣

    fī ṣuḥufin mukarramatin

    [It is recorded] in honored sheets,

14. 80:14

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    مَّرْفُوعَةٍۢ مُّطَهَّرَةٍۭ ١٤

    marfūʿatin muṭahharatin

    Exalted and purified,

15. 80:15

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    بِأَيْدِى سَفَرَةٍۢ ١٥

    bi-aydī safaratin

    [Carried] by the hands of messenger-angels,

16. 80:16

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    كِرَامٍۭ بَرَرَةٍۢ ١٦

    kirāmin bararatin

    Noble and dutiful.

17. 80:17

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    قُتِلَ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ مَآ أَكْفَرَهُۥ ١٧

    qutila l-insānu mā akfarahu

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

18. 80:18

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    مِنْ أَىِّ شَىْءٍ خَلَقَهُۥ ١٨

    min ayyi shayin khalaqahu

    From what thing [i.e., substance] did He create him?

19. 80:19

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    مِن نُّطْفَةٍ خَلَقَهُۥ فَقَدَّرَهُۥ ١٩

    min nuṭ'fatin khalaqahu faqaddarahu

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

20. 80:20

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    ثُمَّ ٱلسَّبِيلَ يَسَّرَهُۥ ٢٠

    thumma l-sabīla yassarahu

    Then He eased the way for him;