| | N J Dawood (2014) rendition of Surah He Frowned(`Abasa)
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| 80:1 | | HE¹ FROWNED and turned his bac |
| 80:2 | | when the blind man came towards him |
| 80:3 | | How could you¹ tell? He might have sought to purify himself |
| 80:4 | | He might have remembered, and remembrance might have done him good |
| 80:5 | | But to the wealthy ma |
| 80:6 | | you were all attention |
| 80:7 | | although the fault would not be yours if he remained uncleansed |
| 80:8 | | Yet to him that came to you with zea |
| 80:9 | | and awe |
| 80:10 | | you paid no heed |
| 80:11 | | No! This is an Admonition |
| 80:12 | | let him who will, bear it in mind |
| 80:13 | | It is set down on honoured pages |
| 80:14 | | exalted and purified |
| 80:15 | | by the hands of devout and gracious scribes |
| 80:16 | | --(translation missing in source)- |
| 80:17 | | Let man perish! How ungrateful he is |
| 80:18 | | From what did He create him |
| 80:19 | | From a little germ He created him and gave him due proportion |
| 80:20 | | He made his path smooth for him |
| 80:21 | | then caused him to die and stowed him in a grave |
| 80:22 | | He will surely bring him back to life when He pleases |
| 80:23 | | Yet he declines to do His bidding |
| 80:24 | | Let man reflect on the food he eats |
| 80:25 | | how We pour down the rain in torrent |
| 80:26 | | and cleave the earth asunder |
| 80:27 | | how We bring forth the corn |
| 80:28 | | the grapes and the fresh vegetation |
| 80:29 | | the olive and the palm |
| 80:30 | | the thickets |
| 80:31 | | the fruit-trees and the green pasture |
| 80:32 | | for you and for your cattle to delight in |
| 80:33 | | But when the dread blast is sounded |
| 80:34 | | on that day each man will forsake his brother |
| 80:35 | | his mother and his father |
| 80:36 | | his consort and his children |
| 80:37 | | for each one of them will on that day have enough sorrow of his own |
| 80:38 | | On that day there shall be beaming faces |
| 80:39 | | laughing and joyful |
| 80:40 | | On that day there shall be faces covered with dust |
| 80:41 | | veiled with darkness |
| 80:42 | | These shall be the faces of the degenerate blasphemers |
