عَبَسَ وَتَوَلَّىٰٓ ﴿١﴾
Abese ve tevella
“(The Prophet) frowned and turned away”
E.g. dua for healing, salawat, morning dhikr
Explanation: This is a munajat (intimate prayer) in verse attributed to Imam al-Shafi'i. It calls to repentance, to lawful earnings and to balance in the face of worldly…
“The servant is closest to his Lord when he is in prostration; so make much dua in prostration.”
Muslim, Salah 215سُوْرَةُ عَبَسَ
Yüzünü Ekşitti · revealed in Mecca · 42 verses · Juz 30 · page 585
بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
Bismillahirrahmanirrahim
In the name of God, Most Gracious, Most Merciful
عَبَسَ وَتَوَلَّىٰٓ ﴿١﴾
Abese ve tevella
“(The Prophet) frowned and turned away”
أَن جَآءَهُ ٱلۡأَعۡمَىٰ ﴿٢﴾
En caihul´a´ma
“Because there came to him the blind man (interrupting)”
وَمَا يُدۡرِيكَ لَعَلَّهُۥ يَزَّكَّىٰٓ ﴿٣﴾
Ve ma yudriyke le´allehu yezzekka
“But what could tell thee but that perchance he might grow (in spiritual understanding)”
أَوۡ يَذَّكَّرُ فَتَنفَعَهُ ٱلذِّكۡرَىٰٓ ﴿٤﴾
Ev yezzekkeru fetenfe´ahuzzikra
“Or that he might receive admonition, and the teaching might profit him”
أَمَّا مَنِ ٱسۡتَغۡنَىٰ ﴿٥﴾
Emma menistağna
“As to one who regards Himself as self-sufficient”
فَأَنتَ لَهُۥ تَصَدَّىٰ ﴿٦﴾
Feente lehu tesadda
“To him dost thou attend”
وَمَا عَلَيۡكَ أَلَّا يَزَّكَّىٰ ﴿٧﴾
Ve ma ´aleyke ella yezzekka
“Though it is no blame to thee if he grow not (in spiritual understanding)”
وَأَمَّا مَن جَآءَكَ يَسۡعَىٰ ﴿٨﴾
Ve emma men caeke yes´a
“But as to him who came to thee striving earnestly”
وَهُوَ يَخۡشَىٰ ﴿٩﴾
Ve huve yahşa
“And with fear (in his heart)”
فَأَنتَ عَنۡهُ تَلَهَّىٰ ﴿١٠﴾
Feente ´anhu telehha
“Of him wast thou unmindful”
كَلَّآ إِنَّهَا تَذۡكِرَةࣱ ﴿١١﴾
Kella inneha tezkiretun
“By no means (should it be so)! For it is indeed a Message of instruction”
فَمَن شَآءَ ذَكَرَهُۥ ﴿١٢﴾
Femen şae zekerehu
“Therefore let whoso will, keep it in remembrance”
فِي صُحُفࣲ مُّكَرَّمَةࣲ ﴿١٣﴾
Fiy suhufin mukerremetin
“(It is) in Books held (greatly) in honour”
مَّرۡفُوعَةࣲ مُّطَهَّرَةِۭ ﴿١٤﴾
Merfu´atin mutahheretin
“Exalted (in dignity), kept pure and holy”
بِأَيۡدِي سَفَرَةࣲ ﴿١٥﴾
Bieydin seferetin
“(Written) by the hands of scribes”
كِرَامِۭ بَرَرَةࣲ ﴿١٦﴾
Kiramin bereretin
“Honourable and Pious and Just”
قُتِلَ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ مَآ أَكۡفَرَهُۥ ﴿١٧﴾
Kutilel´insanu ma ekferehu
“Woe to man! What hath made him reject God”
مِنۡ أَيِّ شَيۡءٍ خَلَقَهُۥ ﴿١٨﴾
Min eyyi şey´in halekahu
“From what stuff hath He created him”
مِن نُّطۡفَةٍ خَلَقَهُۥ فَقَدَّرَهُۥ ﴿١٩﴾
Min nutfetin halekahu fekadderehu
“From a sperm-drop: He hath created him, and then mouldeth him in due proportions”
ثُمَّ ٱلسَّبِيلَ يَسَّرَهُۥ ﴿٢٠﴾
Summessebiyle yesserehu
“Then doth He make His path smooth for him”
ثُمَّ أَمَاتَهُۥ فَأَقۡبَرَهُۥ ﴿٢١﴾
Summe ematehu feakberehu
“Then He causeth him to die, and putteth him in his grave”
ثُمَّ إِذَا شَآءَ أَنشَرَهُۥ ﴿٢٢﴾
Summe iza şea enşerehu
“Then, when it is His Will, He will raise him up (again)”
كَلَّا لَمَّا يَقۡضِ مَآ أَمَرَهُۥ ﴿٢٣﴾
Kella lemma yakdı ma emerehu
“By no means hath he fulfilled what God hath commanded him”
فَلۡيَنظُرِ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ إِلَىٰ طَعَامِهِۦٓ ﴿٢٤﴾
Felyenzuril´insanu ila ta´amihi
“Then let man look at his food, (and how We provide it)”
أَنَّا صَبَبۡنَا ٱلۡمَآءَ صَبࣰّ ا ﴿٢٥﴾
Enna sabebnelmae sabben
“For that We pour forth water in abundance”
ثُمَّ شَقَقۡنَا ٱلۡأَرۡضَ شَقࣰّ ا ﴿٢٦﴾
Summe şakaknel´arda şakkan
“And We split the earth in fragments”
فَأَنۢبَتۡنَا فِيهَا حَبࣰّ ا ﴿٢٧﴾
Feenbetna fiyha habben
“And produce therein corn”
وَعِنَبࣰ ا وَقَضۡبࣰ ا ﴿٢٨﴾
Ve ´ineben ve kadben
“And Grapes and nutritious plants”
وَزَيۡتُونࣰ ا وَنَخۡلࣰ ا ﴿٢٩﴾
Ve zeytunen ve nahlen
“And Olives and Dates”
وَحَدَآئِقَ غُلۡبࣰ ا ﴿٣٠﴾
Ve hadaika ğulben
“And enclosed Gardens, dense with lofty trees”
وَفَٰكِهَةࣰ وَأَبࣰّ ا ﴿٣١﴾
Ve fakiheten ve ebben
“And fruits and fodder”
مَّتَٰعࣰ ا لَّكُمۡ وَلِأَنۡعَٰمِكُمۡ ﴿٣٢﴾
Meta´an lekum ve lien´amikum
“For use and convenience to you and your cattle”
فَإِذَا جَآءَتِ ٱلصَّآخَّةُ ﴿٣٣﴾
Feiza caetissahhatu
“At length, when there comes the Deafening Noise”
يَوۡمَ يَفِرُّ ٱلۡمَرۡءُ مِنۡ أَخِيهِ ﴿٣٤﴾
Yevme yefirrulmer´u min ehıyhi
“That Day shall a man flee from his own brother”
وَأُمِّهِۦ وَأَبِيهِ ﴿٣٥﴾
Ve ummihi ve ebiyhi
“And from his mother and his father”
وَصَٰحِبَتِهِۦ وَبَنِيهِ ﴿٣٦﴾
Ve sahıbetihi ve beniyhi
“And from his wife and his children”
لِكُلِّ ٱمۡرِيࣲٕ مِّنۡهُمۡ يَوۡمَئِذࣲ شَأۡنࣱ يُغۡنِيهِ ﴿٣٧﴾
Likullimriin minhum yevmeizin şe´nun yuğniyhi
“Each one of them, that Day, will have enough concern (of his own) to make him indifferent to the others”
وُجُوهࣱ يَوۡمَئِذࣲ مُّسۡفِرَةࣱ ﴿٣٨﴾
Vucuhun yevmeizin musfiretun
“Some faces that Day will be beaming”
ضَاحِكَةࣱ مُّسۡتَبۡشِرَةࣱ ﴿٣٩﴾
Dahıketun mustebşiretun
“Laughing, rejoicing”
وَوُجُوهࣱ يَوۡمَئِذٍ عَلَيۡهَا غَبَرَةࣱ ﴿٤٠﴾
Ve vucuhun yevmeizin ´aleyha ğaberetun
“And other faces that Day will be dust-stained”
تَرۡهَقُهَا قَتَرَةٌ ﴿٤١﴾
Terhekuha kateretun
“Blackness will cover them”
أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلۡكَفَرَةُ ٱلۡفَجَرَةُ ﴿٤٢﴾
Ulaike humulkeferetulfeceretu
“Such will be the Rejecters of God, the doers of iniquity”
Surah Abasa is surah number 80 of the Holy Quran; its name means “Yüzünü Ekşitti”. It has 42 verses, was revealed in Mecca and begins in juz 30, on page 585 of the Mushaf.
Translation: Abdullah Yusuf Ali (original 1934–37 edition). Recitation: Mishary Rashid Alafasy. Tap the number next to a verse to open its own page and share it from there.

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