| | Linda “iLHam” Barto rendition of Surah He Frowned(`Abasa)
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| 80:1 | | He [the Prophet] frowned and turned away… |
| 80:2 | | …because the blind man approached him. |
| 80:3 | | How do you [O Prophet] know whether he may have corrected himself? |
| 80:4 | | Or whether he may have been reminded [of God] and have benefited from the reminder? |
| 80:5 | | To one who regarded himself as independent,… |
| 80:6 | | …you attended. |
| 80:7 | | There would have been no blame on you, however, if he did not correct himself. |
| 80:8 | | As for one who approached you earnestly… |
| 80:9 | | …and reverently,… |
| 80:10 | | …you were too preoccupied. |
| 80:11 | | That’s not right! It is indeed a reminder [that you have been given]. |
| 80:12 | | Therefore, whosoever will may remember it. |
| 80:13 | | [It is] from pages of honor. |
| 80:14 | | [It is] exalted and kept pure… |
| 80:15 | | …by the hands of scribes… |
| 80:16 | | …who are honorable and righteous. |
| 80:17 | | Destruction to humanity! How ungrateful he/she is! |
| 80:18 | | From what did (Allah) create him/her? |
| 80:19 | | He created him/her from sperm, and then He molded him/her in appropriate stages. |
| 80:20 | | He makes his/her path simple [by giving rules by which to live]. |
| 80:21 | | He causes him/her to die and be cast into the grave. |
| 80:22 | | In accordance with His will, He will resurrect him/her. |
| 80:23 | | Certainly, (humanity) has not fulfilled what Allah has commanded! |
| 80:24 | | Humanity should consider his/her food. |
| 80:25 | | [He/she should consider] how We pour water in abundance. |
| 80:26 | | We fragment the earth in cracks. |
| 80:27 | | From it are produced grain,… |
| 80:28 | | …grapes, nutritious herbs, |
| 80:29 | | olives, date palms. |
| 80:30 | | [Also produced are] luxurious, enclosed gardens,… |
| 80:31 | | …and fruits and fodder… |
| 80:32 | | …as provision for you and your cattle. |
| 80:33 | | Someday the deafening noise will come. |
| 80:34 | | That day a person will flee from his/her own brother… |
| 80:35 | | …and from his/her mother and father… |
| 80:36 | | …and from his/her spouse and children. |
| 80:37 | | Every person, that day, will have enough worries of his/her own. |
| 80:38 | | Some faces that day will be beaming,… |
| 80:39 | | …laughing, rejoicing. |
| 80:40 | | Some faces that day will be dingy. |
| 80:41 | | Darkness will cover them. |
| 80:42 | | Such will be the unbelievers, the sinners. |
