Holy Quran Verses

Holy Quran Verses from Pickthall's Translation

Surah 'Abasa: He Frowned

In the name of God, Most Gracious, Most Merciful

080.001	He frowned and turned away
080.002	Because the blind man came unto him.
080.003	What could inform thee but that he might grow (in grace)
080.004	Or take heed and so the reminder might avail him?
080.005	As for him who thinketh himself independent,
080.006	Unto him thou payest regard.
080.007	Yet it is not thy concern if he grow not (in grace).
080.008	But as for him who cometh unto thee with earnest purpose
080.009	And hath fear,
080.010	From him thou art distracted.
080.011	Nay, but verily it is an Admonishment,
080.012	So let whosoever will pay heed to it,
080.013	On honoured leaves
080.014	Exalted, purified,
080.015	(Set down) by scribes
080.016	Noble and righteous.
080.017	Man is (self-)destroyed: how ungrateful!
080.018	From what thing doth He create him?
080.019	From a drop of seed. He createth him and proportioneth him,
080.020	Then maketh the way easy for him,
080.021	Then causeth him to die, and burieth him;
080.022	Then, when He will, He bringeth him again to life.
080.023	Nay, but (man) hath not done what He commanded him.
080.024	Let man consider his food:
080.025	How We pour water in showers
080.026	Then split the earth in clefts
080.027	And cause the grain to grow therein
080.028	And grapes and green fodder
080.029	And olive-trees and palm-trees
080.030	And garden-closes of thick foliage
080.031	And fruits and grasses:
080.032	Provision for you and your cattle.
080.033	But when the Shout cometh
080.034	On the day when a man fleeth from his brother
080.035	And his mother and his father
080.036	And his wife and his children,
080.037	Every man that day will have concern enough to make him heedless (of others).
080.038	On that day faces will be bright as dawn,
080.039	Laughing, rejoicing at good news;
080.040	And other faces, on that day, with dust upon them,
080.041	Veiled in darkness,
080.042	Those are the disbelievers, the wicked.

Let us pray (Sura 20, Ayat 114) 'Ya Rabbi Zidni Ilma!' ('O Lord! Increase me in knowledge.') and seek spiritual help (ta'yid) to understand our great faith.

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