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Surah 80
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Forty-two verses opening on a rebuke in the third person before it becomes the second: he frowned and turned away, because the blind man came to him. It sets the man who came seeking against the man who considered himself self-sufficient, and then goes out to grain, grapes, olives, palms and pasture.
عَبَسَ وَتَوَلَّىٰٓ
Easy-read (simplified)'abasa watawallaa
DIN 31635ʿabasa watawallā
He frowned and turned away.
He frowned and turned away
He frowned and turned his back
HE FROWNED, and he turned his back
The prophet frowned, and turned aside
أَن جَآءَهُ ٱلْأَعْمَىٰ
Easy-read (simplified)an jaa'ahu l-'a'maa
DIN 31635ʾan ǧāʾahu l-ʾaʿmā
When the blind man approached him.
Because the blind man came unto him
for that there came to him a blind man
Because the blind man came to him
because the blind man came unto him
وَمَا يُدْرِيكَ لَعَلَّهُۥ يَزَّكَّىٰٓ
Easy-read (simplified)wamaa yudreeka la'allahu yazzakkaa
DIN 31635wamā yudrīka laʿallahu yazzakkā
The translators word this verse differently
But how do you know? Perhaps he was seeking to purify himself.
What could inform thee but that he might grow (in grace)
But what should make thee know whether haply he may be purified
But what assured thee that he would not be cleansed by the Faith
And how dost thou know whether he shall peradventure be cleansed from his sins
أَوْ يَذَّكَّرُ فَتَنفَعَهُ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰٓ
Easy-read (simplified)aw yadhdhakkaru fatanfa'ahu dh-dhikraa
DIN 31635ʾaw yaḏḏakkaru fatanfaʿahu ḏ-ḏikrā
Or be reminded, and the message would benefit him.
Or take heed and so the reminder might avail him
or may be mindful and the reminder profit him
Or be warned, and the warning profit him
or whether he shall be admonished, and the admonition shall profit him
أَمَّا مَنِ ٱسْتَغْنَىٰ
Easy-read (simplified)ammaa mani staghnaa
DIN 31635ʾammā mani staġnā
The translators word this verse differently
But as for him who was indifferent.
As for him who thinketh himself independent
But as for him who is wealthy
As to him who is wealthy
The man who is wealthy
فَأَنتَ لَهُۥ تَصَدَّىٰ
Easy-read (simplified)fa'anta lahu tasaddaa
DIN 31635faʾanta lahu taṣaddā
The translators word this verse differently
You gave him your attention.
Unto him thou payest regard
thou dost attend to him
To him thou wast all attention
thou receivest respectfully
وَمَا عَلَيْكَ أَلَّا يَزَّكَّىٰ
Easy-read (simplified)wamaa 'alayka allaa yazzakkaa
DIN 31635wamā ʿalayka ʾallā yazzakkā
The translators word this verse differently
Though you are not liable if he does not purify himself.
Yet it is not thy concern if he grow not (in grace)
and thou dost not care that he is not purified
Yet is it not thy concern if he be not cleansed
whereas it is not to be charged on thee, that he is not cleansed
وَأَمَّا مَن جَآءَكَ يَسْعَىٰ
Easy-read (simplified)wa'ammaa man jaa'aka yas'aa
DIN 31635waʾammā man ǧāʾaka yasʿā
But as for him who came to you seeking.
But as for him who cometh unto thee with earnest purpose
but as for him who comes to thee earnestly
But as to him who cometh to thee in earnest
But him who cometh unto thee earnestly seeking his salvation
وَهُوَ يَخْشَىٰ
Easy-read (simplified)wahuwa yakhshaa
DIN 31635wahuwa yaḫšā
The translators word this verse differently
In awe.
And hath fear
fearing the while
And full of fears
and who feareth God
فَأَنتَ عَنْهُ تَلَهَّىٰ
Easy-read (simplified)fa'anta 'anhu talahhaa
DIN 31635faʾanta ʿanhu talahhā
The translators word this verse differently
To him you were inattentive.
From him thou art distracted
from him thou art diverted
Him dost thou neglect
dost thou neglect
كَلَّآ إِنَّهَا تَذْكِرَةٌ
Easy-read (simplified)kallaa innahaa tadhkirah
DIN 31635kallā ʾinnahā taḏkiratun
The translators word this verse differently
Do not. This is a Lesson.
Nay, but verily it is an Admonishment
Nay! verily, it is a memorial
Nay! but it (the Koran) is a warning
By no means shouldest thou act thus
Arabic textTanzil Qur'an text (Uthmani) ·Uthmani, Version 1.1·Tanzil Project ·Creative Commons Attribution 3.0·retrieved 24 Aug 2026
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Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an ·1880 translation, digital edition of unverified printing·None — public domain work ·Public domain — copyright term expired·retrieved 24 Aug 2026
George Sale, English translation of the Qur'an ·1734 translation, digital edition of unverified printing·None — public domain work ·Public domain — copyright term expired·retrieved 24 Aug 2026
John Medows Rodwell, English translation of the Qur'an ·1861 translation, digital edition of unverified printing·None — public domain work ·Public domain — copyright term expired·retrieved 24 Aug 2026
Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran ·1930 translation, digital edition of unverified printing·None — public domain work ·Public domain — copyright term expired·retrieved 24 Aug 2026
Talal Itani, ClearQuran ·ClearQuran, "God" edition, EPUB·Talal Itani / ClearQuran.com ·Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International·retrieved 7 Sep 2026
Translation by Talal Itani, ClearQuran.com https://clearquran.com