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'Abasa (He Frowned)

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42 ayahs · Meccan

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بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

In the Name of Allah, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful.

1. The Prophet frowned and turned away 2. Because there came to him the blind man, [interrupting]. 3. But what would make you perceive, [O Muhammad], that perhaps he might be purified 4. Or be reminded and the remembrance would benefit him? 5. As for he who thinks himself without need, 6. To him you give attention. 7. And not upon you [is any blame] if he will not be purified. 8. But as for he who came to you striving [for knowledge] 9. While he fears [Allah], 10. From him you are distracted. 11. No! Indeed, these verses are a reminder; 12. So whoever wills may remember it. 13. [It is recorded] in honored sheets, 14. Exalted and purified, 15. [Carried] by the hands of messenger-angels, 16. Noble and dutiful. 17. Cursed is man; how disbelieving is he. 18. From what substance did He create him? 19. From a sperm-drop He created him and destined for him; 20. Then He eased the way for him; 21. Then He causes his death and provides a grave for him. 22. Then when He wills, He will resurrect him. 23. No! Man has not yet accomplished what He commanded him. 24. Then let mankind look at his food - 25. How We poured down water in torrents, 26. Then We broke open the earth, splitting [it with sprouts], 27. And caused to grow within it grain 28. And grapes and herbage 29. And olive and palm trees 30. And gardens of dense shrubbery 31. And fruit and grass - 32. [As] enjoyment for you and your grazing livestock. 33. But when there comes the Deafening Blast 34. On the Day a man will flee from his brother 35. And his mother and his father 36. And his wife and his children, 37. For every man, that Day, will be a matter adequate for him. 38. [Some] faces, that Day, will be bright - 39. Laughing, rejoicing at good news. 40. And [other] faces, that Day, will have upon them dust. 41. Blackness will cover them. 42. Those are the disbelievers, the wicked ones.

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About Surah 'Abasa: place, order and how to read it

Surah 'Abasa (He Frowned) is chapter 80 of the Quran and has 42 verses, making it a medium-length surah. It was revealed in Mecca, before the migration to Medina, and it is number 24 in the chronological order of revelation. It falls in juz 30. It occupies one page of the mushaf, from page 585 to page 585.

Where it sits in the mushaf

It is preceded by Surah An-Nazi'at and followed by Surah At-Takwir. Like every surah except At-Tawbah, it opens with the Basmalah. This surah contains no verse of prostration.

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