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Feb 2024
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Abasa عبس "He Frowned"

Qahramon
About this episode

ʻAbasa  (عبس, "He Frowned") is the 80th chapter of the Qur'an, with 42 verses

It is a Meccan sura

The Surah is so designated after the word `abasa with which it opens.[1]


Summary

  • 1-11 Muhammad rebuked for frowning on a poor blind Muslim
  • 12-15 The Quran written in honourable, exalted, and pure volumes
  • 16-23 Man cursed for turning aside from his Creator
  • 24-32 It is God who provides man with food
  • 33-37 On the judgment-day men will desert their nearest relatives and friends
  • 38-42 The bright and sad faces of the resurrection-day [2]


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