Learn Sūrat ʿAbasa
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What Sūrat ʿAbasa is about
Sūrat ʿAbasa has 42 āyāt in the thirtieth juzʼ. It opens with one who frowned and turned away when a blind man came to him (80:1–2), and is told that the blind man might have grown in purity, while attention went to one who thought himself without need (80:3–7). The Qurʼān is a reminder, in honoured, raised and purified pages (80:11–14).
The sūrah then asks the human to look at his food: rain poured down, the earth split open, and grain, grapes, olives, palms, gardens, fruit and pasture brought out (80:24–31). It ends with the deafening blast, the Day a person flees from his brother, mother, father, wife and children (80:33–36), and the bright faces and dust-covered faces of that Day (80:38–41).
- Āyāt 1–16
The blind man
He frowned and turned away when the blind man came. Perhaps the blind man would have grown in purity or benefited from the reminder. Attention went instead to one who thought himself without need (80:5–7). The Qurʼān is a reminder for whoever wills, in honoured pages, in the hands of noble and righteous scribes (80:13–16).
- Āyāt 17–32
Let the human look at his food
How ungrateful the human is. Allah created him from a drop, eased his way, then caused his death and will raise him. Let him look at his food: Allah pours rain, splits the earth, and brings out grain, grapes, herbs, olives, palms, gardens, fruit and pasture for him and his cattle (80:24–32).
- Āyāt 33–42
The day a person flees
When the deafening blast comes, a person flees from his brother, his mother and father, his wife and his children (80:34–36). Each has enough to think about that Day. Some faces are bright, laughing and joyful, and some are covered with dust and darkness (80:38–41).
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