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Sūrat Al-ʿAbasa
ʻAbasa (, "He Frowned") is the 80th chapter (''sura'') of the Qur'an, with 42 verses (''ayat''). It is a Meccan sura. The Surah is so designated after the word `abasa with which it opens. Summary *1-11 The Surah starts by rebuking someone for frowning on a blind person who came to him. *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 Period of revelation Sunni perspective According to traditional Sunni Islam, Sunni narration, the story behind the revelation of the first ten verses of the sura is as follows: Muhammad was preaching Islam to Walid ibn al-Mughira and other Quraysh (tribe), Quraysh chieftains in Mecca. Ibn Umm Maktum, Abdullah ibn Umm Maktum came along and asked Muhammad about something. Muhammad did not want to t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sura
A ''surah'' (; ; ) is an Arabic word meaning 'chapter' in the Quran. There are 114 ''suwar'' in the Quran, each divided into verses (). The ''suwar'' are of unequal length; the shortest ''surah'' ( al-Kawthar) has only three verses, while the longest ( al-Baqarah) contains 286 verses. Muhammad Mustafa Al-A'zami (2003), ''The History of The Qur'anic Text: From Revelation to Compilation: A Comparative Study with the Old and New Testaments'', p.70. UK Islamic Academy. . The Qur'an consists of one short introductory chapter (Q1), eight very long chapters, making up one-third of the Qur'an ( Q2‒ 9); 19 mid-length chapters, making up another one-third (Q10‒28); and 86 short and very short ones of the last one-third (Q29‒114). Of the 114 ''suwar'' in the Quran, 86 are classified as Meccan (), as according to Islamic tradition they were revealed before Muhammad's migration to Medina (''hijrah''), while 28 are Medinan (), as they were revealed after. This classification is onl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |