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Surah ’Abasa, Verse 1

سورة عبس، الآية ١

80:1 Juz 30 Hizb 59 Page 585 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 80:1

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

عَبَسَ وَتَوَلَّىٰٓ ۝١

Transliteration

ʿabasa watawallā

Translation

He [i.e., the Prophet (ﷺ) ] frowned and turned away

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Verse 1 of Surah ’Abasa (80:1), a Meccan surah, is in juz 30, on page 585 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 73 reciters.

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Tafsir of verse 1

Al-Mukhtasar

The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) frowned and turned away.

Tafsir of the whole Surah ’Abasa

Other translations of verse 1

He frowned and turned away,

(The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم) frowned and turned away.

He frowned and turned away

(The Prophet) frowned and turned away,

He frowned and turned (his) back,

He (The prophet) frowned and turned away,

Verse 1 word by word

  1. عَبَسَ ʿabasa He frowned ع ب س
  2. وَتَوَلَّىٰٓ watawallā and turned away و ل ي

Hadiths that cite this verse

Authentic Muwatta Malik 480

Yahya related to me from Malik from Hisham ibn Urwa that his father said that Abasa (Sura 80) was sent down about Abdullah ibn Umm Maktum. He came to the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, and began to say, "O Muhammad, show me a place near you (where I can sit)," whilst one of the…

وَحَدَّثَنِي عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، أَنَّهُ قَالَ أُنْزِلَتْ ‏{‏عَبَسَ وَتَوَلَّى‏}‏ فِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أُمِّ مَكْتُومٍ جَاءَ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَجَعَلَ…

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