Nouman Ali Khan - 080 Surah 'Abasa - Part 2
Surah 'Abasa (He frowned)
My Transcripts
==========(cont.) elevating status of revelation========
- 14. marfu'a = they are elevated
mutahharah= they are purified - 15. "It is at the disposal of / in the hands of As-safarah"
sifr= a book that unveils things
safarah= scribes - 16. "They are entirely noble/righteous multitudes of extremely good people"
========= matter of the human being =====
- 17. "May the human being be killed, May the human be destroyed
Human being has destroyed himself,
how incredible/awesome/amazing his disbelief/kufr/capacity of disbelief
what made/led him to disbelieve in this way" - 18. "What exactly does he think he was made out of"
From what material was he created - 19. "From a dirty/filthy fluid, he created him , then calculated entire legacy"
taqdeer= means to make a projection based on extremely precise calculation(tall, color of skin, short, language, life, food, disease, family, job, business) - 20. "It is especially in that path/sabil that Allah faciliated for human being. He made it easy for him. "
--> the passage of the child coming out of his the womb of the mother
--> the path to guidance.
He made it easy - 21. "Then He caused him to die, then He made sure he ends up into the grave"
qabar= means to be entered in the grave - 22. "Thereafter, whenever He wants, He will raise him immediately back up"
nashara= means to spread - 23. "No. Not at all. Its certainly true. He has not done yet done justice/ fulfilled what Allah commanded him"
qaza= means to do a responsibility and do it in a way that you are no longer responsible, job is done. - 24. "Then, let the human being look carefully and stare/ovserve at his food"
ta'am= food more particularly for human being - 25. "We poured water down abundantly"
sab= literally means taking a bucket and pour over something
Allah pours heavy heavy heavy rain
water upon water - 26. "Then, He cuts the earth open"
shaq= means to cut/rip open things that are not expected to cut - 27. "We sprouted in it, and we allowed growth of grain"
hab= grain
inbaat= ensure growth of something maticulously - 28. Inab= grapes
qazb= all kinds of vegetation (carrots, cocumbers... mostly vegetation grow under the earth) - 29. zaitoon= olives
naql= dates - 30. " Gardens in which the trees barks are thick and branches are intertwined"
hadaiq= well guarded gardens (lush gardens)
gulb/aglab= thick branches are intertwined - 31. faakiha= means delicious food
fakiha= overjoyed
fakiheen= people of jannah
ab= grass/pastures - 32. "It is a provision/things to use for you and also for your cattle"
===================events of day of judgement========
- 33. "When that scream comes"
As-saaqah= deafening loud sound/scream - 34. "The day on which human being will run in terror away from his own brother"
firat/farra: when you run away from something that terrifies you
the scenarion is flipped
why? family stay in contact with each other more... and people violate each others rights the most in the family
and they may ask some of his deeds - 35. "mother, father"
- 36. "wife, children"
- 37. " For every last person, from every one of them
on that day, there will be a sha'n. Yugni
on that day, every single person will be involved in an important task. "
mar'u/ imru/ muruha= chivalry, selflessness, dignified, noble
sha'n= an issue/matter/affair which is very important for you
yugnihi= something so important that makes you forget everything else. everything else will become unimportant - 38. "Some faces especially on that day , they will be lit up as though a smile was hiding inside a veil and it has been unveiled"
safar= large books, travel
safeer= embassador - 39. laughing , happiness of good news
zahika= teeth show and noise in your laughter
istibshar= full of delight/happiness because of a good news that comes to you - 40. "And some other faces on that day they will have gabarah on them"
gabarah= dust lying around and hard to wash off - 41. "Black smoke will climb/force itself on top of them"
"qatara will climb over their faces"
rahaq= forcefully overshadowing/climb
qatara= black smoke coming out of burnig food/fire - 42. "Those infact are the ones that are the worst kind of deniars/disbelievers.
fajara= the ones who disobey Allah in worst/most violent kind of fashion
fujur= means tears through
fujur literally means to rip open
Self evaluation
Here are few questions with the help of which we can assess ourself towards understanding the above surah.
Q1) All human beings made a covenant with Allah(swt) before they came on this earth. What is that?
A1) that Allah(awj) is our lord.
A1) that Allah(awj) is our lord.
Q2) Allah puts the arrogance of human being down in two different ways. In Surah Naziat Allah puts the human being in place by comparing us to the skies. In Surah Abasa as a
contrast, how does Allah put the human being in place? (Ayah 19)
A2) by reminding us where we came from. how we were created from a dirty fluid.
contrast, how does Allah put the human being in place? (Ayah 19)
A2) by reminding us where we came from. how we were created from a dirty fluid.
Q3) Ayat 21: "Then He caused him to _____, then He made sure he ends up in the _____ " Fill up the blanks)
A3) die, grave
A3) die, grave
Q4) Ayat 24: "Then, let the human being look carefully and observe/stare at his _____"
A4) food
A4) food
Q5) Ayah 29: Write the meaning of 'zaitoon' and 'naql'
A5) zaitoon means olives and naql means dates
A5) zaitoon means olives and naql means dates
Q6) Ayat 32: "It is a provision/things to use for _____ and _______"
A6) you and your cattle
A6) you and your cattle
Q7) Ayat 33: What is 'As-saaqah'?
A7) deafening loud scream
A7) deafening loud scream
Q8) Ayat 34: Who will man run away from on the day of judgement?
A8) Man will run away from his own family- brother, mother , father , children on the day of judgement.
A8) Man will run away from his own family- brother, mother , father , children on the day of judgement.
Q9) Ayat 41: "Qatara will climb over their faces". What is 'qatara' ?
A9) qatara is black smoke
A9) qatara is black smoke
Q10) Ayat 42: What is the literal meaning of 'fujur'
A10) tear through or rip open
A10) tear through or rip open