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سورة عَبَسَ

Surah ‘Abasa 80:21

He Frowned · Verse 21 of 42

ثُمَّ أَمَاتَهُ فَأَقْبَرَهُ

Abdul Mannan Omar

Then He calls him to death and He assigns to him (an interim state of) a grave.

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

Then He causeth him to die, and putteth him in his grave;

Ahmed Ali

He will then send him to death and have him laid in the grave.

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Ali Unal

Thereafter He causes him to die and buries him.

Daryabadi

Then He caused him to die and made him to be buried.

Faridul Haque

Then gave him death, so had him put in the grave.

Maulana Muhammad Ali

Then he causes him to die, then assigns to him a grave,

Maulvi Sher Ali

Then in due course HE causes him to die and assigns a grave to him;

Muhammad Asad

and in the end He causes him to die and brings him to the grave;

Muhammad Musin Khan

Then He causes him to die, and puts him in his grave;

Muhammad Pickthall

Then causeth him to die, and burieth him;

Muhammad Sarwar

Then He caused him to die and be buried

Muhammed ali Shakir

Then He causes him to die, then assigns to him a grave,

Rashad Khalifa

Then He puts him to death, and into the grave.

Shabbir Ahmed

Then causes him to die and brings him to disintegrated states.

Commentary 80:21 Qabarقْبَر– “the grave”. in the Qur’ânic sense is not the pit in which the body is buried, nor is this the pyre prepared for the burning of the dead…

ثُمَّ أَمَاتَهُ فَأَقْبَرَهُ

80:21 Qabarقْبَر– “the grave”. in the Qur’ânic sense is not the pit in which the body is buried, nor is this the pyre prepared for the burning of the dead body. Here the grave is another name for Barzakh or the intermediate state in which human souls live after death until the Resurrection, where every human soul after its departure from its physical habitation has to go, even though that human being’s body is drowned or burnt to ashes or is eaten by some beast. Human soul acquires a new body and an abode of happiness or of misery, according to the nature of the actions the person has done during his life on earth. The Prophet (pbuh) said, القبر روضة من رياض الجنٌة - The grave in which a believer is put is a garden.