# Ayn-Be-Sin — عبس (Ebs)

> Occurs in 3 verses of the Quran.

- **Source:** https://quran.so/root/Ebs

- **Meaning:** to frown, look sternly, austere, grim.
- **Derived forms:** عَبَسَ (2) · عَبُوس (1)

## Verses containing this root

### 74. Surah Al-Muddaththir, Verse 22

- **Form in this verse:** عَبَسَ — ʿabasa · "he frowned"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

ثُمَّ عَبَسَ وَبَسَرَۙ

Thumma AAabasa wabasar

Then frowned and scowled,

_https://quran.so/surah-al-muddaththir/verse-22.md_

### 76. Surah Al-Insan, Verse 10

- **Form in this verse:** عَبُوسًۭا — ʿabūsan · "harsh"
  - **Grammar:** adjective · masculine, singular · accusative case · indefinite

اِنَّا نَخَافُ مِنْ رَبِّنَا يَوْماً عَبُوساً قَمْطَر۪يراً

Inna nakhafu min rabbinayawman AAaboosan qamtareera

“We fear from our Lord a stern and calamitous day.”)

_https://quran.so/surah-al-insan/verse-10.md_

### 80. Surah 'Abasa, Verse 1

- **Form in this verse:** عَبَسَ — ʿabasa · "He frowned"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

عَبَسَ وَتَوَلّٰىۙ

AAabasa watawalla

He frowned and turned away

_https://quran.so/surah-abasa/verse-1.md_

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