Gabâ or
gabaa, for the people in many parts of the
Philippines particularly among
Visayans, is the concept of a non-human and non-divine, imminent
retribution. A sort of negative karma, it is generally seen as an evil effect on a person because of their wrongdoings or transgressions. The word has later been recycled for translating "
divine retribution" or "
divine fury" in the translations of the Bible to many local dialects in the Philippines. It is also translated as . The opposite of "Gaba" is
Grasya, literally
Grace in
Spanish, which pertains to
blessings from the Heavens.