Tafsir Ibn Abbas: Fussilat, Ayah 49
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Man never wearies of supplicating for good in other words he never ceases to ask his Lord for wealth and good health and other good things but should any ill befall him such as impoverishment or hardship then he becomes despondent despairing of God’s mercy — this and what follows relates to the attitude of disbelievers.
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Ibn Abbas Commentary
(Man) i.e. the disbelieving person (tireth not of praying for good) wealth, offspring and good health, (and if ill toucheth him) and if hardship and poverty touch him, (then he is disheartened, desperate) then he utterly despairs of Allah's mercy.