Tafsir Ibn Abbas: Al-Waaqia, Ayah 9
وَأَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْمَشْـَٔمَةِ مَآ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْمَشْـَٔمَةِ
And the companions of the left - what are the companions of the left?
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And those of the left hand al-mash’ama means al-shimāl ‘left’ each of whom is given his record of deeds in their left hands — what of those of the left hand? — an expression of contempt for their status on account of their admittance into the Fire.
Related Hadiths
Sunan Ibn Majah#741Da'if
“It was said to the Prophet (ﷺ): ‘The left side of the mosque has been abandoned. The Prophet (ﷺ) said: “Whoever frequents the left side of the mosque, two Kifl* of reward will be recorded for him.”
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narrated that Ibn ‘Umar said:
Sahih Muslim#4722Sahih
This tradition has been narrated on the authority of Sufyan with the addition from Abd ar-Razzaq (one of the narrators) explaining the meaning of shikal as a bone whose right back foot and left front ...
Ibn Abbas Commentary
(And (then) those on the left hand) these are the dwellers of the Fire who will be given their scrolls in their left hands; they are the ones about whom Allah said: �These are destined for hell, and I care not�; (what of those on the left hand) again arousing the wonder of His Prophet: and what do you know, O Muhammad, about the humiliation, punishment and chastisement suffered by the dwellers of hell?