Tafsir Ibn Abbas: Abasa, Ayah 17

Abasa · Ayah 17 · View Ayah
قُتِلَ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ مَآ أَكْفَرَهُۥ
Cursed is man; how disbelieving is he.

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Ibn Abbas Commentary

(Man is (self)-destroyed) the disbeliever, i.e. 'Utbah Ibn Abi Lahab, is cursed: (how ungrateful!) what has made him a disbelieve in Allah and in the stars of the Qur'an, i.e. in the star when it sets; it is also said that this means: how extreme is his disbelief.

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Perish man! accursed be the disbeliever! What has made him ungrateful? an interrogative statement meant as a rebuke — what has driven him to disbelief?

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