Tafsir of Abasa 80:17

The Refutation against Whoever denies Life after Death Allah rebukes those who deny the Resurrection and the Final Gathering

قتل اﻻنسان ما أكفره

Qutila mankind! How ungrateful he is! Ad-Dahhak reported from Ibn Abbas that he said, (

قتل

اﻻنسان

Qutila mankind!) "May man be cursed.'' Abu Malik also made a similar statement. He said, "This refers to the rejecting type of man, due to his abundant denial without any supporting argument. Rather he denies simply because he thinks it is farfetched and because he lacks knowledge of it.'' Ibn Jurayj said,

ما أكفره

How ungrateful he is! "This means none is worse in disbelief than he is.'' Qatadah said,

ما أكفره

How ungrateful he is! "This means none is more cursed than he is.'' Then Allah explains how He created him from something despised and that He is able to bring him back to life just as He created him initially. Allah says,

من أي شيء خلقه