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سُورَةُ عَبَسَ · 80:17
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قُتِلَ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ مَآ أَكْفَرَهُۥ

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Cursed is man; how disbelieving is he.

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Introduction

This is āyah 17 of Sūrat Abasa (He Frowned), the 24th sūrah in the traditional order of revelation. It was revealed in the Meccan period and sits within Juzʾ 30. Meccan verses tend to address faith, the oneness of God, and the hereafter.

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Revelation & occasion

Asbāb al-Nuzūl
Period
Meccan
Order revealed
24 of 114
Surah
Abasa (80)

No specific occasion of revelation (Asbāb al-Nuzūl) is recorded for this āyah in al-Wāḥidī's collection. Many verses were revealed without a single triggering event.

Commentary

Tafsir

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Hafiz Ibn Kathir

Qutila mankind! How ungrateful he is (17)From what thing did He create him (18)From a Nutfah He created him and then set him in due proportion (19)Then He made the path easy for him (20)Then He causes him to die and puts him in his grave (21)Then when it is His will, He will resurrect him (22)Nay, but he has not done what He commanded him (23)Then let man look at his food (24)We pour forth water in abundance (25)And We split the earth in clefts (26)And We cause therein Habb to grow (27)And grapes and Qadb (28)And olives and date palms (29)And Ghulb Hada'iq (30)And fruits (Fakihah) and herbage (Abb)(31)A provision and benefit for you and your cattle (32) The Refutation against Whoever denies Life after Death Allah rebukes those who deny the Resurrection and the Final Gathering. قُتِلَ الْإِنسَانُ مَا أَكْفَرَهُ (Qutila mankind!) Ad-Dahhak reported from Ibn 'Abbas that he said, قُتِلَ…
Provenance

Chains of transmission

Oral — isnād

  1. ~610–632 CERevelation & memorisation

    Received by the Prophet ﷺ and preserved by the ḥuffāẓ (memorisers) among the Companions.

  2. 1st century AHMutawātir transmissionawaiting curation

    Carried by mass-transmission through the generations of qurrāʾ.

  3. TodayLiving chainsawaiting curation

    Continuous ijāzah chains link reciters today back to the Prophet ﷺ.

Verified isnād chains for this āyah will be added by curators.

Written — the manuscript record

  1. ~650 CEʿUthmānic codicesawaiting curation

    The standardised muṣḥaf sent to the great cities (e.g. the Topkapı and Samarqand codices).

  2. 8th–10th c.Early Ḥijāzī & Kūfic foliosawaiting curation

    Surviving leaves in Birmingham, Sanaa, Paris (BnF) and beyond.

  3. Modern printModern printawaiting curation

    The 1924 Cairo edition → today: the standard printed muṣḥaf used worldwide.

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