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Surah ’Abasa, Verse 17

سورة عبس، الآية ١٧

80:17 Juz 30 Hizb 59 Page 585 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 80:17

قُتِلَ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ مَآ أَكْفَرَهُۥ ۝١٧

Transliteration

qutila l-insānu mā akfarahu

Translation

Destroyed [i.e., cursed] is man;¹⁸⁵⁸ how disbelieving is he.

Notes

[1858] i.e., those who deny Allāh's message.

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Verse 17 of Surah ’Abasa (80:17), a Meccan surah, is in juz 30, on page 585 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 73 reciters.

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Tafsir of verse 17

Al-Mukhtasar

The disbelieving human is cursed; how severe is his disbelief in Allah!

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Other translations of verse 17

Woe to man; how ungrateful he is⁵!

Notes

[5] i.e., the disbelievers.

Be cursed (the disbelieving) man! How ungrateful he is!

Man is (self-)destroyed: how ungrateful!

Woe to man! What hath made him reject Allah;

Cursed be man! how ungrateful is he!

Slain be man! How disbelieving he is!

Verse 17 word by word

قُتِلَ qutila Is destroyed ق ت ل
ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ l-insānu [the] man أ ن س
مَآ mā how
أَكْفَرَهُۥ akfarahu ungrateful is he ك ف ر

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