Abasa • EN-TAFSIR-IBN-ABBAS
﴿ قُتِلَ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ مَآ أَكْفَرَهُۥ ﴾
“[But only too often] man destroys himself: how stubbornly does he deny the truth!”
(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.