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Scholarly commentary explaining a verse — its context, its meaning and how the scholars have understood it.

'Abasa 80:40

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وَوُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ عَلَيْهَا غَبَرَةٌ

And [other] faces, that Day, will have upon them dust.

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Tafsir Muyassar

Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Saudi Arabia

وجوه أهل النعيم في ذلك اليوم مستنيرة، مسرورة فرحة، ووجوه أهل الجحيم مظلمة مسودَّة، تغشاها ذلَّة. أولئك الموصوفون بهذا الوصف هم الذين كفروا بنعم الله وكذَّبوا بآياته، وتجرؤوا على محارمه بالفجور والطغيان.

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