Allah says;
[وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ
مُّسْفِرَةٌ - ضَـحِكَةٌ مُّسْتَبْشِرَةٌ ]
(Some faces that Day will be bright (Musfirah), laughing, rejoicing at good
news.) meaning, the people will be divided into two parties. There will be faces
that are Musfirah, which means bright.
[ضَـحِكَةٌ
مُّسْتَبْشِرَةٌ ]
(Laughing, rejoicing at good news.) meaning, happy and pleased due to the joy
that will be in their hearts. The good news will be apparent on their faces.
These will be the people of Paradise.
[وَوُجُوهٌ
يَوْمَئِذٍ عَلَيْهَا غَبَرَةٌ - تَرْهَقُهَا قَتَرَةٌ ]
(And other faces that Day will be dust-stained. Darkness (Qatarah) will cover
them.) meaning, they will be overcome and covered with Qatarah, which is
darkness. Ibn `Abbas said,
[تَرْهَقُهَا
قَتَرَةٌ ]
(Darkness (Qatarah) will cover them.) "This means that they (the faces) will
be overcome with darkness.'' Allah said,
[أُوْلَـئِكَ هُمُ
الْكَفَرَةُ الْفَجَرَةُ ]
(Such will be the disbelieving, the wicked evildoers.) meaning, they are
disbelievers in their hearts, evildoers in their actions. This is as Allah says,
[وَلاَ يَلِدُواْ
إِلاَّ فَاجِراً كَفَّاراً]
(And they will beget none but wicked disbelievers.) (71:27) This is the end
of the Tafsir of Surat `Abasa, and to Allah all praise and thanks are due.