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'Abasa 5

Ayah 5 of 42 · Meccan

أَمَّا مَنِ ٱسۡتَغۡنَىٰ ٥

As for he who thinks himself without need,1

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 i.e., without need of faith or need of Allāh (subḥānahu wa taʿālā). Here it is in reference to a certain influential member of the Quraysh whom the Prophet (ﷺ) had hoped to bring to Islām.

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. أَمَّاAs forammā
  2. مَنِ(him) whomani
  3. ٱسۡتَغۡنَىٰconsiders himself free from needis'taghnā

Tafsir

As for those who feel they have no need to bring faith in what you have brought, due to the wealth they possess.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran