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Surah Al-Adiyat – Verse 06
Allah says in surah al-‘Adiyat [100]:
[إِنَّ الْإِنسَانَ لِرَبِّهِ لَكَنُودٌ ]
“Man is certainly ‘kanood’ towards his Lord” [06]
This word Kanood is usually translated as “ungrateful”. In part of his commentary on this ayah, Imam al-Baghawi mentioned the following explanations of this word from some of the salaf:
وَقَالَ الْحَسَنُ : هُوَ الَّذِي يَعُدُّ الْمَصَائِبَ وَيَنْسَى النِّعَمَ . … وَقَالَ الْفُضَيْلُ بْنُ عِيَاضٍ : ” الْكَنُودُ ” الَّذِي أَنْسَتْهُ الْخَصْلَةُ الْوَاحِدَةُ مِنَ الْإِسَاءَةِ الْخِصَالَ الْكَثِيرَةَ مِنَ الْإِحْسَانِ ، وَ ” الشَّكُورُ ” : الَّذِي أَنْسَتْهُ الْخَصْلَةُ الْوَاحِدَةُ مِنَ الْإِحْسَانِ الْخِصَالَ الْكَثِيرَةَ مِنَ الْإِسَاءَةِ .
al-Hasan al-Basri said: Kanood is one who counts misfortunes while forgetting blessings.
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al-Fudhayl ibn ‘Iyaadh said: al-Kunood – an ungrateful person – is someone for whom a single offensive trait can make him forget the many good qualities of a person, while al-Shakoor – a grateful person – is one for whom a single good trait can make him forget the many offensive qualities that a person has.
[Tafsir al-Baghawi 8/509]
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