Verily, We fear from our Lord a Day that is `Abus and Qamtarir.
meaning, `we only do this so that perhaps Allah may have mercy on us and treat us with gentleness on the Day that is `Abus and Qamtarir.'
Ali bin Abi Talhah reported from Ibn `Abbas,
"`Abus means difficult and
Qamtarir means long."
Ikrimah and others said from Ibn Abbas,
يَوْمًا عَبُوسًا قَمْطَرِيرًا
(a Day that is `Abus and Qamtarir, hard and distressful, that will make the faces look horrible from extreme dislike to it).
"The disbeliever will frown on that day until sweat will flow between his eyes like tar."
Mujahid said,
"Abus `Abis means (frowning with) the two lips and
Qamtarir means drawing up the face in a scowl."
Sa`id bin Jubayr and Qatadah said,
"Faces will be made to frown due to dismay.
Qamtarir is the contraction of the forehead and what is between the two eyes due to dismay."
Ibn Zayd said,
" `Abus is the evil and
Qamtarir is the severity."
Some Details concerning the Reward of the Righteous in Paradise and what it contains of Delights
Allah says,
فَوَقَاهُمُ اللَّهُ شَرَّ ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ وَلَقَّاهُمْ نَضْرَةً وَسُرُورًا