Surah Al Mulk Tafseer

ثُمَّ ارْجِعِ الْبَصَرَ كَرَّتَيْنِ

Then look again and yet again,

Qatadah said, "It means (look) twice."

يَنقَلِبْ إِلَيْكَ الْبَصَرُ خَاسِأً

your sight will return to you Khasi',

Ibn `Abbas said that Khasi' means humiliated.

Mujahid and Qatadah both said that it means despised.

وَهُوَ حَسِيرٌ

and worn out.

Ibn `Abbas said that this means it will be exhausted.

Mujahid, Qatadah and As-Suddi all said that it means broken down fatigue that comes from weakness.

Thus, the Ayah means that if you continuously looked, no matter how much you look, your sight will return to you

خَاسِأً

Khasi' due to the inability to see any flaw or defect (in Allah's creation)

and worn out.

meaning, exhausted and broken down feebleness due to the great amount of repeated looking without being able to detect any deficiency.

Then, after Allah negated any deficiency in the creation of the heavens, He explains their perfection and beauty. He says