عبء

Core meaning

To make account of someone, to give him weight. The only use denies it, but under a condition.

Uses

1. يَعْبَؤُا۟ → "to care for" : to make account of someone; here, a care that hangs on the invocation.

   • «قُلْ مَا يَعْبَؤُا۟ بِكُمْ رَبِّى لَوْلَا دُعَآؤُكُمْ» — "My Guardian would care little for you, were it not for your invocation" (25:77)

Evidence from the text

The word appears only in 25:77, and the sentence itself gives its key: the negation hangs on a condition, "were it not for your invocation". The care the Guardian bears for people passes through the call they address to Him; the sura closes on this word.

See also

دعو (the invocation)