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Al-Isra 67

Ayah 67 of 111 · Meccan

وَإِذَا مَسَّكُمُ ٱلضُّرُّ فِي ٱلۡبَحۡرِ ضَلَّ مَن تَدۡعُونَ إِلَّآ إِيَّاهُۖ فَلَمَّا نَجَّىٰكُمۡ إِلَى ٱلۡبَرِّ أَعۡرَضۡتُمۡۚ وَكَانَ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ كَفُورًا ٦٧

And when adversity touches you at sea, lost are [all] those you invoke except for Him. But when He delivers you to the land, you turn away [from Him]. And ever is man ungrateful.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَإِذَاAnd whenwa-idhā
  2. مَسَّكُمُtouches youmassakumu
  3. ٱلضُّرُّthe hardshipl-ḍuru
  4. فِيinfī
  5. ٱلۡبَحۡرِthe seal-baḥri
  6. ضَلَّlostḍalla
  7. مَن(are) whoman
  8. تَدۡعُونَyou calltadʿūna
  9. إِلَّآexceptillā
  10. إِيَّاهُۖHim Aloneiyyāhu
  11. فَلَمَّاBut whenfalammā
  12. نَجَّىٰكُمۡHe delivers younajjākum
  13. إِلَىtoilā
  14. ٱلۡبَرِّthe landl-bari
  15. أَعۡرَضۡتُمۡۚyou turn awayaʿraḍtum
  16. وَكَانَAnd iswakāna
  17. ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُmanl-insānu
  18. كَفُورًاungratefulkafūran

Tafsir

And when you are afflicted - O idolaters - by some calamity or misfortune at sea such that you fear destruction, those whom you worship besides Allah leave your thoughts, and you only remember Allah and seek His assistance. Then when He assists you and saves you from your fears, and you return to land, you turn away from His Oneness and supplicating Him alone, returning to your idols. And man rejects the blessings of Allah.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran