Skip to content

Al-Isra 83

Ayah 83 of 111 · Meccan

وَإِذَآ أَنۡعَمۡنَا عَلَى ٱلۡإِنسَٰنِ أَعۡرَضَ وَنَـَٔا بِجَانِبِهِۦ وَإِذَا مَسَّهُ ٱلشَّرُّ كَانَ يَـُٔوسٗا ٨٣

And when We bestow favor upon man [i.e., the disbeliever], he turns away and distances himself; and when evil touches him, he is ever despairing.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَإِذَآAnd whenwa-idhā
  2. أَنۡعَمۡنَاWe bestow favoranʿamnā
  3. عَلَىonʿalā
  4. ٱلۡإِنسَٰنِmanl-insāni
  5. أَعۡرَضَhe turns awayaʿraḍa
  6. وَنَـَٔاand becomes remotewanaā
  7. بِجَانِبِهِۦon his sidebijānibihi
  8. وَإِذَاAnd whenwa-idhā
  9. مَسَّهُtouches himmassahu
  10. ٱلشَّرُّthe evill-sharu
  11. كَانَhe iskāna
  12. يَـُٔوسٗا(in) despairyaūsan

Tafsir

And when I grant man a blessing such as health and wealth, he turns away from thanking Allah and obeying Him, and moves further away out of pride. But when illness, poverty or the like befalls him, he becomes extremely despondent and hopeless of Allah’s mercy.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran