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Ar-Rum 33

Ayah 33 of 60 · Meccan

وَإِذَا مَسَّ ٱلنَّاسَ ضُرّٞ دَعَوۡاْ رَبَّهُم مُّنِيبِينَ إِلَيۡهِ ثُمَّ إِذَآ أَذَاقَهُم مِّنۡهُ رَحۡمَةً إِذَا فَرِيقٞ مِّنۡهُم بِرَبِّهِمۡ يُشۡرِكُونَ ٣٣

And when adversity touches the people, they call upon their Lord, turning in repentance to Him. Then when He lets them taste mercy from Him, at once a party of them associate others with their Lord,

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَإِذَاAnd whenwa-idhā
  2. مَسَّtouchesmassa
  3. ٱلنَّاسَpeoplel-nāsa
  4. ضُرّٞhardshipḍurrun
  5. دَعَوۡاْthey calldaʿaw
  6. رَبَّهُمtheir Lordrabbahum
  7. مُّنِيبِينَturningmunībīna
  8. إِلَيۡهِto Himilayhi
  9. ثُمَّThenthumma
  10. إِذَآwhenidhā
  11. أَذَاقَهُمHe causes them to tasteadhāqahum
  12. مِّنۡهُfrom Himmin'hu
  13. رَحۡمَةًMercyraḥmatan
  14. إِذَاbeholdidhā
  15. فَرِيقٞA partyfarīqun
  16. مِّنۡهُمof themmin'hum
  17. بِرَبِّهِمۡwith their Lordbirabbihim
  18. يُشۡرِكُونَassociate partnersyush'rikūna

Tafsir

When the idolaters are afflicted by a difficulty i.e. poverty, drought, they supplicate only to their Lord, may He be glorified, returning to Him humbling themselves and seeking refuge in Him to remove the affliction from them. Then, when He shows them mercy by removing whatever afflicted them, they return to their ways of idolatry by supplicating to others along with Him.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran