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Az-Zumar 49

Ayah 49 of 75 · Meccan

فَإِذَا مَسَّ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ ضُرّٞ دَعَانَا ثُمَّ إِذَا خَوَّلۡنَٰهُ نِعۡمَةٗ مِّنَّا قَالَ إِنَّمَآ أُوتِيتُهُۥ عَلَىٰ عِلۡمِۭۚ بَلۡ هِيَ فِتۡنَةٞ وَلَٰكِنَّ أَكۡثَرَهُمۡ لَا يَعۡلَمُونَ ٤٩

And when adversity touches man, he calls upon Us; then when We bestow on him a favor from Us, he says, "I have only been given it because of [my] knowledge." Rather, it is a trial, but most of them do not know.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. فَإِذَاSo whenfa-idhā
  2. مَسَّtouchesmassa
  3. ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ[the] manl-insāna
  4. ضُرّٞadversityḍurrun
  5. دَعَانَاhe calls upon Usdaʿānā
  6. ثُمَّthenthumma
  7. إِذَاwhenidhā
  8. خَوَّلۡنَٰهُWe bestow (on) himkhawwalnāhu
  9. نِعۡمَةٗa favorniʿ'matan
  10. مِّنَّاfrom Usminnā
  11. قَالَhe saysqāla
  12. إِنَّمَآOnlyinnamā
  13. أُوتِيتُهُۥI have been given itūtītuhu
  14. عَلَىٰforʿalā
  15. عِلۡمِۭۚknowledgeʿil'min
  16. بَلۡNaybal
  17. هِيَithiya
  18. فِتۡنَةٞ(is) a trialfit'natun
  19. وَلَٰكِنَّbutwalākinna
  20. أَكۡثَرَهُمۡmost of themaktharahum
  21. لَا(do) notlā
  22. يَعۡلَمُونَknowyaʿlamūna

Tafsir

When a disbelieving man is afflicted by sickness, poverty etc. he calls out to Me to remove his affliction. Then when I bless him with health or wealth, the disbeliever says: Allah has only given me this because He knows that I deserve it. Actually it is a test and a means of luring him to his destruction. But most disbelievers do not know this and they are deceived by the blessings Allah gives them.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran