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Az-Zumar 8

Ayah 8 of 75 · Meccan

۞ وَإِذَا مَسَّ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ ضُرّٞ دَعَا رَبَّهُۥ مُنِيبًا إِلَيۡهِ ثُمَّ إِذَا خَوَّلَهُۥ نِعۡمَةٗ مِّنۡهُ نَسِيَ مَا كَانَ يَدۡعُوٓاْ إِلَيۡهِ مِن قَبۡلُ وَجَعَلَ لِلَّهِ أَندَادٗا لِّيُضِلَّ عَن سَبِيلِهِۦۚ قُلۡ تَمَتَّعۡ بِكُفۡرِكَ قَلِيلًا إِنَّكَ مِنۡ أَصۡحَٰبِ ٱلنَّارِ ٨

And when adversity touches man, he calls upon his Lord, turning to Him [alone]; then when He bestows on him a favor from Himself, he forgets Him whom he called upon before,1 and he attributes to Allāh equals to mislead [people] from His way. Say, "Enjoy your disbelief for a little; indeed, you are of the companions of the Fire."

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 Or "that for which he called upon Him before."

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. ۞ وَإِذَاAnd whenwa-idhā
  2. مَسَّtouchesmassa
  3. ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ[the] manl-insāna
  4. ضُرّٞadversityḍurrun
  5. دَعَاhe callsdaʿā
  6. رَبَّهُۥhis Lordrabbahu
  7. مُنِيبًاturningmunīban
  8. إِلَيۡهِto Himilayhi
  9. ثُمَّthenthumma
  10. إِذَاwhenidhā
  11. خَوَّلَهُۥHe bestows on himkhawwalahu
  12. نِعۡمَةٗa favorniʿ'matan
  13. مِّنۡهُfrom Himselfmin'hu
  14. نَسِيَhe forgetsnasiya
  15. مَا(for) whatmā
  16. كَانَhe used to callkāna
  17. يَدۡعُوٓاْhe used to callyadʿū
  18. إِلَيۡهِ[to] Himilayhi
  19. مِنbeforemin
  20. قَبۡلُbeforeqablu
  21. وَجَعَلَand he sets upwajaʿala
  22. لِلَّهِto Allahlillahi
  23. أَندَادٗاrivalsandādan
  24. لِّيُضِلَّto misleadliyuḍilla
  25. عَنfromʿan
  26. سَبِيلِهِۦۚHis Pathsabīlihi
  27. قُلۡSayqul
  28. تَمَتَّعۡEnjoytamattaʿ
  29. بِكُفۡرِكَin your disbeliefbikuf'rika
  30. قَلِيلًا(for) a littleqalīlan
  31. إِنَّكَIndeed, youinnaka
  32. مِنۡ(are) ofmin
  33. أَصۡحَٰبِ(the) companionsaṣḥābi
  34. ٱلنَّارِ(of) the Firel-nāri

Tafsir

And when the disbeliever is afflicted by difficulty, such as illness, loss of wealth or fear of drowning, he calls upon his Lord to remove the difficulty which is upon him, turning to Him alone. Then when he grants him a favour by removing the difficulty which afflicted him, he leaves whom he used to beseech before, which is Allah, and he makes for Allah associates which he worships besides Him. O Messenger, say to one whose condition this is: “Enjoy your disbelief for as long as you live, which is a short time, as you are amongst the people of the fire who will be inseparable from it on the Day of Judgment, like a companion is inseparable from his companion”.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran