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Fussilat 51

Ayah 51 of 54 · Meccan

وَإِذَآ أَنۡعَمۡنَا عَلَى ٱلۡإِنسَٰنِ أَعۡرَضَ وَنَـَٔا بِجَانِبِهِۦ وَإِذَا مَسَّهُ ٱلشَّرُّ فَذُو دُعَآءٍ عَرِيضٖ ٥١

And when We bestow favor upon man, he turns away and distances himself; but when evil touches him, then he is full of extensive supplication.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَإِذَآAnd whenwa-idhā
  2. أَنۡعَمۡنَاWe bestow favoranʿamnā
  3. عَلَىuponʿalā
  4. ٱلۡإِنسَٰنِmanl-insāni
  5. أَعۡرَضَhe turns away aʿraḍa
  6. وَنَـَٔاand distances himselfwanaā
  7. بِجَانِبِهِۦand distances himselfbijānibihi
  8. وَإِذَاbut whenwa-idhā
  9. مَسَّهُtouches himmassahu
  10. ٱلشَّرُّthe evill-sharu
  11. فَذُوthen (he is) fullfadhū
  12. دُعَآءٍ(of) supplicationduʿāin
  13. عَرِيضٖlengthyʿarīḍin

Tafsir

When I bless man with the favour of health, well-being and the like, he becomes unmindful of Allah’s remembrance and obedience and turns away in pride. When sickness, poverty and the like afflict him then he becomes one of long supplication to Allah, complaining to Him of what has afflicted him for Him to remove it. He does not thank His Lord when He blesses him and is not patient when He tests him.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran