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Ash-Shuraa 48

Ayah 48 of 53 · Meccan

فَإِنۡ أَعۡرَضُواْ فَمَآ أَرۡسَلۡنَٰكَ عَلَيۡهِمۡ حَفِيظًاۖ إِنۡ عَلَيۡكَ إِلَّا ٱلۡبَلَٰغُۗ وَإِنَّآ إِذَآ أَذَقۡنَا ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ مِنَّا رَحۡمَةٗ فَرِحَ بِهَاۖ وَإِن تُصِبۡهُمۡ سَيِّئَةُۢ بِمَا قَدَّمَتۡ أَيۡدِيهِمۡ فَإِنَّ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ كَفُورٞ ٤٨

But if they turn away - then We have not sent you, [O Muḥammad], over them as a guardian; upon you is only [the duty of] notification. And indeed, when We let man taste mercy from Us, he rejoices in it; but if evil afflicts him for what his hands have put forth, then indeed, man is ungrateful.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. فَإِنۡThen iffa-in
  2. أَعۡرَضُواْthey turn awayaʿraḍū
  3. فَمَآthen notfamā
  4. أَرۡسَلۡنَٰكَWe have sent youarsalnāka
  5. عَلَيۡهِمۡover themʿalayhim
  6. حَفِيظًاۖ(as) a guardianḥafīẓan
  7. إِنۡNotin
  8. عَلَيۡكَ(is) on youʿalayka
  9. إِلَّاexceptillā
  10. ٱلۡبَلَٰغُۗthe conveyancel-balāghu
  11. وَإِنَّآAnd indeedwa-innā
  12. إِذَآwhenidhā
  13. أَذَقۡنَاWe cause to tasteadhaqnā
  14. ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ[the] manl-insāna
  15. مِنَّاfrom Usminnā
  16. رَحۡمَةٗMercyraḥmatan
  17. فَرِحَhe rejoicesfariḥa
  18. بِهَاۖin itbihā
  19. وَإِنBut ifwa-in
  20. تُصِبۡهُمۡbefalls themtuṣib'hum
  21. سَيِّئَةُۢevilsayyi-atun
  22. بِمَاfor whatbimā
  23. قَدَّمَتۡhave sent forthqaddamat
  24. أَيۡدِيهِمۡtheir handsaydīhim
  25. فَإِنَّthen indeedfa-inna
  26. ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ[the] manl-insāna
  27. كَفُورٞ(is) ungratefulkafūrun

Tafsir

If they turn away from what you instruct them, then I have not sent you, O Messenger, as a guardian over them to watch their actions. Your duty is only to convey what I have instructed you to convey and their reckoning is left to Allah. When I give man a taste of My mercy of riches, health etc. he rejoices in it. But when a trial of difficulty befalls them on account of their sins, their nature is to be ungrateful for Allah’s favours and become angry at what Allah had in His wisdom decreed.

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