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وَإِذَا مَسَّ ٱلنَّاسَ ضُرٌّۭ دَعَوْا۟ رَبَّهُم مُّنِيبِينَ إِلَيْهِ ثُمَّ إِذَآ أَذَاقَهُم مِّنْهُ رَحْمَةً إِذَا فَرِيقٌۭ مِّنْهُم بِرَبِّهِمْ يُشْرِكُونَ﴿٣٣

Translation (Sahih International)

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,

Word-by-word meaning

وَإِذَاwa-idhāAnd when
مَسَّmassatouches
ٱلنَّاسَl-nāsapeople
ضُرٌّۭḍurrunhardship
دَعَوْا۟daʿawthey call
رَبَّهُمrabbahumtheir Lord
مُّنِيبِينَmunībīnaturning
إِلَيْهِilayhito Him
ثُمَّthummaThen
إِذَآidhāwhen
أَذَاقَهُمadhāqahumHe causes them to taste
مِّنْهُmin'hufrom Him
رَحْمَةًraḥmatanMercy
إِذَاidhābehold
فَرِيقٌۭfarīqunA party
مِّنْهُمmin'humof them
بِرَبِّهِمْbirabbihimwith their Lord
يُشْرِكُونَyush'rikūnaassociate partners

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

How man sways between Tawhid and Shirk, and between Joy and Despair, according to His CircumstancesAllah tells us that when man is in dire straits, he calls upon Allah alone with no partner or associate, then when times of ease come and they have the choice, some people associate others with Allah and worship others alongside Him.لِيَكْفُرُواْ بِمَآ ءاتَيْنَـهُمْ(So as to be ungrateful for the graces which We have bestowed on them.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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