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وَإِذَآ أَذَقْنَا ٱلنَّاسَ رَحْمَةًۭ فَرِحُوا۟ بِهَا ۖ وَإِن تُصِبْهُمْ سَيِّئَةٌۢ بِمَا قَدَّمَتْ أَيْدِيهِمْ إِذَا هُمْ يَقْنَطُونَ﴿٣٦

Translation (Sahih International)

And when We let the people taste mercy, they rejoice therein, but if evil afflicts them for what their hands have put forth, immediately they despair.

Word-by-word meaning

وَإِذَآwa-idhāAnd when
أَذَقْنَاadhaqnāWe cause people to taste
ٱلنَّاسَl-nāsaWe cause people to taste
رَحْمَةًۭraḥmatanmercy
فَرِحُوا۟fariḥūthey rejoice
بِهَا ۖbihātherein
وَإِنwa-inBut if
تُصِبْهُمْtuṣib'humafflicts them
سَيِّئَةٌۢsayyi-atunan evil
بِمَاbimāfor what
قَدَّمَتْqaddamathave sent forth
أَيْدِيهِمْaydīhimtheir hands
إِذَاidhābehold
هُمْhumThey
يَقْنَطُونَyaqnaṭūnadespair

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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