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Az-Zumar (The Troops)

Verse 49of 75

فَإِذَا مَسَّ ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ ضُرٌّۭ دَعَانَا ثُمَّ إِذَا خَوَّلْنَٰهُ نِعْمَةًۭ مِّنَّا قَالَ إِنَّمَآ أُوتِيتُهُۥ عَلَىٰ عِلْمٍۭ ۚ بَلْ هِىَ فِتْنَةٌۭ وَلَٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَهُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ﴿٤٩

Translation (Sahih International)

And when adversity touches man, he calls upon Us; then when We bestow on him a favor from Us, he says, "I have only been given it because of [my] knowledge." Rather, it is a trial, but most of them do not know.

Word-by-word meaning

فَإِذَاfa-idhāSo when
مَسَّmassatouches
ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَl-insāna[the] man
ضُرٌّۭḍurrunadversity
دَعَانَاdaʿānāhe calls upon Us
ثُمَّthummathen
إِذَاidhāwhen
خَوَّلْنَـٰهُkhawwalnāhuWe bestow (on) him
نِعْمَةًۭniʿ'matana favor
مِّنَّاminnāfrom Us
قَالَqālahe says
إِنَّمَآinnamāOnly
أُوتِيتُهُۥūtītuhuI have been given it
عَلَىٰʿalāfor
عِلْمٍۭ ۚʿil'minknowledge
بَلْbalNay
هِىَhiyait
فِتْنَةٌۭfit'natun(is) a trial
وَلَـٰكِنَّwalākinnabut
أَكْثَرَهُمْaktharahummost of them
لَا(do) not
يَعْلَمُونَyaʿlamūnaknow

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

How Man changes when He is blessed after suffering HarmAllah tells us how man, when he is suffering from harm, prays to Allah, turning to Him in repentance and calling upon Him, but when He makes things easy for him, he transgresses and commits sins. إِنَّمَآ أُوتِيتُهُ عَلَى عِلْمٍ(Only because of knowledge I obtained it.) means, `because Allah knows that I deserve it; if it were not for the fact that Allah regards me as special, He would not have given me this.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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