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Yunus (Jonah)

Verse 12of 109

وَإِذَا مَسَّ ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ ٱلضُّرُّ دَعَانَا لِجَنۢبِهِۦٓ أَوْ قَاعِدًا أَوْ قَآئِمًۭا فَلَمَّا كَشَفْنَا عَنْهُ ضُرَّهُۥ مَرَّ كَأَن لَّمْ يَدْعُنَآ إِلَىٰ ضُرٍّۢ مَّسَّهُۥ ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ زُيِّنَ لِلْمُسْرِفِينَ مَا كَانُوا۟ يَعْمَلُونَ﴿١٢

Translation (Sahih International)

And when affliction touches man, he calls upon Us, whether lying on his side or sitting or standing; but when We remove from him his affliction, he continues [in disobedience] as if he had never called upon Us to [remove] an affliction that touched him. Thus is made pleasing to the transgressors that which they have been doing

Word-by-word meaning

وَإِذَاwa-idhāAnd when
مَسَّmassatouches
ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَl-insānathe man
ٱلضُّرُّl-ḍuruthe affliction
دَعَانَاdaʿānāhe calls Us
لِجَنۢبِهِۦٓlijanbihi(lying) on his side
أَوْawor
قَاعِدًاqāʿidansitting
أَوْawor
قَآئِمًۭاqāimanstanding
فَلَمَّاfalammāBut when
كَشَفْنَاkashafnāWe remove
عَنْهُʿanhufrom him
ضُرَّهُۥḍurrahuhis affliction
مَرَّmarrahe passes on
كَأَنka-anas if he
لَّمْlam(had) not
يَدْعُنَآyadʿunācalled Us
إِلَىٰilāfor
ضُرٍّۢḍurrin(the) affliction
مَّسَّهُۥ ۚmassahu(that) touched him
كَذَٰلِكَkadhālikaThus
زُيِّنَzuyyina(it) is made fair seeming
لِلْمُسْرِفِينَlil'mus'rifīnato the extravagant
مَاwhat
كَانُوا۟kānūthey used (to)
يَعْمَلُونَyaʿmalūnado

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Man remembers Allah at Times of Adversity and forgets Him at Times of ProsperityAllah tells us about man and how he becomes annoyed and worried when he is touched with distress. وَإِذَا مَسَّهُ الشَّرُّ فَذُو دُعَآءٍ عَرِيضٍ(but when evil touches him, then he has recourse to long supplications.)41:51 `Long supplications' also means many supplications. When man suffers adversity he becomes worried and anxious. So he supplicates more. He prays to Allah to lift and remove the adversity.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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