Quran 10:12 — Yunus, verse 12
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
When trouble befalls man he cries out to Us, whether lying on his side, sitting, or standing, but as soon as We relieve him of his trouble he goes on his way as if he had never cried out to Us to remove his trouble. In this way the deeds of such heedless people are made attractive to them.
وَإِذَا مَسَّ الْإِنْسَانَ الضُّرُّ دَعَانَا لِجَنْبِهِ أَوْ قَاعِدًا أَوْ قَائِمًا فَلَمَّا كَشَفْنَا عَنْهُ ضُرَّهُ مَرَّ كَأَنْ لَمْ يَدْعُنَا إِلَىٰ ضُرٍّ مَسَّهُ ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ زُيِّنَ لِلْمُسْرِفِينَ مَا كَانُوا يَعْمَلُونَ
wa-idhā massa l-insāna l-ḍuru daʿānā lijanbihi aw qāʿidan aw qāiman falammā kashafnā ʿanhu ḍurrahu marra ka-an lam yadʿunā ilā ḍurrin massahu kadhālika zuyyina lil'mus'rifīna mā kānū yaʿmalūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- When affliction visits a man, he calls Us on his side, or sitting, or standing; but when We have removed his affliction from him, he passes on, as if he never called Us to an affliction that visited him. So decked out fair to the prodigal is that they have been doing.
- Muhammad Asad
- For [thus it is:] when affliction befalls man, he cries out unto Us, whether he be lying on his side or sitting or standing; but as soon as We have freed him of his affliction, he goes on as though he had never invoked Us to save him from the affliction that befell him! Thus do their own doings seem goodly unto those who waste their own selves.
- 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.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَإِذَاwa-idhā | And when | — |
| 2 | مَسَّmassa | touches | مسس |
| 3 | ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَl-insāna | the man | أنس |
| 4 | ٱلضُّرُّl-ḍuru | the affliction | ضرر |
| 5 | دَعَانَاdaʿānā | he calls Us | دعو |
| 6 | لِجَنۢبِهِۦٓlijanbihi | (lying) on his side | جنب |
| 7 | أَوْaw | or | — |
| 8 | قَاعِدًاqāʿidan | sitting | قعد |
| 9 | أَوْaw | or | — |
| 10 | قَآئِمًۭاqāiman | standing | قوم |
| 11 | فَلَمَّاfalammā | But when | — |
| 12 | كَشَفْنَاkashafnā | We remove | كشف |
| 13 | عَنْهُʿanhu | from him | — |
| 14 | ضُرَّهُۥḍurrahu | his affliction | ضرر |
| 15 | مَرَّmarra | he passes on | مرر |
| 16 | كَأَنka-an | as if he | — |
| 17 | لَّمْlam | (had) not | — |
| 18 | يَدْعُنَآyadʿunā | called Us | دعو |
| 19 | إِلَىٰilā | for | — |
| 20 | ضُرٍّۢḍurrin | (the) affliction | ضرر |
| 21 | مَّسَّهُۥ ۚmassahu | (that) touched him | مسس |
| 22 | كَذَٰلِكَkadhālika | Thus | — |
| 23 | زُيِّنَzuyyina | (it) is made fair seeming | زين |
| 24 | لِلْمُسْرِفِينَlil'mus'rifīna | to the extravagant | سرف |
| 25 | مَاmā | what | — |
| 26 | كَانُوا۟kānū | they used (to) | كون |
| 27 | يَعْمَلُونَyaʿmalūna | do | عمل |