Quran 11:9 — Hud, verse 9
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
How desperate and ungrateful man becomes when We let him taste Our mercy and then withhold it!
وَلَئِنْ أَذَقْنَا الْإِنْسَانَ مِنَّا رَحْمَةً ثُمَّ نَزَعْنَاهَا مِنْهُ إِنَّهُ لَيَئُوسٌ كَفُورٌ
wala-in adhaqnā l-insāna minnā raḥmatan thumma nazaʿnāhā min'hu innahu layaūsun kafūrun
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- And if We let a man taste mercy from Us, and then We wrest it from him, he is desperate, ungrateful.
- Muhammad Asad
- And thus it is: if We let man taste some of Our grace, and then take it away from him -behold, he abandons all hope, forgetting all gratitude [for Our past favours].
- Sahih International
- And if We give man a taste of mercy from Us and then We withdraw it from him, indeed, he is despairing and ungrateful.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَلَئِنْwala-in | And if | — |
| 2 | أَذَقْنَاadhaqnā | We give man a taste | ذوق |
| 3 | ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَl-insāna | We give man a taste | أنس |
| 4 | مِنَّاminnā | (of) Mercy from Us | — |
| 5 | رَحْمَةًۭraḥmatan | (of) Mercy from Us | رحم |
| 6 | ثُمَّthumma | then | — |
| 7 | نَزَعْنَـٰهَاnazaʿnāhā | We withdraw it | نزع |
| 8 | مِنْهُmin'hu | from him | — |
| 9 | إِنَّهُۥinnahu | indeed, he | — |
| 10 | لَيَـُٔوسٌۭlayaūsun | (is) despairing | يأس |
| 11 | كَفُورٌۭkafūrun | (and) ungrateful | كفر |