Quran 17:67 — Al-Israa, verse 67
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
When you get into distress at sea, those you pray to besides Him desert you, but when He brings you back safe to land you turn away: man is ever ungrateful.
وَإِذَا مَسَّكُمُ الضُّرُّ فِي الْبَحْرِ ضَلَّ مَنْ تَدْعُونَ إِلَّا إِيَّاهُ ۖ فَلَمَّا نَجَّاكُمْ إِلَى الْبَرِّ أَعْرَضْتُمْ ۚ وَكَانَ الْإِنْسَانُ كَفُورًا
wa-idhā massakumu l-ḍuru fī l-baḥri ḍalla man tadʿūna illā iyyāhu falammā najjākum ilā l-bari aʿraḍtum wakāna l-insānu kafūran
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- And when affliction visits you upon the sea, then there go astray those on whom you call except Him; and when He delivers you to land, you turn away; man is ever unthankful.
- Muhammad Asad
- And whenever danger befalls you at sea, all those (powers] that you are wont to invoke forsake you, [and nothing remains for you] save Him: but as soon as He has brought you safe ashore, you turn aside [and forget Him]-for, indeed, bereft of all gratitude is man!
- Sahih International
- And when adversity touches you at sea, lost are [all] those you invoke except for Him. But when He delivers you to the land, you turn away [from Him]. And ever is man ungrateful.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَإِذَاwa-idhā | And when | — |
| 2 | مَسَّكُمُmassakumu | touches you | مسس |
| 3 | ٱلضُّرُّl-ḍuru | the hardship | ضرر |
| 4 | فِىfī | in | — |
| 5 | ٱلْبَحْرِl-baḥri | the sea | بحر |
| 6 | ضَلَّḍalla | lost | ضلل |
| 7 | مَنman | (are) who | — |
| 8 | تَدْعُونَtadʿūna | you call | دعو |
| 9 | إِلَّآillā | except | — |
| 10 | إِيَّاهُ ۖiyyāhu | Him Alone | — |
| 11 | فَلَمَّاfalammā | But when | — |
| 12 | نَجَّىٰكُمْnajjākum | He delivers you | نجو |
| 13 | إِلَىilā | to | — |
| 14 | ٱلْبَرِّl-bari | the land | برر |
| 15 | أَعْرَضْتُمْ ۚaʿraḍtum | you turn away | عرض |
| 16 | وَكَانَwakāna | And is | كون |
| 17 | ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُl-insānu | man | أنس |
| 18 | كَفُورًاkafūran | ungrateful | كفر |