Quran 39:49 — Az-Zumar, verse 49
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
When man suffers some affliction, he cries out to Us, but when We favour him with Our blessing, he says, ‘All this has been given to me because of my knowledge’- it is only a test, though most of them do not know it.
فَإِذَا مَسَّ الْإِنْسَانَ ضُرٌّ دَعَانَا ثُمَّ إِذَا خَوَّلْنَاهُ نِعْمَةً مِنَّا قَالَ إِنَّمَا أُوتِيتُهُ عَلَىٰ عِلْمٍ ۚ بَلْ هِيَ فِتْنَةٌ وَلَـٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَهُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ
fa-idhā massa l-insāna ḍurrun daʿānā thumma idhā khawwalnāhu niʿ'matan minnā qāla innamā ūtītuhu ʿalā ʿil'min bal hiya fit'natun walākinna aktharahum lā yaʿlamūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- When some affliction visits a man, he calls unto Us; then, when We confer on him a blessing from Us, he says, 'I was given it only because of a knowledge.' Nay, it is a trial, but most of them do not know it.
- Muhammad Asad
- NOW [thus it is:] when affliction befalls man, he cries out unto Us for help; but when We bestow upon him a boon by Our grace, he says [to himself], “I have been given [all] this by virtue of [my own] wisdom!” Nay, this [bestowal of grace] is a trial: but most of them understand it not!
- 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.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | فَإِذَاfa-idhā | So when | — |
| 2 | مَسَّmassa | touches | مسس |
| 3 | ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَl-insāna | [the] man | أنس |
| 4 | ضُرٌّۭḍurrun | adversity | ضرر |
| 5 | دَعَانَاdaʿānā | he calls upon Us | دعو |
| 6 | ثُمَّthumma | then | — |
| 7 | إِذَاidhā | when | — |
| 8 | خَوَّلْنَـٰهُkhawwalnāhu | We bestow (on) him | خول |
| 9 | نِعْمَةًۭniʿ'matan | a favor | نعم |
| 10 | مِّنَّاminnā | from Us | — |
| 11 | قَالَqāla | he says | قول |
| 12 | إِنَّمَآinnamā | Only | — |
| 13 | أُوتِيتُهُۥūtītuhu | I have been given it | أتي |
| 14 | عَلَىٰʿalā | for | — |
| 15 | عِلْمٍۭ ۚʿil'min | knowledge | علم |
| 16 | بَلْbal | Nay | — |
| 17 | هِىَhiya | it | — |
| 18 | فِتْنَةٌۭfit'natun | (is) a trial | فتن |
| 19 | وَلَـٰكِنَّwalākinna | but | — |
| 20 | أَكْثَرَهُمْaktharahum | most of them | كثر |
| 21 | لَاlā | (do) not | — |
| 22 | يَعْلَمُونَyaʿlamūna | know | علم |