Quran 41:49 — Fussilat, verse 49
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Man never tires of asking for good, but if evil touches him he loses all hope and becomes despondent.
لَا يَسْأَمُ الْإِنْسَانُ مِنْ دُعَاءِ الْخَيْرِ وَإِنْ مَسَّهُ الشَّرُّ فَيَئُوسٌ قَنُوطٌ
lā yasamu l-insānu min duʿāi l-khayri wa-in massahu l-sharu fayaūsun qanūṭun
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Man wearies not of praying for good; but when evil visits him, then he is cast down and desperate.
- Muhammad Asad
- MAN NEVER TIRES of asking for the good [things of life]; and if evil fortune touches him, he abandons all hope, giving himself up to despair.
- Sahih International
- Man is not weary of supplication for good [things], but if evil touches him, he is hopeless and despairing.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | لَّاlā | (Does) not | — |
| 2 | يَسْـَٔمُyasamu | get tired | سأم |
| 3 | ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُl-insānu | man | أنس |
| 4 | مِنmin | of | — |
| 5 | دُعَآءِduʿāi | praying | دعو |
| 6 | ٱلْخَيْرِl-khayri | (for) the good | خير |
| 7 | وَإِنwa-in | but if | — |
| 8 | مَّسَّهُmassahu | touches him | مسس |
| 9 | ٱلشَّرُّl-sharu | the evil | شرر |
| 10 | فَيَـُٔوسٌۭfayaūsun | then he gives up hope | يأس |
| 11 | قَنُوطٌۭqanūṭun | (and) despairs | قنط |