Quran 42:48 — Ash-Shura, verse 48
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
If they still turn away [remember that], We have not sent you [Prophet] to be their guardian: your only duty is to deliver the message. When We give man a taste of Our mercy, he rejoices in it, but if some harm befalls him on account of what he has done with his own hands, then he is ungrateful.
فَإِنْ أَعْرَضُوا فَمَا أَرْسَلْنَاكَ عَلَيْهِمْ حَفِيظًا ۖ إِنْ عَلَيْكَ إِلَّا الْبَلَاغُ ۗ وَإِنَّا إِذَا أَذَقْنَا الْإِنْسَانَ مِنَّا رَحْمَةً فَرِحَ بِهَا ۖ وَإِنْ تُصِبْهُمْ سَيِّئَةٌ بِمَا قَدَّمَتْ أَيْدِيهِمْ فَإِنَّ الْإِنْسَانَ كَفُورٌ
fa-in aʿraḍū famā arsalnāka ʿalayhim ḥafīẓan in ʿalayka illā l-balāghu wa-innā idhā adhaqnā l-insāna minnā raḥmatan fariḥa bihā wa-in tuṣib'hum sayyi-atun bimā qaddamat aydīhim fa-inna l-insāna kafūrun
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- But if they turn away, We sent thee not to be a guardian over them. It is for thee only to deliver the Message. And when We let man taste mercy from Us, he rejoices in it; but if some evil befalls him for that his own hands have forwarded, then surely man is unthankful.
- Muhammad Asad
- BUT IF they turn away [from thee, O Prophet, know that] We have not sent thee to be their keeper: thou art not bound to do more than deliver the message [entrusted to thee]. And, behold, [such as turn away from Our messages are but impelled by the weakness and inconstancy of human nature: thus,] when We give man a taste of Our grace, he is prone to exult in it; but if misfortune befalls [any of] them in result of what their own hands have sent forth, then, behold, man shows how bereft he is of all gratitude!
- Sahih International
- But if they turn away - then We have not sent you, [O Muḥammad], over them as a guardian; upon you is only [the duty of] notification. And indeed, when We let man taste mercy from Us, he rejoices in it; but if evil afflicts him for what his hands have put forth, then indeed, man is ungrateful.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | فَإِنْfa-in | Then if | — |
| 2 | أَعْرَضُوا۟aʿraḍū | they turn away | عرض |
| 3 | فَمَآfamā | then not | — |
| 4 | أَرْسَلْنَـٰكَarsalnāka | We have sent you | رسل |
| 5 | عَلَيْهِمْʿalayhim | over them | — |
| 6 | حَفِيظًا ۖḥafīẓan | (as) a guardian | حفظ |
| 7 | إِنْin | Not | — |
| 8 | عَلَيْكَʿalayka | (is) on you | — |
| 9 | إِلَّاillā | except | — |
| 10 | ٱلْبَلَـٰغُ ۗl-balāghu | the conveyance | بلغ |
| 11 | وَإِنَّآwa-innā | And indeed | — |
| 12 | إِذَآidhā | when | — |
| 13 | أَذَقْنَاadhaqnā | We cause to taste | ذوق |
| 14 | ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَl-insāna | [the] man | أنس |
| 15 | مِنَّاminnā | from Us | — |
| 16 | رَحْمَةًۭraḥmatan | Mercy | رحم |
| 17 | فَرِحَfariḥa | he rejoices | فرح |
| 18 | بِهَا ۖbihā | in it | — |
| 19 | وَإِنwa-in | But if | — |
| 20 | تُصِبْهُمْtuṣib'hum | befalls them | صوب |
| 21 | سَيِّئَةٌۢsayyi-atun | evil | سوأ |
| 22 | بِمَاbimā | for what | — |
| 23 | قَدَّمَتْqaddamat | have sent forth | قدم |
| 24 | أَيْدِيهِمْaydīhim | their hands | يدي |
| 25 | فَإِنَّfa-inna | then indeed | — |
| 26 | ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَl-insāna | [the] man | أنس |
| 27 | كَفُورٌۭkafūrun | (is) ungrateful | كفر |