Quran 89:15 — Al-Fajr, verse 15
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
[The nature of] man is that, when his Lord tries him through honour and blessings, he says, ‘My Lord has honoured me,’
فَأَمَّا الْإِنْسَانُ إِذَا مَا ابْتَلَاهُ رَبُّهُ فَأَكْرَمَهُ وَنَعَّمَهُ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّي أَكْرَمَنِ
fa-ammā l-insānu idhā mā ib'talāhu rabbuhu fa-akramahu wanaʿʿamahu fayaqūlu rabbī akramani
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- As for man, whenever his Lord tries him, and honours him, and blesses him, then he says, 'My Lord has honoured me.'
- Muhammad Asad
- BUT AS FOR man, whenever his Sustainer tries him by His generosity and by letting him enjoy a life of ease, he says, "My Sustainer has been [justly] generous towards me";
- Sahih International
- And as for man, when his Lord tries him and [thus] is generous to him and favors him, he says, "My Lord has honored me."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | فَأَمَّاfa-ammā | And as for | — |
| 2 | ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُl-insānu | man | أنس |
| 3 | إِذَاidhā | when | — |
| 4 | مَاmā | does | — |
| 5 | ٱبْتَلَىٰهُib'talāhu | try him | بلو |
| 6 | رَبُّهُۥrabbuhu | his Lord | ربب |
| 7 | فَأَكْرَمَهُۥfa-akramahu | and is generous to him | كرم |
| 8 | وَنَعَّمَهُۥwanaʿʿamahu | and favors him | نعم |
| 9 | فَيَقُولُfayaqūlu | he says | قول |
| 10 | رَبِّىٓrabbī | My Lord | ربب |
| 11 | أَكْرَمَنِakramani | has honored me | كرم |