Quran 89:16 — Al-Fajr, verse 16
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
but when He tries him through the restriction of his provision, he says, ‘My Lord has humiliated me.’
وَأَمَّا إِذَا مَا ابْتَلَاهُ فَقَدَرَ عَلَيْهِ رِزْقَهُ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّي أَهَانَنِ
wa-ammā idhā mā ib'talāhu faqadara ʿalayhi riz'qahu fayaqūlu rabbī ahānani
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- But when he tries him and stints for him his provision, then he says, 'My Lord has despised me.'
- Muhammad Asad
- whereas, whenever He tries him by straitening his means of livelihood, he says, "My Sustainer has disgraced me!"
- Sahih International
- But when He tries him and restricts his provision, he says, "My Lord has humiliated me."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَأَمَّآwa-ammā | But | — |
| 2 | إِذَاidhā | when | — |
| 3 | مَاmā | does | — |
| 4 | ٱبْتَلَىٰهُib'talāhu | He try him | بلو |
| 5 | فَقَدَرَfaqadara | and restricts | قدر |
| 6 | عَلَيْهِʿalayhi | for him | — |
| 7 | رِزْقَهُۥriz'qahu | his provision | رزق |
| 8 | فَيَقُولُfayaqūlu | then he says | قول |
| 9 | رَبِّىٓrabbī | My Lord | ربب |
| 10 | أَهَـٰنَنِahānani | (has) humiliated me | هون |