Quran 9:50 — At-Tawba, verse 50
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
If you [Prophet] have good fortune, it will grieve them, but if misfortune comes your way, they will say to themselves, ‘We took precautions for this,’ and go away rejoicing.
إِنْ تُصِبْكَ حَسَنَةٌ تَسُؤْهُمْ ۖ وَإِنْ تُصِبْكَ مُصِيبَةٌ يَقُولُوا قَدْ أَخَذْنَا أَمْرَنَا مِنْ قَبْلُ وَيَتَوَلَّوْا وَهُمْ فَرِحُونَ
in tuṣib'ka ḥasanatun tasu'hum wa-in tuṣib'ka muṣībatun yaqūlū qad akhadhnā amranā min qablu wayatawallaw wahum fariḥūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- If good fortune befalls thee, it vexes them; but if thou art visited by an affliction, they say, 'We took our dispositions before', and turn away, rejoicing.
- Muhammad Asad
- Should good fortune alight on thee, [O Prophet,] it will grieve them; and should misfortune befall thee, they will say [to themselves], "We have already taken our precautions beforehand!" - and will turn away, and will rejoice.
- Sahih International
- If good befalls you, it distresses them; but if disaster strikes you, they say, "We took our matter [in hand] before," and turn away while they are rejoicing.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | إِنin | If | — |
| 2 | تُصِبْكَtuṣib'ka | befalls you | صوب |
| 3 | حَسَنَةٌۭḥasanatun | good | حسن |
| 4 | تَسُؤْهُمْ ۖtasu'hum | it distresses them | سوأ |
| 5 | وَإِنwa-in | but if | — |
| 6 | تُصِبْكَtuṣib'ka | befalls you | صوب |
| 7 | مُصِيبَةٌۭmuṣībatun | a calamity | صوب |
| 8 | يَقُولُوا۟yaqūlū | they say | قول |
| 9 | قَدْqad | Verily | — |
| 10 | أَخَذْنَآakhadhnā | we took | أخذ |
| 11 | أَمْرَنَاamranā | our matter | أمر |
| 12 | مِنmin | before | — |
| 13 | قَبْلُqablu | before | قبل |
| 14 | وَيَتَوَلَّوا۟wayatawallaw | And they turn away | ولي |
| 15 | وَّهُمْwahum | while they | — |
| 16 | فَرِحُونَfariḥūna | (are) rejoicing | فرح |