Surah Al-Isra, ayah 83
وَإِذَآ أَنْعَمْنَا عَلَى ٱلْإِنسَـٰنِ أَعْرَضَ وَنَـَٔا بِجَانِبِهِۦ ۖ وَإِذَا مَسَّهُ ٱلشَّرُّ كَانَ يَـُٔوسًا
And when We bestow favor upon man [i.e., the disbeliever], he turns away and distances himself; and when evil touches him, he is ever despairing.
Al-Isra · 17:83
Word by word
- وَإِذَآwa-idhāAnd when
- أَنْعَمْنَاanʿamnāWe bestow favor
- عَلَىʿalāon
- ٱلْإِنسَـٰنِl-insāniman
- أَعْرَضَaʿraḍahe turns away
- وَنَـَٔاwanaāand becomes remote
- بِجَانِبِهِۦ ۖbijānibihion his side
- وَإِذَاwa-idhāAnd when
- مَسَّهُmassahutouches him
- ٱلشَّرُّl-sharuthe evil
- كَانَkānahe is
- يَـُٔوسًۭاyaūsan(in) despair
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