Surah Az-Zumar, ayah 49
فَإِذَا مَسَّ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ ضُرٌّ دَعَانَا ثُمَّ إِذَا خَوَّلْنَـٰهُ نِعْمَةً مِّنَّا قَالَ إِنَّمَآ أُوتِيتُهُۥ عَلَىٰ عِلْمٍۭ ۚ بَلْ هِىَ فِتْنَةٌ وَلَـٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَهُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ
And when adversity touches man, he calls upon Us; then when We bestow on him a favor from Us, he says, "I have only been given it because of [my] knowledge." Rather, it is a trial, but most of them do not know.
Az-Zumar · 39:49
Word by word
- فَإِذَاfa-idhāSo when
- مَسَّmassatouches
- ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَl-insāna[the] man
- ضُرٌّۭḍurrunadversity
- دَعَانَاdaʿānāhe calls upon Us
- ثُمَّthummathen
- إِذَاidhāwhen
- خَوَّلْنَـٰهُkhawwalnāhuWe bestow (on) him
- نِعْمَةًۭniʿ'matana favor
- مِّنَّاminnāfrom Us
- قَالَqālahe says
- إِنَّمَآinnamāOnly
- أُوتِيتُهُۥūtītuhuI have been given it
- عَلَىٰʿalāfor
- عِلْمٍۭ ۚʿil'minknowledge
- بَلْbalNay
- هِىَhiyait
- فِتْنَةٌۭfit'natun(is) a trial
- وَلَـٰكِنَّwalākinnabut
- أَكْثَرَهُمْaktharahummost of them
- لَاlā(do) not
- يَعْلَمُونَyaʿlamūnaknow
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