Surah Fussilat, ayah 51
وَإِذَآ أَنْعَمْنَا عَلَى ٱلْإِنسَـٰنِ أَعْرَضَ وَنَـَٔا بِجَانِبِهِۦ وَإِذَا مَسَّهُ ٱلشَّرُّ فَذُو دُعَآءٍ عَرِيضٍ
And when We bestow favor upon man, he turns away and distances himself; but when evil touches him, then he is full of extensive supplication.
Fussilat · 41:51
Word by word
- وَإِذَآwa-idhāAnd when
- أَنْعَمْنَاanʿamnāWe bestow favor
- عَلَىʿalāupon
- ٱلْإِنسَـٰنِl-insāniman
- أَعْرَضَaʿraḍahe turns away
- وَنَـَٔاwanaāand distances himself
- بِجَانِبِهِۦbijānibihiand distances himself
- وَإِذَاwa-idhābut when
- مَسَّهُmassahutouches him
- ٱلشَّرُّl-sharuthe evil
- فَذُوfadhūthen (he is) full
- دُعَآءٍduʿāin(of) supplication
- عَرِيضٍۢʿarīḍinlengthy
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