Surah Yunus (يونس) • Jonah

Quran 10:12

10:12

وَإِذَا مَسَّ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ ٱلضُّرُّ دَعَانَا لِجَنۢبِهِۦٓ أَوْ قَاعِدًا أَوْ قَآئِمًا فَلَمَّا كَشَفْنَا عَنْهُ ضُرَّهُۥ مَرَّ كَأَن لَّمْ يَدْعُنَآ إِلَىٰ ضُرٍّ مَّسَّهُۥ ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ زُيِّنَ لِلْمُسْرِفِينَ مَا كَانُوا۟ يَعْمَلُونَ

wa-idhā massa l-insāna l-ḍuru daʿānā lijanbihi aw qāʿidan aw qāiman falammā kashafnā ʿanhu ḍurrahu marra ka-an lam yadʿunā ilā ḍurrin massahu kadhālika zuyyina lil'mus'rifīna mā kānū yaʿmalūna

And when affliction touches man, he calls upon Us, whether lying on his side or sitting or standing; but when We remove from him his affliction, he continues [in disobedience] as if he had never called upon Us to [remove] an affliction that touched him. Thus is made pleasing to the transgressors that which they have been doing.

— Saheeh International

When trouble befalls man he cries out to Us, whether lying on his side, sitting, or standing, but as soon as We relieve him of his trouble he goes on his way as if he had never cried out to Us to remove his trouble. In this way the deeds of such heedless people are made attractive to them.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And when harm touches man, he invokes Us, lying on his side, or sitting or standing. But when We have removed his harm from him, he passes on as if he had never invoked Us for a harm that touched him! Thus it is made fair-seeming to the Musrifûn that which they used to do.

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

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Word by Word

وَإِذَاwa-idhāAnd when
مَسَّmassatouches
ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَl-insānathe man
ٱلضُّرُّl-ḍuruthe affliction
دَعَانَاdaʿānāhe calls Us
لِجَنۢبِهِۦٓlijanbihi(lying) on his side
أَوْawor
قَاعِدًاqāʿidansitting
أَوْawor
قَآئِمًۭاqāimanstanding
فَلَمَّاfalammāBut when
كَشَفْنَاkashafnāWe remove
عَنْهُʿanhufrom him
ضُرَّهُۥḍurrahuhis affliction
مَرَّmarrahe passes on
كَأَنka-anas if he
لَّمْlam(had) not
يَدْعُنَآyadʿunācalled Us
إِلَىٰilāfor
ضُرٍّۢḍurrin(the) affliction
مَّسَّهُۥۚmassahu(that) touched him
كَذَٰلِكَkadhālikaThus
زُيِّنَzuyyina(it) is made fair seeming
لِلْمُسْرِفِينَlil'mus'rifīnato the extravagant
مَاmāwhat
كَانُوا۟kānūthey used (to)
يَعْمَلُونَyaʿmalūnado