Surah Al-Isra (الإسراء) • The Night Journey

Quran 17:67

17:67

وَإِذَا مَسَّكُمُ ٱلضُّرُّ فِى ٱلْبَحْرِ ضَلَّ مَن تَدْعُونَ إِلَّآ إِيَّاهُ ۖ فَلَمَّا نَجَّىٰكُمْ إِلَى ٱلْبَرِّ أَعْرَضْتُمْ ۚ وَكَانَ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ كَفُورًا

wa-idhā massakumu l-ḍuru fī l-baḥri ḍalla man tadʿūna illā iyyāhu falammā najjākum ilā l-bari aʿraḍtum wakāna l-insānu kafūran

And when adversity touches you at sea, lost are [all] those you invoke except for Him. But when He delivers you to the land, you turn away [from Him]. And ever is man ungrateful.

— Saheeh International

When you get into distress at sea, those you pray to besides Him desert you, but when He brings you back safe to land you turn away: man is ever ungrateful.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And when harm touches you upon the sea, those that you call upon vanish from you except Him (Allâh Alone). But when He brings you safe to land, you turn away (from Him). And man is ever ungrateful.

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

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Word by Word

وَإِذَاwa-idhāAnd when
مَسَّكُمُmassakumutouches you
ٱلضُّرُّl-ḍuruthe hardship
فِىfīin
ٱلْبَحْرِl-baḥrithe sea
ضَلَّḍallalost
مَنman(are) who
تَدْعُونَtadʿūnayou call
إِلَّآillāexcept
إِيَّاهُۖiyyāhuHim Alone
فَلَمَّاfalammāBut when
نَجَّىٰكُمْnajjākumHe delivers you
إِلَىilāto
ٱلْبَرِّl-barithe land
أَعْرَضْتُمْۚaʿraḍtumyou turn away
وَكَانَwakānaAnd is
ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُl-insānuman
كَفُورًاkafūranungrateful