Surah Al-Isra (الإسراء) • The Night Journey

Quran 17:83

17:83

وَإِذَآ أَنْعَمْنَا عَلَى ٱلْإِنسَـٰنِ أَعْرَضَ وَنَـَٔا بِجَانِبِهِۦ ۖ وَإِذَا مَسَّهُ ٱلشَّرُّ كَانَ يَـُٔوسًا

wa-idhā anʿamnā ʿalā l-insāni aʿraḍa wanaā bijānibihi wa-idhā massahu l-sharu kāna yaūsan

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.

— Saheeh International

When We favour man he turns arrogantly to one side, but when harm touches him, he falls into despair.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And when We bestow Our Grace on man (the disbeliever), he turns away and becomes arrogant (far away from the Right Path). And when evil touches him, he is in great despair.

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

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Word by Word

وَإِذَآwa-idhāAnd when
أَنْعَمْنَاanʿamnāWe bestow favor
عَلَىʿalāon
ٱلْإِنسَـٰنِl-insāniman
أَعْرَضَaʿraḍahe turns away
وَنَـَٔاwanaāand becomes remote
بِجَانِبِهِۦۖbijānibihion his side
وَإِذَاwa-idhāAnd when
مَسَّهُmassahutouches him
ٱلشَّرُّl-sharuthe evil
كَانَkānahe is
يَـُٔوسًۭاyaūsan(in) despair