Surah Ar-Rum (الروم) • The Romans

Quran 30:36

30:36

وَإِذَآ أَذَقْنَا ٱلنَّاسَ رَحْمَةً فَرِحُوا۟ بِهَا ۖ وَإِن تُصِبْهُمْ سَيِّئَةٌۢ بِمَا قَدَّمَتْ أَيْدِيهِمْ إِذَا هُمْ يَقْنَطُونَ

wa-idhā adhaqnā l-nāsa raḥmatan fariḥū bihā wa-in tuṣib'hum sayyi-atun bimā qaddamat aydīhim idhā hum yaqnaṭūna

And when We let the people taste mercy, they rejoice therein, but if evil afflicts them for what their hands have put forth, immediately they despair.

— Saheeh International

When We give people a taste of Our blessing, they rejoice, but when something bad happens to them- because of their own actions- they fall into utter despair.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And when We cause mankind to taste of mercy, they rejoice therein; but when some evil afflicts them because of (evil deeds and sins) that their (own) hands have sent forth, behold, they are in despair!

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

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Word by Word

وَإِذَآwa-idhāAnd when
أَذَقْنَاadhaqnāWe cause people to taste
ٱلنَّاسَl-nāsaWe cause people to taste
رَحْمَةًۭraḥmatanmercy
فَرِحُوا۟fariḥūthey rejoice
بِهَاۖbihātherein
وَإِنwa-inBut if
تُصِبْهُمْtuṣib'humafflicts them
سَيِّئَةٌۢsayyi-atunan evil
بِمَاbimāfor what
قَدَّمَتْqaddamathave sent forth
أَيْدِيهِمْaydīhimtheir hands
إِذَاidhābehold
هُمْhumThey
يَقْنَطُونَyaqnaṭūnadespair