Surah Az-Zumar (الزمر) • The Troops

Quran 39:49

39:49

فَإِذَا مَسَّ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ ضُرٌّ دَعَانَا ثُمَّ إِذَا خَوَّلْنَـٰهُ نِعْمَةً مِّنَّا قَالَ إِنَّمَآ أُوتِيتُهُۥ عَلَىٰ عِلْمٍۭ ۚ بَلْ هِىَ فِتْنَةٌ وَلَـٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَهُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ

fa-idhā massa l-insāna ḍurrun daʿānā thumma idhā khawwalnāhu niʿ'matan minnā qāla innamā ūtītuhu ʿalā ʿil'min bal hiya fit'natun walākinna aktharahum lā yaʿlamūna

And when adversity touches man, he calls upon Us; then when We bestow on him a favor from Us, he says, "I have only been given it because of [my] knowledge." Rather, it is a trial, but most of them do not know.

— Saheeh International

When man suffers some affliction, he cries out to Us, but when We favour him with Our blessing, he says, ‘All this has been given to me because of my knowledge’- it is only a test, though most of them do not know it.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

When harm touches man, he calls to Us (for help); then when We have (rescued him from that harm and) changed it into a favour from Us, he says: "Only because of knowledge (that I possess) I obtained it." Nay, it is only a trial, but most of them know not!

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

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Word by Word

فَإِذَاfa-idhāSo when
مَسَّmassatouches
ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَl-insāna[the] man
ضُرٌّۭḍurrunadversity
دَعَانَاdaʿānāhe calls upon Us
ثُمَّthummathen
إِذَاidhāwhen
خَوَّلْنَـٰهُkhawwalnāhuWe bestow (on) him
نِعْمَةًۭniʿ'matana favor
مِّنَّاminnāfrom Us
قَالَqālahe says
إِنَّمَآinnamāOnly
أُوتِيتُهُۥūtītuhuI have been given it
عَلَىٰʿalāfor
عِلْمٍۭۚʿil'minknowledge
بَلْbalNay
هِىَhiyait
فِتْنَةٌۭfit'natun(is) a trial
وَلَـٰكِنَّwalākinnabut
أَكْثَرَهُمْaktharahummost of them
لَاlā(do) not
يَعْلَمُونَyaʿlamūnaknow