Surah Az-Zumar (الزمر) • The Troops

Quran 39:8

39:8

۞ وَإِذَا مَسَّ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ ضُرٌّ دَعَا رَبَّهُۥ مُنِيبًا إِلَيْهِ ثُمَّ إِذَا خَوَّلَهُۥ نِعْمَةً مِّنْهُ نَسِىَ مَا كَانَ يَدْعُوٓا۟ إِلَيْهِ مِن قَبْلُ وَجَعَلَ لِلَّهِ أَندَادًا لِّيُضِلَّ عَن سَبِيلِهِۦ ۚ قُلْ تَمَتَّعْ بِكُفْرِكَ قَلِيلًا ۖ إِنَّكَ مِنْ أَصْحَـٰبِ ٱلنَّارِ

wa-idhā massa l-insāna ḍurrun daʿā rabbahu munīban ilayhi thumma idhā khawwalahu niʿ'matan min'hu nasiya mā kāna yadʿū ilayhi min qablu wajaʿala lillahi andādan liyuḍilla ʿan sabīlihi qul tamattaʿ bikuf'rika qalīlan innaka min aṣḥābi l-nāri

And when adversity touches man, he calls upon his Lord, turning to Him [alone]; then when He bestows on him a favor from Himself, he forgets Him whom he called upon before, and he attributes to Allāh equals to mislead [people] from His way. Say, "Enjoy your disbelief for a little; indeed, you are of the companions of the Fire."

— Saheeh International

When man suffers some affliction, he prays to his Lord and turns to Him, but once he has been granted a favour from God, he forgets the One he had been praying to and sets up rivals to God, to make others stray from His path. Say, ‘Enjoy your ingratitude for a little while: you will be one of the inhabitants of the Fire.’

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And when some hurt touches man, he cries to his Lord (Allâh Alone), turning to Him in repentance. But when He bestows a favour upon him from Himself, he forgets that for which he cried for before, and he sets up rivals to Allâh, in order to mislead others from His Path. Say: "Take pleasure in your disbelief for a while: surely you are (one) of the dwellers of the Fire!"

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

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۞ وَإِذَاwa-idhāAnd when
مَسَّmassatouches
ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَl-insāna[the] man
ضُرٌّۭḍurrunadversity
دَعَاdaʿāhe calls
رَبَّهُۥrabbahuhis Lord
مُنِيبًاmunībanturning
إِلَيْهِilayhito Him
ثُمَّthummathen
إِذَاidhāwhen
خَوَّلَهُۥkhawwalahuHe bestows on him
نِعْمَةًۭniʿ'matana favor
مِّنْهُmin'hufrom Himself
نَسِىَnasiyahe forgets
مَاmā(for) what
كَانَkānahe used to call
يَدْعُوٓا۟yadʿūhe used to call
إِلَيْهِilayhi[to] Him
مِنminbefore
قَبْلُqablubefore
وَجَعَلَwajaʿalaand he sets up
لِلَّهِlillahito Allah
أَندَادًۭاandādanrivals
لِّيُضِلَّliyuḍillato mislead
عَنʿanfrom
سَبِيلِهِۦۚsabīlihiHis Path
قُلْqulSay
تَمَتَّعْtamattaʿEnjoy
بِكُفْرِكَbikuf'rikain your disbelief
قَلِيلًاۖqalīlan(for) a little
إِنَّكَinnakaIndeed, you
مِنْmin(are) of
أَصْحَـٰبِaṣḥābi(the) companions
ٱلنَّارِl-nāri(of) the Fire