Surah Fussilat (فصلت) • Explained in Detail

Quran 41:49

41:49

لَّا يَسْـَٔمُ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ مِن دُعَآءِ ٱلْخَيْرِ وَإِن مَّسَّهُ ٱلشَّرُّ فَيَـُٔوسٌ قَنُوطٌ

lā yasamu l-insānu min duʿāi l-khayri wa-in massahu l-sharu fayaūsun qanūṭun

Man is not weary of supplication for good [things], but if evil touches him, he is hopeless and despairing.

— Saheeh International

Man never tires of asking for good, but if evil touches him he loses all hope and becomes despondent.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

Man (the disbeliever) does not get tired of asking good (things from Allâh); but if an evil touches him, then he gives up all hope and is lost in despair.

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

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Word by Word

لَّاlā(Does) not
يَسْـَٔمُyasamuget tired
ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُl-insānuman
مِنminof
دُعَآءِduʿāipraying
ٱلْخَيْرِl-khayri(for) the good
وَإِنwa-inbut if
مَّسَّهُmassahutouches him
ٱلشَّرُّl-sharuthe evil
فَيَـُٔوسٌۭfayaūsunthen he gives up hope
قَنُوطٌۭqanūṭun(and) despairs