Surah Fussilat (فصلت) • Explained in Detail

Quran 41:50

41:50

وَلَئِنْ أَذَقْنَـٰهُ رَحْمَةً مِّنَّا مِنۢ بَعْدِ ضَرَّآءَ مَسَّتْهُ لَيَقُولَنَّ هَـٰذَا لِى وَمَآ أَظُنُّ ٱلسَّاعَةَ قَآئِمَةً وَلَئِن رُّجِعْتُ إِلَىٰ رَبِّىٓ إِنَّ لِى عِندَهُۥ لَلْحُسْنَىٰ ۚ فَلَنُنَبِّئَنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ بِمَا عَمِلُوا۟ وَلَنُذِيقَنَّهُم مِّنْ عَذَابٍ غَلِيظٍ

wala-in adhaqnāhu raḥmatan minnā min baʿdi ḍarrāa massathu layaqūlanna hādhā lī wamā aẓunnu l-sāʿata qāimatan wala-in rujiʿ'tu ilā rabbī inna lī ʿindahu lalḥus'nā falanunabbi-anna alladhīna kafarū bimā ʿamilū walanudhīqannahum min ʿadhābin ghalīẓin

And if We let him taste mercy from Us after an adversity which has touched him, he will surely say, "This is [due] to me, and I do not think the Hour will occur; and [even] if I should be returned to my Lord, indeed, for me there will be with Him the best." But We will surely inform those who disbelieved about what they did, and We will surely make them taste a massive punishment.

— Saheeh International

Whenever We let him taste some of Our mercy after he has been afflicted, he is sure to say, ‘This is all my own doing: I do not think the Hour will ever come, but even if I were to be taken back to my Lord, the best reward would await me with Him.’ We shall most certainly inform the disbelievers of what they have done and give them a taste of severe torment.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And truly, if We give him a taste of mercy from Us, after some adversity (severe poverty or disease, etc.) has touched him, he is sure to say: "This is due to my (merit); I think not that the Hour will be established. But if I am brought back to my Lord, surely, there will be for me the best (wealth) with Him. Then, We verily, will show to the disbelievers what they have done, and We shall make them taste a severe torment.

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

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Word by Word

وَلَئِنْwala-inAnd verily, if
أَذَقْنَـٰهُadhaqnāhuWe let him taste
رَحْمَةًۭraḥmatanmercy
مِّنَّاminnāfrom Us
مِنۢminafter
بَعْدِbaʿdiafter
ضَرَّآءَḍarrāaan adversity
مَسَّتْهُmassathu(has) touched him
لَيَقُولَنَّlayaqūlannahe will surely say
هَـٰذَاhādhāThis (is)
لِىlī(due) to me
وَمَآwamāand not
أَظُنُّaẓunnuI think
ٱلسَّاعَةَl-sāʿatathe Hour
قَآئِمَةًۭqāimatan(will be) established
وَلَئِنwala-inand if
رُّجِعْتُrujiʿ'tuI am returned
إِلَىٰilāto
رَبِّىٓrabbīmy Lord
إِنَّinnaindeed
لِىlīfor me
عِندَهُۥʿindahuwith Him
لَلْحُسْنَىٰۚlalḥus'nā(will be) the best
فَلَنُنَبِّئَنَّfalanunabbi-annaBut We will surely inform
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
كَفَرُوا۟kafarūdisbelieved
بِمَاbimāabout what
عَمِلُوا۟ʿamilūthey did
وَلَنُذِيقَنَّهُمwalanudhīqannahumand We will surely make them taste
مِّنْminof
عَذَابٍʿadhābina punishment
غَلِيظٍۢghalīẓinsevere