Surah Fussilat (فصلت) • Explained in Detail

Quran 41:51

41:51

وَإِذَآ أَنْعَمْنَا عَلَى ٱلْإِنسَـٰنِ أَعْرَضَ وَنَـَٔا بِجَانِبِهِۦ وَإِذَا مَسَّهُ ٱلشَّرُّ فَذُو دُعَآءٍ عَرِيضٍ

wa-idhā anʿamnā ʿalā l-insāni aʿraḍa wanaā bijānibihi wa-idhā massahu l-sharu fadhū duʿāin ʿarīḍin

And when We bestow favor upon man, he turns away and distances himself; but when evil touches him, then he is full of extensive supplication.

— Saheeh International

Whenever We are gracious to man, he goes away haughtily, but, as soon as evil touches him, he turns to prolonged prayer.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And when We show favour to man, he withdraws and turns away; but when evil touches him, then he has recourse to long supplications.

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

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Word by Word

وَإِذَآwa-idhāAnd when
أَنْعَمْنَاanʿamnāWe bestow favor
عَلَىʿalāupon
ٱلْإِنسَـٰنِl-insāniman
أَعْرَضَaʿraḍahe turns away
وَنَـَٔاwanaāand distances himself
بِجَانِبِهِۦbijānibihiand distances himself
وَإِذَاwa-idhābut when
مَسَّهُmassahutouches him
ٱلشَّرُّl-sharuthe evil
فَذُوfadhūthen (he is) full
دُعَآءٍduʿāin(of) supplication
عَرِيضٍۢʿarīḍinlengthy