Surah Ash-Shuraa (الشورى) • The Consultation

Quran 42:48

42:48

فَإِنْ أَعْرَضُوا۟ فَمَآ أَرْسَلْنَـٰكَ عَلَيْهِمْ حَفِيظًا ۖ إِنْ عَلَيْكَ إِلَّا ٱلْبَلَـٰغُ ۗ وَإِنَّآ إِذَآ أَذَقْنَا ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ مِنَّا رَحْمَةً فَرِحَ بِهَا ۖ وَإِن تُصِبْهُمْ سَيِّئَةٌۢ بِمَا قَدَّمَتْ أَيْدِيهِمْ فَإِنَّ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ كَفُورٌ

fa-in aʿraḍū famā arsalnāka ʿalayhim ḥafīẓan in ʿalayka illā l-balāghu wa-innā idhā adhaqnā l-insāna minnā raḥmatan fariḥa bihā wa-in tuṣib'hum sayyi-atun bimā qaddamat aydīhim fa-inna l-insāna kafūrun

But if they turn away - then We have not sent you, [O Muḥammad], over them as a guardian; upon you is only [the duty of] notification. And indeed, when We let man taste mercy from Us, he rejoices in it; but if evil afflicts him for what his hands have put forth, then indeed, man is ungrateful.

— Saheeh International

If they still turn away [remember that], We have not sent you [Prophet] to be their guardian: your only duty is to deliver the message. When We give man a taste of Our mercy, he rejoices in it, but if some harm befalls him on account of what he has done with his own hands, then he is ungrateful.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

But if they turn away (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه و سلم from the Islâmic Monotheism, which you have brought to them). We have not sent you (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه و سلم) as a Hafîz (watcher, protector) over them (i.e. to take care of their deeds and to recompense them). Your duty is to convey (the Message). And verily, when We cause man to taste of Mercy from Us, he rejoices thereat; but when some ill befalls them because of the deeds which their hands have sent forth, then verily, man (becomes) ingrate!

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

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Word by Word

فَإِنْfa-inThen if
أَعْرَضُوا۟aʿraḍūthey turn away
فَمَآfamāthen not
أَرْسَلْنَـٰكَarsalnākaWe have sent you
عَلَيْهِمْʿalayhimover them
حَفِيظًاۖḥafīẓan(as) a guardian
إِنْinNot
عَلَيْكَʿalayka(is) on you
إِلَّاillāexcept
ٱلْبَلَـٰغُۗl-balāghuthe conveyance
وَإِنَّآwa-innāAnd indeed
إِذَآidhāwhen
أَذَقْنَاadhaqnāWe cause to taste
ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَl-insāna[the] man
مِنَّاminnāfrom Us
رَحْمَةًۭraḥmatanMercy
فَرِحَfariḥahe rejoices
بِهَاۖbihāin it
وَإِنwa-inBut if
تُصِبْهُمْtuṣib'humbefalls them
سَيِّئَةٌۢsayyi-atunevil
بِمَاbimāfor what
قَدَّمَتْqaddamathave sent forth
أَيْدِيهِمْaydīhimtheir hands
فَإِنَّfa-innathen indeed
ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَl-insāna[the] man
كَفُورٌۭkafūrun(is) ungrateful